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Gumbo (Fr.), Ocher (Ger.), Quimbombo (Sp.), Ocra (Ital.) 
This isa highly esteemed vegetable in the South an 
CU EUR large, is without it. It is used in making “Gumbo,” Scene eee Stall ae 
know better how to prepare than any other nationality. It is also boiled in salt water, served ih wieecne 
asa salad, and is considered a wholesome dish. Should not be planted before the NAST i with vinegar 
_as the seeds are apt to rot. Sow indrills, which ought to be two to three feet apart ai pea ORLA cok 
and leave one or two plants every twelve or fifteen inches. Datta ne WHET ADs EMAL exe 
French Market Dwarf Prolific. 
French Market Dwarf Prolific, 
One of the earliest and most productive of all Okrag 
It is across between the Tall Growing and the Win- 
ter Velvet varieties; commencing to bear when 6 
inches high, producing a pod at the stem of each 
leaf, and continues bearing until the plant reaches 
its maximum height, seven feet. Pods are light 
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Tall Growing. 
. This is the variety mostly 
Tall Growing. cultivated here. The pods 
are long, round towards the end and tender; longer 
than the square podded kind. 
green, nearly round and smooth. The cut is an ex- 
act reproduction ofasingle plant. It will supersede 
all other varieties for market and shipping. 
Whi A white variety; dwarf 
hite Velvet. with round smooth pods, 
free from ridges and seams,and not prickly to the 
touch; very prolific and early. We tried this variety 
thoroughly. It has come upto what is claimed for 
it. We recommend it to all who have not tried it. 
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Perkins’ Mammoth Long Pod- 
ded Very prolific, pods are an intense green in 
* color, of unusual length, 9 to 10 inches, very 
slim and does not get hard, asis the case with other 
okras, 
: * This is a dis- 
Dwarf Greens Prolific: tig "vane, 
very dwarf in growth, but enormously productive, 
je Said producing pods within an inch or two of the ground 
White Velvet. and clear to the top. 
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