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Very similar to the | under favorable circumstances, giving good sized 
Southern Queen. 
former but smoother, | tubers two months after planting the vine. Very 
the tubers having no veins, or very few; itisearlier, | productive, having given 300 bushels per acre when 
oval in shape. | planted early and onrich land. Isa!lmost the only 
kind cultivated for the New Orleans market. Skin 
dull white or yellow, flesh white, dry and mealy, in 
large specimens frequently stringy. 
Shanghai or California Yam. 
This is the earliest variety we have, frequently, 
Pumpkin. 
FOR PRICE LIST SEE RED PAGES IN BACK OF BOOK. 
Potiron (Fr.), Kurbiss (Ger.), Calabaza (Sp.), Zucea (Ital.) 
Be Si T Are generally 
CL LTUR * grown in the 
field, with the exception of the 
Cashaw, which is planted in the gar- 
den; but great care must be taken not 
to plant them close to Squashes or 
Melons as they will mix and spoil 
their quaiity. Plant in hills from § 
to 12 feet apart. 
Golden Yellow Matm- 
This is avery large Pump- 
mot * kin. Flesh and skin are of 
a bright golden color, fine grained, 
and of good quality. Some were 
brought to the Store weighing one 
hundred to one hundred and fifty 
pounds, raised on land which was not 
manured or fertilized. 
Very hand- 
Sia Supar: Be eT es 
lic, of small size, averaging 10 
inches in diameter. Skin deep orange 
yellow, fine grained, sweet and an 
excellent keeper. Very’ desirable for 
table purposes. 
Connecticut Field. 
A large yellow variety, hard shell, 
excellent for field culture. 
Golden Yellow Mammoth. 
Frotseher’s Green Striped 
Ee St, 
Cashaw Crook Neck. 3083s *zisi- 
vated in the South for table use. The flesh is 
fine grained, yellow: very sweet, and better than 
any Winter Squash. It keeps well:it takes the 
place here of Winter Squash, which are very 
little cultivated. The striped variety has been 
cultivated here for a century and never was 
found North or West. Some years agoit was 
brought out by Northern seedsmen as Japan Pie 
Pumpkin. We had this kind grown alongside of 
Frotscher’s Green Striped Cashaw and found it 
one and the same. 
Barge @hecse 4 oh 2 Ssh 
: orange, sometimes sa!- 
moz color, fine grained, and used for table or 
stock feed. 
A Large round, soft 
Kentucky Field. shell, salmon color; 
very productive; best for stock. 
Yellow Striped Cashaw Crook 
Neck Same as the Green Striped except in 
= * color. Frotscher’s Green Striped Cashaw Crook Neck. 
Radish. 
FOR PRICE LIST SEE RED PAGES IN BACK OF BOOK. 
Radies, Rave (Fr.), Radies, Rettig (Ger.), Rabano (Sp.), Ravanello (Ital.) 
CUILUUR This isa popular vegetable, and grown toalarge extent. The ground for Radishes 
; * should be rich and mellow. The early small varieties can be sown broadcast among 
other crops, such as beets, peas, spinach, or where lettuce has been transplanted. Early varieties are sown in 
this section the whole year, but during summer they require frequent watering to make them grow quickly. 
The Yellow Summer Turnip or Golden Globe, White Summer Turnip and White Strasburg are best for plant- 
