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pepper sauce and seasoning purposes. There 

 are two varieties, one is long and straight, 

 and the other like shown in cut, which is 

 the only kind we keep. 



Red Cherry. A small roundish variety, 

 verv hot and productive. 



Bird I$ye. Small as the name indi- 

 cates. It is very hot and used principally 

 for pepper vinegar. 



Chili. A small variety, from three-fourths 

 to an inch long. It is strong and used for 

 pepper sauce; very prolific. 



Tabasco. This variety of pepper is 

 grown for the market as well as for making 

 sauce. It is pungent and strong, also very 

 prolific. It is easily gathered, as the fruit 

 does not adhere to the stem and grows al- 

 most erect on the branches, as may be seen 

 in the cut. This variety is used in manu- 

 facturing the well-known Tabasco Sauce. 

 It is splendid for family use. 



Red Cluster. A new variety of which 

 the pods grow in bunches, upright like the 

 Chili, which the pods resemble, but are a 



bweet Pepper, Ruby King, 

 little larger. Quite distinct and ornamental 

 on account of the bright fruit and compact 

 growth of the plant. It is hot and pungent 



Red Cherry Pepper, 



POTATOES. 



POMME BE TERRE (Fl\), KARTOEFEIy ('Ger.) 



Early Rose. 

 Breeze's Peerless. 

 Extra Early Vermont* 

 Beauty of Hebron. 

 Wh ite Eleph ant. 



Rural Blush. 



Rural New Yorker No. 2. 



Bliss Early Triumph or 



Bermuda. 

 Early Ohio-. 



Improved 



The above varieties were tried oil the grounds of the Louisiana Experiment Station at 

 Calhoun, La., and Audubon Park, New Orleans, among T50 different kinds tested they 

 gave about the best results, both in yield and quality. 



Potatoes thrive and produce best in a light, dry but rich soil. Well decomposed stable 

 manure is the best, but if not to be had, cotton seed meal, bone dust, or any other fertil- 

 izer should be used to make the ground rich enough. If the ground was planted the fall 

 previous with Cow Peas, which were plowed under, it will be in good condition for pota- 

 toes. Good sized tubers should be selected for planting, which can be cut in pieces not 

 too small, each piece ought to contain at lea~t three eyes. Plant in drills from two to 

 three feet apart, according to the space and how to be cultivated afterwards, Field cul- 



