. 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, EOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 165 The skin is tough, perfectly smooth and the fruit will bear shipping at any distance. It has very few seeds, in fact it may almost be called seedless. It grows on strong and vigor- ous vines with dense dark green foliage. We are confident that this will, when once in- troduced, become one of our leading varieties. Pr;ce per packag
. 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, EOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 165 The skin is tough, perfectly smooth and the fruit will bear shipping at any distance. It has very few seeds, in fact it may almost be called seedless. It grows on strong and vigor- ous vines with dense dark green foliage. We are confident that this will, when once in- troduced, become one of our leading varieties. Pr;ce per package, 15c. Bliss Triumph or Improved Bermuda Potato. This new variety of Potatoes has been brought to the South but a few years ago, and has already become a great favorite with our farmers here on account of its hardiness and great productiveness. Although in our local market red Potatoes are little demanded but in Northern markets the demand is larger for red than any other kind, and therefore the most of our Southern farmers who grow Potatoes for shipping plant a good red in preference to a white kind. In former years the Early Rose had been the leading variety, but since the introduction of Bliss Triumph, this has taken the place of the other varie- ties. Its earliness, uniform size and handsome shape, makes it not only the most attrac- tive but also the most desirable. It is an excellent shipper, arriving at its destiny in a bet- ter condition than any other Potato and brings generally from 50c. to $ more per bar- rel in Western and Northern markets than any other kind. It has since its introduction grown steadily in favor and will before long be our leading variety. Our stock is ihe ''True Bliss Triumph.'5 Tennessee grown. Steckler Seed Co.'s New Pro- lific Cotton. This variety was introduced by us last year and has proved to be one of the best, if not the best, of all kinds ever introduced here. The stock grows from 4 to 5 feet high; is very strong, branches low and pro
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