GARDEN MANUAL FOR 
Steckler’s Special White Winter. 
STECELER’S SPECIAL WHITE WIN- 
TER.—This Lettuce has been planted 
North, East and West, and has become 
more than popular. It has been tried here 
last Winter and found to surpass any of 
the other Lettuce we are now growing. It 
is hardy, light green in color; fine head. 
We feel that it is the coming winter Let- 
tuce for the Southern States; too much 
cannot be said of it as a winter growing 
Lettuce. 
PERPIGNAN.—A fine German variety, 
which forms large light green heads and 
which stands the heat. It is much culti- 
vated for the market, as it thrives well 
when sown during the latter 
spring. 
Big Boston. 
BIG BOSTON.—Our strain of this very 
popular variety is unsurpassed. Thousands 
of acres of Big Boston Lettuce are grown 
annually in the South. Plants are large 
and vigorous, leaves light green, slightly 
tinged with reddish brown; stands very 
long before shooting to seed. Can be 
grown in the open ground, in the spring 
or fall, or in frames for early spring plant- 
ing, does particularly well in cold weather 
and is especially recommended for fall 
planting in the South. Is very popular 
with gardeners and truckers, because it al- 
Ways produces large, solid, salable heads; 
and with private growers because it heads 
up at all seasons of the year and is of 
crisp tender quality. 
Our Motto: 
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Steckler’s French Market. 
STECKLER’S FRENCH MAREE T.— 
This lettuce is a great improvement on the 
old and well-known Royal strain, forming 
much larger and more compact heads. It 
is very crisp, tender and olive green in 
color, a good shipper. 
BROWN DUTCH CABBAGE.—A _ very 
hard kind, forms a solid head; good for 
winter. 
IMPROVED ROYAL CABBAGE.—A very 
celebrated variety, ferming fine, large, 
solid ‘heads, both crisp and delicate flavor; 
stands the heat remarkably well, and is 
especially adapted to the Southern States, 
or for planting to succeed the early varie- 
ties in the North; it is a variety that can 
ue sown at any season of the year and will 
o well. 
LABGE SALAMANDER.—A desirable 
variety for summer or fall use, forming 
very large, compact and beautiful heads. 
Color light green, stands both heat and 
drought remarkably well; very highly 
recommended. It is undoubtedly the best 
summer variety, the heads will frequently 
weigh from 2 to 3 pounds each. 
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Paris White Coss. 
PARIS WHITE COSS, ROMAINE, OB 
CELERY.—tThis variety grows strong and 
upright, producing long leaves which 
should be tied up and ‘blanched before 
cutting, which makes them very crisp and 
tender. They are quite hardy, and will 
force well. They are the most popular 
variety in France and England, where they 
are frequently served without dressing and 
simply eaten like celery with salt. 
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