. Richard Frotscher's almanac and garden manual for the southern states . Tall Growing Okra. 58 Fiichar^d Frotschers Almanac and Garden Jlamml a dish the Creoles of Louisiana know how to prepare better than anyother nationality. It is also boiled in salt and water, and served withvinegar as a salad, and is considered a very wholesome dish. ? Shouldnot be planted before the ground is warm in spring as the seeds areapt to rot. Sow in drills, which ought to be two to three feet apart,and when up, thin out. and leave one or two plants every twelve orflfteen inches. Tali GrowiMg. This is the variet
. Richard Frotscher's almanac and garden manual for the southern states . Tall Growing Okra. 58 Fiichar^d Frotschers Almanac and Garden Jlamml a dish the Creoles of Louisiana know how to prepare better than anyother nationality. It is also boiled in salt and water, and served withvinegar as a salad, and is considered a very wholesome dish. ? Shouldnot be planted before the ground is warm in spring as the seeds areapt to rot. Sow in drills, which ought to be two to three feet apart,and when up, thin out. and leave one or two plants every twelve orflfteen inches. Tali GrowiMg. This is the variety most cultivated here. Thepods are long, round towards the end. and keep tender longer thanthe square podded kind. Dwarf Crreeii. This is a very early and prolific variety, andremains tender longer than any other. It has come into general cul-tivation, planted much more than the tall. It may be said here, thatall dwarf varieties, when cultivated in this locality for some ye^rs. willgrow taller everv ]¥eTr Velvet. A new variety; dwarf, round, smooth pods, freefrom ridges and seams, and not prickly to the touch ; very prolific andearly. I tried this variety the last two years, and sold a good deal ofthe seed last year. It has come up to what is claimed for it. I re-commend it to all who have not tried it. ONION. 0(3^-o^- (Fr.), Zwiebel (Ger.), Cebolla ; Xew Onion is one of the most important vegetables, and isgrown to a large extent in Louisiana. It is one of the surest cropsto be raised, and always sells. Thousands of barrels are shipped inSpring from here to the Western and Northern States. There is onepeculiar feature about raising Onions here, and that is, they canonly be raised from Southern, or so-called Creole seed. No seed fromNorth, West, or any part of Europe, will produce a merchantable Onionin the South. When the crop of Creole seed is a failure, and they arescarce, they will bring a good ]:rice, having been sold as high as ten For the
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