GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 39 



GARLIC. 



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 Book. 



Ail (Fi\). Knoblauch (Ger.), Ajo (Sp), 

 Aglio (Ital.) 



CniiTUBE. — There is more Garlic- 

 grown in Louisiana than in any other 

 State or in all the States tog^ether. It 

 is a staple product of the lower par- 

 ishes, and is raised for home consump- 

 tion and shipping. It is used for flavor- 

 ing- stews, roasts and various other 

 dishes. People from the south of 

 Europe use much more than the inhabi- 

 tants of the United States. It should be 

 planted in October and November, in 

 drills two to three feet apart, about 6 

 inches in the drills and 1 inch deep. 

 The distance between rows depends upon 



the mode of cultivation: if planted in the garden, a foot between the rows is suflScient, 

 It is cultivated like Onions; in the Spring they are taken up and planted together in a 

 string^ by the tops. One of these strings contains from fifty to sixty heads in double 

 rows; they are then stored or rather hung up in a dry. airy place, and will keep from 

 six to eight months. Plant in 3-foot rows, planted 3 inches apart in the row. It requires 

 300 pounds to the acre. 



Garlic. 



GOURDS. 



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CUZiTUBB. — Gourds furnish many useful household articles, and are easily grown 

 anywhere in the South. Care should be taken not to grow near squash and pumpkins, as 

 they cross easily and make the squash intensely bitter. They should be grown where 

 they have a chance to climb on fences or trellises for best results. 



DISHCZiOTH. — A most valuable gourd. 

 When fully ripe the skin can be easily re- 

 moved, the spongelike interior cleaned and 

 dried, then used as a dish rag. Thev are 

 fine. 



BTEST-EGG. — Resemble — in color, form, 

 and size — the eggs of hens; do not crack, 

 and are uninjured by cold or wet. They 

 make the very best nest-eggs. Do not plant 

 in very rich soil, or the fruits will grow 

 too large. 



DIPPBB. — The variety from which long 

 handled dippers are made. 



SWBBT — This Gourd can be cooked the 

 same as squash is prepared and is very 

 sweet and palatable. It grows about 18 

 to 2 inches in length and is shaped like a 

 club. 



OBNAMBITTAIi. — Planted only for orna- 

 mental vines, a mixture of small gourds, 

 yellow, green, striped, etc. "^"hen dried can 

 be used for darning purposes. 



HORSERADISH. 



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CUIiTTTBZ:. — Make up the ground as you would for straw- 

 berry plants, except that the rows are 3 feet apart: that is, the 

 furrows are drawn 3 feet apart: put in a liberal dose of com- 

 mercial fertilizer (a broadcast of good stable manure previous 

 to this is very beneficial), then turn a double with a marker, 

 scraping the top of the row off level, then put the sets in as 

 nearly straight as possible, the sharpened end down, setting them 

 about 12 to 14 inches apart in the row. This way about 10,000 

 sets are used to plant an acre. After it comes up the Horseradish 

 is cultivated as are most other crops; it is very easily grown, as 

 it soon covers the ground so that the weeds w'ill not" grow in it. 



MAI.INBB KBBN HOBSBBABISH.— In describing this 

 Radish will say that cutting.^ planted in April will produce fine 

 large radish for grating the first of the following October, about 

 five months from planting. It is as white as snow; free from 

 disease; grows to enormous size when left in the ground till Spring. Yields of four tons 

 to the acre are recorded; grows on any kind of soil from the heaviest to the sandiest, and 

 stands the dry weather as well as potatoes or any other vegetable. It sells readily in any 

 market at from 5c. to 10c. per pound and to the pickling houses at about $100.00 "per ton. 

 25c. per dozen; $2.50 per 100. Add 20 per cent to these prices to cover postage. 



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