. 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. 134 J. STECKI/ER SEED ALMANAC AND The cultivation of this fruit has rather been neglected, which should not be so. as the fig is always a sure crop, with very little attention. It has commenced to be an article of commerce when preserved; shipped from here it sells quite readily North, put up in that way. The Celeste is the best for that purpose; not liable to so
. 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. 134 J. STECKI/ER SEED ALMANAC AND The cultivation of this fruit has rather been neglected, which should not be so. as the fig is always a sure crop, with very little attention. It has commenced to be an article of commerce when preserved; shipped from here it sells quite readily North, put up in that way. The Celeste is the best for that purpose; not liable to sour like the yellow skinned varieties, and sweeter than other dark skinned kinds. One year, price, 20c. each; per dozen; packed and delivered on steamboat or rail- road depot 5io per 100; 590 per 1000. We have a few hundred of extra size trees, which have been transplanted. Price. 30c. each; 3 year old. 40c. each; £ per dozen. THE I,EMON OR MAY FIG. This is the earliest of all the Fig varieties, producing medium sized cream or lemon yellow fruit, which ripens as early as the beginning of Ma}-. The tree bears twice during the season, the second crop ripening only under extremely favorable conditions. The fruit is of a delightful flavor, juicy and very sweet, and is excellent for drying, canning or preserving. 30c. each. NEW WHITE ADRIATIC FIG. This valuable variety has been introduced into this country from South Italy, where it is esteemed as the finest of all figs. The tree attains an enormous size and is an immense bearer, bearing more than any other variety known. The fruit is of the finest quality; the skin is thin like paper, thinnest at the base, and not like most other figs, thicker at the point. The pulp is very sweet, with small seeds, without a hollow space in the center; in fact the whole fruit is one solid pulp. The size of the fruit is larger than the white Smyrna Fig and a great deal finer in flavor. It begins to ripen in July, and figs ripen from that t
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