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about the city, and they all pronounced it as very superior. Below is 
a letter on the merits of this Okra, written by one of my customers, a 
very intelligent and observant grower. 
Four Oaks, Jeff. Par., Nov. 4, 1885. 
RIcHARD FROTSCHER, Esq., New Orleans. 
In reply to your inquiry relative to the okra seed you gave me last 
Spring for trial, I beg leave to state as follows. 
Planted alongside of our Creole seed, it. commenced bearing two 
weeks sooner,:yielding three times as much at each gathering. It 
forms young pods very rapidly. which enables you to gather for mar- 
ket much oftener than with the old variety; besides, it is free from 
spines which are so disagreeable in gathering the old kind. It does 
not grow so tall, which is another advantage; taken all together, it is 
the best variety I have ever seen, and will come into general use by all ~ 
persons planting for the market. 
Respectfully yours, 
R. W. SHARP. 
TEOSINTE. 
(Reana luxurians.) 
This isa forage plant from Central America. It resembles Indian Corn 
in aspect and vegetation, but produces a great number of shoots 3 to 4 
yards high; it is perennial, but only in sueh situations where the 
thermometer does not fall below freezing point. Cultivated as an 
annual, it will yield a most abundant crop of excellent green fodder. 
Price, $1.75 per lb. ; 50c. per 4 lb. ; 20c. per oz. 
MOSBY’S PROLIFIC CORN. 
This is aSouthern Corn, and is recommended for general crop. The 
originator says of this variety: ‘‘This corn is a cross between two 
widely different varieties. Itis purely white, very small cob; deep 
full grain; neither teo hard, nor too soft. It will stand crowding in 
the drill as close again as any other variety. Ears of medium size, but 
long. It stands drought better than ordinary corn.”’ 
_ Ithas been cultivated in Mississippi to a large extent, and has 
averaged 70 bushels per acre, with some as much as 78. The ordinary 
corn, upon the same land, with same season and cultivation, would not 
average one half of these yields. The Mosby’s Prolific Corn does not 
require a particle more labor to make a crop than ordinary corn. 
Nearly every stalk has two fully developed ears; a large number of 
stalks have three ears, and occasionally we find stalks with four or 
five ears. 
Price, per bushel, $2.50; 75e. per peck; 50¢. per gallon; 15c. per qt. 
Do not fail to give this corn a trial. 
