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



FBOTSCHEB'S NEW 

 OBl^EANS M A B K E T.— 



This Is a variety selected 

 from an Imported forcing^ 

 Cucumber, introduced by 

 Richard Frotscher. It is 

 good for forcing- or open 

 ground; very productive, 

 keeps its g-reen color and 

 has few vines. This kind 

 cannot be excelled for ship- 

 ping-, as it produces very 

 perfect cucumbers and but 

 few culls; the largest 

 growers of cucumbers for 

 shipping about here plant 

 none but this variety. It is 

 quite different from the 

 Long White Spine offered 

 by some. The best in and 

 outdoor cucumber yet in- 

 troduced. 



Frotscher's New Orleans Market. 



IMPROVED EABIiY WHITE SPINE.— 



This is a popular variety. It is of medium 

 size, light green, covered with white 

 spines. A good kind for shipping. It is 

 used by market gardeners for forcing as 

 well as outdoor culture and is very pro- 

 ductive. 



West India Gherkin. 



WEST INDIA GHEBKIN, or Burr, is 

 extensively grown for pickling; it is the 

 smallest of all varieties, and should be 

 picked while young and tender and put in 

 salt water until required for pickling. 



I.ONG GBEEN TURKEY.— A long varie- 

 ty, attaining a length of from 15 to 18 

 inches when well grown. Very fine and 

 productive. 



JAPANESE CZiIMBING. — The vines are 

 extra strong, and foliage more vigorous 

 than other kinds. Being of a climbing 

 habit it can be grown on trellises, etc. 

 Fruit is round, about 10 inches long, thicK 

 and of fine flavor. It is very prolific, from 

 forty to fifty cucumbers growing on a 

 single plant. 



EARI.Y FRAME. — Desirable for pro- 

 ducing pickles of medium size and of fine 

 quality when sliced for the table. 



EARI.Y CIiTTSTER. — Early, short and 

 prickly; it bears in clusters. Principally 

 cultivated for pickling. 



EARI.Y FORTUNE. — Decidedly an ac- 

 quisition because of its deep green color 

 which it retains unchanged for a week 

 after picking, thus fitting it for shipping 

 long distances. In size it is larger and 

 slimmer than White Spine. The fruit is 

 cylindrical, smooth, free from wart, and 

 bears brown spines. 



ARI.INGTON WHITE SPINE.— Very 

 regular in outline, uniform in size, averag- 

 ing seven to eight inches in length, straight 

 and of a rich dark green color. Flesh 

 white, crisp and solid, with comparatively 

 few seeds. ,Vines of vigorous growth and 

 very productive. 



HIiONDYKE. — An attractive dark green 

 cucumber, averaging 6 to 7 inches long and 

 2 inches thick; of unsurpassed quality. Its 

 points of superiority are: extreme earli- 

 ness, a prolific bearer, very hardy; size 

 just right for a slicing cucumber. An ex- 

 cellent pickling sort. 



EGGPLANT. 



For Price List See Red Pag-es in Back of Book. 



Aubergine (Fr.), Eierpflanze (Ger.), Berengena (Sp.), Petonciana Meanena (Ital.) 



CULTURE. — The seed should be sown in hot beds in the early part of January. 

 When a couple of inches high they should be transplanted into another frame, so that 

 the plants may become stronger and robust. When Vv^arm enough, generally during 

 March, the plants can l^e planted in the open ground, about two and a half feet apart. 

 This vegetable is very profitable in the South, and extensively cultivated. One ounce to 

 2,000 plants; 3 ounces per acre. 



METHOD OF DRYING EGGPLANT. — When fruit is large enough, pare and slice 

 as thin as you can, and spread in the sun for 3 days. Have canvas put over each night 

 while drying to keep dew off. Then have a large box wired with gauze wire on each side 

 and top, with trap door to take out. Put in cool airy place until cool weather. It dries 

 quicker if Spread in sun on gauze wire or close mesh chicken wire. 



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