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large as the Rubach, and larger than the 

 Michel's Early, hut later in hearing. Good 

 for second crop ; very prolific and a very 

 fine shipping berry. Price, $1.00 per ioo; 

 $7.00 per 1000. 



MICHEL'S EARLY STRAWBERRY. 



We have various sorts of soil in Louisi- 

 ana, and the strawberry suitable to and 

 succeeding equally well in poor or rich 

 land can only be determined by practical 

 experiment. There are but few varieties 

 which adapt thmselves to all soils and lati- 

 tudes, hence the importance of planting 

 those which experienced fruit growers have 

 tested and found profitable. A strawberry 

 having all the good qualities has not, and 

 perhaps never will be discovered ; still in 

 choosing it is well to purchase plants 

 having as many good points as possible. 

 This we claim for the Michel's Early. It 

 is claimed to be the earliest in cultivation. 

 It makes perfect flowers and fruit. Very 

 prolific. Price, 60c. per 100, $5.00 per 1000. 

 We consider this variety superior to the 

 Sucker State, being earlier and more pro- 

 lific. It will become the leading market 

 sort, home and for shipping North. Have 

 dropped the Sucker State from our list as 

 the Michel's Early is superior and earlier. 

 PURE IMPROVED HOFFMAN 

 STRAWBERRY. 



If an experienced grower or commission 

 merchant was asked what variety of straw- 

 berries, owing to its size, brilliant coloring 

 and perfect shipping qualities, brought uni- 

 formly the highest price on the market, 

 there could be but one answer — Hoffman. 

 But under sloven culture this splendid va- 

 riety has been suffered to run down in old 

 diseased fields and to get badly mixed with 

 other and inferior plants. Therefore it is 

 not easy to get pure stock. Kept pure and 

 bred up by selection and careful, clean cul- 

 ture, like ours has been, it is about the 

 cleanest, healthiest, thriftiest growing 

 plant that we ever saw. It stands drought 

 well, the berry seeming to be composed 

 more largely of solid matter than other 

 varieties. Hence its unsurpassed firmness 

 and high value as a shipping berry. We 

 do not recommend Hoffman for the North. 

 But to Southern growers needing an extra 

 early, ultra firm, very large and brilliantly 

 colored berry to captivate the eye of the 

 dealer, retailer and consumer, we say plant 

 Pure Improved Hoffman. It has a special 

 value to growers who have to ship a long 

 distance to market without refrigeration. 

 Its great firmness enables it to carry fresh 

 and bright a very long distance without 

 ice. Price, 75c. per 100; $6.00 per 1000. 



LADY THOMPSON STRAWBERRY.. 



The marvelous vigor and immense pro- 

 ductiveness of this berry, its ability to 

 adapt itself to all soils and all climates; its 

 apparent indifference to heat, drought or 

 flood, has rendered strawberry growing 

 profitable over vast regions where most 

 other varieties could not be grown with 

 profit, if at all. Instead of deteriorating, as 

 a variety lacking in virility inevitably does, 

 it grows better year by year, though we 

 have never known it to fail to bear enor- 

 mously. It is also a far earlier variety 

 than is generally believed. It is an exceed- 

 ingly easy plant to live and is quick to 

 grow off, rain or no rain. Hence its great 

 value, especially for fall planting. Price, 

 75c per 100, 6.00 per 1000. 



KLONDYKE STRAWBERRY. 



We have a fine stock of this valuable 

 new variety grown from plants derived 

 direct from the originator. We know them 

 to be the absolutely true and pure Klon- 

 dyke. Price, 75c. per 100; $6.00 per 1000. 

 Number of Strawberry Plants Re- 

 quired to Plant an Acre. 

 11,000 to acre, 4 ft. rows. 

 11,500 to acre, 2> l / 2 ft. rows. 

 14,000 to acre, 3 ft. rows. 

 12 in. apart in row. 



12,000 to acre is the average number in 

 this vicinity. 



Where 11,000 plants are put on an acre 

 they are more easily cultivated with a 

 horse, and the fruit is likely to be larger. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Early Harvest. — Large and very sweet. 

 Ripens fully two weeks before the earliest 

 of the old field berries. Is not a Dewberry, 

 but a regular bush. Strong one year old 

 plants, 15c. each; $1.50 per dozen. 

 OLIVES. 



Ptcholine. — A variety much esteemed in 

 California for its rapid growth and early 

 bearing. 15 to 18 inches high, 75c. each; 

 24 to 30 inches, bushy, $1.00 each; 4 for 

 $10, $35.00 per 100. 



PECANS. 



It is now an estabishlished fact, admitted 

 by all that have given any attention to the 

 subject that Pecan trees are by far the 

 most prolific of all fruit trees to plant. As 

 a proof of this we call to your notice the 

 fact that we usually paid $183 for the crop 

 of one tree. Those who planted some of 

 our budded trees 10 to 12 years ago are 

 now getting returns of from $5.00 to $10.00 

 per tree annually. These returns will reg- 

 ularly increase as the years go by. 



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