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limbs and exceedingly short upper limbs 

 — in fact, there are very few, if any, limbs 

 toward the apex of the plant. Bolls are 

 small, 92 averaging one pound of seed 

 cotton. The bolls are abruptly pointed 

 and more frequently contain 5 locks 

 than 4 locks. Seed are fuzzy, mostly 

 brownish wnlte and greenish white. It 

 is an early cotton, but not so early as 

 King, for example. $3.00 per bushel. 



Special prices on large quantities of 

 any of the Above Cotton Seed. 



Steckler's White Mammoth Peanuts. — 



This is the largest Peanut ever intro- 

 duced. The pods measure on an average 

 2% inches in length and l^^ Inches in 

 diameter. Thick shelled and deeply 

 ridged. The kernels are of light color, 

 IVs inches long and ^/^ inch in diame'ter, 

 which would easily be mistaken for small 

 pecans. Although of wonderful size, its 

 bearing qualities are still more wonder- 

 ful. It is known to yield on an average 

 one gallon of peanuts to one kierneSl 

 planted, making it the most prolific and 

 largest peanut known, i^' lb., 40c. post- 

 paid. 



Spanish Peanuts. — Can be cultivated 

 entirely with a plow, and are easily 

 gathered, as all the peas hang close to 

 the roots. The stems when harvested 

 make a good hay. The fruit is smaller 

 than the Virginia or Tennessee, but the 

 plants yield heavier. A good feed for 

 fattening hogs. Price per pound, 20 



cents; by mail, prepaid, 30c.; per peck, 

 75c.; per bushel, $2.50. 



Peanuts or Goobers. — Goobers seem to 

 do best on a fairly dry, light, sandy soil. 

 They are pre-eminently the "hog feed" 

 for sand hill and high pine land, though 

 they will do well on most any land. 

 Plant in rows three and one-half or four 

 feet apart, and about ten inches apart in 

 the rows, at any time from March 1st to 

 June 1st, when the ground is moist 

 enough for planting corn. Cultivate the 

 same as Spanish Peanuts, which they re- 

 semble in growth. Let the hogs into 

 them when the leaves turn quite yellow. 

 On new ground, drop the goober in 

 every other furrow as you break the land, 

 and they will make a good crop without 

 cultivation. 



Have also the White Virginia and Red 

 Tennessee Peanuts in stock. They are 

 larger in size than the Spanish kinds. 

 They are of a spreading habit and are 

 cultivated in ridges like sweet potatoes. 

 Price of White Virginia is 10 cents per 

 pound. Price of Red Tennessee is 15 

 cents per pound; if by mail, 9 cents extra. 



Amount of Peanuts Required to Plant 

 an Acre. — Planting Peanuts in three feet 

 rows, twenty to twenty-four inches in 

 drill, requires aoout a bushel per acre; 

 this is varied by circumstances. Some 

 double drop or put two in a place and 

 use more, but one bushel per acre is 

 about the correct amount. 



Chufas. — This nut is splendid for fat- 

 tening hogs; it has a fine flavor. The 

 nut sends up a single spire so much like 

 Cocoa it might deceive even an experi- 

 enced eye at first appearance. Around 

 this spire a multitude of others form 

 rapidly. At the foot of each spire is a 

 nut never more than two inches in the 

 ground. Price, 35c. per pound, $1.50 per 

 peck, $5.50 per bushel. 



Fennel Florence or Naples. — (Fenoul 

 de Florence, Finocchio di Napoli). — Cul- 

 ture: Sow in spring, in rows 16 to 20 

 inches apart. Thin out so as to have the 

 seedlings 5 to 6 inches, and water as 

 plentifully as possible. The plant is usu- 

 ally eaten boiled. In flavor it resembles 

 Celery, but with a sweet taste and a 

 more delicate odor; 5c. and 10c. papers; 

 14 pound, 30c.; per pound, $1.00. 



Mosquito Head Net. — We have in stock 

 a long felt want in the Southern country, 

 a peace-maker, where a person can at- 

 tend to his business without Leing an- 

 noyed by the mosquito pest. We. have 

 two makes. They are both good. 



Wood's Mosquito Head Net, $1.00. 



Ward's Mosquito Head Net, $1.00. 



F.-otscher's New Orleans Market Musk Melon, the Best on Earth. 



