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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



and arc doing excellently well. One of 

 them bore a number of fine nuts. The 

 fruit is nearly the size of the English wal- 

 HUt, heart shaped, and, although hard shell- 

 ed, is very easy to open. The seed which 

 we offer is of our own importation. Price, 

 75c. per pound; also trees at 75c. each. 

 Extra large size, $1.50 each. 

 ENGLISH WALNUTS-voc. per tree. 



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Ocean City Prolific Strawberry. 



OCEAN CITY PROLIFIC STRAW- 

 BERRY — A splendid new berry which 

 originated in Worcester county, Md. 

 Plant is vigorous, with large broad green 

 leaf; fruit as large as the Rubach, and 

 larger than the Michel's Early, but later 

 in bearing. Good for second crop; very 

 prolific and a very fine shipping berry. 

 Price, $1 per 100; $7 per 1000. 



MICHEL'S EARLY STRAWBERRY. 

 We have various sorts of soil in Louisiana, 

 and the strawberry suitable to and succeed- 

 ing equally well in poor or rich land can 

 only be determined by practical experi- 

 ment. There are but few varieties which 

 adapt themselves to all soils and latitudes, 

 hence the importance of planting those 

 which experienced fruit growers have 

 tested and found profitable. A straw- 

 berry having all the good qualities has not, 

 and perhaps never will be discovered ; still 

 in choosing it is well to purchase plants 

 having as many good points as possible. 

 This we claim for the Michel's Early. It 

 is claimed to be the earliest in cultivation. 

 It makes perfect flowers and fruit. Very 

 prolific. Price, 6oc. per 100, $5 per looo. 

 We consider this variety superior to the 

 Sucker State, being earlier and more pro- 

 lific. It will become the leading market 



sort, home and for shipping North. Have 

 dropped the Sucker State from our list as 

 the Michel's Early is superior and earlier. 



PURE IMPROVED HOFFMAN. If 

 an experienced grower or commission mer- 

 chant was asked what variety of strawber- 

 ries, owing to its size, brilliant coloring and 

 perfect shipping qualities brought uni- 

 formly the highest price on the market, 

 there could be but one answer — Hoffman, 

 But under sloven culture this splendid va- 

 riety has been suffered to run down in old 

 diseased fields and to get badly mixed with 

 other and inferior plants. Therefore it is 

 not easy to get pure stock. Kept pure and 

 bred up by selection and careful, clean cul- 

 ture, like ours has been, it is about the 

 cleanest, healthiest, thriftiest growing 

 plant that we ever saw. It stands drought 

 well, the berry seeming to be composed 

 more largely of solid matter than other 

 varieties. Hence its unsurpassed firmness 

 and high value as a shipping berry. We 

 do not recommend Hoffman for the North. 

 But to Southern growers needing an extra 

 early, ultra firm, very large and brilliantly 

 colored berry to captivate the eye of the 

 dealer, retailer and consumer, we say plant 

 Pure Improved Hoffman. It has a special 

 value to growers who have to ship a long 

 distance to market without refrigeration. 

 Its great firmness enables it to carry fresh 

 and bright a very long distance without 

 ice. Price, 75c. per 100, $6.00 per 1000. 



LADY THOMPSON. The marvelous 

 vigor and immense productiveness of this 

 berry, its ability to adapt itself to all soils 

 and all climates; its apparent indifference 

 to h.eat, drought or flood, has rendered 

 strawberry growing profitable over' vast 

 regions where most other varieties could 

 not be grown with profit, if at all. Instead 

 of deteriorating, as a variety lacking in 

 virility inevitably does, it grows better year 

 by year, though we have never known it 

 to fail to bear enormously. It is also a 

 far earlier variety than is generally believ- 

 ed. It is an exceedingly easy plant to live 

 and is quick to grow off, rain or no rain. 

 Hence its great value, especially for fall 

 planting. Price, 75c. per 100, $6.00 per 

 1000. 



KLONDYKE STRAW BEPvRY — We 

 have a fine stock of this valuable new 

 variety grown from plants derived direct 

 from the orioinator We know them to 

 be the absolutely true and pureKlondyke. 

 7oc. per lOU; a&(i.6o per KHiQ. 

 Number of Strawberry Plants Re- 

 quired TO Plant an Acre. 

 11,000 to acre, 4 ft. rows 

 11,500 to acre, 3Hft. rows 



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