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long:, about six inches, cylindrical, dis- 

 tinctly creasebacked, very fleshy and of ex- 

 cellent quality. The color when in condi- 

 tion for use as snaps is lig-ht silvery green, 

 becoming- tinged with purple as the pods 

 mature. Seed small-medium, kidney shaped, 

 mottled putty color with dark striping. We 

 consider the variety especially suitable for 

 growing on corn for snaps. Pkt., 10c. ; pt., 

 50c.; qt., 75c., postpaid. 





THISIiEB'S FBOZ.IFIC COTTON. 



The first thing- to be taken into consid- 

 eration is the prolificness of this cotton. 

 It grows branched, with long, double 

 jointed limbs, is a thrifty grower, ripens 

 quickly, stands drought, makes a good tap 

 root, makes a large boll and is easily 

 picked, gets ahead of the boll weevil. In 

 July it will make one bale to the acre in 

 5 days and in 1915 it produced 2 bales to 

 the acre on unfertilized land. 



Any one planting cotton knows that the 

 more joints the wooden stalk has the more 

 blooms it will produce. 



This cotton is grown by Mr. J. S. Trisler, 

 one of the most successful farmers in the 

 South, who has been growing cotton for 45 

 years. Price, per pound, 30c., postpaid; 

 peck, $1.00: $3.00 per bushel. 



Alabama. 



The plants I ordered from you arrived 

 O. K. and all are very fine. I am more 

 than pleased with same and I enclose list 

 of names of people I know will buy of you 

 in future if you send them your catalogue. 



^MRS. E. P. MARTIN. 



Panama. 



Must really congratulate you for seeds. 

 Sowed cabbage, tomato, eggplant and cu- 

 cumber and in 3 days they all showed up, 

 which surprised me as I have had the 

 same seeds purchased elsewhere which took 

 from 6 to 10 days to come up. I will 

 surely recommend your house. 



\ WM. N. WEBB. 



WHY YOU SHOUI.D USE OUR PLANT 

 PBOTECTOBS. 



Paper is the only thing that will keep 

 plants from freezing in severe weather. 

 Paper being parafined on outside will keep 

 the evaporation of the ground from escap- 

 ing, keep box wet on inside and parts of 

 plant that are touching box, will not freeze. 



Put your plants and seeds out several 

 weeks ahead of the usual time. WTien 

 nights are cold, even if there is no danger 

 of frost, cover your plants to keep them 

 from getting stunted, for a stunted plant 

 will not amount to much. 



After you have wickets placed any per- 

 son can cover up 500 plants between sun- 

 down and dark. The price of boxes don't 

 amount to anything comparing what you 

 can make by raising early vegetables. 

 Take an early watermelon that will sell at 

 50-75C. ; later in the season will sell for 

 10 and 15 cents; your first cantaloupes you 

 can sell for $1.00 per dozen where late 

 cantaloupes are hardly worth gathering. 

 Why not grow tomatoes that will bring you 

 from $1.50 to $2.00 per four-basket crates, 

 instead of 50c. and often not anything, los- 

 ing your labor and crates besides. If you 

 are growing on an extensive scale, it is out 

 of the question to figure on using protectors 

 for your entire crop, but you will find that 

 one acre of truck planted several weeks 

 earlier and using our protectors will net 

 you as much as ten acres planted the usual 

 time and you can take the other nine acres 

 and plant something else. 



In using protectors for shading purposes, 

 stick wickets only deep enough to keep 

 protector about one inch above ground, 

 which will give you perfect ventilation. 

 Sometimes mice will eat your Cantaloupe, 

 Watermelon, Cucumber and Squash Seeds, 

 having to plant three or four times before 

 getting a stand. Soon as planted cover 

 your hill every ni.^'^ht until seeds are up and 

 you will only have to plant once. 



With ordinary care boxes will last three 

 to four seasons. 



Protectors are shipped flat or knocked 

 down, but creased and easily folded. Being 

 folded out of one sheet of cardboard makes 

 them absolutely air-tight, when placed 

 down to the ground, which is necessary to 

 protect tender vegetables against severe 

 freezing weather. 



Wire wickets, made of No. 12 galvanized 

 wire, come ready made to fit protectors. 



Price. $30.00 per thousand, f. o. b. New 

 Orleans. 



Less than 250, at 4c. each. Can be sent 

 by express only. 



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