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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 
PRIZE PECAN TREE. 
Bearing, Although Only Planted Three 
Years Ago. 
Louisiana lands have always been classed 
among the most productive of any State in 
the Union, the soil being fertile and the 
climate just the right kind for planting of 
all kinds, and many great things have been 
done by the planters and gardeners of this 
State. 
J. W. Supple, of the well-known firm of 
J. Supple’s Sons’ Planting Company, Ltd., 
of Bayou Goula, La., bought a pecan tree 
from the J. Steckler Seed. Company, Ltd., 
three years ago, and immediately planted 
it. He gave a great deal of time to the 
tree, which has grown to be quite a curi- 
osity on account of its size. The trunk 
of the tree, a foot above the ground, is but 
as round as a half dollar, and the tree 
has twenty-one fully-developed pecans on 
it, all of a fine quality.—From the N. O. 
Picayune. 
APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF PECAN 
NUTS PER POUND, CROP 1911. 
Steckler’s Mammoth, 42 to the pound. 
Frotscher’s Hgg Shell, 57 to the pound. 
Centennial, 57 to the pound. 
Seedlings, 200 to the pound. 
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GALBREATH’S PECAN BUDDER.—$3.75 
each. 
NELSON’S ANNULAR BUDDING 
KNIFE, for budding Pecan trees, $3.50 
each. 
PERFECTION PECAN AND NUT 
CRACKER.—Fasten to a table, desk, chair, 
or any convenient place, placing the nut in 
the fixed pocket with one hand, give sharp 
tap with finger of other hand on end of the 
handle bar, causing movable head to tighten 
quickly against nut; as it begins to crack 
give handle a quick turn forward, the shell 
bursts immediately at the center, loosen- 
ing the meat so as to be easily removed 
unbroken. <A few trials will show you just 
what pressure is necessary and enable you 
to crack nuts perfectly. Price, $2.00. 
Same as above, to be used by hand only, 
$1.75. 
WALNUT TREES. 
ENGLISH WALNUTS.—$1.00 per tree. 
Nuts $1.00 per pound; by mail 10c. extra. 
JAPANESE WALNUTS.—Jaglans Japon- 
ica Cordiformis.—Another variety of Japan- 
ese fruit, the trees of which will bear here 
as well as the above mentioned Chestnut. 
The fruit is nearly the size of the English 
Walnut, heart shaped, and, although hard 
shelled, is very easy to open. The seed 
which we offer is of our own importation. 
Price, $1.00 per pound; by mail, 10c. extra; 
trees at $1.00 each. 
BERRIES. 
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BLACKBERRIES. 
Cultural Directions.—Blackberries thrive 
on almost any soil, but the most desirable 
is a strong loam, retentive of moisture, 
tending toward clay rather than sand, but 
soil must be well drained at all times. 
Fertilizers containing a good proportion of 
potash are the most desirable; too much 
humus or nitrogen will induce a rank 
gsrowth'of wood at the expense of the fruit. 
As a preventive for rust, spray with copper 
sulphate solution during the fall and win- 
ter, and with Bordeaux (4-6-50) during the 
spring and summer. The rows should be 
6 to 8 feet apart, and the plants from 3 to 
4 feet in the row, according to the charac- 
ter of the soil. If desired to cultivate both 
Ways, set the plants in check 6 to 7 feet 
each way. As soon as the fruiting season 
is past, remove the old canes; these should 
be burned at once. The young canes should 
be clipped off when they reach the height 
of about 2 feet; this will cause them to 
branch, and they will become self-support- 
ing. Apply fertilizer during the late win- 
ter, and give shallow and constant culti- 
vation. 
ICEBERG.—-This remarkable Blackberry 
is one of Luther Burbank’s productions. It 
succeeds admirable in this climate. The 
fruit is transparent white. The seeds, 
which are usually small, can be seen in the 
ripe berries. The fruit is borne in large 
clusters. The berries are of large size and 
good quality. The plant is an enormous 
bearer, and the fruit lasts through a long 
period. A desirable variety. Strong plants, 
15¢c. each, $1 for 10, $3.50 for 50, $6 per 100. 
DEWBERRIES. 
Cultural MDirections.—Use short, stout 
stakes, driven at the end of each row o 
canes, with a cross-piece 18 inches long 
nailed to each stake 2% to 3 feet from the 
ground. On the top, near each end of these 
eross-pieces, drive a stout nail slanting 
toward the stake, upon which to catch a 
wire. Two lines of No. 14 galvanized wire, 
one on each side of the row, are fastened 
to one of the end stakes and run on the 
ground between the rows to the other end 
stake. These wires are now drawn as taut 
as possible and securely fastened to the 
other end of the row. The wire on each 
side is now raised, pressing the canes in- 
ward, and caught in the nails, thus hold- 
ing all the canes closely together in the 
row. 
All Dewberries should be mulched, to 
keep the berries from the ground. 
AUSTIN'S IMPROVED. — Fruit very 
large, subacid, vinous, but of second qual- 
ity. Enormous bearer. The most produc- 
tive market variety we have ever grown, 
and is eight to ten days ahead of any 
other. Strong and vigorous grower, and 
stands our hottest summers perfectly. Free 
from rust. Twenty-five two-year plants 
produced forty quarts of immense berries. 
Strong plants, 10c. each, 50c. for 10, $1.50 
for 50, $2.75 per 100. 
Frotcher’s Large Purple or New Orleans Eggplants. 
