GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 189 
NOVELTIES and SPECIALTIES 
on “Plas “Ultra. ‘WATERMBLO} 
Ptiginated in A 
A good melon of good size, Bor eicgat 
more than 10 pounds. Light green skin, 
round shape, with characteristic obtuse 
top. The flesh is ivory white, very juicy 
and sweet and of a very fine flavor. Pre- 
serves well throughout the winter, if kept 
in a dry airy place, out of the frost. We 
highly recommend this beautiful fruit, 
which is one of the best so far produced 
in a white flesh variety. It does equally 
well in a warm climate as in a moderate- 
ly cold climate. Sells only in 25c. pack- 
ages. 
TOM WATSON WATERMELON. 
A new variety; becomes very popular 
whenever tried and especially with ship- 
pers. It is an oblong, solid, dark green 
melon of large size, red flesh, very tender 
and delicious. It is the best melon yet 
offered for shipping and very desirable 
for home use. Very prolific. You would 
make no mistake in planting. Seed very 
searce. Price, 25c. per oz.; 75c. per %4 
1b.; $2.00 per lb. 
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EARLY FORTUNE CUCUMBER. 
A very fine early and productive white spine. Good for shipping 
and well adapted to our Southern climate. Price, $2.50 per lb.; Toc 
per %4 lb. 
RED BERMUDA SWEET POTATOES. 
Good yielder, fine keeper. Have known them to yield 600 bushels 
per acre, 300 and 400 is very common. The outside skin is red, but 
the flesh is the whitest of all potatoes. One of the sweetest varieties, 
afier being 7 & in winter. Peck, $1.00; bushel, $2.00; barrel, $5.00. 
TRISLER’S STRAWBERRY COR 
The names fella 1tS°Cster'"' THe Sars’run "from. pure white to deep 
red, but make a pure white meal. It has been planted in Louisiana 
since 1870 by one progressive farmer. While it has never been put on 
the market, the following is what he claims for it: “I have been plant- 
ing this corn since 1870, and made 70 bushels per acre this year with- 
out any fertilizing. This is the largest yielding corn that I have ever 
planted. If the season is favorable, it will be ready to gather and 
house in 150 days; if there is drought 180 days. It will stand more wet 
and dry weather than any variety. The stalks are large, well rooted 
and hard to blow down. Will make two ears per stalk if given distance, 
say 3 feet in drill, and grows 8 to 9 feet high. It is very popular-on 
account of its Jarge yield, And one of its principal features is that it is 
weevil proof.” gallon, 75c.; peck, $1.00, bushel, $3.00. 
Get ahead of the Boll Weevil, plant Toole’s Prolific Cotton. 
