GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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FBOTSCHZ: B'S NEW 

 OBZiEANS M A B K E T.— 



This is a variety selected 

 from an imported forcing- 

 Cucumber, introduced by 

 Richard Frotscher. It is 

 grood for forcing- or open 

 ground; very productive, 

 keeps its green color and 

 has few vines. This kind 

 cannot be excelled for ship- 

 ping-, as it produces very 

 perfect cucumbers and but 

 few culls; the largest 

 growers of cucumbers for 

 shipping about here plant 

 none but this variety. It is 

 quite different from the 

 Long White Spine offered 

 by some. The best in and 

 outdoor cucumber yet in- 

 troduced. 



Protsclier's New Orleans Market. 



HABIiY FBAME. — Desirable for pro- 

 ducing pickles of medium size and of fine 

 quality when sliced for the table. 



EABZiY CI.USTEB. — Early, short and 

 prickly; it bears in clusters. Principally 

 cultivated for pickling. 



EABIiT FOBTXTNE. — Decidedly an ac- 

 quisition because of its deep green color 

 which it retains unchanged for a week 

 after picking, thus fitting it for shipping 

 long distances. In size it is larger and 

 slimmer than White Spine. The fruit is 

 cylindrical, smooth, free from wart, and 

 bears brown spines. 



ABLINGTpN WHITE SPINE. — Very 



regular in outline, uniform in size, averag-- 

 ing seven to eight inches in length, straight 

 and of a rick dark green color. Flesh 

 white, crisp and solid, with comparatively 

 few seeds. Vines of vigorous growth and 

 very productive. 



KIiONDTEE. — An attractive dark green 

 cucumber, averaging 6 to 7 inches long and 

 2 inches thick; of unsurpassed quality. Its 

 points of superiority are: extreme earli- 

 ness, a prolific bearer, very hardy: size 

 just right for a slicing cucumber. An ex- 

 cellent pickling sort. 



EGGPLANT. 



For Price List See Bed Pages in Back of Book. 



Aubergine CFr.), Eierpflanze CGer.), Berengena (Sp.), Petonciana Meanena (Ital.) 



CUIiTUBE. — The seed should be sown in hot beds in the early part of January and 



when warm enough, generally during March, the plants can be planted in the open 

 ground, about two and a half feet apart. While this is a crop usually grown from winter 

 and spring sown seed, in most localities it has been found a satisfactory and profitable 

 crop for late fall and winter shipment. For October to January shipment seed should be 

 sown during July and August. The result from an acre or two of eggplant planted at 

 that season is often surprisingly^ satisfactory. It is usually customary to plant one-half 

 pound of seed to furnish plants for an acre. This vegetable is very profitable in the 

 South, and extensively cultivated. 



Protsclier's Iiarg-e Purple or New 

 Orleans Market. 



FBOTSCHEB'S Z.ABGE PUBPI.E OB 

 NEW OELEANS MABKET.— This is the 



kind mainly grown here, is . large, oval in 

 shape and of a dark purple color and very 

 productive. Southern grown seed of this, 

 as a good many tropical or sub-tropical 

 vegetables, is preferable to Northern seed, 

 as it will germinate more readily, and the 

 plant will last longer during the hot sea- 

 son. It is the best variety for shipping, 

 superior to the Nortiiern raised kinds. It 

 carries better. The cut is made from three 

 ."specimens, and represents the true form. 



EABI.T DWABP OVAI.. — This variety is 

 very early and productive; the fruit is not 

 so large as the New Orleans Market, but 

 equal in flavor. 



EABI.7 WHITE PEABI..— The plant is 

 a large, vigorous grower and comparatively 

 free from thorns. Fruit pure creamy 

 white, with slight shading of a very light 

 green near the stem, beautiful in shape, 

 resembling somewhat the purple variety. 

 In eating quality it is delicious, fine 

 grained and well flavored. 



All of Our Cabbage Seed is High Bred and Fully Tested. 



