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STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



DESCRIPTIVE C ATALOGUE OF VEG ETABLE SEED. 



ARTICHOKE. 



Artichaut (Fr.), Artischoke (Ger.), Alcachofa (Sp.), Articiocca (Ital.) 



Large Green Globe. This is a very 

 popular vegetable in the South, and 

 much esteemed by the native as well 

 as the foreign population from the 

 South of Europe. It is extensively 

 cultivated for the New Orleans market. 

 It is the best propagated from suckers, 

 which come up around the large plants. 

 Take them off during the fall and early 

 winter months; plant them four feet 

 apart each way. Every fall the ground 

 should be manured and spaded or 

 plowed between them; at the same 

 time the suckers should be taken olf. 

 If planted by seed, sow in drills during 

 winter or early spring, three inches 

 apart and one foot from row to row, 

 cover with about one-half inch of earth. 

 The following fall the plants can be 

 transplanted and cultivated as recom- 

 mended above. The seeds we offer are 

 imported by us from Italy and France, 

 and of superior quality. We can also 

 furnish sprouts or plants in the fall of 

 the year at 25c. per dozen, $1.50 per 

 100, $12.50 per 1000. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Green Globe Artichoke. 



Asperge (Fr.), Spargel (Ger.), Esparagos (Sp.), Sparagio (Ital.) 

 Conover^s Colossal. Columbia White Mammoth. Palmetto. 



CULTURE — The Asparagus is not extensively 

 cultivated in the South; not that it is not liked 

 well enough, but from the fact that it does not 

 succeed as well as in more northern latitudes. It 

 seems that they are short-lived, the roots giving 

 out soon or throwing up very small shoots. 



The ground should be well manured and pre- 

 pared before either the roots or seeds are planted. 

 For this climate the sowing of seed is preferable. 

 Roots are generally imported from the North, 

 and we find that the roots raised here, one year 

 old, are as strong as those received from the 

 North three years old. Plant the seed in early 

 spring. Soak over night in water; plant in rows, 

 or rather hills, one foot apart and two feet be- 

 tween, or three if to be cultivated with a plow; 

 put from four to five seeds in each hill; when well 

 up thin out to two plants. The following winter 

 when the stalks are cut off cover with a heavy 

 coat of well-rotted manure and a sprinkling of 

 salt; fishbrine will answer the same purpose. In 

 the spring fork in manure between the rows and 

 keep clean of weeds. The same treatment should 

 be repeated every year. The bed should not be 

 cut before being three years established. Care 

 must be taken not to cut the stalks too soon in 

 the fall of the year — not until we have had a 

 frost. If cut before, it will cause the roots to throw 

 up young shoots, which will weaken them. 



Columbia White Mammoth. 



We are Headquarters for Field Peas in their Season. 



