For the Southern States. 



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Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable Seeds. 



ARTICHOKE. 



Aktichaut (Fr.), Artischoke (Ger.), Alcachofa (Sp.). 



Green Globe Artichoke. 



Largfe Grlobe. This is a very popular vegetable iu the 

 South, and much esteemed by the native as well as the foreign 

 population from the South of Europe. It is extensively culti- 

 vated for the New Orleans market. It is best propagated from 

 suckers which come up around the large plants. Take them off 

 during the fall and early winter months 5 plant them four feet 

 apart each way. Every fall the ground should be manured and 

 spaded or plowed between them. If planted by seed, sow them 

 in drills during winter or early spring, three inches apart and one 

 foot from row to row ; cover with about one-half inch of earth. 

 The following fall the plants can be transplanted and cultivated 

 as recommended above. The seed I offer are imported by me from 

 Italy, and of suj)erior quality. 



ASPARAGUS. 



AsPERGE (Fr.), Spargel (Ger.), Esparagos (Sp.), 

 Purple Top. The Asparagus is not extensively cultivated 

 in the South; not that it is not liked well enough, but from the 

 fact that it does not succeed as well as in more Northern lati- 

 tudes. It seems that it is short lived, the roots giving out soon 

 or throwing up very small shoots. 



The ground should be well manured and prepared before 

 either the roots or seeds are planted. For this climate the sowing 

 of seed is preferable. Eoots are generally imported from the 

 North, and I have found that the roots raised here, one year old, 

 are as strong as those received from the North three years old. 



