. 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. 66 J. STECKEER SEED CO., LTD., AI/MAXaC AXD' ing and replaced in the morning. Some gardeners use Latanias for covering the beds. When the seed is coming up, say in 7 or 9 daj's, the cover h;:s to be removed entirely; but if the weather is dry, the watering has to be continued. They thrive best in loamy soil. Can be planted in the same ground for years, and require no rota-
. 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. 66 J. STECKEER SEED CO., LTD., AI/MAXaC AXD' ing and replaced in the morning. Some gardeners use Latanias for covering the beds. When the seed is coming up, say in 7 or 9 daj's, the cover h;:s to be removed entirely; but if the weather is dry, the watering has to be continued. They thrive best in loamy soil. Can be planted in the same ground for years, and require no rota- tion as other crops. When the plants have reached the size of a goose quiil, they are transplanted into rows which can be from one to two feet apart, according to the mode of cultivation, and about five or sis inches apart in the rows. The ground should be thoroughly prepared before setting out the plants. We generally shorten the tops and roots. In April the Onion will be ready to be taken up. In sections where it is too cold to sow- Onion seed in the fall, the Creole seed can. be sown ill January and February; in that, case they should be sown very thinly in; drills, thinned out to a proper stand, and by the end of spring they will produce a good- sized Onion. Growers here use very little, if any fertilizers, bt?t it can be used with advantage. For spring sowing we reco::;- inend the Bermuda seed. The seed of the Creole Onion, which va- offer, is grown for us by an experienced Onion grower at Lafourche. No stock can be found. We do not depend upon chance purchases; very often see a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original J. Steckler Seed Co; Frotscher, Mary T; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. New Orleans, La. : J. Stecker Seed Co. , Ltd.
Size: 3718px × 672px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggilbertnurserya, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
