GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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COL.L.ARDS. 



For Price List see Red Pages in Back of Book. 



Blatterkohl (Ger.), Chou Cora (Fr.), Cabii (Sp.) 

 A kind of CablDage w'nich does not head, but the leaves are used the same as 

 other cabbage, and is very popular in the South. 



CORN SALAD. 



For Price List see Red Pages in Back of Book. 

 Mache Douchet (Fr.), Acker Salat (Ger.), Canonigas (Sp.), Valeriana (Ital.) 



Broad-leaved .Corn Salad is the variety generally cultivated. It is used as 

 a salad during the winter and early spring months. Should be sown broad- 

 cast or in drill 9 inches apart during fall and winter. 



CORN— 



For Price List see Red 



Mais (Fr.), Welschkorn (Ger 



Extra early or Crosby's Dwarf Sugar. | 



Adams' Extra Early. I 



Frotscher's Adams' Early Large. j 



Early Sugar or New England. 



Stowell's Evergreen Sugar. 



First in the Market Sugar. 



Best of All. 



Ne Plus Ultra or Shoe Ped Sugar. 



Country Glentleman. 



French Market. 



Golden Dent Gourd Seed. 



Early Yellow Canada. 



Large White Flint. 



Blunt's Prolific Field. 



Indian . 



Pages In Back of Book. 



.), Maiz (Sp.), Mais (Ital.) 



Improved Learning. 

 Golden Beauty. 

 Champion White Pearl. 

 Mosby's Prolific. 

 Hickory King. 

 White Rockdale. 

 Yellow Creole. 

 White St. Charles. 

 Mexican June. 

 Pop Corn. 



BushnelTs Gate Post. 

 Iowa Silver Mine. 

 Snowflake White Der^. 



CULTURE. — Plant in hills about three feet apart, drop four or five seeds and 

 thin out to two or three. Where the ground is strong the Adams' Extra Early 

 and Crosby's Sugar can be planted in hills two and a half feet apart, as these 

 two varieties are more dwarfish than the other kinds. Plant for a succession 

 from February to June. 



small. Being medium in size of stalk 

 it can be planted much thicker than a 

 large corn, and at the same time bear a 

 full siz d ear. The originator has estab- 

 lished in Champion White Pearl Corn a 

 short, thick stalk, with the ear growing 

 low upon it, which is an advantage in 

 stormy weather. Planted a good deal for 

 the market. 



First in the Market Sugar. A new va- 

 riety of Sugar Corn for which we claim 

 to be the earliest in the market. It is 

 fully two weeks earlier than Extra Early 

 Crosby and nearly a week earlier than 

 any Corn. It is a good producer, more 

 prolific than Extra Early Crosby's, the 

 ears are somewhat larger and the kernal 

 of a pale, pinkish color, some of the 

 ears run entirely white, while others 

 again are of a deep pink. The stalks 

 grow larger than the Crosby's, almost as 

 tall as Stowell's Evergreen, and produces 

 Champion White Pearl. two ears each. We consider this variety 



Champion White Pearl. This is a very °^t^f ^rn^^n '-nr.VH^l^.'Hi^L":" .^^^ 

 handsome white com. The grain is pure ^^^ar C^orns, owing to its earlmess, and 



White exceedipgly heavy a^d longAop ll^^^l^^Z^l^e. '' '' ^'' "^'^^ '^^ 

 of which will span the cob, which ly ^^'^'^^^ ^^ j-" j 



We are Headquarters for Field Peas in their Season. 



