8S J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 
Karly “White Silat Dutch. 
(Strap-Leaved.) This is the earliest variety, and 
can besown either broadcast or in drills; it is, 
without exception, the best and most popular sort 
for either table use or for market;is of a beautiful 
flat form, of pure white color, and of a delicate, 
mild flayor; it produces bulbs entirely free from 
small roots and with long narrow strap-leaves, 
growing erect, which permits close culture. 
Long Island Purple Top Ruta 
Bava This kind is purely of American ori- 
@&@%* gin. The root is smoother than the 
foregoing variety, the flesh is of golden yellow, 
fine grained and solid; it is earlier to mature. 
Improved Purple Top Ruta 
Baga This is grown for feeding stock and 
@@:* also for table use. It is oblong in 
shape, yellow flesh, very solid. Should be sown 
in rows or ridges. 
A long white vari~ 
Large Cow Horn. ety of very good 
quality, shaped like a cow’s horn, from which 
the name. It is good for feedirg stock. 
Sweet German, or Hanover. 
Resembles the Ruta Baga in growth, it is a white 
flesh variety, very solid and sweet. If sown in 
the fall will keep well until spring without get- 
ting pithy like the flat varieties. 
This is a very beautiful 
Amber Globe. formed variety, quite 
productive, solid flesh and attractive color; it 
keeps well and is desirable for either table use or 
for stock feeding. 
Nellowsaberdecmi ese ee 
color yellow with purple top. Good for table 
use or feeding stock. 
Extra Early White French or 
= Is very ly, tend d 
White Ege. crisp. RESP Aine ie obioas. 
resembling anegg. Having tried it we found it 
as represented, quickly growing, tender and 
sweet. ; 
White Spritio tee a: to the mwnite | Large White Globe. Assy larze kind. 
3 Flat Dutch; not quite so 
large but round in shape. The tops are large. it is stock. It can be used for the table when young. 
Improved Purple Top Ruta Baga. 
early. a good quality, and best adapted for spring | Flesh coarse, but sweet, tops large. 
planting. 
The Vegetable Pear. 
Sycios or Sechium Edulis. 
FoR PRICE LIST SEE RED PAGES IN BACK OF BOOK. sail 
The Vegetable Pear, or “‘Mirliton,’? as the Creoles here call it, belongs to the 
Gourd family, and is known to botanists under the name of One-Seeded Cucum- 
per. Like most of the gourds the plant isa vine and may be trained upon a trellis, 
on a fence or arbor: it is very ornamental and an abundant bearer. The fruit, if 
prepared right, forms a delightful dish, much finer in flavor than either eggplants; 
squashes or pumpkins, and may be cooked in half a dozen different ways, either 
stewed, baked, oras batter cakes. As the fruit contains but one seed, the whole 
fruit has to be planted. i5c. each. Postpaid 25c. each. Selected fruits. 
Tobacco Seeds. 
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ms We import from one of the principal growers the. 
Imported Havana. finest and purest strain of Vuelta Abajo, which is 
considered the best of the Havana varieties. 
Connecticut Seed Leaf. 4,%°51) 
Americon variety. 
: ede “One Sucker;” large leaf; wide, 
Virginia. lance-shaped; rather coaase than 
fine. 
When in Doubt Consult Steckler. 
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