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



Green Globe Artichoke 



DESCRIPTIVE C ATALOeUE OF V E6ETABIE SEED. 



ARTICHOKE. 



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



CULTURE— Artichokes are ex- 

 tensively cultivated for the New 

 Orleans Market. 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 suck- 

 ers should be taken off. If planted 

 by seed, sow in drills during win- 

 ter 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 recommended above. 

 The seeds we offer are imported 

 by us from Italy and France, and 

 of super:*or quality. 



Large Green Globe. Very popu- 

 lar in the South, and much es- 

 teemed. We can also furnish 

 sprouts or plants in the fall of year at 25c. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $12.50 per 1000. 



ASPARAGUS. 



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Asperge (Fr.), Spargel (Ger.), Esparagos (Sp.), Sparagio (Ital.). 

 Conover's Colossal. Columbia Winite Mammoth. Palmetto. 



CULTURE— The ground should be well 

 manured and prepared before either the 

 roots or seeds are planted. For this cli- 

 mate 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 be- 

 tween 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; 

 fishbrine will answer the same purpose. 

 In the spring fork in manure between 

 the rows and keep clean of v/eeds. The 

 same treatment should be repeated every 

 year. The bed should not be 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. 



Conover's Colossal. The most ap- 

 proved and standard variety. 



Columbia White Mammonth. A new and 

 entirely distinct variety, which has been 

 tried and found to do well in the South. 



Columbia White Mammoth. 



Seed Drills, all the Best Kinds. 



