GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 71 
NASTURTIUM 
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Capucine (Fr.), Indianische Kresse (Ger.), Capuchina (Sp.), Nasturzio (Ital.) 
CULTURE—Sow early in Spring in good rich ground; the plants should be 
trained to a trellis or rods; the leaves and flowers are used in salads; the seed- 
pods are picked while young and pickled; the yellow is the variety for this 
purpose; the other varieties are cultivated for their beautiful and attractive 
flowers. 
Tall Mixed. This variety is principal- dwarf habit, and are very ornamental for 
ly used for pickling. | the vegetable as well. as the flower 
Dwarf Tom Thumb, Mixed. These are | garden. 
of various shades of beautiful colors, of | 
OKRA. 
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- Gumbo (Fr.), Ocher (Ger.), Quimbombo (Sp.), Ocra (Ital.) 
CULTURE.—This is a highly esteemed vegetable in the South and no garden 
whether small or large, is without it. It is used in making “Gumbo,” a dish the 
Creoles of Louisiana know better how to prepare than any other nationality. It 
is also boiled in salt water, served with vinegar as a salad, and is considered a 
wholesome dish. Should not be planted before the ground is warm in spring, as 
the seeds are apt to rot. Sow in drills, which ought to be two to three feet 
apart, and when up, thin out, and leave one or two plants every twelve or fifteen 
inches. 
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French Market Dwarf Prolific. 
Tall Growing. 
: y eS d French Market Dwarf Prolific. One of 
tan ence: This is the variety _ the earliest and most productive of all 
mostly cultivated here. The pods are Okras. It is a cross between the Tall 
long, round towards the end and tender, | Growing and the Winter Velvet varieties; 
longer than the square podded kind. | commencing to bear when 6 inches high, 
Try Our New Velvet Fig Trees. 
