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Sow for a succession during the spring and 

 summer months. For winter use sow in 

 "September and October. 

 v Green Curled. Is the most desirable 

 Kind, as it stands more heat than the fol- 

 lowing sort, and is the favorite market 

 variety. 



Ex ra Fine Curled. Does not grow- 

 quite so large as ihc foiegouiK, and is more 

 apt to decay wheij there is a wet summer. 

 Better adapted for winter. 



Broad-leaved or Bscarolle. Makes a 

 fine salad when well giown and blanched, 

 especially for summer. 



GARLIC. 



Garlic. There is more Girlie grown in 

 Louisiana than in any other S:ate, or in all 

 States together It is a staple product of 

 the lower parishes, and is raised for home 

 ■consumption and shipping. It is used /or 

 flavoring stews, roasts and various other 

 dishes. People from the south of Europe 

 use much more than the inhabitants of the 

 United States. It should be planted in Oc- 

 tober and November, in drills two to three 

 feet apart, about six inches in the drills and 



Early YHiite Vienna Kohl-Rabi. 



LEEK. 



one inch deep. The distance between the 

 rows depend upon the mode of cultivation ; 

 if planted in the garden, a foot between the 

 rows is sufficient. It is cultivated like 

 Onions; in the spring they are taktn up 

 and plotted together in a string by the 

 tops. 0;ie of these strings contains from 

 fifty to sixty heads in double rows; they 

 are then stored or rather hung up in a dry 

 airy place, and will keep from six to eight 

 months. 



KOHL EABI or TURNIP- 

 ROOTED CABBAGE- 



Chou Navet (Fr.). Kohlrabi. (Ger.), Col 

 de Nabo (Sp) 



This vegetable is very popular with the 

 European popu'ation of our city, and large- 

 ly cultivated here. It is used for s-oups, or 

 prepared in the s^me manner as Cauliflower. 

 For late fall and winter use it should be 

 sown from the end of July till the middle 

 of October; for spring use, dur ng January 

 and February. When the young plants 

 are one month ol 1 transplant them in rows 

 one foot apart, and about the same distance 

 in the rows. They also grow finely if sown 

 broad-cast and thinned out when youn,y. so 

 that the plants are no' too crowded; or they 

 may be sown in drills, and cultivated the 

 same as Ruta Bagas. 



Karly White Vienna. The finest va- 



* riety of all, and the only kind we keep. It 



is early, forms a smooth bulb, and has few T 



small leaves. The so called large White or 



Green is not desirable. 



Poireau (Fr.), Lauch (Ger.), Puero (Sp.) 



A species of Onion highly esteemed for flavoring soups. Should 

 d^e sown broad-cast and transplanted, when about six to eight inches 

 high, into rows a foot apart, and six inches apart in the rows. Should 

 be planted at least four inches deep. They require to be well culti- 

 vated in order to secure large roots. Sow in October for winter and 

 spring use, and in January and February for summer. 



I,argTe I/Ondon Flag". Is the kind most generally grown. 



Xarge Caren*an. This is a French variety which grows to a very 

 large size: takes the place of the former. v 



Rouen. A French variety introduced here some years ago. which 

 ■does well in our climate and seems t^> be particularly adapted to our 

 soil. It grows shorter than either the London Flag or the Carentan 

 and much stouter than an) of them. As a market variety it cannot be 

 excelled. 



ge London ^ lag. 



Budded Pecan Trees are a Sure Inlfestnien 



