GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 
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BOHEMIAN 
MALINER KREN HORSE RADISH. 
This new variety of Horse Radish was 
discovered in Bohemia about ten years ago 
and sent direct from there to be tested in 
the soils of the United States. The parts 
received were not cuttings as are made up 
for field planting, but simply parts of 
whole roots, and they were badly rotted. 
The parts that were not rotted were 
planted and from them the next season 
some fine cuttings were made. These were 
planted the following season and from 
them some of the finest specimens of Horse 
Radish were produced that was ever seen 
in the United States. Until 1904 not a cut- 
ting was sold, each season all were planted 
and reports were made from time to time 
as to its growth and habits to the Depart- 
ment at Washington and numerous photo- 
graphs of growing crops and of the radish, 
one of which is the one that is seen above, 
were made by representatives of the Agri- 
cultural Department. 
In describing this Radish will say that 
euttings planted in April will produce fine 
large radish for grating the first of the 
following October, about five months from 
planting. It is as white as snow; free 
from disease; grows to enormous size when 
jeft in the ground till spring. Yields of 
four tons to the acre are recorded; grows 
on any kind of soil from the heaviest to 
the sandiest, and stands the dry weather 
as well as potatoes or any other vegetable. 
Simply make up the soil the same as if 
you were going to plant strawberries and 
put the cutting in which has the lower end 
made planting down and let the top of 
cutting be about one inch below the sur- 
face; cultivate same as corn, cabbage or 
any other garden crop. Every root will 
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grow and in about two weeks after set- 
ting it will show above ground and will 
soon shade the ground so that weeds will 
not bother them much. It requires about 
10,000 to plant an acre. It sells readily in 
any market at from 5c. to 10c. per pound 
and to the pickling houses at about $100 
per ton. Price, per dozen 50c., postpaid. 
SMELLING APPLE. 
Commonly called Pomegranate. This is 
a small, round melon (sweet scented) be- 
longing to the Musk Melon or Cataloupe 
Family, which is edible. It is used ex- 
tensively for making preserves and sweet 
pickles. The culture is practically the same 
as that of Cucumber or Cantaloupe. The 
vines are strong growers, very prolific 
bearers. One or two vines will produce as 
much as an ordinary family can use. 10c. 
per packet. 
IRISH COBBLER POTATOES. 
A comparatively new and very fine early 
variety, extensively grown for market and 
shipping purposes. The tubers are very 
almost uniform in shape and 
size. Flesh white and excellent, skin cream 
with buff and white netting. It is a heavy 
cropper and has been extensively planted 
in the East and West and is going to be 
largely planted in Louisiana, Mississippi 
and Texas. We recommend it highly. 
Price, per peck $1.50; bushel, $2.50; barrel, 
$6.00. 
GLADIOLUS AMERICA. 
The sterling qualities of this variety has 
placed it in the foreground of all Gladioli, 
and it has come to be used as a standard 
by which all others are judged and com- 
pared. It has outdistanced all others in 
point of quantity grown and sold as well 
as in prices realized for the blooms when 
grown by florists. It is conceded to be 
the florist’s variety. Other points of 
merit: Ideal color, flesh pink tinted with 
lavender. Vigorous and easily grown. 
Long spike. Large flowers well placed. 
Excellent foliage. Earns certificate of 
Price, $1.00 per 
dozen, postpaid. 
DAHLIAS. 
The following is a collection of Large 
Peony-flowering Dahlias, improved varieties 
produced by Mr. Wm. Pfitzer of Germany. 
We feel that every lover of flowers should 
have a few of these elegant specimens: 
La Belle, large, white, suffused blush or 
shrimp pink, at 30c. a bulb. 
Big Chief, bright, rich crimson, margined 
maroon, very effective; at 40q@ a bulb. 
Sensation, the most striking and sensa- 
tional of this type; bright vermillion, 
heavily tipped white; at 50c. a bulb. 
Maid of Kent, red tipped with white 
One of the largest of the Improved vari- 
eties of Dahlias. Fine grower, robust and 
does well in this climate; 50c. each. 
If by mail, add 5c. for postage. 
SPECIAL NOTICE TO PLANTERS. 
For early feed plant either German 
Millet, Amber or Orange Sorghum, Im- 
proved Yellow Loaming, White St. Charles, 
Golden Dent, and Golden Beauty Corn. 
In forage grasses, Improved Lucerne or 
Alfalfa Clover, Red or White Clover, Crim- 
son Clover, Dwarf Essex Rape or Hairy 
Vetc. 
For a genuine all around pasture grass, 
Lespedeza Striata or Japan Clover. These 
will save the planter over fifty per cent. 
on his feed bill. 
New Orleans Market Cucumber Should be Planted Before any Other. 
