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White Velvet Okra. 



White Velvet. A white variety; dwarf with round 

 smooth pods, free from ridges and seams, and not prickly 

 to the touch; very prolific and early. We tried this vari- 

 ety thoroughly. It has come up to what is claimed for it. 

 We recommend it to all who have not tried it. 



French Market Dwarf Prolific. One of the earli- 

 est and most productive of all Okras. It is a cross between 

 the Tall Growing and the White Velvet varieties; com- 

 mencing to bear when 6 inches high, producing a pcd at 

 the stem of each leaf, and continues bearing until the 

 plant reaches its maximum height, seven feet. Pods are 

 light green, nearly round, and smooth. The cut is an ex- 

 act reproduction of a single plant. It will supersede all 

 other varieties for market and shipping. 



ONIONS. 



Ognon (Fr.), Zwiebei, (Ger.), Ceboixa (Sp.; 



Red Bermuda. 

 White Bermuda. 

 Frotscher' s Creole or Louisiana. 

 Dwnver's Yellow Globe. 



Red W ether sfield. 

 The Prize Taker. 

 New White Queen, 



The cut on next page represents a well-grown Onion raised from Frotscher 's Louisiana or 

 Creole seed. The Onion is one of the most important vegetables planted in this section. 

 Thousands of barrels are annually shipped from here to the West and North. If sown at the 

 proper time, with ordinary cultivation, they will always produce a crop and meet with 

 ready sale. The seed is not a sure crop every year and some years it sells very high: the 

 past season the crop was very small. Di'fferent varieties of Italian kinds have been ined 

 here, but none produce good bulbs but the True Red Bermuda, which is raised at Ten- 

 eriffe and the coast of Africa. It is a fiat shaped onion, a little lighter in color than the 

 Creole, earlier, and does not shoot up like that kind; comes in the market just after the 

 shipping from the West is exhausted and hits the market at the proper time. We would 

 recommend the Bermuda for home use and home market, but for shipping to distant 

 markets it is unfit, as it decays quickly, and when dry peels off. The Creole has the prefer- 

 ence, even shot up onions sell for a better price than the Bermuda. None of the Northern 

 grow?i seed sown here will produce any Onions. Also the American Red and White Ber- 

 muda Onions, Southern grown. 



Vwhite Bermuda. This va- 

 riety is of the same shape, size 

 and flavor as the Red Bermuda; 

 the only difference is 'in the color, 

 which is pure white. Very good 

 for family use. 



\ Frotscher's Creole or Lou- 

 isiaua has been cultivated here 

 for a century — supposed to have 

 been brought here first from the 

 south of Europe; we presume 

 the bulbs produced but few 

 seeds. It is hard to say from 

 what variety this Onion origi- 

 nated; having been planted here 

 for so long it has become a distinct 

 kind. It is not as red as the Weth- 

 ersfield, and not as light as the 

 S rassburg; in flavor it is similar 

 to the two last named varieties, 



Pruning Saws, Knives, etc., an extensive and varied collection. 



