GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



Drought Standing White Corn. 



Of late introduction but under a 

 thorough test for two years before being 

 put on the market. We think that this 

 white corn excells all other varieties of 

 field corns that we have yet handled. It 

 is a hybrid of Southern grown varieties, 

 between the Mosby's Prolific and the 

 White Rockdale, which makes it an 

 ideal corn for our Southern climate, 

 giving it the advantage of a thoroughly 

 covered husk over the corn, which is 

 quite an item to planters from the fact 

 that the birds will not attack the corn; 

 on the other hand, it is extremely pro- 

 lific among several varieties of corn. 

 This corn has yielded, the past season in 



Drought Standing White Corn. 



Louisiana, 50 per cent, more than any 

 other variety planted along side of it, and 

 we can recommend it safely in every re- 

 spect. A fine roasting ear— plump, juicy 

 and as early as the White St. Charles 

 Corn. The advantage that this has over 



the other varieties is that it can be used 

 for roasting ears on the market, during 

 the roasting ear season, and, if prices 

 should not be suitable, why it is profit- 

 able to keep it for stock feed, due to the 

 abundance of yielding and thoroughly 

 good keeping quality. We can recom- 

 mend it highly. Pt. 15 cts.; qt. 25 cts.; 

 gal. 75 cts.; peck, $1.25; bush. $4.50. 



Iowa Silver Mine Corn — Large ear, 

 white dent, long grain, small cob, 110 

 day corn. Fine yielder of splendid merit. 

 Pint 15c; qt. 30c; gal. 60c; peck 90c; 

 bushel $3.00. 



Snowflake White Dent 120 Day Corn — 

 Large ear, large cob; very rank and 

 strong growth — good in all that makes up 

 a big white corn. Pint 15c; qt. 20c; 

 gal. 60c; peck 90c; bushel $3.00. 



ONION SETS. 



Onion Sets, when planted in January 

 and February here in the South, will most 

 always produce fine large bulbs. They 

 should be set out in rows five to six 

 inches apart and about eight or ten 

 inches in the rows. 



Red Western Sets — Will produce a fair- 

 ly good onion, but are planted mostly for 

 use in the South as green onions. They 

 do very well in North Louisiana and Mis- 

 sissippi. 15c per qt.; 50c per peck; 75c 

 per gallon; $2.75 per bushel. 



Yellow Western Sets — Same as the 

 red sets, only different in color, which is 

 of a pale yellow or brown. 15c per qt. ; 

 50c per peck; 75c per gallon; $2.75 per 

 bushel. 



White Western Sets — A fine variety of 

 same quality as the red and yellow sets, 

 but are not as hardy and do not keep as 

 well, 20c per qt; 60c per peck; $1.00 

 per gallon; $3.50 per bushel. 



Red Creole Onion Sets — The seed was 

 brought here years ago by the Spaniards 

 and after continuous planting in Louisi- 

 ana has become a special variety in itself. 

 It is hardy, productive, good flavor and a 

 very much better variety of Onion than 

 any other for this section. By planting 

 sets you gain about three weeks in earli- 

 nesS of crop; hence it is advisable to 

 plant onion sets instead of seed. 25c 

 per qt; 75c per gallon; $1.00 per peck; 

 $3.50 per bushel. 



Steckler's New Eggplant.— This is 

 similar in all respects to the New York 

 Improved, excepting that it grows with a 

 longer stem and the fruit is borne on its 

 stem rather than out on the branches, as 

 with other varieties. It is a strictly first- 

 class sort and being held up from the 



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