GABDEK MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN' STATES. 



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CRESS. 



Cresson (Fr.), Kresse (Ger.), Berro (Sp.), Agretto (Ital.) 



Curled or Pepper Grass. 

 Broad-Leaved. 



Water Cress, True. 



CULTURE — Used for salad during the winter and spring, 

 six inches apart. 



Sow broadcast or in drill 



Curled or Pepper Grass. A popular 

 salad which should be sown early in the 

 Spring and at short intervals, for succession, 

 as it soon runs to seed. 



Broad-Leaved. This variety is extensively 

 cultivated for the market. It is sown from 



early fall to late spring. The leaves resemble 

 Water Cress. It is considered a very whole- 

 some dish. 



Water Cress. We have succeeded in 

 obtaining and are controlling the output of 

 the Celebrated Water Cress plants and seeds. 



CUCUMBER. 



Concombre (Fr.), Gurke (Ger.), Pepino (Sp.), Cetriolo (Ital.) 



Improved Early White Spine. 

 Frotscher's Neio Orleans Market. 

 Early Frame. 

 Long Green Turkey. 



Early Cluster. 

 West India Gherkin or Burr. 

 Japanese Climbing. 

 Stecklers Private Stock. 



CULTURE — Cucumbers need a rich soil. Plant in hills frcm three to four feet apart; 

 the hills should be made rich with well decomposed manure, and eight to ten seeds should be 

 planted in each hill, and covered about one-half inch deep; when well up thin out to four 

 plants in the hill till the vines meet. When the spring is dry the plants have to be watered, 

 else they do not keep in bearing long. They can be planted from March till July. A great 

 many Cucumbers are planted here in February, or even sooner, and are protected by small 

 boxes with a pane of glass on top. These boxes are removed during the day and put back in 

 the evening. When days are cloudy and cold, the plants are kept covered. 



West India Gherkin or Burr. This is an 

 oval variety, small in size. When grown to 

 its full size it can be stewed with meat. In 

 fact, this is the only use made of it about 

 New Orleans. 



Japanese Climbing Cucumber. The 

 vines are extra strong, and foliage more 

 vigorous than other kinds. Being of a climb- 

 ing habit it can be grown on trellises, etc. 

 Fruit is round, about 10 inches long, thick, 

 of fine flavor. It is very prolific, from forty 

 to fifty cucumbers growing on a single 



plant. Has given satisfaction the past 

 season. 



Stecklers Private Stock Longest Ever- 

 bearing Green. This is a very long green 

 Cucumber, with white spines, being a cross 

 between our famous New Orleans Market and 

 the Japanese varieties, yet decidedly distinct 

 in appearance, and bearing qualities, and wiU 

 prove a valuable acquisition to our selected 

 list of Cucumbers, as well as of profitable 

 interest to all market gardeners. We recom- 

 mend same highly. 



Japan Clover is the only Southern Clover planted from March to April. 



