56 J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND i 
Maximum or Immensity. 
Prize Head A decidedly crisp variety, 
strictly bunching, large, early 
marketable, but intermediate in time of attaining 
fullest development; slow to shoot to seed. Plant 
spreading, low-growing, and consisting of a loose 
rounded, or slightly flattened cluster of leaves, gen- 
erally more or less open or spread out at the center 
and therefore never in the least cabbage-like nor 
solid, though nevertheless the inner part of the |! 
plant is well blanched. Leaves short spatulate in 
shape, much blistered and crumpled, very little 
twisted, fairly rigid, but not stiff; finely serrate at 
margins, excessively developed and much frilled at 
borders. Color, bright brown, varying to bright 
green in less exposed parts and center of plant. 
Border of leaves no more colored than other parts, 
while stem of plant, base of midribs, and. inner 
heart leavesare wholly green, and no part of plant 
is distinctly spotted. Quality good; sweet in flavor, 
very tender and crisp in texture, but leaf thin and 
lacking in substance. 
Steckler’s French Market. 
Steckler’s French Market. | 
This Lettuce is a great improvement on the old and 
well known Royal Strain, forming much larger and 
more compact heads. It is very crisp, tender and 
olive green in color. 
Melon==Musk or Canteloupe. 
FoR PRICE LIST SEE-RED PAGES IN BACK OF Book 
Melon (Sp.), Popone (Ital.) 
CULTURE Melons require a rich sandy loam. If the ground is not rich enough a couple of shovels 
Melon (Fr.), Melone (Ger.), 
Maximum or Immensity. 
A very large variety, one of the largest of 
the cabbage sorts and almost a third 
larger than California Cream Butter. 
whicn it resembles in color and shape. It 
is especially adapted for planting in the 
falland winter, and makes a fine, tender, 
buttery head. A number of our best loca? 
market gardeners have been growing it 
and find it unsurpassed fot a fine, heavy 
shipping variety. 
Drumhead Cabbage. 43°) 
spring variety, forming large heads, the 
Outer leaves curled. 
Early Cabbage or White 
Av early vartety, forming a 
Butter. solid head, but not quite so 
large assome others. Itisthe best kind 
for family use, tosow during falland early 
spring, as itis early and of good flavor. 
Cc alifornia Very large; solid heads; 
* inside very white. 
Fe 
Improved Royal Cabbage. 
Improved Royal Cabbage,| 
Heads light green, of large size, about two weeks | 
later than the White Butter. It is tender and crisp. 
Brown Dutch Cabbage. #,%e7 bard 
solid head; good for winter. 
Big Boston. 
: . A fine large heading forcing 
Big Boston. sort, and succeeds well in cold. 
frames during winter. The plants are very hardy 
and vigorous. When well grown the heads are beau- 
tifully blanched and quite tender. Popular as a 
winter lettuce for shipping. 
full of rotten manure should be mixed into each hill, which ought to be from fiveto six 
feet apart; drop ten to twelve seeds, and when the plants have two or three rough leaves, thin out to three or 
four plants. Canteloupes are cultivated very extensively in the neighborhood of New Orleans; the quality is 
very fine and far superior to those raised in the North. Some gardeners plant during February and cover 
with boxes, the same as described for Cucumbers. When Melons are ripening, too much rain will impair. 
the flavor of the fruit. 
Shears, Pruning Knives, Pruning Saws, Hedge Shears, Etc. 
