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MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



27 



Rape Seed 



Per Bush. 

 50 lbs. 



Sunflower, Russian 



Teosinte 



Per Bush. 

 24 lbs. 



Rye Seed 



56 " 



50 " 



Radish Seed 



50 " 



Turnip 



58 " 



Sweet Potatoes 



56 



Vetch 



60 



Sorghum 



50 " 



Wheat 



60 " 



DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEED. 



ARTICHOKE. 



For Price List See Bed Pag-es in Back of Book. 

 Artichaut (Fr.), Artischoke (Ger.), Alcachofa (Sp.), Articocca (Ital.) 





CULTURE. — Artichokes are extensive- 

 ly cultivated for the New Orleans mar- 

 ket. It is the best propagated from 

 suckers, which come up around the 

 large plants. Take them off during the 

 fall and early winter months, plant 

 them four feet apart each way. Every 

 fall the ground should be manured and 

 spaded or plowed between them; at the 

 same time the suckers should be taken 

 off. If planted by seed, sow 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 recom- 

 mended above. The seeds we offer are 

 imported by us from Italy and France, 

 and of superior quality. 



LARGE GREEN GLOBE.— Very popu- 

 lar in the South, and much esteemed. 

 TVe can also furnish sprouts or plants 

 in the fall of year at 50c. per doz., $2.00 

 per 100, $15.00 per 1000. 



Green Globe Artichoke. 



ASPARAGUS. 



For Price List See Red Pag-es in Back of Book. 



Asperge (Fr.), Spargel (Ger.), Esperagos (Sp.), 

 Sparagio (Ital.) 



CULTURE. — The ground should be well man- 

 ured and prepared before either the roots or seeds 

 are planted. For this climate the sowing of seed 

 is preferable. Plant the seed in early spring. 

 Soak over night in water; plant in rows, or rather 

 hills, one foot apart and two feet between, or 

 three if to be cultivated with a plow; put from 

 four to five seeds in each hill; when well up thin 

 out to two plants. The following winter when 

 the stalks are cut off cover with a heavy coat of 

 well rotted manure and a sprinkling of salt; fish- 

 brine will answer the same purpose. In the I 

 spring fork in manure between the rows and || 

 keep clean of weeds. The same treatment should J 

 be repeated every year. The bed should not be g 

 cut before being three years established. Care 

 must be taken not to cut the stalks too soon in 

 the fall of the year — not until we have had a 

 frost. If cut before it will cause the roots to 

 throw up young shoots, which will weaken them. 



Columbia White Mammoth. 



Plant all varieties of Peanuts and all varieties of Field Corn. 



