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most the only kind cultivated for the New Orleans, market. Skin dull 

 white or yellow, flesh white, dry and mealy, in large specimens fre- 

 quently stringy. 



There are some other varieties of Sweet Potatoes highly prized in 

 the West, but are not appreciated here. The Eed and Yellow Nanse- 

 mond are of fine quality and productive, but will not sell so well as the 

 California Yam when taken to market. For home consumption they 

 are fine, and deseive to be cultivated. 



PUMPKIN. 



PoTiRON, (Fr.) KuERBiss, (Gcr.) Calabaza, (Sp.) 



Kentucky Field. I Cashaw Crook Neck. 



Large Cheese. I , 



Are generally grown in the field, with the exception of the Cashaw, 

 which is planted in the garden ; but great care must be taken not to 

 have them close to Squashes or Melons, as they will mix and spoil the 

 quality of the same. Plant in hills from eight to twelve feet apart. 



Kentucky Field. Large round, soft shell, salmon color, very 

 productive ; best for stock. 



L.arg:e CEieese. This is of a bright orange, sometimes salmon 

 color, fine grained and used for the table or for stock feeding. 



Casiiaw (Ci'oolt Wecli). This is very extensively cultivated in 

 tjhe South for table use. There are two kinds, one all yellow and the 

 other green striped with light yellow color. The latter is the preferable 

 kind, the flesh is fine grained, yellow and very sweet. It keeps well. 

 This variety takes the place here of the Winter Squashes, which are 

 very little cultivated. 



RADISH. 

 Eadies, Eave, (Fr.) Eadies, Eettig, (Ger.) Eabano, (Sp.) 



Early Long Scarlet. 

 Early Scarlet Turnip. 

 Yellow Summer Turnip. 

 Early Scarlet Olive Shaped. " 



White Summer Turnip. 

 Scarlet Half Long French. 

 Black Spanish (Winter.) 

 Chinese Eose (Winter.) 



This is a very popular vegetable, and grown to a large extent. The 

 ground for radishes should be rich and mellow. The early small 

 varieties can be sown broad-cast among other crops, such as beets, peas, 

 spinach, or where lettuce has been transplanted. Early varieties are 

 sown in this section the whole year, but during summer they require 

 frequent watering to make them grow quickly. The Yellow and White 

 Summer Turnip are best for planting during the summer months. The 

 Half Long Scarlet French is the only red kind raised for the New 

 Orleans market, and all the other cities in the United States taken 

 together do not use as many of that one variety as New Orleans does. 

 I have sold nearly two thousand pounds of the seed per annum for the 

 last twelve years. 



Early liOug: Scarlet. This is a very desirable variety, it is of 

 a bright? scarlet color, short top," and very brittle. 



Early Scarlet Turaip. A small round variety, the favorite 

 kind for family use. It is very early, crisp and mild wlien young. 



