CATALOGUE FOR THE SOUTH. 



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SHIPPER'S PAVOEITE.— Extra early, 

 bright scarlet and round with white tip. 

 The tops are small; the flesh very crisp 

 and tender; it is the very best for the 

 market garden. Packet 5c. and 10c.; oz., 

 20c; V 4 lb., 60c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 



WHITE CALIFORNIA MAMMOTH. — 

 This is a Winter variety of large size, but 

 can be sown here in early Spring-. It is 

 the largest of all Radishes, and grows 

 from 8 to 12 inches long, 2 to 3 inches in 

 diameter. Packet 5c and 10c; oz., 20c; 

 ' 4 lb., 60c; lb., $2.00, postpaid. 



SCARLET, OLIVE-SHAPED, WHITE 

 TIPPED. — A handsome Radish of the same 

 shape as the Scarlet Half Long French, 

 with end and root white. Quite tender. 

 Packet, 5c and 10c; oz., 20c; *4 lb., 50c; 

 lb., $1.75, postpaid. 



NEW AND EARLIEST WHITE.— Twen- 

 ty days from planting to the table, the 

 earliest on record. Pure white, olive 

 shaped; very little top, quality unexcelled. 

 Very mild and tender. Packet 5c and 10c; 

 oz., 20c; V4 l"b., 50c; lb., $1.75, postpaid. 



RHUBARB OR PIE PLANT ROOTS. 



Rhubarb or Pie Plant. 



Rhubarb is not known to the great majority of 

 the people of the cotton belt, but in Tennessee, 

 Kentucky, Missouri and the Central States a patch 

 of rhubarb plants is looked on almost as a house- 

 hold necessity. It is about the earliest usable plant 

 in the Spring for pie making and stewing. It also 

 has great medicinal qualities, extract of rhubarb 

 being largely used to assist digestion. It is a plant 

 that is a rank feeder and grower, and as such should 

 be fertilized heavily with well rotted stable manure. 

 Plant out the roots during early Spring months. 

 Plants mature in about one year. 



LINNAEUS. — Packet 5c and 10c; oz., 25c; H lb., 

 75c, postpaid. 



VICTORIA. — Packet, 5c and 10c; oz., 25c; 14 lb., 

 75c, postpaid. 



PIELD GROWN ROOTS. — By mail postpaid: 25 cents each; 3 for 60 cents; by enpress 

 or freight, not prepaid, 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen; $10.00 per 100. 



ROQUETTE OR ROCKET SALAD. 



A hardy annual, the leaves of which are long, smooth and glossy and when young are 

 used 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 

 5c and 10c; oz., 40c; y* lb., $1.00; lb., $3.00, postpaid. 



SALSIFY OR OYSTER PLANT. 



CULTURE. — A vegetable which ought to be more cultivated than it is. It is prepared 

 in different ways, 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 davs. One ounce to 

 60 feet of drill; 8 pounds to the acre. 



Sandwich Island Mammoth. 



SANDWICH ISLAND. — (Mammoth) 

 old varieties. It attains a large size: can be 



to the old kinds and has come into general 

 H lb-i 90c; lb., $3.00 postpaid. 



White Shallots 



This is a sort that grows much quicker than the 

 called with right mammoth. It is superior 

 cultivation. Packet 5c and 10c; oz., 25c; 



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 markets 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. Qt., 30c postpaid; gal., $1.00; pk., 

 $1.75 measured; bu., $4.50 not prepaid. 

 Write for special prices on quantity lot. 



SORREL. 



Of the easiest growth. Sorrel is cul- 

 tivated for its leaves, which possess 

 a very fine flavor; boiled and served 

 like Spinach. It also makes a delicious 

 soup. Broad-leaved French. Packet 5c 

 and 10c; oz., 30c; y+ lb., 90c; lb., $3.00, 

 postpaid. 



