GAllDEN MANUA*. FOR THE SOUTHERN gtATES. 



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Early Wiuue Vienna Kohlrabi. 



LEEK, 



PoiREAij (Fr.), LAueH (©ef.), Pvmo (Sp.), Poro (Ital.) 



Large Mouen. 



KOHLRABI or TUHNIP-HOOTEB 

 CABBAGE. 



Chou Navet (Fr.), KoHLUAni (Ger.), Col de 

 Nabo (Sp.), Cavalo Rapo (Ital.) 



This vegetable is very popular with the j^u.opean 

 papulation of our city, and iar--elv cultivatecK 

 iicre. It is used for soups, or prepared m tfee^" 

 biuue manner as Cauliflower. For la e fall and 

 winter use it should be sown from the estd of 

 July till the middle of October; for s.^-'r ■>: use, 

 during January and February. When tb voung 

 plants are one month old transpla. c t; ' m in 

 rows one foot apart, and about the sa; 

 in the rows. They also grow {\i;el 

 broadcast and thinned out when y'Hii!j.i. so that 

 the plants nre not too cio-'-ded, or, tiiey may be 

 sown in drills, and cultivated the same' as Ruta 

 Bagas. 



Early White Vienna. The finest variety of 

 all, and the only kind we keep. It is early,, 

 forms a smooth bulb, and has few small leaves. 

 The so-called large White or Green, is not- 

 desirable. 



■ distance 

 if sown 



Large London Flagi 

 Large Vdrentan: 



, A spfeties of Oni'oili nisrhly esteemed for flavoring 

 Jbe f>6%fh oroadc^st 't.\\d transplanted, when about six 



iitgh, i!VtQrow%i\ foot apart, and six inches apart in the rows 

 be ])lanteid fil 



soups. Should 

 to eight inches 

 Should 

 least four inches deep. They require to be well cul- 

 tivated \\ order to secure large roots. Sow in October for winter and 

 ■SprrngTise, and Janiuiryand February, for summer. 



ik^rge London Flag. Is che kind most generallj^ grown. 

 Large Carentan. This is a French variety which grows to a very 

 large size. 



Large Rouen. A French variety introduced here some years aero, 

 which does well in our climate aud seems t > b^ particularly adapted to 

 our soil. It grows shorter than either London Flag or the Carentan 

 and much stouter than either of them. As a market variety it cannot 

 be excelled 



LETTUCE. 



Large Londc-a I'lag^ 



Laitue (Fr,), LAT-ricii (Ger.), Lechuga (Sp.), Lattuga (Ital.) 



Early Cabbage or Wldta BuiUr ]] 

 Improved Royal Cabbage. 

 Brown Dutch Cabbage. 

 Drumhead Cabbage, 

 White Pai^ Cons. 



Perpignan. 



Frotscher s N. 0. Lnproved Large Passion, 



Trocadero. 



Sleekier s French Market. 



Big Boston, 



CULTURE. — Lettuce is sown here during the whole year by the market gardener. Of 

 course it takes a great deal of labor to produce this vegetable during our hot summer months. 

 For directions how to sprout the seed during that time, see ''Work for June." The richer 

 and better the ground the larger the head will be. No finer Lettuce is grown anyv/here else 

 than in New Orleans during fall and spring. The seed should be sown broadcast, when large 

 enough, plant out in rows a foot apart, and from eight to ten inches apart in rows. Some 

 kinds jiTOw larger than others, for instance, Butter Head will not require as much space as- 

 Drumhend or Perpignan. 



Garden Hose and Reels, AIL Lengths. 



