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Title: Steckler's seed catalogue and garden manual for the southern states : 1902
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: J. Steckler Seed Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Garden tools Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New Orleans, La. : Steckler
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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not be too highly recommended.Extra Early White French, or ^White Egg. This is a lately introducedvariety; is said to be very early, tender andcrisp. The shape of it is oblong, resemblingan egg. Having tried it we found it asrepresented, quickly growing, tender andsweet. It will never become a favorite market variety, as only flat kinds sell wellin this market. It has to be pulled upsoon, as it becomes pithy shortly after at-taining maturity. *fextra Early Purple Top Munich.Recently introduced from Germany; fiat,with red or purple top; same as the Ameri-can variety, but fifteen days earlier to ma-ture. It is very hardy, tender, and of fineflavor. * Large Cow Horn. A lcng white varie-ty of very good quality, shaped like a cowshorn, from which the name. It is good for.feeding stock. ^ Sweet German, or Hanover. Re-sembles the Ruta Baga in growth; it is awhite flesh variety, very solid and sweet. Ifsown in the fall will keep well until springwithout getting pithy like the flat varieties,.
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Improved Purple Top Ruta Baga. Extra Early White French or White Egg Turnip. , THE VEGETABLE PEAR. Sycios or Sechium edulis. The Vegetable Pear, or Mirliton,, as the Creoles here call it, belongs to the Gourd,family, and is known to botanists under the name of -One-Seeded Cucumber. Likemost of the Gourds the plant is a vine and may be trained upon a trellis, on a fence orarbor; it is verv ornamental rnd rn fbnndant bearer. The fruit, if prepared right, forms; The Silver Roving Cup was Captured by us at the late Horticultural Exhibits GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 91 a delightful dish, much finer in flavor than either Eggplants. Squashes or Pumpkins, andmay be cooked in half a dozen different ways, either stewed, baked or as batter cakes. Asthe fruit contains but one seed, the whole fruit has to be planted. TOBACCO SEEDS. Imported Havana. We import from one of the principal growers the finest andpurest strain of Vuelta Abajo, which is considered the best of the Havana varietie

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