GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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CHERVIL. 



Cerfeuil (Fr.), Kerbelkraut (Ger.), Perifolio (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. 



COLLARD S 



Blatterkohl (Ger.), Chou Coba (Fr.), Cabu (Sp.) 



A kind of Cabbage which does not head, but the leaves are used the same as other cab- 

 bage, and is very popular in the South. 



CORN SALAD. 



Mache Doucet (Fr.), Acker Salat (Ger.), Canonigas (Sp.), Valeriana (Ital.) 



Broad-leaved Corn Salad is the variety generally cultivated. It is used as a salad during 

 the winter and early spring months. Should be sown broadcast or in drills 9 inches apart 

 during fall and winter. 



CORN— Indian. 



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



Extra Early or Crosby's Dwarf Sugar. 



Adams' Extra Early. 



Frotscher's Adams Early. 



Early Sugar or New England. 



StowelVs Evergreen Sugar. 



First in the Market Sugar. 



Best of All. 



New Ne Plus Ultra or Shoe Peg Sugar. 



Country Gentleman. 



Frfnch Market. 



Golden Dent Gourd Seed. 



Early Yellow Canada. 



Large White Flint. 



Blunt' 's Prolific Field. 

 Improved Learning. 

 Golden Beauty. 

 Champion White Pearl, 

 Mosby's Prolific, 

 Hickory King. 

 White Rockdale. 

 Yellow Creole. 

 White St. Charles. 

 Mexican June. 

 Pop Corn. 

 BushnelVs Gate Post. 



CULTURE — Plant in hills about three feet apart, drop four or five seeds and thin out to 

 two or three. Where the ground is strong the Adams' Extra Early and Crosby's Sugar can 

 be planted in hills two and a half feet apart, as these two varieties are more dwarfish than 

 j-he other kinds. Plant for a succession from February to June. 



Extra Early or Crosby's Dwarf Sugar. 



This is a very tender variety and of excellent 

 quality. Ears small, but very sweet. It is 

 not so extensively planted as it deserves to be. 



Adams' Extra Early. The earliest kind, 

 but ears are small and not as desirable as the 

 Adam's Early, which follows this variety 

 closely in maturity. 



Frotscher's Adam's Early. This is al- 

 most exclusively planted for the first roasting 

 ears by the market gardeners. The ears are 

 of good size, but otherwise for the table only 

 same as common corn. Strange to say, the 

 gardeners do not plant any sugar corn for 

 the market. We sell hnndreds of bushels of 

 St. Charles and other varieties of field corn 

 to be planted for the market, to be sold 

 green. 



Early Sugar or New England. A long 

 eight-rowed variety, which succeeds the 

 Extra Early sorts. Desirable kind. 



Stowell's Evergreen Sugar. This is the 

 best of all Sugar Corn. It is early, the ears 

 are of large size and are well filled. It re- 

 mains green longer than any other variety, 

 and is quite productive. The cultivation of 

 this excellent cereal, as well as all other 

 Sugar Corn, is much neglected, yet why peo- 

 ple will plant common field corn for table 

 use, considering size instead of quality, we 

 cannot understand. 



First in the Market Sugar. A new vari- 

 ety of Sugar Corn for which we claim to be 

 the earliest in the market- It is fully two 

 weeks earlier than Extra Early Crosby and 

 nearly a week earlier than any Corn. It is a 

 good producer, more prolific than Extra Early 

 Crosby's, the ears are somewhat larger and 

 the kernel of a pale, pinkish color, some of 

 the ears run entirely white, while others again 

 are of a deep pink. The stalks grow larger 

 than the Crosby's, almost as tall as Stowell's 



Plant Tobacco Seed for Your own Consumption. 



