GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



91 



Improved Purple Top Ruta Eaga. 



IMPROVED PURPLE TOP RUTA BAGA.— 



This is grown for feeding- stock and also for 

 table use. It is oblong in shape, yellow flesh, 

 very solid. Should be sown in rows or ridges. 



LARGE COW HORN.— A long white 

 variety of very good quality, shaped 

 like a cow's horn, from which the name 

 is derived. It is good for feeding stock. 



LONG ISLAND PURPLE TOP RUTA 

 BAGA. — This kind is purely of Ameri- 

 can origin. The root is smooth, the 

 flesh is of golden yellow, fine grained 

 and solid; it is earlier to mature. 



SWEET GERMAN, OR HANOVER.— 



Resembles the Ruta Eaga in growth; it 

 is a white flesh variety, very solid and 

 sweet. If sown in the fall will keep 

 veil until spring without getting pithy 

 like the flat varieties. 



THE VEGETABLE PEAR, 



Sycios or Sechium Edulis. 



e Vegetable Pear, 



or "ilirliton," as the 



:re call it. 



igs to the Gourd 



family, and is known 



- 

 name of One-Seeded 

 :her. Like most 

 te gourds the 

 plant is a vine and 

 e trained upon 

 lis, on a fence or 

 arhor: it is very or- 

 namental and an 

 ant bearer. The 

 fruit, if prepared 

 right, forms a de- 

 . ul dish, much 

 finer in flavor than 

 ' eggplants., 

 squashes or pump- 

 kins, and may be 

 cooked in half a dozen 

 different ways, either 



stewed, baked, or as batter cakes. As 

 the fruit contains but one seed, the 

 whole fruit has to be planted. 15c. 

 each. Postpaid, 25c. each. Selected 

 fruits. 



TOBACCO SEEDS. 



Por Price List See Red Pages in Back of Book. 



IMPORTED HAVANA. — VTe import from 

 one of the principal growers the finest and 

 purest strain of Vuelta Abajo, which is 

 considered the best of the Havana varieties. 



GENUINE GRAND POINT PERIQUE.— 



This variety of Tobacco is one of the best 

 in the world, excelling in flavor and quality 

 the far famed "Vuelta Abajo." The only 

 genuine Perique is grown at Grand Point, 

 and as the supply does not meet the in- 

 creased demand many imitations are put 

 on the market. 



CONNECTICUT SEED LEAP.— A well 

 known American variety. 



Sucker;" large leaf; 

 rather coarse than 



VIRGINIA.— "One 

 wide, lance-shaped; 

 fine. 



SUMATRA. — The cream of cigar wrapper 

 tobaccos; grows tall, fine texture, small 

 fibre. 



IMPROVED WHITE BURLEY.— This is 

 especially valuable to manufacturers either 

 of cut or plug tobacco. It is often used for 

 wrappers. 



SWEET AND MEDICINAL HERBS. 



Por Price List See Red Pages in Back of Book. 



CULTURE. — Some of these herbs possess culinary as well as medicinal properties. 

 Should be found in every garden. Ground where they are to be sown should be well pre- 



Best of All Beans, we know of no better for all purposes. 



