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



GOJmIHIN SE1.P-BI.AN-CHIM-G.— Ameri- 



grown. Same as the French variety, except 

 the seed is produced in this country. 



PERFECTION HEABTWE!.!.. — This var- 

 iety is in size between the Larg-e White 

 Solid and Dwarf kinds; it is of excellent 

 quality, very thick, and when blanched the 

 heart is of a beautiful g-olden yellow color. 

 One of the best kinds ever introduced. 



I.ABGE WHITE SOLID.— Tall, large 

 sized, very solid and pure white. It is 

 crisp, but not as fine flavored as the fore- 

 going- kinds. It is used extensively for 

 garnishing-. 



CEIiEBY POR SOUP. — This is sown 

 broadcast in the Fall and Spring, to be 

 used for seasoning the same as Parsley. 



Collards. 



COLLARDS. 



For Price Iiist See Bed Pages in Back of 

 Book. 



Chou Cora (Fr.), Blatterkohl (Ger.), 

 Cabu (Sp.) 



Collards are scarcely known in any other 

 scetion of the country except the South, 

 where it originated, and where it is culti- 



vated more extensively than any other 

 vegretable, because it is well adapted to 

 that country and is always a sure crop. It 

 is almost a daily dish for rich or poor, and 

 for both man and beast. A dish of Collards 

 and Bacon (or, as it is invariably called, 

 "Bacon and Greens") always produces a 

 smile from the most crusty countenance. 

 It is the only dish that causes the dusky 

 gentlemen of that c ountry to show up 

 their ivories. It is a species of Cabbage, 

 which is not only- very hardy, but a vigor- 

 ous and continuous grower. One ounce to 

 2,500 plants; 6 ounces per acre. 



CHERVIL. 



Por Price l^ist See Bed Pag'es in Back of 



Bopk. 



Cerfeuil (Fr.), Kerbelkraut (Ger), Peri- 

 folio (Sp.), Cerfoglio (Ital.) 



An aromatic plant, used a good deal for 

 seasoning, especially in oyster soup, and 

 is often cut between Lettuce when served 

 as a salad. In the North this vegetable is 

 very little known, but in this section there 

 is hardly a garden where it is not found. 

 Sow broadcast during Fall for Winter and 

 Spring, and in January and February for 

 Summer use. 



CORN SALAD. 



For Price Ziist See Bed Pag'es in Back of 

 Book. 



Mache Doucet (Fr.), Acker Salat (Ger.), 

 Canonigas (Sp.), Valeriana (Ital.) 



This is a hardy Winter salad, the small 

 leaves being served like lettuce during the 

 cool Fall and early Winter months. It is 

 used also for garnishing meat dishes in 

 the same manner as parsley and cress. It 

 does not succeed during warm weather, 

 and the seed should be sown thinly in 

 drills during August, September and Octo- 

 ber to supply fresh leaves during the cool 

 Fall and Winter months. It is quite hardy, 

 and after cool weather sets in can be pro- 

 tected by a thin mulch of soft hay or 

 straw. One ounce will plant fifty feet of 

 row. 



CORN— INDIAN. 



For Price Iiist See Bed Pages in Back of Book. 



Mais (Fr.), Welschkorn (Ger.), Maiz (Sp.), Mais (Ital.) 



CUIiTUBE. — Plant in hills about three feet apart, drop four or five seeds and thin 

 out to two or three. Plant for a succession from February to June. Seed corn that is 

 in perfect condition to-day may be unfit for use in three days, and we suggest that you 

 spread out all seed corn the moment it is received from any seed house or grower. The 

 following information was given us by an experienced Missouri farmer: The only way 

 to keep corn free from weevils in a crib is to put a gallon can of coal oil at the four 

 corners of the crib, taking the corks off and allowing the oil to evaporate. The fumes 

 from the oil will keep away the weevils and will not impair the germination of the corn 

 in any way. 1 quart to 500 hills; 8 quarts to the acre. 



Corn is the most important food crop of the world for hoth man or heast and to 

 have the hest resiQts, it is necessary to have first class Selected Seed to plant, and 

 especially of such varieties as have been found from experience to he hest adapted for the 

 South. Cheap, poorly selected Seed, usually produces a crop of very inferior quality so it 

 always pays to plant the hest. We handle all the hest varieties of Seed Corn, and have 

 them selected for us by growers who make this their business. 



The Oldest, the Newest, the Best Seed House in the South. 



