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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD. 



ROQUETTE OR ROCKET SALAD. 



A harrlv annual, the leaves of which are long, smootli and glossy, and when young are 

 uyed like mustard for salads. When in condition for use the plants are from 8 to 10 

 inches high. Sow about 16 inches apart, in early Spring and for succession every few 

 weeks thereafter. Will be ready for cutting in about six weeks from planting. Packet, 

 10c.; oz., 30c.; 14 lb., 75c.; lb.,' $2.50, postpaid. 



SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT. 



CUIiTURE. — A vegetable which ought to be more cultivated than it is. It is pre- 

 pared in different Avays. and partakes of the flavor of oysters. It should be sown in the 

 Fall of the year, not later than November. The ground ought to be manured the Spring 

 previous, deeply spaded and well pulverized. Sow in drills, about 10 inches apart, and 

 thin out to three or four inches in the rows. Matures in 110 to 125 days. One ounce to 

 60 feet of drill: 8 pounds to the acre. 



Sandwich Island Mammoth. 



SANDWICH ISIiAND. — It attains a large size; can be called with right mammoth. 

 Packet, 10c. ; oz., 20c.; H Ib-i 60c.; lb., $2.25, postpaid. 



SPINACH. 



CUIiTURi:. — A great deal of this is raised for the local market, as well as for ship- 

 ping. It is very popular. Sown from S'eptember to the end of March. If the Fall is dry 

 and hot it is useless to sow it, as the seeds require moisture and cool nights to make 

 them com.e up. The richer the ground the larger the leaves. Matures in 60 to 100 

 days. One ounce to 150 feet of drill: 10 pounds to the acre. 



Steckler's Fullbasket. 



STECKIiER'S FUIiIiBASKET. — Produces 

 its broad thick leaves early in the season. 

 Its giant leaves often measure 20 inches 

 across, which when cooked are very tender 

 and of excellent flavor. Fullbasket is an 

 early maturing, as well as giant leaved 

 spinach, becoming very popular. Packet, 

 5c. and 10c.; oz., 15c.; Vi lb., 25c.; lb., 75c., 

 postpaid. 



EXTRA IiABGE LEAVED SAVOY. — The 

 leaves of this variety are large, thick and 

 a little curled. Very good for family use 

 and the market garden. Packet, 5c. and 

 10c.; oz., 15c.; Vz lb., 20c.; lb., 50c., pott- 

 paid. 



MONSTROUS VIROPLAY, OR TEZCK- 

 IiEAVED. — A variety producing a remark- 

 ably thick leaf, slightly crimped and grown 



market gardener. 

 Dz., 15c.; ^ lb., 20c.; 



extensively by the 

 Packet, 5c. and lOo.; 

 lb., 50c., postpaid. 



NEW ZEALAND. — Unlike true spinach 

 in type and in that it thrives during hot 

 weather and in any soil, rich or poor. The 

 tender shoots are of good quality and may 

 be cut throughout the summer. The plant 

 becomes very large and spreading. The 

 leaves are comparatively small, broad and 

 pointed. Packet, 5c. and 10c. ; oz., 25c.; y^ 

 lb.. 50c.; lb., $1.75, postpaid. 



BROAD LEAVED FLANDERS. — This is 

 the standard variety, both for market and 

 family use. Leaves large, broad and suc- 

 culent. A fine shipping variety to Northern 

 markets. Packet, 5c. and 10c. ; oz., 15c.; 14 

 lb., 20c.; lb., 50c., postpaid. 



SHALLOTS— White. 



A small-sized onion, which grows in 

 clumps. It is grown very extensively in 

 Louisiana and large quantities are shipped 

 to the Northern market during the Winter. 

 In the Fall or early Spring the bulbs are 

 divided and set in rows twelve inches 

 apart and about six inches in the rows. 

 They grow and multiply very rapidly and 

 can be divided during the Winter and set 

 out again. Late in the Spring, when the 

 tops are dry, they are taken up, thoroughly 

 dried and spread out thinly in a dry. airy 

 place. Five bushels to the acre. New crop 

 ready in July. 



SORREL. 



Sorrel is cultivated for its leaves, which 

 possess a very fine fiavor, boiled and served 

 like Spinach. It also makes a good salad 

 and also a delicious soup. Broad-leaved 

 French. Plant in Spring. Packet, lOc; oz., 

 20c.: Va 11>., 75c.; lb., $2.50, postpaid. 



