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Ocean City Prolific Strawberry. 



A splendid new berry which originated 

 in Worcester county, Aid. Plant is vigor- 

 ous, with large broad green leaf; fruit as 

 large as the Kubach, and larger than the 

 Michel's Early but later in bearing. Good 

 for second crop; very prolific, and a very 

 fine shipping berry. Price, $1.00 per 100. 



Louisiana Soft Shell Pecans. 



This is a variety of nuts which only grows 

 South, and is a sure crop here. Those who 

 planted Orange trees twenty years ago lost 

 most of their labor in January, 1886, when 

 seven-eighths of trees were killed by the 

 severity of the weather. If Pecan trees had 

 been planted instead, they would have 

 brought a handsome income and continued 

 to increase every year in their production, 

 furnishing a never failing crop for a whole 

 century. 



Centennial. This is an extra large variety, long in shape and thin in she'll. 



Frotscher's Egg Shell. One of the thinnest shelled Pecans produced. It is of a 

 very large size, roundish in shape and of fine rlavor. 



Rome. The "Rome" is the largest Pecan not we ever saw, of fine quality, thin 

 shell, good bearer; in shape it is round at one end, and pointed at the other, a very 

 profitable variety. 



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OceaD City Prolific Strawberry. 



Centennial Pecans. 



The following letter on Pecan Culture is written by Mr. William Nelson, and may be 

 of importance to those contemplating the raising of this fruit: 

 Mr. Richard Frotscher, New Orleans. 



Dear Sir: — There being as you say "an evident 

 desire among many here to learn something more 

 about pecan growing with a view of planting," I 

 send you my views on the subject. While not 

 professing to be a teacher, I think, if you conclude 

 to publish this in your "Garden Manual," it may 

 be of interest to some wbo are about starting in 

 the business ; being only a plain statement of facts, 

 without much speculation as to how profitable it 

 may prove to those engaged in it. 



It is surprising that this matter should have 

 received so little attention up to this time, the 

 demand for good nuts being practically unlimited. 



The trees, as far as my observation goes, are 

 subject to no disease, and have but few insect 

 pests to contend with. They will grow in almost 

 any soil, on high or low land, no cultivation, no 

 draining, no pruning required. The reverse of all 

 this is true of the orange; yet how many have 

 spent much money in trying to establish orange 

 groves, and so few to plant pecan trees. There- 

 turns from the first so uncertain, from the last 

 absolutely sure. An orange grove in this State 

 may be, and often is, killed out in one nightbys 

 cold, while a pecan grove will continue to be 

 profitable for years; for so long in fact, that it is 

 not even remembered who planted it. 



