GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Oklahoma WMte Wonder. 



OKI.AHOMA WHITX: WONDEB. — The 



king- of all corn. It grows under conditions 

 that kill all other varieties. It is, as its 

 name implies, a white variety. Its good 

 points are so numerous that were we to 

 detail them all, one by one, our readers 

 would think we were exaggerating the 

 facts. But this corn is grown in every 

 part of the country and is pleasing every 

 one that has planted it. It is grand and 

 good and reliable— a veritable mortgage 

 lifter. It makes the prettiest stand of any 

 corn we have ever seen. The stalks grow 

 from ten to thirteen feet in height and are 

 exceedingly thick, with short and heavy 

 joints. 



MOSBT'S PBOLIPIC— Length of ear, 



8 to 9 inches. Circurnference of ear, 5% 

 to 6 inches. Percentage of grain to ear, 

 90. This corn has been built up from an 

 ordinary white prolific corn that showed 

 good yielding qualities, and is now recog- 

 nized as one of the leading prolific varieties 

 for the Southern States. It is a medium 

 size eared corn with a dented and compara- 

 tively soft kernel of good depth and horny 

 white in color. The furrows between the 

 rows of kernels are generally narrow, 

 which shows kernels of good shape. The 

 ears hang- down on the stalk with a 

 moderately short shank and are most al- 

 ways well covered at the tip with shuck. 

 Stalks may grow to be very tall on the 

 richer soils and where it occurs the yield 

 seems to be decreased. The eastern 

 Southern States have found this variety to 

 be excellent for silage purposes. It is 

 adapted to all varieties of soils, requiring 

 from one hundred and twenty-five to one 

 hundred and forty days for maturity from 

 planting. This corn from records in other 

 states should be more widely distributed in 

 Louisiana, 



G-ANDT'S PBOLIPIC— Length of ear, 8 

 to 9 inches. Circumference of ear, 6 to 6% 

 inches. Percentage of grain to ear, 88. 

 This corn was introduced into Clai- 

 borne Parish. Louisiana between sixty and 

 seventy years ag-o and has been much im- 

 proved in recent years by Mr. C. A. Gandy. 

 The ears as now known are generally 

 quite well shaped, being slightly tapering, 

 and the kernels are showing a decided char- 

 acter as to the indentation, there being 



I simply a slight depression in the top of 

 each. This corn does well on practically all 

 the types of soil in the state, but will prob- 

 ably show less change when grown on soils 

 similar to the uplands in the northern por- 

 tion of the State. When it is moved to the 

 alluvial lands and to the better lands in 

 the southern portion of the State the 

 height of stalk is remarkably increased, as 

 well as the size of the ear; furthermore, 

 the height of the ear on the stalk is much 

 greater than under its natural soil in- 

 fluences. When g-rown under its new 

 conditions for several years the above char- 

 acteristics seem to disappear and it reverts 

 to those of its parents. One cannot expect 

 the greatest yields in this variety the first 

 year when making these decided changes. 

 Quite a number of men who grow this 

 corn mention its ability to withstand 

 drouth. It is true that its natural home 

 as regards soil is one that does not hold 

 an exceedingly large amount of water, but 

 this does not prove anything in regard to 

 the amount of water necessary to produce 

 the maximum yield. 



STECEIiEB'S GIANT BBD COB WHITB. 



Without doubt, this is the largest grain, 



greatest yielding and one of the highest 



feeding and best milling- corns in the world, 



and for ensilage cannot be surpassed. 



Stalks 8 to 10 feet high, broad, strong and 



short jointed, with ears 8 to 12 inches 



j long, 16 to 22 rows, deep grain, pure white, 



! with red cob. averaging one large and one 



I small ear; foliage broad-leaved and full; 



! in fact, the most ideal corn we have ever 



I seen in any of the corn growing sections of 



j the world. On 4V2 acres we made 560 



j bushels, an average of 80 bushels to the 



\ acre of good sound corn on 200 acres. It is 



medium early 110 to 120 days. No trouble 



to get a stand with this corn. 



POP CORN. 



POP COBN. — This is one of the smallest 

 varieties of kernels or seeds, cultivated 

 same as field or garden corn, but drilled 

 instead of hills. Very extensively used for 

 pop corn candy. We handle the two best 

 varieties known, the Rice and the Pearl, 

 for seed purposes or candy manufacturing:. 



CHIVES OR GERMAN SCHNITTLAUCH. 



One of the finest and most delicate of the entire Onion familv. Much more delicate 

 in flavor than Shallots or Pearl Leek. The tops, the only part used, 'are used for seasoning 

 Salads, Cream Cheese, etc. This plant is of an easy culture, but requires partly shade 

 during- the summer, and high soil. Price, 15c. per bunch. 



Steckler's Seeds Are True to Name and Quality. 



