GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES 



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Red Cluster. A new variety of which 

 the pods grow in bunches, upright like the 

 Chili, which the pods resemble, but are a 

 little larger. Quite distinct and orna- 



mental on account of the bright fruit and 

 compact growth of the plant. It is hot and 

 pungent. 



Sweet Pepper, Ruby King. 



Red Cluster Pepper. 



POTATOES. 



Pomme de Terre (Fr.), Kartoffel (Ger. 



B urban ks. 



Early Rose. 



Breeze's Peerless or Boston. 



Extra Early Vermont. 



Beauty of Hebron. 



White Elephant. 



Rural New Yorker No. 2. 



Bliss Early Triumph or Improved 



Bermuda. 

 Early Ohio. 



The following varieties were tried on the grounds of the Louisiana Experiment Station 

 at Calhoun, La., and Audubon Park, New Orleans, among 150 different kinds tested they 

 gave about the best results, both in yield and quality. 



Potatoes thrive and produce best in a light, dry but rich soil. Well decomposed stable 

 manure is the best, but if not to be had, cotton seed meal, bone dust, or any other fertil- 

 izer should be used to make the ground rich enough. If the ground was planted the fall 

 previous with Cow Peas, which were plowed under, it will be in good condition for pota- 

 toes. Good sized tubers should be selected for planting, which can be cut in pieces not 

 too small, each piece ought to contain at least three eyes. Plant in drills from two to 

 three feet apart, according to the space and how to be cultivated afterwards. Field cul- 

 ture, two and a half to three feet apart; for garden, two feet will answer. We plant pota- 

 toes here from end of December to end of March, but the surest time is about the first of 

 February. If planted earlier they should be planted deeper than if planted late, and 

 hilled up as they grow. If potatoes are planted shallow and not hilled up soon, they wiil 

 suffer more, if caught by late frost, than if planted deep and not hilled up well. Early 

 potatoes have not the same value here as in the North, as the time of planting is so long, 

 and very often the nr-?t planting gets cut down by a frost, and a late planting, which may 

 just be peeping through the ground, will escape and produce in advance of the first 

 planted. A fair crop of potatoes can be raised here if planted in August; if the autumn is 

 not too dry, they will bring nice tubers by the end of November. They should not becut 

 if planted at this time of the year, but planted whole. They should be put in a moist 

 place before planting, so they any sprout. The early varieties are preferable for this time 

 of planting. 



All new kinds introduced have been tried here, but of late so many have come out 

 that it is almost impossible to keep up with them. New varieties of potatoes come out 



Steckler's Southern Grown Seeds are Always Reliable. 



