. Almanac and garden manual for the southern states of the J. Steckler Seed Co., Nursery stock Louisiana New Orleans Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 39 Crosby's Egyptian. An improve- ment on the foregoing sort; being of more uniform shape and color. Recom- mend same highly; it will take the place of the old variety for market purposes. White French Sugar is used for stock food in our climate; not much planted. Silver Beet or Swiss Chard. This variety is cultivated for its large suc
. Almanac and garden manual for the southern states of the J. Steckler Seed Co., Nursery stock Louisiana New Orleans Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 39 Crosby's Egyptian. An improve- ment on the foregoing sort; being of more uniform shape and color. Recom- mend same highly; it will take the place of the old variety for market purposes. White French Sugar is used for stock food in our climate; not much planted. Silver Beet or Swiss Chard. This variety is cultivated for its large succulent leaves, which are used for the same pur- poses as Spinach. It is very popular in the New Orleans market, Lents. A strain of Blood Turnip Beet which originated with one of the most prom- inent market gardeners around Philadel- phia. This beet, as selected and grown by him has had a great reputation in the sur- roundings of the above place, but the seed has been carefully guarded and kept until recently, when it fell into the hands of a seed grower, from whom we have received our supply. It is fully as early as the Egyp- tian Beet, but larger and of better quality; and it has a fine turnip form with smooth roots, dark blood red flesh, tender and sweet at all times, never becoming tough and stringy, even when old. The cut is an ex- act representation of its Chicago Early lilood Turnip Beet. BORECOLE OR CURLED KALE. Choux-vert (Fr.), Gpuener Kohl (Ger.), Breton (Sp.) Dwarf German Greens. A vegetable highly esteemed in the northern part of Europe, but very little cultivated in this country. It re- cmires frost to make it good for the table. Treated the sanies as cabbage. BROCCOLI. Choux Broccoli (Fr.), Spargel-Kohl (Ger.), Broculi (Span.) Purple Cape. Resembles the Cauliflower, but not forming sujh compact heads, and not quite so white, being of greenish cast. We raise such fine Cauliflower here that very little Broccoli is planted. The Purple Cape is the most desirab
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