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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



finest of all fruits of our temperate climate. 

 Fruit very lai^e, as laro;e as tbe largest 

 apple; eye very small, skin thick and 

 smooth, pale yellow with crimson cheek; 

 meat of the rarxt beautiful crimson color, 

 highly aromatic and very sweet. The 

 Spanish Kuby is a tine grower and good 

 bearer, and the fruir is excellent for ship- 

 ping, as it will keep for a long lime. It 

 ripens shortly before Christmas and could 

 be shipped to Northern cities, wheieduiing 

 the holidays it would attract great atten- 

 tion. Price. 30c, each; extra size. 50c. 

 each. 



I/arge Sweet Pom ='granate— Some 

 as above, except in color oi >et'd audJiavor. 

 Price, 2-TC. each; Si.-'iO per dozen. 



Tlie Mulberry Tree— Black and white; 

 we also have the v\eepino: Tea Mulberry 

 described on page 151. in shade trees, eacli 

 $2.00. The Mulberry tree with its delight- 

 ful refreshing fiuit, ou^^bt to be in every 

 family garden wherever space permits. It 

 is not only an excellent fruit tre3 bat also 

 good shade tree, and above all very orna- 

 mental. We will have the best of the 

 Black Ever-bearingvari<Mits for our climate 

 as well as tbe White, the leaves of which 

 are used in feeding silk worms, on h.-iud 

 duiing planting season and sell them at 

 4)c. each. 



Weeping Mulberry— ^ee page 151. 



Nectarines — Require the same culture 

 as the peach. The fruit, having a smooth 

 skin, is very liable to attacks of the cur- 

 culio, and must be sprayed as soon as the 

 blossoms fall, and again evety two weeks 

 durin^: May and June. They ripen through 

 Julv and part of August. 40c. each. 



Psidium(G-iava)—CATTLETANUM( Yel- 

 low Cattley) — A small tree or tall bush, 

 producing the well known Red Cattley 

 Guavii. Plants from 3-inch pots. 4'3c. each. 



AlnDnis — PtiiNCESSK and Sultana— 

 Both are prolilic. soft shelled, and very 

 goocl. These are the varieties mostly cul- 

 tivated in Europe, and produce the bulk of 

 the Almonds of coiumt-rce. [■'rice. 75c. 

 each, either hard or soft shell. 



The Japanese Mammotli Chestnut — 



Castdnea vesca var. Japomca — Our ciiuiite 

 and soil seems to be well adapted for all 

 varieties of Japanese fruit trees. There 

 are several tine Japanese trees in this vicin- 

 ity grown from .«eed. one of which bore 

 several burrs for the first time some years 

 ago and an abund i;itcrop since eveiy year, 

 each burr containing two large and perfect 

 nuts. The nuts are much larger than any 

 of those isnporied f roin Italvor Spain, and 

 equally as good and line in flavor. VVe have 

 a limited suppiyof imported reed on h.-jnd. 

 Price, 75c. per pound; al-o tiees .-it 75c. 

 each. 



Japanese ^ dAr^xts—Jaglans Japonica 

 Cordifomiis — Auoilier v.nieiy of Japarie,*e 



fruit, the trees of which -will bear here as 

 well as the above mentioned Chestnut. 

 There are several trees in Louisiana which 

 were plated some years ajjo and are doing 

 excellently well. One of them bore a num- 

 ber of fine nuts. The fruit is nearly the 

 size of the English walnut, heart shaped, 

 and, although hard shelled, is very easy to 

 open. The seed which we offer is of our 

 own importation. Price, 75c. per pound; 

 also trees at 75c. each. 



Ocean City Prolific Strawberry. 



Ocean City Prolific Strawberry— A 



splendid new berry which originated in 

 Worcester county. Md. Plant is vigorous, 

 with larjje broad j^reen leaf; fruit as lar£e 

 as the Rubach, and larger th;in the Michel's 

 Early but liter in bearing. Good for second 

 crop; ve'-y prolific and a very tine shipping 

 berry. Price. %\ per 100; ^7 per 1000. 



Michel's Early Strawberry. We 



have various sorts of soil in Louisiana, and 

 the strawberry suitable to and succeeding 

 equally well in poor or rich land can only 

 be determined by practical experiment. 

 There are but few varietie> which adapt 

 themselves to all soils and latitudes, hence 

 the importance of planting these which ex- 

 perienced fruit growers have lested and 

 found pr »fiiab!e. A strawberry having all 

 the good qua'ities has not, and perhaps 

 never will be discovered: still in choosing 

 it is well to purchase plants having as many 

 good points as possible. This we claim for 

 the Michi^l fCailv. \\ is claimed to be tbe 

 earliest in cultivation. It makes perfect 

 flowers and fri.it. Very prolitic. Price GOc. 

 per 100, Jo per 1000*. We consider this va- 

 riety superior to the tucker >rate, being 

 earlier und more prolific. It will become 

 the leading market ^ort, home and for 

 shipping North. Have dropped lh«» Sucker 

 State from o\ir list as the Michel's Early is 

 superior and earlier. 



Special Pricas on Large Quantities of any of Our Seeds. 



