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LOUISIANA RED

PRICES ON LOUISIANA PINK TOMATO No. 573
AND LOUISIANA RED No. 574
Pkt. 10c.; ^/20z. 40c. ; oz. 75c. ; Vilb. $2.50; lb. $8.

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SEE INSIDE TOMATO SEED PAGES OF THIS CATALOGUE FOR COMPLETE 71
DESCRIPTION OF THESE REMARKABLE NEW WILT- RESISTANT VARIETIES JJ

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans, La.

DOUBLE BALSAM

REUTER’S

FREE FLOWER SEEDS

4 Packets Tree Ivith ebery order of 50 cts. or ober

REGULAR customers who look forward each season to obtaining
. Reuter’s Free Flower Seed will be delighted at the assortment
given in this year’s collection, and those who give their first order to
Reuter will be pleasantly surprised with the beautiful home flower-garden
they receive gratis. This established custom of Reuter’s has
largely contributed to the noticeable increase in
home flower-gardens throughout the South,
for every home may have flower seed
Free by merely purchasing as little
as 50 cents worth of seed, selected
from this catalogue.

Each variety included in the 1926 collection
is here illustrated in its actual colors. The assort-
ment consists of Japanese Morning-Glory,

Double Balsam, Candytuft, and Double Annual
Poppy. Any one of the four would be acceptable,
but you get the complete collection of four packets
with every seed order amounting to 50 cents or
over. This does not mean a collection for every m
50-cent portion of your order — just one collection
with an order.

Please do not ask for changes or alterations —
the assortment is given only as listed and
illustrated. Plain cultural directions are printed
on each packet.

Please Do Not Write In Above Space

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CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans, La.

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(State here if wanted by Mail, Express or Freight)

Extra Order
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Envelopes
sent upon
Application

NOTICE—

BE SURE TO FILL OUT THESE BLANKS PLAINLY. The more careful you
are in filling out the following blanks plainly and correctly, the more certain you are
of receiving your order promptly and satisfactorily.

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Write very plainly, please

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If goods are wanted C.
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No plants shipped C. O. D.

NON-WARRANTY — Chris. Reuter gives no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter
of seeds, bulbs, plants or trees he sends out, and will not be responsible in any way for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept
the goods on these terms they are at once to be returned and if the money has been paid for them, it will be refunded.

Have I your permission to substitute equal or better in nearest variety I can supply if out of variety ordered?

If I can give you better service by shipping prepaid express instead of price postpaid, may I do so?

SEEDS POSTPAID BY PARCEL POST — Please bear in mind that the prices given in this catalog include delivery on all seeds by packet, ounce, quarter-
pound, pound, two pounds, and five pound lots, unless otherwise specified, to all post offices within the boundaries of the United States.

Send us the amount named in this catalog, and we guarantee safe delivery by postpaid parcel post in these, quantities. This does not include pecks and bushels.

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Free Flower Seeds With Every Seed Order

NOTICE: If your order amounts to $2.00 or more, and you wish a copy of Reuter’s valuable Book, “How to Grow, Pack and Ship Vegetables
for Profit,” be sure to put an (x) in this space. □

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A Big Help
to You

Ok South’s Greatest Garden Guide

Flower Seeds Free

It has been my custom, for years, to give to my good cus-
tomers a collection of Flower Seeds free and, judging by the
multitude of letters that come to my desk each season, this
modest gift is very much appreciated. This custom is just my
way for showing appreciation for the orders sent to me, and,
incidentally, it permits me to place flower seeds in homes
where they might not otherwise be planted. Flowers about
the home place add a cheerfulness and beauty obtained in
no other way, and I want each and every customer to take

advantage of my offer. Remember — with each order for seeds (plant
orders not included), amounting to 50c or more, I will also Include
ABSOLUTELY FREE FOUR PACKETS OF FLOWER SEEDS (my
selection), grown especially for me and adapted to the South.

I am anxious to obtain the names and correct postoffice addresses of a number of your friends and acquaintances who are farmers and
gardeners who you think would be interested in receiving my Catalog. I am extremely anxious that this list be made absolutely correct so far as
postoffice, name and rural route is concerned, and in order that you may use care in compiling same, I will give you FREE an assortment of FOUR
of my choice strains of PEERLESS VEGETABLE SEEDS, my selection for garden use, if you will fill out the blank below and send it with an
order for Seed or other articles selected from my Catalog.

NAMES

POSTOFFICE

R. F. D.

COUNTY

STATE

To CHRIS. REUTER, Seedsman, New Orleans, La. — The above list of names is correct.

Please sign your name and address here:

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Heutefs,

Selected Seeds
vfor Southern Gardens

IN the first eight and last eight pages of this Catalog I am describing and picturing in actual, true-to-nature colors, a number of vari-
eties of Vegetables, Flowers and Bulbs that are best adaptable and have proven most popular throughout the South. During
my years in the seed business I have seen, these varieties develop in sales, year after year, until they amount to far more than
those of other sorts. Market and home gardeners write me that they have found these vegetable varieties standard in the markets,
that they are dependable, season after season, and that they make more profit in sowing these sorts. I believe you’ll find any of
them highly satisfactory and you will make no mistake in placing them at the top of your order. The Flowers and Bulbs pictured
will beautify any home and every one is thoroughly adapted to the South.

Copyright 1926, Chris. Reuter. All Rights Reserved.

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s Selected Seeds for Southern Gardens

Crosby Egyptian Beet

LETTERS LIKE THIS ARE NOT RARE TO US

Bogalusa. La., July 27, 1925.

Dear Mr. Reuter: — Just a word to let you know how well pleased I am with the results
I received from the seeds I ordered from you this spring; everything did fine, including the
Onion Plants. The were so well pleased that we felt that you should know it and the best way
to let you know was to let the letter accompany another order for our fall seeds. When I see
anyone planting I shall wonder if they know about your wonderful seed. If I can help by telling
about them, I shall certainly do so. (Mrs.) ELLIS SHARP.

Prices :
over, at 75c

Crosby Egyptian Beet No. 54 — £he Finest

J ^ Strain in

America Today. No other beet has so many real, genuine
points of merit as this highly developed, closely selected,
pedigreed strain of the famous Crosby Egyptian. A con-
sistent demand from the same people year after year for
this variety should be sufficient endorsement. The small
top of this variety makes it especially desirable for bunching.
The roots are flattened globe shape and very smooth. The
exterior color of the root is bright red. The flesh is bright
vermilion red, zoned with a lighter shade, very sweet, ten-
der and of excellent quality. As this is probably the most
largely planted beet for the early season by all classes of
gardeners, you can make no mistake in ordering it.

Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; hr lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
per lb; 25-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Early Scarlet Turnip White
Tip Radish

Reuter’s Early Scarlet Turnip White-Tipped Radish No. 461— The Best and Quickest Round White-Tipped

* r Sort. It you wish to have the finest and first

round white-tipped radishes, sow this splendid strain. The skin is of rich scarlet color, tipped white. It is extremely quick to mature, being

ready for table in 20 days from time of sowing seed.

It is an invaluable market gardeners’ type. The skin
is very smooth, and its flavor excellent. You’ll find
this a quick-selling sort at good prices, always above
ordinary stocks, and it is no less satisfactory in the
home garden.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 30c; lb., 90c;

5 lbs., $4.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb lots or
over, at 70c per lb ; 25-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Giant Stringless Green Pod Bean

14 Absolutely Stringless, Attractive Long

Green Pods. A very desirable green
podded sort for the home garden and largely grown
for the market. The handsome round pods are six
to seven inches long, dark green in color, brittle and
perfectly stringless. It is one of the most productive
sorts, and can perhaps be picked in one-third the time
of any other sort. This variety, illustrated in colors
at bottom of page, has achieved unheard-of popu-
larity in Texas, Mississippi and other Southern
states, where it is grown on a large commercial
scale for shipping the young “snaps” to Northern
markets. Our stock is pure.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces!, 10c; lb., 20c;
lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (60 lbs.), $10.50;
2 bu. or more, per bu., $10.00.

Wardwell’s Kidney Wax Beans

Wardwell’s Kidney Wax Bean

23 Unsurpassed in Richness of Quality.

One of the earliest, best, and hardiest of
the wfax sorts. The plant becomes loaded with long,
broad, and flat, beautifully waxy colored pods which
are stringless and of a rich, luscious flavor, and. are
exceedingly brittle; the dried beans are a distinct
kidney shape. The pods are about six inches long
and of excellent quality. They always command a
ready sale on all markets making the variety one of
the most profitable for the trucker.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces!, 10c; V2 lb., 25c;
lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (60 lbs.), $11.00;
2 bu. or more, per bu., $10.50.

Giant Stringless GreeD Beans

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s Selected Seeds for Southern Gardens

Reuter’s Charleston Wakefield Cabbage No. 83 —

The Finest Spring Cabbage for the South. Standing preeminent as
the finest spring cabbage for the South, Reuter’s Charleston Wakefield
has contributed much toward placing cabbage from the Sunny South on
the northern markets during the spring months. The heads, when ma-
tured, average 10 to 12 pounds each, and sometimes more. For sureness
in heading and regularity of growth, Reuter’s Charleston Wakefield Cab-
bage is the acme of perfection. It is unquestionably the best variety to
plant during the early spring months for either home use or market.
The heads are cf equal size and as hard and as solid as a cannon ball.
The most severe weather ever known in this section hardly inflicts any
injury to Reuier’s Charleston Wakefield. The type is remarkable for
its quick-growing habits, fully two weeks earlier than the flat-headed
varieties. The plants, owing to their compact growth and few outer
leaves can be set close together and yrield an enormous crop per acre.
Unusually crisp and sweet for home use. Long Island grown seed only.

Long Island Grown Seed Only. Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; H
lb., 90c; lb., $2.75; 5 lbs., $13.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots
or over, at $2.50 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at $2.25 per lb.

Livingstons Globe
Tomato No. 545 — ^Dis*in,t

m shape,

firm and blight-proof. This is a stand-
ard variety for shipping purposes. It is
an absolutely globe-shaped variety,
ripens very early, color is a glossy red,
tinted with purple. The vines are very
vigorous and productive. Bears fruit in
clusters of from three to seven fruits, so
that it can be truthfully stated that the
plants are literally loaded with beautiful
tomatoes. This variety is especially
valuable to long distance shippers and
it cannot be recommended too highly
for this purpose. Its blight-proof quali-
ties are exceptional.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25; oz.,
45c; \i lb., $1.50; lb., $5. CO; 5 lbs.,
$23.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb.
lots or over, at $4.50 per lb; 25-lb.
lots or over, at $4.25 per lb.

Charleston

Wakefield

Cabbage

Reuter’s Peerless June
Pink Tomato No. 557 —

Unexcelled for Home Use and Ship-
ping— A highly developed strain that
will produce an attractive purplish-pink
tomato of the finest quality as early as
the Earliana. The fruits are large,
nearly round, very smooth and solid.
The fruits grow in clusters and fairly
load down the plants with an abundance
of uniform tomatoes. As smooth as the
Stone and as seedless as the Ponderosa.
It is a splendid shipper and a great
favorite among the large commercial
tomato growers in South Texas. Each
year many carloads of tomatoes are
shipped out of Texas to all portions of
the United States, tbe fruit all grown
from Reuter’s June Pink Tomato seed.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 45c; lb.,
$1.25; lb., $4.50; 5 lbs., $21.25, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at $4.00 per lb.

Livingstons Globe Tomato

Succession

Cabbage

Reuter’s Peerless Succession No. 91 — 1 he ,most cele:

brated second

early variety of cabbage in cultivation. It stands today unrivaled as a
second-early or main crop. The heads become solid long before they are fully
grown, so that though immature, heads of satisfactory size may be cut long
before it is at its best. This quality, combined with its ability to stand
well without splitting, makes it available for use over a longer season than
most other sorts. The heads are of medium size, very firm and solid,
averaging 10 to 12 inches in diameter, but are frequently larger. Average
weight 12 to 15 pounds, although our growers have produced cabbages from
our seed to weigh 25 pounds. My strain is remarkablefor its purity, true-
ness to type and uniformity. We offer Long Island grown seed only, stock
that is dependable.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; H lb., 90c; lb., $2.75; 5 lbs., $13.00,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.50 per lb; 25-lots or
over at $2.25 per lb.

If you would like to know just how pretty your home can be made, turn
to Pages 73 to 80 and see the illustrations in actual color of flowers that
are easy to grow in any Southern home garden.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s Selected Seeds for Southern Gardens

TVlP Kirhv CllCljmhpr . ^ Stays Green— No. 229 — Originator’s Stock. This is perhaps the

earliest of the White Spine type. The fruit is seven to eight inches

long, cylindrical in shape, with a beautiful dark green color from stem to blossom end and this color is retained
in all its freshness longer than most other varieties. It is a vigorous grower, yields enormously, the shipping

quality is not to be excelled
and it commands a top
price in particular markets.

One Florida trucker, with
a field of twelve acres,
reports a first picking of
135 bushel hampers per
acre, all grading 95% fancy

and a second picking that averaged 241 bushel hampers

Barden’s Wonder Bantam Corn

Kirby Cucumber — It Stays Green

per acre. Another reports a matured crop in forty days,
ten days earlier than any other variety planted in his '
section. Still another planter reports that he gathered
930 hampers from two acres planted in this variety that j
brought him a gross return of $3039.00. We do not hesi-
tate to recommend to any of our customers that they
plant this new variety for we know they will be highly ;
pleased with it.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 50c; lb., $1.50;

5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at $1.25 per lb.

New Orleans Market Eggplant

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 20c; oz., 40c; 34 lb., $1.40;
lb. $4.50; 5 lbs., $21.25, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb.
lots or over, at $4.00 per lb.

Barden’s Wonder Bantam (Sugar) No. 199 — Jtere is f1 ever increafng demfnd

v tor an early sweet com having all of

the good qualities of the Golden Bantam, together with a larger ear and having about the same maturing
season. Planted beside the Golden Bantam, it was more vigorous, productive and as early as the Bantam,
having the marked advantage of having much larger ears set up higher on the stalk. The stalks grow from
5 to 6 feet in height and have ears 8 to 10 inches in length, filled with eight rows of rich golden colored kernels.
It is a variety that will appeal to the home gardener as well as the earner who has been looking for a Bantam
corn that will produce more tonnage per acre and at the same time not sacrifice its high quality. Order
early and try out this grand, new variety.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; y2 lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck
(11 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (44 lbs.), $11.00; 2 bu. or more, $10.50 per bu.

Reuter’s New Orleans Market Egg-
plant No. 236 — The Finest Home and Shipping
Variety. A long, dark purple variety that is absolutely
distinct, being perfectly adapted to the South in every re-
spect. The seed is produced in New Jersey from my own
personal stock seed. No eggplant on the market combines
such wonderful characteristics for the market gardener and
trucker. These eggplants will carry to any market in the
United States or Canada without spoiling. Their keeping
quality is a profitable asset. The plants grow large and
high, sometimes five feet, and bear fruit entirely off the
ground. Being an upright grower, it resists heat and
drouth. Its color is deep purple, sometimes showing a tinge
of red, very large in size, oval in shape, absolutely spine-
less, and of the finest quality. If you are going to plant
eggplants this spring, and are in doubt as to what variety
to sow, don’t hesitate to plant this one by all means. No
one else can offer you the same stock. The shortness of
the present seed crop urges early planting.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s Selected Seeds for Southern Gardens

Reuter’s Danvers Half Long Carrot No. 129 —

The Best Carrot for All Purposes. The most popular carrot for the
market gardener and trucker, and for many years has led our whole
list as the best seller. A half-long orange carrot, grown largely on
account of its great productiveness and adaptability to all classes
of soil. It is a desirable second early carrot for the home garden and
is also the best money-making variety for the market gardener
and trucker. The tops are of medium size. The mature roots are of
medium length, six to eight inches long, tapering uniformly to a blunt
point. Grown extensively by market gardeners for bunching, and
largely shipped to northern markets. Our strain is unbeatable.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 75c per lb.; 25-lb.
lots or over, at 60c per lb.

World’s Record No. 420— Thisfis a fw larf podded’

dwarf pea of unusual merit. It
deserves great popularity because it is the earliest of all the large
podded sorts and the peas will keep in fine condition an unusually
long time after they are picked. It is extremely popular with market
gardeners and commercial truckers and practically every Southern
pea-growing section. It is really an improved type of the Gradus
but earlier, more dwarf, true-to-type and tremendously productive.

Danvers Half Long Carrot Average height about 2 feet, vines moderately stout, medium green;

pods medium green, fully 4 to 5 inches long, fairly broad, pointed and
well filled with seven to nine very large, dark green peas of exceptional quality. The more discriminating
and critical a home or market gardener you are, the more emphatic your appreciation will be for this
magnificent pea. As a money making variety, it is unmatched. There is no pea more prolific. It is a
leader in the market and always in demand. It is surely a grand, exceptionally new variety that deserves
its popularity and is an invaluable addition to our already splendid list of garden peas.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ozs.), 10c; H lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, peck (14 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (56 lbs.), $11.00; 2 bu., or more, per bu., $10.50.

Earliest of All or Alaska No. 404— You want,t0 pIanfc an acr? or+so is ext™-early

pea, which matures m about 30 days. Be sure,
however, that you procure Reuter’s Northern Grown Pea Seed. By careful selection and growing, we
have developed a stock of this smooth blue pea of unequalled evenness in growth and early maturity
of pods, which are filled with medium sized green peas of good flavor. The vines are medium in height,
about 234 to 3 feet. The pods are of good size, about 2 Yi to 2% inches long. This sort matures all

of its crop at once and is a valuable variety

World’s Record Garden Pea

for market gardeners and canners.

Prices: Pkt.

postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $2.65; bu. (60 lbs.), $9.50; 2 bu.
more, per bu., $9.00.

or

Reuter’s Peerless Purple Top White Globe Turnip No.

gyg Our highly perfected strain of the famous Purple Top White Globe Turnip

is more largely planted by truckers, gardeners, and farmers in the South
than any other stock we know of. It is a large, rapid growing turnip with globular
shaped roots. Flesh is pure white, and skin is white with purple at the portion
which grows above the' ground. This type of turnip is very popular for both table
use and feeding stock. It is in fine condition for table use when of medium size, but
should be allowed to grow large when used for cattle feeding. Our strain is surely
of excellent quality and splendid flavor. It is a heavy cropper and fine for bunching
purposes. Each and every year thousands of pounds of our selected stock of this
grand variety are planted by the New Orleans market gardeners, as well as by
commercial truckers throughout the South for shipment to Northern markets.
You make no mistake when you plant this particular sort, because it excels anything
I have ever seen on the market.

Reuter’s Peerless Purple Top White Globe Turnip

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; M lb-, 25c; lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.00, postpaid. Not
prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 50c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 40c per lb.

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CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s New Schochler Watermelon

No. 617 Mr. J. Palmer Schochler has certainly developed a

remarkable watermelon in this new variety. For size
and quality it is attracting the attention of commercial growers and
produce firms that seek an extra-size melon. The melon pictured above
was photographed in Chicago after being shipped from Rusk, Texas,
and weighed exactly 85 pounds in front of the camera. Some melon!
Carload shipments from commercial melon points have averaged 46 to
48 pounds. Mr. M. E. Ledlow, of Longview, Texas, planted one acre
in the Schochler this year and the first thirty melons pulled weighed a
total of 2240 pounds, an average of 75 pounds each, with the largest
melon weighing 105 pounds. Such a variety, producing uniformly heavy
melons should appeal to growers catering to markets that will buy and
willingly pay for such an attractive product. A quality article at a
high price always brings more profit than a common product at a com-
mon price.

EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE AND FINE FLAVOR— The Schochler

is a long, thick melon, the picture above showing its true type. While
the rind is thin, for the size of the melon, it is extremely tough and will
stand ordinary handling and shipping. Its meat is a dark red, fine
grained, with no white parts, and a flavor that is delicious. The melon
is a rich dark green, with a faint, practically invisible stripe. It is not
a prolific melon, producing only about four melons to the vine, but the
huge size of the melons more than makes up for the fewer produced.
It is a remarkable drouth resister and will produce a second crop of
melons averaging 25 to 35 pounds each. Bred and developed by Mr.
Schochler, an experienced commercial grower, who knows what markets
want. You’ll find this melon a sure profit-maker. Be sure to try it.

Prices: Pkt., 15c; oz., 25c; Lt lb-, 75c; lb., $2.50; 5 lbs., $11.25,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.00 per lb.; 25-lb.
lots or over, at $1.75 per lb.

Reuter’s

Earliest White Bush Squash

Earliest White Bush Squash

No. 515 . The earliest of all Squash. Our stock a

highly developed strain of the well-
known White Scalloped or Patty Pan Squash, and is
largely planted by market gardeners and commercial
truckers in the South who are anxious to produce the
earliest sort for shipment to Northern markets. We
don’t know of anything earlier than this sort. The vines
are vigorous and productive. The fruits are of medium
size, somewhat flattened and scalloped. The color is
creamy white and comparatively smooth in surface. For
many years we have found our stock earlier than others,
and, at the same time, the fruits are more generally
uniform. You will be well pleased with our stock.
Throughout Florida, Southwest Texas and Southern
Louisiana, thousands of truckers demand our stock of this
variety year after year and they seldom fail to have the
first and finest squash on the Northern markets. Whether
desired for a home or market garden purpose, this variety
more than “fills the bill.” It is the most attractive
product when displayed in markets and its flavor and
deliciousness make it a sought-for-addition to the family
dinner.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; l/i lb., 40c; lb., $1.25;
5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at $1.00 per lb. ; 25-lb. lots or over at 90c per lb.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

THIS IS REUTER’S WONDERMELON

The Finest
Watermelon
Ever Introduced

]\T0 No other variety of watermelon introduced by any

x >1 • American seedsman or grower has ever attained the

popularity in such a comparatively short time as has Reuter’s Won-
dermelon, and it deserves every bit of it! I first put it on the market
in 1018 and each year since then its sales have increased phenominally
until they now rank, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the highest
of any single variety, in a retail way, of any melon in the country. Its
fame has spread until it is now catalogued, under its own or similar
names, by many other seedsmen, but always minus the name of
“Reuter.” To obtain the true and genuine Reuter’s Wondermelon,
however, you must obtain your seed from Reuter! The picture above
is from an actual photograph of a run-of-field Wondermelon and on
Page 30 of this catalog you will find other pictures that will tell you
better than any words of mine, just how fine a watermelon it is. It
has every good point that a melon should have and, so far, I haven’t
discovered any bad points, either in my own experience in growing it
or in reports from customers. Commission merchants seek it, dealers
find it a remarkable profit-maker in “repeat” sales and customers wdll
pass up other sorts when the Wondermelon is in market.

AN ALL-PURPOSE MELON— When I first introduced the
Wondermelon I had my doubts about its ability to withstand long

shipments and I so stated in my catalogs. But, I have had reports
from so many commercial growers telling me how well it stands up
against hauling and shipping, that I am convinced it is a dependable
shipper. For instance, G. C. Mangum & Co., Pageland, S. C., writes
me: “This township sold approximately §20,000.00 worth of melons
this year and 75% of them came from your seed. We haul them by
truck to Charlotte, N. C., a distance of 45 miles, 20 miles of wdiich is
rough roads and the Wondermelon hauls well and arrives in fine shape.”

The Wondermelon is a white-seeded melon, grows uniformly large
and long, resembles the Tom Watson, but is a thicker, more solid and
usually larger and heavier. Melons weighing 40 to 50 pounds are not
unusual and many prize-winning weights have been reported to me.
Every bit of the brilliant red flesh of this melon is sweet to the rind;
it is free of cores or hard centers and the rind is thin, yet sufficiently
tough to stand ordinary handling. The melon is a dark glossy green
with small crease-like mai’kings on the larger sizes, a most attractive
product for market display.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % lb. , 50c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.

REUTER’S HONEY DEW CASABA MELON

No. 115- _A wonderful Casaba, sold at fabulous prices in all
markets. It is perfectly adapted to the South, and has
been successfully grown in all the Southern States during the past two
years. The average size of the melon is 6 inches in diameter from top to
bottom and 7 to 8 inches long. The flesh is an emerald green, very
thick, melting and fine grained; can be eaten to the extreme rind. The
seed cavity is very small; the rind, though thick, is very tough and so
close that the excellent flesh is practically sealed up where it keeps in
fine condition for several weeks after they are ripe. The melon does
not shrink in weight, is not easily bruised, and is a splendid shipper.
It matures about two weeks later than the Rockyford strains. It is
medium in size, 5 to 6 pounds. It is ready to eat in a few days when it is
slightly soft. Plant it in your home garden. Casaba melons thrive best
in a sandy soil, rich with humus, to a medium sandy loam. They require
a long season for maturing, but the fruits are exceptionally good keepers.
Plant according to your locality from February 15th until July 15th.
Cultivate the same as muskmelons.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; M lb., 65c; lb., $2.00; 5-lbs., $8.75,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.50 per lb.; 25-lb.
lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s Selected Seeds for Southern Gardens

Reuter’s Royal King Pepper No. 427 — a Regal Beauty Immensely

J ir r- Popular. A wonderful pepper

for commercial truckers who ship to Northern markets. For years we have sold this
seed to our local market gardeners and the results have been more than we even antici-
pated. We expect to sell more seed of this variety than all others combined, and justly
so, due to its superb qualifications, which puts Royal King head and shoulders over any
pepper introduced within the past ten years. Unequalled for home use, but more especially
adapted to truckers and market gardeners who ship their products, due to its uniformity
of size and shape, making it a most excellent sort- for this particular purpose. Its fine
appearance on arrival in markets will insure its being sold at top prices at all times.
This new sweet pepper was developed and perfected in the South, and will in time take
the place of all other sorts planted in a commercial way. It is very prolific, fruit of
brilliant color, very glossy, of large size; the flesh is very thick and mild. Our stock
runs remarkably true to type, producing strong, stocky plants of erect growth. If you
were to ask me for the one pepper to plant in the South for home garden or shipping,
I would unhesitatingly recommend Reuter’s Royal King. The flavor is exceedingly mild,
can be eaten raw, and when stuffed and cooked, it has no equal. This is a money-making
pepper for anyone sowing a large or small acreage.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 20c; oz., 35c; 34 lb., $1.25; lb., $4.50; 5 lbs., $21.25,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $4.00 per lb.

Reuter’s World Beater No. 437 — .This large and mild pepper, a cross

between the Chinese Giant and
Ruby King, is shaped similar to the Ruby King, except it is broader at the pointed end
and almost the size of the Chinese Giant. It may be sliced and eaten raw without fear
of burning. Flesh thick and sweet, very productive, matures in about 130 days. This
is one of the largest and finest mild peppers in cultivation. This new variety is becom-
ing more popular every year with large commercial truckers in Florida, Texas, Louisiana,
etc. Our stock of this variety is grown expressly for us under special contract so as

to afford our many customers seed
that has been selected only from the
finest types. Illustrated on page 39.

Reuter’s Genuine Green Striped Cashaw Pumpkin No. 445 —

1 his is the grandest and finest pumpkin for the man who lives in the South. It is a large crook-
neck variety, grown largely in Louisiana and other Southern states and extensively by the
local market gardeners for the New Orleans market. Fruits are large, with crooked neck.
Color creamy white, irregularly striped or traced with green. Flesh light yellow, very
thick, rather coarse, but sweet. Very hardy and vigorous, bugs seldom bothering them.
Can be grown among corn and makes heavy yields. Fine for either stock or table purposes.
If I were asked the one best pumpkin to plant, I would unhesitatingly recommend this one.
The seed we offer is the genuine stock, produced from our own private stock, which we have
kept pure for many years. It is far superior to other stocks offered under the same name and
should hardly be compared with Green Striped Cashaw Pumpkin offered by other seedsmen.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 1i lb., 50c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.

Reuter’s Genuine Green Striped Cashaw Pumpkin

Prices: Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; H lb.,
$1.25; lb., $4.00; 5 lbs., $18.75, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10 lb. lots or
over, at $3.50 per lb.

Reuter’s Royal King Pepper

King of Denmark Spinach

No. 506 This new variety is undoubtedly

the most valuable introduction
of spinach in recent years. Although the plants
are ready for use almost as early as the me-
dium early sorts, they remain in good condition
from a week to two weeks after all other vari-
eties are gone to seed. The plants are of rapid
growth, the numerous leaves are extra large,
broad and rounded, exceedingly bush, slightly
crumpled and glossy dark green color. It is a
vigorous grower. In the late spring when all
other sorts have run to seed it retains its dwarf
habit and good eating qualities for a long time.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; ) 4 lb., 25c;
lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.00, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 50c per lb.;
25-lb. lots or over, at 40c per lb.; 50-lb.
lots or over at 30c per lb. ; 100-lb. lots or
over, at 25c per lb*

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King of Denmark
Spinach

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

GENERAL DIRECTIONS to MY CUSTOMERS

By carefully observing the following directions,
mistakes and misunderstandings will be very largely
avoided:

HOW TO ORDER — Please be careful to sign your
Name, Post Office, Rural Route, and State on every
order. Be sure to tell us your nearest express office,
should you desire the seed forwarded by express; if by
freight, your railroad station, also preferable routing:
or, if by boat, your landing, and the name of boat, if
possible. WRITE PLAINLY.

ORDER EARLY — It will greatly facilitate ship-
ments if orders are sent in early. We aim to ship all
orders the same day they are received, and our mail-
order department has a capacity for more than 1,500
orders daily, but sometimes it is impossible during the
rush season.

CASH WITH ORDER — Customers will please
remit when ordering. If goods are wanted C. O. D., 25
per cent, or one-fourth of the amount, must accompany
the order. No plants shipped C. O. D.

HOW TO SEND MONEY — Remittances should
be made by post office money orders, express money
orders, drafts or checks on New Oileans or New York.

Where it is not possible to obtain these, the letter should be regis ered In all
cases where the order for seed amounts to one dollar or more, the cost of post
office or express money order, or cost of registering the letters from places that are
not money order offices, may be deducted'from the amount of the order.

STAMPS — On orders of seeds where the amount is less than 50 cents, we will
accept stamps in good condition (one and two-cent stamps preferred) the same as
cash, but we would ask those remitting stamps to wrap them in oiled paper, if
possible, to prevent their sticking together or to the order.

SEEDS POSTPAID BY PARCEL POST — Please bear in mind that the prices
given in this catalog include delivery on all seeds by packet, ounce, quarter-pound,
pound, two pounds, and five pound lots, unless otherwise specified.

Send us the amount named in this catalog, and we guarantee safe delivery by
postpaid parcel post in these quantities. This does not include pecks and
bushels.

PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE — This catalog is printed in October and
November and the market on many items of garden and field seeds has not yet

been established. Consequently prices on those items
indicate value at the time these pages are printed.
Orders will be filled, if at all possible — at prices printed
in this book, but ALL PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO
CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

NON-WARRANTY — Chris. Reuter does not
give, and his agents and employees are forbidden to
give any warranty, express or implied, as to description,
quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any
seeds, bulbs, plants, etc., he sends out and he will not
be any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser
does not accept the goods on these terms, they are to be
returned at once, and if the money has been paid
for them, it will be refunded. NO RESPONSIBLE
SEEDSMAN GIVES ANY WARRANTY.

This does not mean that we lack confidence in the
seeds we sell, but we have no control over the seeds
after they leave our hands. We cannot personally
direct the use of our goods after they leave our estab-
lishment; neither can we fully control anvwhere or at
any time the operation of natural law as it affects
seed. Sometimes, though not often, our seeds do not
come up after planting. This may be due to one or
more of several reasons, such as covering too deeply
or not deeply enough, too much or too little water, too cold weather or a baking
sun which forms a crust too hard for the tender shoots to penetrate. Some-
times insects destroy plants at the surface before they are seen by the gardener.

TESTED SEEDS — We test all our seeds before sending them to our customers,
and should they fail to grow, if promptly and propetly tested by customers, we
will replace the same amount or give value tu others. We cannot afford, know-
ingly, to send out seeds doubtful as to vitality or purity, and you cannot get any
better stocks of any seedsman, oven though he deceitfully professes to war-
rant seeds.

A guarantee from an irresponsible seedsman is of no value whatever. If
we should warrant or guarantee seed3 in any way, we could be held respon-
sible for the failure of the crop, regardless of cause, and this is a responsibility
we can not and will not accept. Crops are dependent for success or failure
on so many things besides seed that it is impossible for us to give any warranty
or guarantee.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
PLEASE READ

All Cabbage, Onion and Straw-
berry Plants and all Asparagus,
Horseradish and Rhubarb Roots,
are shipped from our grower’s
station and entirely separate
from seed or bulb orders.

Alphabetical Index for REUTER’S 1926 SPRING Catalog

VEGETABLE SEED

Page

Artichoke 14

Asparagus Seed 14

Artichoke, Ground 56

Asparagus Roots r4

Beans

Bean Collection . .
Beets, Garden. . .
Beets, Stock. . . .
Borecole, or Kale

Broccoli

Brussels Sprouts.

2-14-15-16-17

13

2-18

18

20

18

18

Chinese or “Celery” Cabbage 20

Collards 20

Corn Salad 18

Cabbage 3-19-20

Cauliflower 21

Carrots 5-22

Celery 22

Celeriac 22

Chervil 22

Corn, Sweet or Sugar 4-23

Cucumbers 4-24-25

Celery Lettuce 26

Cantaloupes 7-27-28

Chayote 46

Casaba Melons 7-27

Eggplants 4-25

Endive 25

Fennel, Italian 18

Heibs 46

Irish Potatoes 40

Italian Fennel 18

Jerusalem Artichokes 56

Page

Okra or Gumbo 35

Onions 36

Onion Plants 21

Pe-Tsai, Chinese Cabbage 20

Popcorn 23

Parsley 35

Parsnips 35

Peas, Garden 5 -37-38

Peppers 8-39

Potatoes, Irish 40

Pumpkins 8-40

Radishes 2-41

Romaine Cos 26

Roquette 35

Roots, Vegetable 14-46

Rutabagas 45

Swiss Chard 18

Sugar Beets 18

Sugar Corn ... 23

Sweet Corn 23

Sorrel 35

Salsify 35

Squash 6-42

Spinach 8-42

Tobacco 38

Tomatoes 3-43-44

Turnips 5-45

Turnip Collection 13

Vegetable Collections

Page 11-12-13 and 3rd cover

Vegetable Pears 46

Vegetable Plants 21-46

Vegetable Roots 14-46

Watermelons. . .6-7-29-30-31-32-33-34

Wondeimelon 7-30

Watermelon Collections 29

Kale, or Borecole
Kohlrabi

20

22

FIELD SEED

Alfalfa

54

Leeks 35

Lettuce 26

Mangel Wurzels 18

Mustard 35

Mirliton 46

Muskmelons 7-27-28

Beans, Soy 59

Beans, Velvet 58

Beggar Weed 55

Beets, Stock 18

Buckwheat 55

Broom Corn 53

Cane, Sugar 53

Page

Chufas 56

Clover 54

Clover, Japan 54

Cotton 52

Corn 49-50-51

Corn, Davis Prolific 49

Corn, Broom 53

Corn, Kaffir 53

Cowpeas 58

Egyptian Wheat 53

Earth Almonds 56

Feterita 53

Field Peas 58

Giant Beggar Weed 55

Grasses 57

Jerusalem or Ground Artichokes. . . 56

Kaffir Corn 53

Lespedeza 54

Millets 56

Milo Maize 53

Mung Beans 58

Peanuts 55

Peas, Field 58

Peas, Cow 58

Rape 55

Rice, Upland 55

Shallu 53

Sorghums 53

Sugar Cane 53

Sunflower 55

Soy Beans 59

Stock Beets 18

Sudan Grass 57

Upland Rice 55

Velvet Beans 58

MISCELLANEOUS

Asparagus Roots 14

Bird Seed 46-56

Bulbs

70-71-72-77-78-79-80 and 4th cover

Cabbage Plants 21

Farmogerm 46

Fertilizers 46

Flower Seeds

60 to 69 and 73-74-75-76

Free Flower Seeds 2nd cover

Flowering Bulbs.

70-71-72-77-78-79-80 and 4th cover
Fungicides 47

Herb Seed 46

Horseradish Roots 46

Insecticides 47

Mulford Cultures 46

Onion Sets 36

Onion Plants 21

Pie Plant or Rhubarb Roots 46

Plants, Vegetable 21

Sprayers 48

Seeders 48

Vegetable Plants. 21

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

READ THIS PAGE BEFORE ORDERING

We do NOT
handle

Flowering and
Ornamental
Plants and
Nursery Stock

Domestic Parcel Post Rates

Important Postal Imformation

Postpaid Prices in This Catalog Only Apply to Any Point
in the United States.

When ordering at “Not Prepaid” Prices, you pay the post-
age, express or freight. When ordering your seeds to be shipped
by express or freight, always give your express or freight
station, if it is not the same as your postoffice.

PARCEL POST RATES

New Postal rates went into effect on April 15, 1925. No increases
were made on Parcel Post Zone rates except a service charge of 2c for
each package. For an extra charge of 25c, any Parcel Post package, if
marked “Special Handling” will receive the same handling, transportation
and delivery given to first-class or letter mail. Customers who desire this
special service may include 25c extra in their remittance and request
“Special Handling" treatment.

Weight Limit — The weight limit within the first, second and third
zones is now TO pounds, and within all other zones 50 pounds.

From the 4th to the 8th zone, shipments weighing 10 pounds or more
usually go about as cheap by express.

Poisons cannot be sent by mail.

Ours is a cash business
and our prices are made
on that basis. Customers
are requested to remit
when ordering. If seeds or
bulbs are wanted C. O. D.,
25 per cent, or one-fourth,
of the amount of the order
must accompany the
order.

NO PLANTS
SHIPPED C. O. D.

within United States

Parcel Post Rates On Various Weights

1st zone, within 50 miles from New Orleans
2nd zone, within 50 to 150 miles from New Orleans
3rd zone, within 150 to 300 miles from New Orleans
4th zone, within 300 to 600 miles from New Orleans
5th zone, within 600 to 1000 miles from New Orleans
6th zone, within 1000 to 1400 miles from New Orleans
7th zone, within 1400 to 1800 miles from New Orleans
8th zone, all over 1S0O miles from New Orleans

If in doubt about your zone rate, obtain it from your postmaster and
be sure to send enough to cover necessary postage. If you send too
much it will be returned to you.

Zone

*8 Lbs.

10 Lbs.

15 Lbs.

25 Lbs.

30 Lbs.

50 Lbs.

60 Lbs.

70 Lbs.

1

12

14

19

29

34

54

64

74

2

12

14

19

29

34

54

64

74

3

20

24

34

54

64

1.04

1.24

1.44

4

35

43

63

1.03

1.23

2 03

5

50

62

92

1.52

1.82

3.02

6

65

81

1.21

2.01

2.41

4.01

7

81

1 01

1.51

2.51

3.01

5.01

8

96

1.20

1.80

3 00

3.60

6.00

♦Note — A half peck of Corn, Beans, Peas, etc., weighs about 8 pounds packed
for mailing.

We Re-Clean and Test All Seed — Our Testing

— . — - — Laboratory

and our Electric Cleaners are among the most interesting and important
departments of our establishment. Every pound of seed that comes
to us is tested and re-tested so that we may protect ourselves in pur-
chasing and, in turn, protect our customers. Our seeds are grown for
us, under contract, by the most reputable and experienced growers that
we know of, but to make it certain that our stocks are made up of only
high-germinating, true-to-type and name, we maintain this testing
laboratory. Every bag of seed that is delivered to us also must go
through our Cleaners so that no dirt, weed or obnoxious seeds, or other
foreign substance remains. When you order Reuter’s Seeds you may
feel assured that you are getting the very best obtainable anywhere,
of high-germination and thoroughly clean and productive. The care
and attention we give to our stocks has made our enviable reputation
possible.

Service to Customers — We try to take a deep

interest in the planting

success of our patrons and endeavor to assist them in every possible
way to make their crops productive and profitable. We are at all
times glad to answer questions as to proper planting directions and
various other matters that come up in the growing of crops. Our big
book, “How To Grow, Pack and Ship Vegetables for Profit,” which
may be obtained free (see Order Blank), is acknowledged to be authen-
tic and is used in many of the Agricultural Schools and Universities.
Other free Bulletins are offered throughout this catalog, including
those on home gardening, the culture of flowers, planting of bulbs, etc.
We are not only anxious to supply our customers with the best of
seed and bulbs, but we want them to have successful gardens and
will do all we can to make them so. If there is anything we can
do in the way of service that you think will help you, please let us
know what it is.

Vegetable Seeds — name of

— Reuter was first

made famous throughout the South because
of the superior vegetable seeds that we
distributed. We realized, when we first
began to supply seed to Market Gardeners
and Truckers,' that only the highest class of
seed would serve these gardeners and it is on
that basis that we have developed this large
business. We take extraordinary precau-
tions to see that the various varieties . of
Vegetable Seeds that we supply are true-to-
type, true-to-name, of high germination and
the kind that will produce uniform crops of
the highest marketable value. And this is
the kind of seed that we supply to all, whether
they be commercial gardeners or home
planters. We have developed a large number
of special strains of vegetables and you will
find these superior sorts fully described in
this catalog, particularly on the color pages
in the first eight and last eight pages of the
book. Read about these especially fine vari-
eties before writing out your order.

Field and Farm Seeds — °“r

— ability

to supply the Southern farmer with high-grade
seeds of varieties that are thoroughly adapted
to the peculiar conditions of the South, is
becoming widely known and recognized. We
are as painstaking in contracting for the grow-
ing of our farm seeds as we are with garden
varieties. Only those growers who have
earned a reputation for developing and main-
taining superior types and varieties are per-
mitted to grow our field seeds and from plant-
ing to harvest everything is done that will
insure the kind of seed we are willing to put
our name behind. Every bag of seed is care-
fully re-cleaned, sent out in clean, new bags,
and with proper planting and weather con-
ditions can be expected to produce superior
crops. This kind of seed naturally costs more
than cheap, unclean, inferior seed, but it
more than pays for itself in the increased pro-
duction and higher grade of product. Cheap
seed, so-called, is always an expense — good
seed always an investment.

Flower Seeds and Bulbs—

There is good reason for the tremendous
increase in our Flower Seed and Bulb sales.
Southern people, on the farms, in the tows
and cities, are fast learning of the exception-
ally high-grade seed and bulb stocks that are
available for them at Reuter’s. Our Flower
Seed and Bulb Department is in the hands of
thoroughly capable men, who have devoted
their entire lives to the study, propagation,
developing and supplying of flowers. These
men know exactly how the seeds and bulbs
should be grow, and they see to it that our
growers send us exactly what we contract for
and then take the proper care of it after we
get it so that you — the customer — may have
just what you have a right to expect, the best
flower seeds and bulbs that can be obtained.
The production and supply of flower seeds
and bulbs calls for the most expert knowledge
and experience and we are glad that we have
succeeded in becoming one of the few high-
class distributers of these items in this country.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

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This is a wonderful collection of vegetables prepared for the busy man or woman who has a small garden and wants
to plant some easy-to-grow vegetables. You must admit that this is an unusual value and a splendid assortment
for the home garden. It is made up of my choicest varieties of vegetable seeds and the packets are filled from the
same stocks that supply my critical market gardeners' and commercial truckers’ trade. Every sort included in this
grand collection is thoroughly adapted to the South and for home gardening. Here are the 15 different kinds —
and please don’t ask me to make any changes or alterations in the collection, for I cannot do so.

1 Pkt. Beans, Black Valentine 1 Pkt. Watermelon, Genuine Rattlesnake

1 Pkt. Beets, Extra Early Eclipse 1 pkt. Okra, French Market

1 Pkt. Carrots, Danvers Half Long i Pkt. Onion, Genuine Red Creole

1 ££ Cucumber E“ r1^enn^fteeSpine J Scarlet Turnip White-Tipped

1 Pkt. Cantaloupe, Genuine Rockyford 1 "t. Pepper, Royal King

1 Pkt. Collards, Georgia or Southern 1 Pkt. Squash, Earliest White Bush

1 Pkt. Mustard, Giant Southern Curled 1 Pkt. Tomato, Redfield Beauty

All fresh, new-crop seed, carefully tested for germination. Mailed to your address, together
with our book— “HOW TO MAKE A HOME GARDEN,’’ for half a dollar.

15 packets 15 varieties 50 cents postpaid

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

I don’t suppose there is a bigger sensation in the seed trade in the country over than this Big Dollar Seed Collection of mine. For
years I have been featuring it and each season brings a tremendous increase in the number sold. My competitors tell me I am giving
far too much for the money and those who buy the collection write in to tell me of the wonderful gardens they grow and how well
pleased they are with their purchase. I am offering thirty (30) packets of fresh, tested, thoroughly adapted vegetable seeds, of
the proper sorts to sow here in the South, and deliver it all, neatly wrapped and properly packed, for SI. 00, postpaid. With it I
give free a copy of my booklet, “How to Make a Home Garden,” which will be cf great help to those who have little or no
experience in home gardening. At this price I cannot permit any changes or alterations in the list given below and please don’t
ask me to do so for I will be obliged to disappoint you.

You will find the Big Bargain Collection illustrated in natural colors on the third cover page of this catalog. Here is what you get
for $1.00, postpaid:

1. Beans, Black Valentine

2. Beans, Wardwell’s Kidney Wax

3. Beans, Kentucky Wonder Pole

4. Beans, Henderson’s Bush Lima

5. Beans, Carolina or Sieva Pole Lima

6. Beets, Extra Early Eclipse

7. Cabbage, Charleston Wakefield

8. Collaras, Georgia or Southern

9. Carrots, Danvers Half Long

10. Cucumber, Evergreen White Spine

11. Corn, Stowell’s Evergreen

12. Lettuce, Peerless Big Boston

13. Muskmelon, Genuine Rockyford

14. Watermelon, Genuine Rattlesnake

15. Mustard, Giant Southern Curled

16. Okra. French Market

17. Onion, Yellow Bermuda

18. Parsley, Plain Leaved

19. Peas, Prolific Early Market

20. Pepper, Royal King

21. Pumpkin, Green Striped Cashaw

22. Radish, Early Scarlet Turnip White-tipped

23. Radish, White Icicle

24. Squash, Early White Bush

25. Spinach, Broad- Leaved Flanders

26. Tomatoes, Spark’s Earliana

27. Tomato, Reufield Beauty

28. Turnip, Peerless Purple Tod White Globe

29. Turnip, Seven Top or Salad

30. Rutabaga, American Purple Top

30 Packets Vegetable Seeds

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

4 Large Packages — Each Containing 3 Full Ounces of Our
Choicest Seed Beans for 25c, Postpaid to Your Address

Here is what you get: One Large Packet, 3 Full Ounces, Each of — Henderson’s Bush Lima,
Wardwell’s Kidney Wax, Kentucky Wonder (Pole,) and Burpee’s Stringless. These are
sorts that practical commercial gardeners throughout the Southern trucking districts reg-
ularly plant and you will find them the very best for your home garden.

Reuters 7 Ounce
Turnip Collection

This has been one of my leading collections for
years and each season I am called upon to dis-
tribute an ever-increasing number. It gives the
home kitchen a full supply of early, medium and
late turnips, the best varieties that you could
possibly select, and a remarkable quantity of
seed for the money.

The collection contains One Full Ounce of Seed
of Each of Seven Varieties of
Turnips, as follows:

7 Full Ounces — 7 Distinct Vari-
eties— for 25c, postpaid

Purple Top White Globe
Purple Top Strap Leaf
Early White Plat Dutch
Early Snowball
White Egg

Long White Cowhorn

Rutabaga-American Purple
Top

13

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s Black Valentine Bean — Note the Uni-
formity. Our Special Stock does it

Artichoke —

ported sane as tomato :

:e seed may be sown -Indoors and plants
ad set out in the garden on approach of
— qj -ng =^gd be so nr in -us outside an_ insd on .o o — e plant to
a HI Plants sHnd'Hse: ox r'ws 3 feet apart anc 2 to 3 feet apart in the row.
Prices: Pkt., 20c; 34 cz 25c; J£ oz. 40c ; oz., 75c; )4 lb., $2.50 .postpaid.

This is one of the earliest and most delicious of spring vegetables.

Beds last about 8 years.

PALMETTO ASPARAGUS SEED No. 2 — A very early maturing and prolific variety,
prodtx-"" an abundance of large, neep green shoots of the be=L quality . Prices: Pkt.,
10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb.. 35c; lb.. 5100. postpaid.

PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS No. 3— You can save from 134 to 2 years' time in
retting vour ast aragus bets in cot u tn ay tne use - 1 our .urge 2-. ear -old roots. Plant
rvgjn irT the ~r— and cut gc-od asparasms tne to.. jwmg spring. Prices: 25 roots for

60c; 50 for $i"oO; 75 for $1.30: 100 for 51.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, by express,
500 roots for $4.00; 1 000 for 53.00.

WASHINGTON ASPARAGUS SEED No. 4 — This asparagus — hicb has been selected
- -v_c fni-ed s:a-e= b-- arnenr of Agriculture has proven it be nearly rust free. The
snoots are thick and heavy. They are long and straight, with closely folded tips. The
eolcr is rich, dark green, tinted
darker as the tips. Prices:

Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 34 lb.,

75c; lb., 52.50, postpaid.

WASHINGTON ASPARA-
GUS ROOTS No. 5 — - wo-

year-oid roots. Prices: 50
roots for $1.50; 100 for $2.00,
postpaid. Not prepaid, by
express, 500 roots for 57.00;
1.000 for 512.00.

New Bountiful Beans

N ote — When ordering Beans,
Peas and Com by the half-
peck, peck or bushel by Par-
cel Poet, please add to the
not-prepaid price quoted and
remit s ufnciert to cover rye: -
age. See Page 10 for Parcel
Post Bates.

REUTER’S Green Pod
Bush or Bunch Beans

Un e Vi Bancic rQCT7 f^-rnw Bush beans are planted in our latitude New Orleans) from

JJUSIl Dcdils SLia.Z>y LU vjiuvv the latter part of January until April 1: sometimes a little
later. February and idarch are the main spring planting months, sowing seed usually when danger of frost
is past. They are also planted again during August, September, and the first half of October. Buy enough
seed in the spring to plant again in the fall.

Sow in long rows" 2 to 3 feet apart, the plants about 3 to 4 inches apart in the rows. Sometimes five to
six beans are dropped to every 8 to 10 inches. Cover about 2 inches. Fine pods may be had from standard
varieties by making repeated plantings 10 to 15 days apart during the sowing season. It is more advisable
to make small plantings at interrals than sowing a large acreage at once. Seep soil well stirred and when
the blossoms appear, draw earth close around the plant. It requires about a pound of seed to sow a 100-foot
row. One bushel 60 Its. will sow an acre. Takes two to three months to produce a crop. Most earlv
varieties mature in 40 to 60 days. About 200 to 250 hampers of snap beans are usually produced on an acre

R Pd n T>ri rpc Beans are now sold by the pound. A pound is approximately a pint ; 2 lbs. , slightly

Dcrfll x 11LC5 over a quart; 5 lbs., about 234 quarts; 10 lbs., about 5 quarts; 15 lbs., equal to a peck,
and a bushel weighs 60 lbs.

Pncf^do Pa i A Cta beans listed on the following pages up to 5-lb. quantities are postpaid. If

J7 U5 Ldgc 1 alU larger quantities are wanted sent by mail it will be necessary to remit additional

amount at Parcel Post rates. See Page 10.

Giant Stringless Green Pod No. 14—

and meaty. The round meaty pods are 6 to 7 inches long. The pods are ready for picking in about 7 weeks
from sowing the seed. A prime favorite with commercial truckers in southwest Texas, also throughout the
entire South. Our carefully selected seed stock is dependable. Prices: Pkt. 3 full ounces .10"c; 34 1b.,
20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.00; bu. 60 lbs.,
$10.50; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $10.00.

"D yy-i -1 Q R1 o pTr \ olpttfitt A \ a *10 .(Special Stock, — Do not confuse our extra

JxeULer h JDiaUK. > axeilLlIie AU. selected stock with ordinary seed offered

throughout the South and elsewhere. Our special seed produces an abundance of beans that are perfectly
round and straight, and of beautiful green color. Suited for both early and late planting; its great hardiness
withstands light frost. Market gardeners and commercial truckers find the Black Valetine a profitable sort to
grow, as the pods are of handsome appearance and good qualitv. A wonderful yielder. Note illustration on
this page showing the wonderful uniformity of beans produced from our soecial stock of this seed. Prices:
Pkt. 3 full ounces . 10c; 34 lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.60", postpaid. Not prepaid, peck
(15 lbs.), $2.65; bu. 60 lbs., , $9.50; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $9.00.

Ullll "YfpoqnrP 19 _Thismagnificentroundpoddedbushbeanbearslong,roundgTeenpods,

■*- bill Jicas uic 1* always solid, stringless and exceedingly prolific. The attractive pods

are about five inches long, firm and tender. ” The plant is of erect growth, with dark green foliage and practi-
cally blight proof. It is a thorough bred stringless variety of the finest quality, always yielding a very large
crop of handsome green pods that remain for use many days after maturity. You can make no mistake when
planting this excellent sort, eitherfor home use or market. Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces;, 10c; 34 lb., 20c-
fb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c: 5 lbs., 51.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (60 lbs.), $11.00;
2 bu. or more, per bu., $10.50.

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REUTER’S PEERLESS VEGETABLE SEEDS

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

“SNAP” BEANS— A QUICK MONEY CROP

Reuter’s Extra Early
Round Pod Red Valen-

1 K An early stand-

^ A3 ard variety that

is hard to beat. This sort is largely
planted by truckers and gardeners in
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and other
southern states for early shipment of
snaps to northern markets. The plants
are of medium size, erect, with dark
green leaves. The pods are of medium
length, about 4)4 inches long, medium
green color, curved, cylindrical, with
crease in back, very fleshy, crisp and
tender. Where the young plants have
to contend with adverse conditions, no
other dwarf bean is more certain than
the Valentines to set pods. There is
great difference between certain stocks
of Red Valentine beans. Be careful when
buying because large quantities of low-
priced Red Valentine beans, producing
flat, tough, unmarketable pods are being
offered in the South. Frankly, we know
of no stock of this splendid bean compar-
able with what we offer in uniformly high quality of pod, earliness
and regularity of growth. If you plant Reuter’s stock, you are safe.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 20c; lb., 40c;

2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.),

$2.60; bu. (60 lbs.), $9.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $8.50.

Burpees Stringless Green Pod No. 46 —

This famous snap bean is a prime favorite with thousands of truck-
ers and gardeners in the South and is also largely grown for canning
purposes. It is one of the finest green-pod bush beans in existence.

The pods are medium green, five to six inches long, cylindrical,
larger than those of Red Valentine, but are quite as fleshy of equal
high quality and remain crisp and tender longer. This splendid
sort is extremely early and enormously productive. It is a bean of
handsome appearance that will sell readily on any market. The
quality is truly superb. The pods, even when fully grown, are
meaty and juicy, lacking the faintest signs of any strings. They
are tender and brittle, of very fine texture and delicate flavor.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb. 20c; lb., 40c;

2 lbs., 75c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.) ,

$3.00; bu. (60 lbs.), $10.50; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $10.00.

I have quit planting all other beans to the exclusion of your “Ideal Market ”
bean. It is truly a wonder. WALTER S. BRINKLEY, Bunkie, La.

Longfellow or French Market No. 13 — M^rkVf F™ll

among our local gardeners. This perfectly round, green podded bean is tender
and prolific, and is one of the best varieties for home garden or nearby market.
The pods are of fine quality, nearly stringless, and exceedingly handsome; about
seven to eight inches long, straight and round. When cooked the flavor is delicious.
The plants grow 14 to 16 inches high, bearing edible pods in about 40 days.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 5 lbs.,
$1.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (60 lbs.), $11.00;
2 bu. or more, per bu. $10.50,

Burpees
Stringless
Green Pod
Bean

70c; 5 lbs., 1
paid, peck (15

Reuter’s Surecrop Stringless
Wax Beans

(3 full ounces),
10c; 34 lb-, 20c
lb.,; 40c; 2 lbs.,
postpaid. Not pre-
$2.76; bu. (60 lbs.),
$10.00*; 2 bu.or more, per bu., $9.50.

New Bountiful No. 11 — •

This superior variety is a distinct improve-
ment in green bush beans, and has become
exceedingly popular, especially with com-
mercial truckers aiong the Gulf Coast. The
plant is of thrifty growth, and practically
rust and mildew proof. It is very hardy,
extremely early, very prolific, and bears continuously
for several weeks; but, the crowning merit of this grand
bush bean is in the rich, green pods, which are of large
size, thick, broad, flat, extra long, very uniform in
shape, solid, meaty and of high quality; melting,
tender and having a delicious flavor exclusively their
otvn. Moreover, the pods are absolutely stringless.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 25c;
lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.00; bu., (60 lbs.)$11.00;
2 bu. or more, per bu., $10.50.

Extra Early Refugee No. 16 —

A green podded bush bean that is popular in many
parts of the South. Almost certain to produce a crop
even in unfavorable seasons; enormously productive.
Suitable for early or late planting. The pods are round,
fleshy, light green, slightly curved, of medium size,
about five inches long. This is an excellent snap
bean for early markets and stands shipping well.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 20c;
lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $2.65; bu. (60 lbs.), $9.50;
2 bu. or more, per bu., $9.00.

Refugee or Thousand to One

■VT.-. -l H A st andard , very productive sort , highly

I ''A* A • esteemed for late plant ing for snaps and
very extensively used for shipping and canning. The
pods will run about five inches long. They are round,
slightly curved, light green in color and of excellent
quality. Especially resistant to drought, cold and
unfavorable growing conditions. A variety lately
used by commercial truckers and market gardeners,
both for nearby markets and long distance shipping.
Matures in about 45 days.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 20c;
lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.66, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $2.75; bu. (60 lbs.), $10.00;
2 bu. or more, per bu., $9.50.

DRY OR SHELL
BEANS

White Mexican or
Prolific Tree Bean

TVT.-. O'} A wonderful produc-

tive white field bean.
It is not a green variety, but belongs
to the class of field beans, the seed of
which resembles the well-known
“Navy” bean. On account of its
snowy whiteness and its uniformly
small size, the White Mexican or
Prolific Tree Bean commands the
highest price in all markets. There
isn’t a single good reason why you
should buy -white or navy beans at
the store for winter use, when plant-
ing anywhere from one to five
pounds of WThite Mexican beans will
give you an ample supply. You can
just as easily grow these beans for
yourself and you’ll find this superb
sort entirely satisfactory for this purpose. Plants of erect
growth, holding pods well up off the ground, although in
seasons with plenty of rain there is a tendency to throw
some runners. Ordinarily, plants grow 20 to 24 inches
high, branching in all directions. Plant in rows about 2
feet apart. Can be used either as a snap or dry as a shell
bean. Thirty pounds will plant an acre.

Prices:' Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 20c;
lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $2.75; bu. (60 lbs.), $10.00;
2 bu. or more, per bu., $9.50.

Red Kidney No. 19 baking bean.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 20c; lb.,
40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not prepaid,
peck (15 lbs.), $2.75; bu. (60 lbs.), $10.00; 2 bu. or
more, per bu., $9.50.

Dwarf White Navy No. 20—

cropper and is extremely prolific. The beans are small,
oval, white, handsome and of superior quality for use as
dry beans.

Prices: Pkt.

15

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Wax or Yellow Podded Bush or Bunch Beans

Wardwell’s Kidney Wax No.

Illustrated in color and described on Page 2

of this catalog. One of the best, earliest
and hardiest of the Wax sorts.

Prices: Pkt (3 full ounces), 10c; y2 lb., 25c;
lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c ; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (60 lbs.),
$11.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $10.50.

Pencil Pod WaxNo. 27 — xwltrvari-

ety is a prime favorite with truckers in Southwest
Texas, as well as in other sections of the South
where a round podded wax bean is desired. The
beautiful yellow, straight pods are from 6 to 7 inches
long, well rounded, meaty and deeply saddle-backed.
They are always solid, brittle and entirely string-
less, and of excellent quality. The plants grow
about 16 inches high, but is a vigorous grower,
and is not susceptible to disease as other wax
podded sorts.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y2 lb.,
20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 5 lbs., $1.75, post-
paid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.00; bu.
(60 lbs.), $10.50; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $10.00.

Currie’s Rust Proof Wax No.

-2 1 At the present time this is one of the most

** largely grown wax beans in the South. The

plants reach a height of about 15 inches. The pods
are about 6 inches long, very straight, flat-oval in
cross section, bright yellow in color and absolutely
rust-proof. Vines are vigorous and productive, and
it is considered one of the hardiest of the wax
varieties.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y2 lb., 20c;
lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $2.75; bu. (60 lbs.),
$10.00; 2 bu, or more, per bu., $9.50.

See Reuter’s New
Willow Leaved
Pole Lima on
Page 17

Reuter’s Surecrop Stringless

Why Nn 94. a valuable new sort of recent

"aA A1-* introduction that has made

good in the Southern States, and is being largely
planted for snaps to ship to Northern markets by
commercial growers. It resembles the Currie’s
Rust Proof Wax in plant, pods and beans, but is
entirely different in quality, tenderness and is
stringless at all stages of its growth. Produces pods
which average 6 inches long, are flat, thick and
meaty. The plants are very thrifty and hardy,
resisting blight admirably. Matures its crop in
about 45 days. A most prolific cropper and of
superlative quality. As nearly all pods are pro-
duced beneath the foliage, excessive heat does not
affect the Sure Crop Wax, making it especially valu-
able for home garden as well as for market gardens.

the Sure Crop Wax is an ideal variety.

For canning.
Seed is black.

Currie’s Rust Proof
Wax Beans

. ariety.

See illustration.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y lb.,
20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid.
Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $2.75; bu. (60 lbs.),
$10.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $9.50.

Davis White Kidney Wax

NJ/-, 'JC This is an early variety, maturing

in from six to seven weeks from
planting. The plants are very hardy and produc-
tive, bearing a good crop of long, straight, waxy
white pods, six to seven inches in length, which are
very attractive in appearance and of good quality.
The dry beans are pure white. Excellent for bak-
ing.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y2 lb.,
25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs $1.75, postpaid.
Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.25; bu. (60 lbs.),
$12.00;. 2 bu. or more, per bu., $11.50.

Inoculate your beans with Farm-
ogerm or Mulford Culture before
planting. See page 46.

POLE OR RUNNING BEANS

Although pole beans require considerable care and labor, they are, when properly grown
usually of longer bearing period than the dwarf sorts and are generally more productive.

Pole beans are even more sensitive to cold and wet than the dwarf varieties, but are of
superior quality and productiveness. Plant in hills, two to five feet apart. Plant three
to four beans to every hill.

RpnfprN THptil lVTfirkpt Nn 47 .This suPerb P°le bean is offered

lvc U lei o lUCal iVlal lYCl > t to my many out-of-town customers

for the past two seasons. For more than four years we have sold this variety to local
truckers and market gardeners. They acknowledge it to be the best pole bean in existence.
It took us four years to get even a sufficient quantity of seed to take care of our local truck-
er’s demand. This bean has proved to be very thrifty and extremely prolific. It yields
better than all other varieties of pole beans, and even better than most varieties of com-
mercial beans. It’s truly a grand green podded snap pole bean. A marvel of productive-
ness. Thick, stringless pods, meaty, tender and delicious. Is perfectly round. It is fully
ten days to two weeks earlier than any other green-podded pole bean, and can be planted
fully a week to ten days earlier in the spring because of its extreme hardiness and robust
characteristics. First pickings are just a trifle behind bush beans planted at the same time.
The pods hang in great clusters. Note illustration. From the top to the bottom of the
vine they can be literally gathered by the handful. Will outyield any other pole bean ever
introduced. We own and control the entire seed supply. Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces),
10c; y2 lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15
lbs.), $3.26; bu. (60 lbs.), $12.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $11.50.

Reuter’s Genuine Cornfield No. 36 — fh°rs

ductive green-podded cornfield bean is unexcelled. The pods are long, about 6 inches,
completely rounded, distinctly crease-backed; very fleshy and of excellent quality. If you
want a bean for planting in corn, this is certainly the variety you can plant with every
assurance that it will give you exactly the kind of results you are looking for. There are
many so-called cornfield beans. We have tested them all, and can frankly say that none
of them can compare with the genuine stock we offer you this year. Prices: Pkt. (3 full
ounces), 10c; y2 lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not prepaid,
peck (15 lbs.), $3.25; bu. (60 lbs.), $12.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $11.50.

Reuter’s White Cornfield No. 49—

splendid variety. It is early maturing, green-podded, white seeded, desirable for "snaps”
and unsurpassed in its class for dry shell beans for winter use. The pods are round, very
long, often 8 to 10 inches, irregular in shape and quite stringless. For planting with corn,
this sort is hard to beat. A heavy and long bearer of finely flavored, good sized, meaty

freen pods. Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 15c; y2 lb., 25c; lb., 60c; 2 lbs., 90c.; 6 lbs.,
2.00, postpaid. Seed supply limited.

Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead No. 34 —

and widely planted of all pole beans. We believe this variety is the most practicaland use-
ful of the green podded pole beans, with the exception of our new Ideal Market. It is an

Reuter’s Kentucky Wonder or old
Homestead Pole Beans

: green podded pole beans, with the exception of our
early, very productive sort, with showy pods which are of most excellent quality. The
vines are vigorous, climbing well and very productive, bearing pods in large clusters. The
pods are green, round, meaty, tender, practically stringless ana grow 6 to 12 inches long.
Immensely productive, a peck having often been picked from a single vine, our illustration
giving a splendid idea of its productiveness. The quality of our stock is unsurpassed.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y2 lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, post-
paid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $2.75; bu. (60 lbs.), $10.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $9.50.

Reuter’s Genuine Corn-
field Beans

16

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

POLE BEANS— Continued
Reuter’s White Creaseback No. 32—

its extreme earliness and its habit of perfecting all of its pods within a short time. The
vines are medium sized, vigorous and wonderfully productive, bearing perfectly round,
fleshy pods in 45 to 50 days. The pods are about 5 inches in length, comparatively straight
and of an attractive green color. They are of the best quality as snaps for home use and
stand shipping better than most sorts. Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 20c;
lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $2.75; bu.

(60 lbs.), $10.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $9.50.

■V^p/^riolotTi Nn TT A wonderfully prolific bean, absolutely stringless, white

1 'tt. OO seeded, green podded, buttery, rust-proof, and very early.

Vines continue to bear throughout the season if kept closely picked. The quick growinp
vines soon cover the poles, bearing a very heavy crop of handsome green pods about 1
inches in length, very meaty, stringless, and of delicious flavor. The dry beans being
white and of good size, make excellent soup or bake beans for winter use. ' Prices: Pkt.

(3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 6 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.50; bu. (60 lbs.), $13.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $12.50.

C,-... Prctlifin XTrv (Georgian) Known in some sections as the

H riUllllC 1x0. OD Georgian Pole Bean. It makes a strong
growing vine either for trailing on pole or for planting in corn, and is fairly covered with
medium sized, meaty, practically stringless pods of finest flavor and quality. Withstands
extreme heat and drouth more than any other pole variety and keeps on producing until
killed by frost. It is a bean to stay wdh you late in the season, giving both sadsfaction
and plenty of beans under late summer and fall conditions when beans are usually scarce.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces) , 15c; 34 lb., 25c; lb. 50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 5 lbs., $2.00,
postpaid. Seed supply limited.

Reuter’s Kentucky Wonder Wax No. 51— Pohd-

ded pole bean are broader, but otherwise similar to the green podded Kentucky Wonder.

They are very fleshy, stringless as snaps and of excellent quality. Pods are long, light yel-
low, often eight to nine inches in length. The seed is medium sized, oval, flattened,
very irregular, usually' somewhat shriveled and dark brown. It is early and hardy and
deserves a place in your garden. Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 15c; 34 lb-. 26c: lb.,

50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid. Seed supply limited.

LIMA OR BUTTER BEANS

The several Bush Lima Beans described below are most suitable for both home garden and market and
require no poles; plant and cultivate same as "snap” beans. Plant Lima Beans with the “eye” down.

The earliest of all bush limas; two weeks earlier than
any of the climbing sorts. Very hardy and produc-
tive. The plants are without runners, but continue to grow and set pods until stopped by frost. This
variety is much used by canners, as well as for home and market garden use. Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c- V> lb. 20c- lb 40c-
2 lbs., 76c; 6 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (60. lbs.), $11.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu $10 50 ’

Hendersons Bush Lima No. 38-

Hendersons
Bush Lima
Beans

Tackson Wonder Bush Lima No 39 P118^3 *1?? most productive and very earliest of the bush limas. It is of

d rtt-IVSUIl VVUI1UC1 Llllia iW.07 true bush form i, about 2 feet high, bearing in greatest profusion, broad flat pods

each having from three to five medium-sized, handsomely speckled beans, which cook quickly and are of superior quality Prices- Pkt
(3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 25c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.50; bu. (60 lbs ) $13 00-
2 bu. or more, per bu., $12.50. ’ ’ ’

Rlimpp<4 Rush T.iinfl No 48 — bushes grow 1 8 to 24 inches high, of stout growth and always erect, yet branching so vigor-
uutpccs i»U3U nima itu. 70 ously that each plant develops into a magnificent circular bush from 2 to 3 feet in diameter
Large pods filled with large beans of luscious quality. Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs 80c- 5 lbs $1 76
postpaid. Not prepaid peck (15 lbs.), $3.25; bu. (60. lbs.), $12.00; 2 bu. or more, pei bu., $11.50.

Fordhook Bush Lima No. 41-

_Produces a strong, erect, true bush-like growth. The foliage is of heavy texture and a very dark green in
color. The pods are borne in clusters of from four to eight. The pods measure from 4 to 5 34 inches long
about 1 34 inches wide, by as much as % of an inch thick. The pods contain three to five large beans with an average of four. Matures in about 60 days

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb., 25c; lb., 50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 5 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. Not prepaid peck (15 lbs.), $4 25- bu (60 lbs ) $16 00-
2 bu. or more, per bu.. $15.00. ’ ’

POLE LIMA BEANS

Reuter’s Genuine Willow Leaved Pole Lima No. 50 — ■^oS^aiSatItart8,?!S^

to offer this remarkable bean that is certain to prove a tremendous favorite. Our New Orleans Market gardeners have been plant-
ing it with unusual success. It is similar to the Sieva or Pole Lima but a heavier vielder. It is new and
distinct in Pole Limas, early and prolific, with a leaf that is willow-leaf in shape and produces pods from the bot-
tom to the very top of the vine. The flavor is distinct, unlike any other sort, and very mild. It is hardy, early,
drouth resistant and easy to grow. It will do well in all sections and thrives in sandy land. It is a Reuter
introduction and you should try it. Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 15c; }4 lb., 25c; lb., 50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 6 lbs.,

$2.25, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck ;15 lbs.),

$4.00; bu., 1 60 lbs.), $15.00; 2 bu. or more, per
bu., $14.50.

Carolina or Sieva No. 42—

This very early and reliable small-seeded pole lima
or butter bean is especially adapted for planting
in the Southern States. The vines are glossy dark
green. The pods are dark green, short, about 3
inches, curved, flat. Seed small, flat, white with
slight tinge of yellow. This is sometimes called
Sewee. Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb.,

20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid.

Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (60 lbs.),

$11.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $10.50.

Florida Butter No. 45— £Ttcthis

variety for bearing early in the season. It blooms
and bears profusely all through the season. It
will make an abundant crop when others fail. It
bears pods from the very first bloom that appears
on the plants, something that is not true of any
other pole lima bean. Seeds of the Carolina or
Sieva Lima size, but are speckled white and brown-
ish red. Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb.,

25c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid.

Not prepaid peck (15 lbs.), $3.50; bu. (60 lbs.),

$13.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $12.50.

King of the Garden No. 44 —

The pods are large, numerous and well filled and
the beans are of mammoth size.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; 34 lb.,

25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 6 lbs., $1.75, postpaid.

Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $3.50; bu. (60 lbs.),

$13.00; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $12.50.

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Reuter’s Genuine Willow Leaved Pole Lima

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Detroit Dark Red No. 58

Early Wonder
Beet No. 65

Crosby Egyptian No. 54-

The best results are

v;uhuic obtained on a deep, rich,
sandy loam. Sow in rows 18 inches apart,
covering about an inch deep and press the
soil firmly over the seed. When the plants
are well established, thin 4 to 6 inches apart
in the row. In this latitude beets are
planted from January until the end of April,
and from the middle of July to the end of November.

..Illustrated in color and described on
page 2 of this catalog. Prices:

Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; Y lb., 35c; 1 lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 75c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Reuter’s Early Wonder Beet No. 65— <Fahrfy b™tnM

result of years of reselecting and improving, and is now so perfected that we believe
it is one of the earliest and best turnip-shaped beets grown. It is much earlier than
Crosby Egyptian, and is so uniform in growth that the crop can be harvested
practically at one time, yielding the land early and quickly for the second crop
The tops are not quite as large as Crosby Egyptian, which permits close planting
The root is nearly globular in shape, slightly flattened. Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz!,’

15c; Y. lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb lots
or over, at 75c per lb.; 25 lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

ReiltPr’s EiroBfdl No ftfi a new and quite distinct extra early

& c , c , ■ U* °° turnip-rooted variety of the finest

table qualities. Flesh solid, crisp and sweet and brilliant fiery red color Perfect
globular shape, smooth skin, small tap root and slender leaf stalks Prices • Pkt
10c; oz., 15c; Y lb-. 45c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. Not prepaid lol
lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.; 25 lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb. ’

Extra Early Eclipse No. 55—

truckers for bunching. The roots are bright deep red, smooth, round or slightly
top-shaped with a small collar. The flesh is bright red, zoned with pinkish white
very sweet, crisp, tender, especially when young. Makes a rapid growth Prices-’

Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Y lb., 25c; lb., 80c; 5 lbs., $3.50, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Edmands Blood Turnip No. 57—

for home garden. Tops short, rather spreading; ribs and leaf stalks dark red- blade
of leaf light green, often with wavy edge. Roots nearly or slightly flattened-
exterior color dark red, interior color, purplish red with little zoning- crisp tender’

Prices: Pkt., 5c- oz„ 10c.; Y lb., 25c; lb., 80c; 5 lbs., $3.60, postpaid'

Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

MANGELS AND SUGAR BEETS FOR STOCK— Mammoth Long Red

MAn0p1 No fll .Also known as Jumbo or Colossal. A truly mammoth variety for stock feeding purposes.

, rAT* . A.sin&ie root often weighs 40 to 50 lbs., and sometimes more. In yield it is enormously

productive, 1,200 to 1,700 bushels to the acre is not rare on good soils. Roots grow one-half to two-thirds above the
surface and are usually 18 inches to 2 feet long and 4 to 6 inches in diameter. Matures in about three months.

Pnces: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Y lb., 20c; lb., 60c; 5 lbs., $2.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb lots or over, at
40c per lb.

Klein Wanzleben Su£ar Rppf Nn A'} The Sugar Beets are desirable not only for making

“T,, l . o Av .T A. uuu ■ V?* sugar, but are valuable for stock feeding, and, when

small, may be used for the table. This variety is one of the richest sorts in sugar content.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Y ib., 20c; lb., 60c; 5 lbs., $2.50,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 40c per lb.

'RRTTQQUT C CPDHTTTC A species of the cabbage
.Dlv U Owjlhl-dj iox IxvAlJ Id family. Plant resembles the
cabbage, the edible part being the numerous very small heads or sprouts
an inch or two in diameter formed on the stalk at each leaf joint. The
culture is the same as for cabbage, except the leaves should be broken
down in the late spring to give the little heads more room to grow.
Ready for use in about 125 days.

Improved Long Island No. 77— J&entbf0sJ

or home garden. We offer strictly Long Island Grown Seed.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; Y lb., $1.00.; lb., $3.50, postpaid.

DD T A vegetable somewhat similar but hardier than

'-aVaW-L/A Cauliflower. Should be treated the same as
Cauliflower. Grows larger and taller and withstands greater extremes
of temperature than Cauliflower.

’WVii-f-Q C'rt no XT/-. This is the best sort for the South.

VvlllLC Gape The heads are white, compact,

hard and of fine quality.

Prices: Pkt., 16c; oz., 60c; Y lb., $2.00, postpaid.

Italian Fennel No. 265—

at the base of the leaf stalks if the plant is well grown. Blanched and
boiled it has a slightly aromatic odor and pleasant taste.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 60c; lb., $2.00, postpaid.

fYtr-n lSIrt (Doucet)— This is a hardy,

oaidu XUJ quick-growing plant; the leaves

furnish a good substitute for lettuce during the winter. Sow the seed
broadcast or in drills 9 inches apart, during the fall and winter. Matures
in six to eight weeks.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; Y lb., 50c, postpaid.

,One of the best beets for market or
'home garden, and on account of its
uniformly rich color the most desirable for canning. The tops are small and upright
in growth. The roots are medium sized, globular or nearly round, very smooth and
of dark blood red color. The flesh is deep vermillion red, zoned with a lighter shade
of the same color. A very desirable bunching variety.

PritvicAf-i r,1nLA Vfr» EQ A handsome and medium size, globe-

val IIIIOLIIX VjTLMJc 07 shape sort, entirely free from rootlets;

a grand second early sort, ready for use in about 45 days. The foliage is small but
just right for bunching. The flesh is a rich blood red, slightly zoned in a most
attractive manner; always tender and sweet.

Danish Blood Turnip No. 64—

tops. The leaves are blood red. The round root, almost globe-shaped, has a very
small tap root. This kind combines usefulness and beauty. The flesh is blood red,
crisp, solid and fine grained. Be sure to include some in your order.

Prices on above: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; Y lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 75c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or
over, at 60c per lb.

Half -Long Blood Beet No. 63—

and spring use. It is excellent to slice for pickles. The tops are very upright with
exceptionally smooth leaves. The roots are deep red, half long, smooth and uniform
in shape. The flesh is very deep, rich red, sweet and tender. Splendid for the
home garden.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; Y lb., 25c; lb., 80c; 5 lbs. $3.50, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Reuter’s Green Leaved Swiss Chard — (Spinach

prrj.\ \Tn /to .This is a distinct new Swiss Chard with leaves almost

•DcclJ 1NU. OO identical with that of the Spinach, and is dark green in
color. It is much darker green than any other variety of Swiss Chard produced so
far, and is also much more tender. The midribs, too, are edible and tender, light
green in color. Its greatest value lies in the fact that it produces “greens” all
summer long, and is therefore available when ordinary Spinach is unobtainable.
It can be easily grown in any ordinary garden soil. May be cooked and served as
“boiled greens'” in the same way as Spinach or cooked and served as Asparagus.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c;

Y lb. ,45c; lb. ,$1.50; 5 lbs., $7 00,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb.
lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.; 25-
lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.

Reuter’s Green Leaved Swiss Chard
or Spinach Beet

Mammoth Long Red Mangel

cuter s Superb
Garden Beet Seeds

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

REUTER’S CABBAGE SEED for the SOUTH

Reuter’s Cabbage Seeds are grown
expressly for our critical market garden-
ers’ trade, in Long Island, from stocks
that have been developed to a rare de-
gree of perfection. The seed crops are
personally inspected by ourselves every
year. Our stocks of Long Island
Grown Cabbage Seed are not
designed for the cheap buyer,
but, on the other hand, have
been developed and bred to sat-
isfy the demand of the ultra-
critical commercial trucker who
has come to appreciate the value
of planting only well-bred seeds.

You can find seed “bargains”
anywhere, but they are usually
followed by regret. Our stocks
of Copenhagen Market, Glory of
Enkhuizen and Danish Ball Head
are produced in Denmark. We
believe there is no seed that is
more reliable, nor any that can
be more implicity depended

upon to give planters uniformly satisfactory results.

Reuter’s All America Cabbage

"Mrt t Oft A new and valuable variety that has

been developed by our Long Island

seed growers, which according to repeated tests over Reuter s All

several seasons, seems to be able to produce a rather

larger crop of cabbage per acre in the same length of time as Stein's Early Flat
Dutch. A splendid main crop cabbage that is comparatively early. When the
heads are cut the appearance is attractive, the depth of head being more than one
half the width. It is of the Drumhead type, with less prominent veins than most
sorts and will produce a satisfactory crop under all conditions. A pure-bred
American Cabbage that deserves a trial.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50; 5 lbs., $16.25 post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $3.00 per lb.

Peerless Large Late
Flat Dutch No. 87 — -

The best type of late Flat Dutch ever
introduced in the South. Largely
planted by our local gardeners.
The plants are very hardy, com-
paratively slow growing, but very
sure heading; stem rather short.
The plants are exceptionally
vigorous, with very large, broad,
spreading outer leaves, which are
moderately smooth or very
slightly waved. This is considered
by many as the standard very
large late cabbage for home gar-
den and market.

Prices: Pkt. , 10c; oz., 25c;
^lb.75c;lb., $2. 50 ;5 lbs., $12. 00,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb.
lots or over, at $2.25 per lb.

Copenhagen

TVfnrlrPl' Nr» 8Q Extra Special-Bred Dan-

,al , 1 isb Grown Seed. The

earliest large round-headed cabbage yet introduced.
1 he heads are exceptionally large for so early a variety,

America CahhaD-e v?ry soIld a“d of most excellent quality. The plants are

America cabbage vigorous but compact, with short stem and few outer

leaves which are of rather uprignt growth. The
leaves are medium light green, nearly round, comparatively thick and smooth.
1 lus is a most excellent sort, both for market and home garden. Our strain
produces the characteristic iarge, round heads that for solidity and excellent
quality make this variety so valuable. Our strain has been carefully bred for earli-
ness and uniformity of maturity. Illustration on this page will give you an idea of the
regularity of our stock. It’s the best-bred seed that produces the maximum results.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; % lb., $1.00; lb.. $3.50; 5 lbs., $16.25, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $3.00 per lb.

Copenhagen Market Cabbage

Reuter’s CharlestonWakefield No. 83 — Illustrated in

color and de-
scribed on page 3 of this catalog. The grandest spring variety in existence. Our
cteds

spr

super-selected stock has been developed to meet the specifications of market gar-
deners who know that their success has been due to their appreciation of good

seeds and care in the purchase of them. They appreciate that their cost is of little
consequence compared to their inherent strength and breeding.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; lb., 90c; lb., $2.75: 5 lbs., $13.00, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.50 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over,

at $2.25 per lb.

Early Jersey Wakefield No. 84 — ™fetymissttheeeaerifest

and surest heading of first early cabbages for the market or home garden. Most
market gardeners depend upon it for the bulk of their extra early crop. The plants
are exceedingly hardy, not only resisting cold but other unfavorable conditions.
They are compact and erect or very slightly spreading, with few outer leaves, which
are smooth, thick, nearly oval and a deep green. The stem is short. The heads
are of medium size, very solid, uniformly pointed and of excellent quality. Pure-
Bred Long Island Seed Only.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; lb., 90c; lb., $3.00; 5 lbs., $13.75, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.50 per lb.

All Uoo A 1VT/-V An excellent second early market sort

•fA-ii UcaU Ldl Ij 1 v O • OU that produces heads that are very large
for so early a cabbage and of good quality. The plants are compact, with few
outer leaves. The stem is short. The heads are solid and flat, but very deep.
It is a dependable sort, and the demand for this stock is growing every year. We
sell hundreds of pounds in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Matures in about
100 days. Illustrated on page 20.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; % lb., 90c; lb., $3.00; 5 lbs., $13.75, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.50 per lb.

Reuter’s Peerless Succession No. 91 — described aon

Page 3 of this catalog.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; K lb., 90c; 1 lb., $2.75; 5 lbs., $13.00, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.60 per lb.; 25 lb. lots or over,
at $2.25 per lb.

Danish Ball Hpad No Q0 Vel7 hardy, sure-heading, very

Uttliwu Ddll nedU BU. solid, of good quality. The plants

are vigorous and compact, with stems of medium length. The heads are medium
size, round, very solid, and heavy.

. Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; J4 lb., 90c; lb., $2.75; 5 lbs., $13.00, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb lots or over, at $2.50 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over,
at $2.25 per lb.

Glorv of Enkhuizen No 97 This second early variety is very

vj ivu J ivu. 7 / sure heading and of excellent

quality. The plants are of vigorous growth, with large, rather spreading outer leaves
which are noticeably curved and frilled. The heads are globular or nearly round,
very solid and of large size for so early a variety. This sort is becoming a great
favorite among our South Texas customers, who plant thousands of acres for
shipping to Northern markets. Illustrated on page 20

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; J4 lb., 90c; lb., $2.75; 5 lbs., $13.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.50 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at
$2.25 per lb.

Reuter’s Earliest
Plat Dutch
Cabbage

Reuter’s Earliest Flat Dutch No. 99 —

tra early, flat-headed cabbage. It is the rival of the famous Wakefield. Heads
are four to five pounds in weight, leaves smooth. May be set 16 to 18 inches in the
row. Our trials show 95% mature heads in 90 days from transplanting. In our
opinion, if there is any variety of cabbage that will produce a first-class crop with
regularity, and be ready for market in 70 to 80 days from sowing seeds, it is
this one. Pure bred Long Island seed.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; Pontor’o

H lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50; 5 lbs., /<ii§k £ ,

$16.25, postpaid. Not pre- / v N Frost Proof

paid, 10-lb. lots or over, X 1 \ Cabbage

at $3.00 per lb. X Plants are

Priced on

19

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Stein’s Early Flat
Dutch No. 92 — S

and largest early flat cabbage for the
South. Unquestionably it is the finest
bred and earliest of the very large
.weighs 17 to 25 lbs.) cabbage and the
most solid headed, thoroughbred of
its class. It is a dwarf, compact
grower, allowing close planting, a sure
header, most uniform in growth, at-
tractive in appearance, free from any
coarseness, and of splendid quality.

Practically every plant will form a
very large, solid head and mature
earlier than any variety of equal size.

It is highly suitable for every grow-
ing season. For fall and early spring
planting it is unexcelled. The plants
are short-stemmed, compact, and up-
right with comparatively few and
short leaves. The heads are large for
the size of the plant, nearly round
and somewhat flattened, close, firm
and very solid. If you want the best
early flat-headed cabbage, plant
Stein’s Early Flat Dutch, and you
will not be disappointed. Long Island
seed.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 34 lb.,

90c; lb., $2.76; 6 lbs., $13.00, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at $2.50 per lb.; 25-lb. lots
or over, at $2.25 per lb.

Monster Surehead

■vr^ Q "2 A dark blue-green, hard

UNO. 7J headed, medium sized
cabbage that has captured the ap-
proval of nearly every big commercial trucker in Southwest Texas and along the Gulf
Coast. The plants are rather upright, allowing closer planting than the late flat
Dutch types; stems rather short. The heads are large, broad, thick, and somewhat
flattened, compact, very solid, and of exceptional quality. For sureness in
heading and regularity in growth, this variety heads the list, and its adaptability
to soils and climates is the dominating feature so conspicuously responsible for
its great popularity. Reuter’s Monster Surehead will discount any other flat-
head type of cabbage and excel it in earliness, hardness and size.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 34 lb.. 90c; lb., $2.75; 5 lbs., $13.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.50 per lb. ; 26-lb. lots or over at $2.25
per lb.

American Savoy No. 95— Ss

fine and delicate flavor. The leaves are wrinkled or densely crumpled. Matures
fine large heads in about 1 10 days. A good keeper, and one of the best sorts for
the home garden.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; J 4 lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50, postpaid.

Glory of Enkhuizen Cabbage
paid.

Pe-Tsai or Chinese
Cabbage No. 82 — T h \a

~ variety

is straight short-leaved, which we
import direct from Northern China.
It makes a solid head, with few outer
leaves, and is the most desirable type
to plant. Grows very quickly, being
ready to eat in 60 days. The seed
should not be sown during hot
weather. Start the plants in a bed
and transplant to about 15 inches
apart in the row. It is very palatable
if boiled like cabbage, but must be
cooked quickly.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; Y2 oz., 26c-
OZ., 45c; 34 lb., $1.40; lb., $5.0o'
postpaid.

COLLARDS Jabba^e 6 ®s

grown for winter use in the Southern
States to furnish a large araouet of
green forage for stock and to preride
boiling greens for table use.

Southern or Georgia

\Tn 1 78— This variety is the
J-/1J old-time favorite.
Very hardy, standing winters as far
North as Tennessee. Will make good
crop where the soil is too poor to
grow cabbage.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb.,
25c; lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.00, post-
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 50c per lb.

Cabbage — Collards No. 179-

_A white heading variety of
collards that is as hardy as
the ordinary collard, but with better eating qualities and the heading character
of the cabbage is its most desirable feature. Does not grow as tall as the Georgia,
but the leaves grow closer together on the stem. It is more tender and better
flavored sort. This cabbage-like collard grows fine in hot weather and stands
winter cold that would kill cabbage.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; 6 lbs., $4.60, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 76c per lb.

tj s\ -|^ p/ - / v Y -n1 tt- » T T? A member of the cabbage family, known

Ol IvALE as Curley Greens. It’s more hardy than

cabbage and much superior in eating qualities than collards.

Mammoth Red Rock No. 96—™? feeM S

dependable red cabbage. Produces heads in 120 days, round, very sohd and of a
deep red color, often weighing 12 nounds each. Used principally for pickling.
A sure cropper.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; 34 lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50, postpaid.

Early Green Curled Kale No. 67— cT0mpacatfvery°hardnyd

Remarkably tender and delicate in flavor. Leaves rich green and very curly.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb., 30c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 80c per lb.

Do not overlook the opportun-
ity of getting early cabbage by
planting Reuter’s Frost Proof
Cabbage Plants. Turn to page
21 for full particulars.

All Head
Early
Cabbages
Grown
from Our
Highly
Selected
Long Island
GrownSede

Thousands of gardeners throughout
the South have learned the secret of
early cabbage and each year plant
Reuter’s Frost Proof Cabbage Plants.
Turn to page 21 of this catalog for
prices and descriptions.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Orders wil' be shipped approximately three to five days after arrival, weather conditions per-
mitting. If plants do not arrive as soon as you expect them , you may know that conditions beyond
our control are responsible for the delay. Unnecessary correspondence and complaints do not
alter weather conditions, but add extra expense and trouble to us and to you.

REUTER’S FROSTPROOF CABBAGE PLANTS

We are having grown for us in certain favored sections of Louisiana many mil-
lion Frostproof Cabbage Plants. The plants make a slow but steady growth,
until at eight to ten weeks of age they are very tough and hardy, the buds are purple
and the outer leaves a reddish-brown. When in this condition they can be shipped
to territory further North and planted in the open ground a month to six weeks
sooner than the home-grown hot bed or cold frame plants.

Plants usually withstand the cold winter, say at least six winters out of eight'
in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In other territories, February
and March are best months to plant. The word “frostproof” does not mean
“freeze-proof.” However, you will be surprised at the amount of freezing weather
the plants will stand. A temperature of 20 degrees above zero with sleet and snow
seldom hurts them. Under favorable conditions, they stand it down to 13 above
zero.

To obtain the advantage of these Frostproof Cabbage Plants they must be
planted a month or six weeks earlier than you would plant home grown plants.

When we receive your order, we have to forward it to our growing station,
and this requires several days. Plants are shipped direct to you from the grow-
ing station. Plants cannot be pulled or shipped when beds are wet. At. times
a week or ten days of continued wet weather will prevent shipment of plants.
If you do not receive your plants as soon as you expect them, you will know
that weather prevents shipment. Send your order two to three weeks before you
expect to set the plants and you will get them on time. If the plants cannot be
set out the same day they are received, take them from the crate immediately,
dip the roots in water and heel out into the ground, spreading the bunches a
little. In no case should they be left in the crate.

Varieties: Early Jersey Wakefield, Charleston Wakefield, Succession,
Glory of Enkhuizon, Stein’s Early Flat Dutch and Copenhagen Market.

We wil! fill orders from November 15th to May 1st. Remittances must
accompany all orders. No plants shipped open account or C. O. D. Please do
not ask us to break this very necessary rule.

Prices by Parcel Post: In lots of 100, 200, 300, or 400 plants, at 50c
per 100 plants; 600 plants for $1.60; 1,000 or more at $3.00 per 1,000 plants,
postpaid.-

Orders are filled by the 100, not 250 or 350. These prices are for even
quantities of one variety to a package; if you ordered 200 of one variety and
300 of another variety, you would remit at the 100 rate.

Prices by Express f. o. b. Louisiana growing station: Customer paying
express charges. In lots of 1,000 to 3,000 plants at $2.00 per 1,000; 5,000 or
more at $1.60 per 1,000. Plants packed for express shipment, 1,000 or 2,000
plants of a variety to a package, weight about 25 lbs. per 1,000 plants,
packed for shipment.

Truckers and market gardeners should write or wire us for prices on
Cabbage plants in larger quantities.

We advise shipment by Parcel Post. Plants are shipped direct from our Louis-
iana growing station, separate from seed orders

REUTER’S HARDY ONION PLANTS

We can supply you with Genuine Yellow and Crystal White Wax Onion
Plants, also Reuter’s Prizetaker and Reuter’s Genuine Red Creole Onion Plants.

This large assortment of the finest varieties can be furnished to you. Onion
Plants are even more hardy than Frost Proof Cabbage Plants, standing heavier
and even light freezes without being killed.

Onion Plants are becoming more popular than Onion Sets. The set has to be
absorbed by the new growth before it begins to form the new onion, whereas the
plant begins to grow as soon as it is planted and makes more headway than the
set, producing delicious young onions for table use during the late spring and
early summer. Onions grown from plants are larger and do not run to seed in the
spring, like sets. They can be set out at the same time you would plant onion sets
or cabbage plants with every assurance of producing a good crop of onions. Onion
Plants will usually produce onions two to five times larger than those grown from
the dry sets. Plant in rows about 15 inches apart and 3 to 4 inches apart in the
rows. Crystal White Wax Bermuda — the most attractive onion in the world.
It is absolutely pure white and of the finest flavor and quality.

Prices for Crystal White Wax Onion Plants — Prices, by mail, postpaid:
100 plants, 75c; 500 plants, $2.50; 1,000 plants or more at $4,00 per 1,000
plants. Supply limited.

Yellow or White Bermuda—

colored onion. Each year the sales of Reuter’s Yellow or White Bermuda Onion
Seed have increased heavily in the greatest onion sections of the South, and a large
majority of the growers will plant no other kind. Our stock ripens early, is one of
the best color and the heaviest yielder.

PHvfkf-alz-or fVnirm Plante The skin is yellowish brown or

*■ riiftJ litlvcl VylllUH x lttllLa light yellow with a slight tinge of

brown. The flesh is creamy white, very mild, tender and of excellent flavor.

Reuter’s Red Creole Onion Plants— £ie$8a onfonn for

keeping, this is the proper sort. This variety is fully described and illustrated on
page 36. Prices for Reuter’s Yellow Bermuda, Prizetaker or Red Creole Onion Plants.

Prices by Parcel Post: In lots of 100, 200, 300, or 400 plants, at 50c per
100 plants; 500 plants for $1.60; 1,000 or more at $3.00 per 1,000 plants,
postpaid. Orders are filled by the 100, not 250 or 350. These prices are for even
quantities of one variety to a package; if you ordered 200 of one variety and
300 of another variety, you would remit at the 100 rate.

Prices by Express f. o. b. Louisiana growing station: Customer paying
express charges. In lots of 1,000 to 3,000 plants at $2.00 per 1,000; 6,000 or
more at $1.50 per 1,000. Plants packed for express shipment, 1,000 or 2,000
plants of a variety to a package, weight about 25 lbs. per 1,000 plants,
packed for shipment.

Truckers and market gardeners should write or wire us for prices on
Onion Plants in larger quantities. We advise shipment by Parcel Post. Plants
are shipped direct from our
Louisiana growing station,
separate from seed orders.

Please Read Before Ordering Plants —

Unless advised to the contrary, orders for Onion Plants will be filled with varieties available. We ask you to
permit us to substitute in the event variety ordered is sold out.

Please remember remittance must accompany all plant orders — none shipped C. O. D.

No orders accepted for less than 100 of a variety, and if 200 are ordered of one variety and 300 of another variety,
you must remit at the 100 plant price.

All plant orders shipped from growing station, separate from seed and bulb orders.

Reuter’s Cauliflower Seed

Cauliflower is an exacting crop, but success is easy where the conditions are right. This plant likes to make
quick growth in cool weather. Sow in seed beds in the same manner as cabbage. Transplant when 4 to 5 inches
high and give an abundance of water in dry weather; then apply regularly nitrate of soda or liquid manure. To
bleach the heads, tie up the leaves over them.

Reuter’s Peerless Snowball No. 144— eL®“'r.SSi h<’SSbiffidd™I“»h^w,rhrii;l!

great compactness and very early heading — earlier than any other sort. A well grown head will measure 9 to 10
inches across and have a depth in proportion, will be solid, and have a perfectly white core. We take particular
care to mill, sift and clean our seed so as to furnish our customers the highest possible viability from the heaviest,
plumpest seed.

Prices: Pkt., 25c; y oz., 75c; y2 oz., $1.25; oz., $2.00; y lb., $7.00; lb., $25.00, postpaid.

LariSp Al<5lPT*« Nft Izli; An unsurpassed variety for planting in the Gulf Coast section. It will

ivu. 1U head when others fail. The plant is large, but of upright growth, the

leaves protecting the head so that they will endure uninjured a frost that would ruin other sorts.

Prices: Pkt., 15c; y oz., 30c; y oz., 50c; oz., 85c; y lb., $3.00; lb., $10.00, postpaid.

21

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

SELECTED CARROT AND CELERY SEED

T?XTTT'T'C'T? ’C /",TJOTf>lXi' FABROT CFFTT This past year we have distributed to our

IvEU 1 o vj II V/ i V. j 11/ vj/YrvrvvJ 1 OJt Hj U numerous customers in the South more than
25,000 pounds of extra fine carrot seed. Critical market gardeners and exacting commercial truckers place their
order with us year after year, because of the excellence of our stocks. Sow in rows 16 to 18 inches apart. Make
several sowings about two weeks apart so you will have a succession crop. Cultivate frequently. Thin two to six
inches apart in the row, according to the size of the variety. Sow one ounce of seed to 100 feet of row.

Tlo-Mireifo XT olf T /-w ‘M/'v 1 OQ .Illustrated in color and described on page 5 of this catalog.

DdllVclo Xlilll J-TJIlg TNO. I*/ This is the most popular variety.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at 75c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

tc±Y\d\T TSJrk 1 TO A splendid bunch sort, very popular with Southern market gardeners and

'-‘lull IClld.j' lvu. lOv truckers. The tops are medium sized with small neck. The mature roots

are thick, five and one-half to six inches in length, uniformly half long or stump-rooted, but tapering slightly,
smooth, deep orange-red in color. The flesh is very crisp and tender. Although a medium early sort, the roots
are suitable for use as early as any. Note illustration.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz. 15c; lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots
or over, at 75c per lb.; 25-lb lots or over, at 60c per lb.

OvllPdrf- TSJr, 1 XT A big favorite with commercial truckers in Texas. Especially adapted for soil so

'-'A.lictll X I'd, id*" hard and stiff that longer rooted sorts would not thrive in it. The tops are
comparatively small. The mature roots are four and one-half to five inches lon^, very thick, ending abruptly in
a small tap root. The flesh is bright orange, fine grained and sweet. It is easily dug, being short and nearly
globular, and can be easily pulled or plowed out without breaking.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; yi lb., 35c;
lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not
prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 75c per lb.;
25-lb lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Red St. Valery No. 131 —

A long pointed variety, resembling Long Orange,
except in size, being thicker at the shoulder and
not so long. The true type is 9 to 10 inches
long; about 2 to 2 3^ inches thick at the shoulder
an<f tapers in a straight line to the tip. The
color is bright orange scarlet ; the core is rather
large and the tops also. The roots grow wholly
under ground. A favorite with our customers,
especially in sections subject to drouth.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; % lb., 35c;
lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 75c per lb.; 25-
lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Reuter’s Oxheart Carrot

T ntlfS OrflfldP Nfl 1 12 A well known sort, roots long, thickest near the crown, taper-

i/utig uiangc itu. ±00 ing regularly to a point, color deep orange. It is a good keeper
of fine quality for winter use. A heavy cropper, so heavy in fact that it is profitable to grow for
stock feed, while in quality it is a table carrot.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; J 4 lb., 30c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not prepaid,
10-lb. lots or over, at 75c per lb.

T ordo Rf*1dic»r* NTr* 1 2A The best of all stock carrots. The yield is

YtIIILc Dclgldll l’U* XO'x enormous, often 20 to 25 tons per acre. There

Is no better stock food in the world than this crop. Produces large roots in 90 to 100 days.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; J ^ lb., 30c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not prepaid,
10-lb. lots or over, at 75c per lb.

/^p'T p'T3 V Culture — The seed in our latitude is usually sown during June and July, and then

X again during the fall months. Sow the seed in a seed bed, covered with burlap,

canvas or cheesecloth, to prevent the sun from injuring the young seedlings. As soon as the plants

are about 2 inches high transplant to another seed bed to make them stocky. Cover the seed with a
very little soil and firm well. Keep the seed bed moist to insure quick germination and vigorous growth.
The plants should be ready to set out in October when planted during June and July. When ready
for the garden, set the plants 6 to 8 inches apart in rows 3 to 4 feet apart. Work up the soil between
the rows and draw it around the plants from time to time until the plants are covered to their very tips,
and they will be ready for use soon after. Count on about 400 plants to the packet of seed; 3,000 to
the ounce. One-third of an ounce to 100-foot of drill. Requires four to five months to produce the crop.

Golden Self- Blanching No. 155-^JS?Mr^.S?o,^dS,&c'5

same grower for a number of years, so we know our stock is right.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; oz., $1.00; lb., $3.25; lb., $12.00, postpaid.

We have
by the

White Plume No. 156

A handsome early variety; leaves are bright green at base, shading
“nearly white at tips. As plants mature, the inner stems and leaves

turn white.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50, postpaid.

A very good sort. The stalks are about 2 feet high, thick, solid and
string'less. Vigorous grower.

Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; M lh., $1.00; lb., $3.50, postpaid.

Giant Pascal No. 157

Prices:

C'cAc*v\c\r' XTri t Turnip Rooted Celery. The roots are the edible portion, excellent for salads

'-'ClCl lab i'b. A JO an,} stews. They are also cooked and sliced as a salad.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; ]4 lb., 75c; lb., $2.50, postpaid.

TT'/WTJ'T TO APT The edible part is the turnip-shaped bulb formed above the ground. It is tender

IVVjnLAnDl and excellent when used before fully grown, combining somewhat the flavors of
cabbage and turnip.

Fcirlv WVlitA ISIrt TfiA -The be3t variety for you to plant. The bulbs ar of

L/aiiy nnuc » icmia iav. uvu medium size, very light green or nearly white, and are

of the best quality for table if used when about two inches in diameter.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; J4 lb., 75c; lb., $2.50, postpaid.

PWFR VTT Nn 17"? A hardy annual with aromatic leaves somewhat resembling parsley. The

'-'AAAvAv V 1L i'o. A / O young leaves are used in soups and for flavoring and garnishing meats

and vegetables.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; yi lb., 75c; lb., $2.50, postpaid.

Order early — Be sure to have your seeds on
hand when ready to plant

Early White Vienna Kohlrabi

22

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s SWEET and ROASTING EAR CORN

Stowell’s Evergreen (Sugar) Corn

Barden’s Wonder Bantam (Sugar) No. 199 — f^cofor

and described on Page 4 of this Catalog. There is an ever increasing demand for an early-
sweet corn having all of the good qualities of the Golden Bantam, together with a larger
ear and having about the same maturing season. Planted beside the Golden Bantam,
i t was found more vigorous, productive and as early as the Bantam, having the marked
advantage of having much larger ears set up higher on the stalk. The stalks grow from
5 to 6 feet in height and have ears 8 to 10 inches in length, filled with eight rows of rich
golden colored kernels. It is a variety that will appeal to the home gardener as well as
the canner who has been looking for a Bantam corn that will produce more tonnage

fier acre and at the same time not sacrifice its high quality. Our supply of seed is
imited. Order early and try out this grand, new variety.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; H lh., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c, 5 lbs. $1.75, postpaid.
Notprepaid, peck(ll lbs.), $3.00; bu.(441bs.), $11.00; 2 bu. or more, $10.50 per bu.

Stowell’s Evergreen (Sugar) No. 188— ™st Celebrated! but

ception, popular of all varieties. Although not an early sort, it is, without any ex-
the most the best for table use of the entire lot, although quite late. Some may
observe they have tried it and have not had the pure stock, as no variety degenerates
so quickly unless the grower is exceedingly careful.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 65c; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (11 lbs.), $1.75; bu. (44 lbs.), $6.00.

Country Gentleman (Sugar) No. 189— ^eesYnien|thgaend

are borne from two to five and sometimes six on each stalk. The cob is small and
very closely packed from tip to butt with slender, pure white kernels of the finest
quality. If you try this variety you will like it.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 36c; 2 lbs., 65c; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (11 lbs.), $1.75; bu. (44 lb3.), $6.00.

Golden Bantam (Sugar) No. 190—

and what it lacks in size is more than made up by its other grand qualities. The ears
are from six to seven inches long, eight rowed, filled with broad, sweet, golden yellow
kernels of a delightful flavor. It may be planted with perfect safety from ten days
to two weeks earlier than the Sweet Corns. The dry seed is quite solid and is not apt
to rot as that of the softer kinds.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 35c;-2 lbs., 65c; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (11 lbs.), $1.75; bu. (44 lbs.), $6.00.

Adams Extra Early (Sweet) No. 191—

this variety. It is not a Sugar Corn, but produces ears well filled with tender, white
grains. If you want the first Sweet Corn on the market or table, plant this stock.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 5 lbs., $1.25, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (14 lbs.), $1.50; bu. (56 lbs), $5.00.

Adams Early Large (Sweet) No. 192— °?r1eui

about two weeks later than the Extra Early Adams, but ears are larger and handsomer.
The stalks are vigorous, averaging 7 feet in height, and well bladed.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 5 lbs., $1.25, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (14 lbs.), $1.40; bu. (66 lbs), $4.50.

Truckers’ Favorite No. 193— cC'ba "^1

another splendid variety. Average height of stalk about five feet. The ear is thick,
well grained to the end of the cob, rows of grain straight and uniform. When cut
green for market the ears average from 12 to 14 inches in length. It is only a few
days later than the Adams Early in cutting, and being a large ear, commands the highest
price in the market. This corn has sold in the New York markets for $8.00 per 100
ears, wholesale. In eating, this corn is slightly sweet, resembling sugar corn in taste.
It is very productive, producing two and often three good ears to the stalk. Being
hardy, can be planted at same time as Adams Early, as it will stand a great deal of
cold and wet weather.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c, postpaid. Notprepaid, peck
(14 lbs.), $1.25; bu. (56 lbs.), $4.25; 2 bus. or more, $4.00 per bu.

PVonrFl TVTtirk-pt- No 1Q4. A fine ear*y maturing variety, producing

P ltJIlC.Il lVlillJvcl IMG. large, well filled ears, that is largely planted

by the local market gardeners for shipping to Northern markets for roasting ear
purposes. It is a little later than the Early Large Adams, but the ear is larger and
more desirable for shipping.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck
(14 lbs.), $1.25; bu. (56 lbs.), $4.00.

Truckers’ Favorite

Reuter’s Selected Shelled Pop Corn For Seed —

Pop Corn is a very profitable crop, yields well even in unfavorable weather and
there is always a good market for it. Plant at the rate of 12 pounds to the acre,
in drills 3 feet apart, dropping seed 1 }/i feet apart in the rows: or plant in hills,
using 5 to 8 lbs. per acre. Cultivate the same as field corn. It matures
early and can be fed with profit to young stock, especially pigs, calves, etc. It
yields fully as much fodder as the best field com;
in shelled corn it yields nearly, if not quite as
much as some field corn.

Monarch White Rice No.

Everybody knows the old variety named

White Rice. Our strain is an improve-
ment, with large ears, and the ears are more
abundantly produced. The stalks grow taller and
the ears are much longer, but more slender, com-
pared with the Japanese Hulless.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 55c;

5 lbs., $1.25, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots
or over, at 15c per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at
13c per lb. ; 100-lb. lots or over, at 11c per lb.

New Golden Queen No. 197— s^dksthgeroiIrgex ££

are produced In abundance. Ears larger than most sorts; rich orange yellow
color; kernels round and smooth. It pops perfectly white and a single kernel
will expand to a diameter of nearly an inch.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 60c; 5 lbs., $1.25, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 18c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over,
at 16c per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at 14c per
lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 12c per lb.

Japanese Hulless No. 198 —

Also known in some sections as Tom Thumb,
or Bumble Bee. A dwarf growing corn, heavy
yielder of attractive ears, peculiar in form, being
nearly as thick as long. Its crowning merit lies
in its popping quality, fine flavor, and absence of
hull or shell.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs.,
66c; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. Not prepaid,
10-lb. lots or over, at 20c per lb.; 60-lb.
lots or over, at 18c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or
over, at 16c per lb.

23

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s True-To-Name Cucumber Seed

Reuter’s
Perfected
Davis
Perfect
Cucumbers

Reuter’s Extra Dark Ever-
green White Spine No. 215 —

Plant our stock of this money-making White Spine
Cucumber. It has an ideal shape and the handsomest
extra dark green color of any cucumber. It is a type
of the most perfect size; just what is wanted either
for table or market. Eating qualities surpass any
other cucumber. It does not lose its dark, rich color
when shipped any distance, and holds its color for
days after reaching Northern markets. It is enor-
mously productive; in fact, beats anything we have
ever tried.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 45c; lb.,

$1.60; 6 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb.
lots or over, at $1.26 per lb. 26-lb. lots or over, »

$1.10 per lb.

Reuter’s Early Fortune

2 1 f. One of the finest types of White Spine yet

•“ •*- D produced. Early, very productive and disease
resistant; fruits 9 inches long, slightly tapering; flesh
white, very firm and crisp, with few seeds. The color
is a rich, dark green, which does not fade when shipped
a long distance. On account of its earliness, handsome
shape, medium size, dark glossy green color and pro-
lificness, it has become one of the most popular varieties
with commercial truckers who plant acres for shipment
to Northern markets. Matures in about 50 days. It
is one of the earliest and finest dark-black, green-white
spine cucumbers. Year after year we obtain our
supply of this profitable truckers’ variety from the
same, careful, painstaking growers. These grower:
have devoted many years to perfect it by careful
re-selection of the finest specimens. We recommend it
as one of the best strains in existence, and it is one
of the finest cucumbers for slicing and one of the best
for pickling. A true evergreen variety. A great yielder
Unexcelled for shipping as well as the home garden.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 45c; lb., $1.60; 5 lbs., $7.00, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.26 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or
over, at $1.10 per lb.

Improved Long Green No. 217 — •dehrethi3Ctamee0if^o^n

expressly for us by one of the most responsible seed growers in this country, and
can be depended upon to produce a crop absolutely uniform in every respect
The vines are very vigorous and productive. The fruits are very long, often
twelve to fifteen inches when mature. They are uniformly slender and of a beauti-
ful green color. The large warts and spines are well distributed over the surface
instead of being clustered at one end as in inferior stocks. The variety furnishes
some fruits early but matures the bulk of its crop rather late. This is a standard
sort for slicing and is very largely used for pickles. The fruits often used for
making sweet pickles. This is probably the most extensively used cucumber for the
home garden and market. We have given this variety special attention for many
years and really believe the stock we offer has no equal. Matures in about 65 days.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 3 4 lb., 60c; lb., $2.00; 6 lbs., $8.76, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.60 per lb.

TVia Kirlw rimiimllAr rt Stays Green— No. 229— Origin-

1 lie IVllUy ^ UC UIIl Del ator’s Stock. Illustrated in color on
Page 4. This is perhaps the earliest of the White Spine, type. The fruit is seven
to 8 inches long, cylindrical in shape, with a beautiful dark green color from stem
to blossom end and this color is retained in all its freshness longer than most other
varieties. It is a vigorous grower, yields enormously, the shipping quality is not to
be excelled and it commands a top price in particular markets. One Florida trucker,
with a field of twelve acres, reports a first picking of 135 bushel hampers per acre,
all grading 95% fancy and a second picking that averaged 244 bushel hampers per
acre. Another reports a matured crop in forty days, ten days earlier than any
other variety planted in his section. Still another planter reports that he gathered
930 hampers from two acres planted in this variety that brought him a gross return

of $3039.00. We do not hesitate to i-ecommend to any
of our customers that they plant this new variety for we
know they will be highly pleased with it.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 50c; lb.,
.50; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb.
ts or over, at $1.25 per lb.

Klondyke Cucumber No.

Our special strain of this wonderful white

spine cucumber is unexcelled. A medium
early cucumber of handsome, intensely dark green
color, and of excellent quality for slicing. The vines
are very hardy and prolific. The mature fruits are
often about 8 inches long, 2 to 23i inches in diameter,
and are uniform in size and shape. The glossy green
color is retained much longer and is affected less by
the hot sun than any other sort with which we are
familiar. Its uniform size and shape and splendid
color are making this sort very popular as a shipping
cucumber with thousands of truckers throughout the
South. Matures in 55 to 60 days. The seed we offer
of this variety is grown expressly for us in the far
North by whom we consider the best grower in the
entire country. We have carefully studied the
demands of Southern Truckers and Market Gardeners,
and in this variety, we have succeeded in offering
to them a strain that is hardly equalled.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 46c; lb.,
$1.50; 6 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb.
lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at
$1.10 per lb.

Reuter’s Everbearing No. 223 —

Enormously productive and a general favorite. Fruits
of every age and also blossoms may be found on a
single vine, and bearing continues until frost. The
first cucumbers are ready very early and the vines
continue to flower and produce fruit.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15.C; 34 lb., 40c; lb.,

$1.25; 5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid.

Reuter’s Earliest of All No. 224— money

making variety for commercial truckers in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, etc. If you
want to grow early cucumbers for profit, the kind that are ready to pull in about
50 days, this is the variety. Although early, the fruits are of finest quality and
the color is an attractive dark green. Fruits 6 to 7 inches long, crisp and of a
most delicious flavor.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 60c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.26 per lb.

Reuter’s Perfected Davis Perfect No. 227 —

market
Perfected

i entirely overcome any fault the original strain of Davis Perfect
had in being too necky. Our “Perfected” strain is the result of many years
careful and continuous selection. Every fruit is shapely and holds its fine
cylindrical shape clear to the stem end. Fruits very deep green in color, rather
long, averaging 10 inches or more in length, quite slender. Flesh is crisp,
tender and of good quality. By using our Perfected strain a crop can be
produced outdoors which cannot be distinguished from green house stock. Ready
for market in 60 days.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 3 4 lb., 50c; lb., $1.76; 5 lbs., $8.00, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.50 per lb.

Davis Perfect (Original Strain) No. 222 — (Vfecftued

stock of the original strain. A very fine cucumber for market as well as the home
garden.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 50c; lb., $1.60; 5 lbs., $7.00, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.

Insecticides
for Cucumbers
Will Be Found
on Page 47

Reuter’s
Early Fortune
Cucumbers

24

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s True -To - N a m e Cucumber Seed

Evergreen
Pickle No. 225—

An early maturing, very
small dark green cucumber,
cylindrical, square ended,
and very popularwith grow-
ers for small pickles. We
have given our stock of this
variety special attention as
to purity and uniformity of
type, and we believe the
seed we offer meets in all
respects the requirements of
those who want an ideal
bottle pickle.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz.,

20c ; 14 lb., 60c; lb., $1.50,
postpaid. Not prepaid.

10-lb., lots or over, at
$1.25 per lb.

Small Gherkins

718 .Planted

*10 exclusively
for pickles. This is a very
small, oval, prickly fruited
sort quite distinct from others amt should
tender. The seed is distinctly smaller than
to germinate. Matures in about 80 days.

J apanese
Climbing No.

114 .The fruits of this

excellent variety
run from 10 to 12 inches
long. Early and perfect ma-
turing, fruit is best attained
when poles or a trellis are
used for vines to climb on.
Fruits well shaped, straight,
dark green with black spines.
Flesh is pure white and ten-
der. Can be grown on trel-
lises: valuable for small
garden. Ready for table in
70 days.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz.,
20c; H lb., 50c; lb., $1.60,
postpaid.

Lemon Cucum-
ber No. 228 —

A very productive variety
with round or slightly oval
fruits of light creamy yel-

always be picked when young and low color: of distinctive flavor and desirable quality either for slicing or pickling,
that of other cucumbers, and is slow The fruits are ready for slicing when just starting to turn yellow. For pickling.

they may be used either green or ripe.

Reuter’s Extra Dark Evergreen White Spine Cucumber

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 65c; lb., $2.00, postpaid.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; Jd lb., 50c; lb., $1.50, postpaid.

Four new and very beautiful novelties in Sweet Peas will be found
pictured on Page 69. Don’t miss these famous new flowers.

Want an early Cabbage crop? Reuter’s Frost Proof Cabbage Plants
will help you. You’ll find full particulars and prices on Page 21.

Reuter’s Re-Selected Eggplant Seed

Reuter’s New Orleans Market Eggplant No. 236

(Illustrated in color and further described on Page 3 of this catalog). The

finest home and shipping variety. A long, dark purple variety that is abso-
lutely distinct, being perfectly adapted to the South in every respect. The seed is
produced in New Jersey from my own personal stock seed. No eggplant on the
market combines such wonderful characteristics for the market gardener and
trucker. These eggplants will carry to any market in the United States or
Canada without spoiling. Their keeping quality is a profitable asset. The plants

grow large and high, sometimes five feet, and bear fruit entirely off the ground-
Being an upright grower, it resists heat and drouth. Its color is deep purple-
sometimes showing a tinge of red, very large in size, oval in shape, absolutely
spineless, and of the finest quality. If you are going to plant eggplants this
spring, and are in doubt as to what variety to sow, don’t hesitate to plant this
one by all means. No one else can offer you the same stock.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; oz., 40c; ]4 lb., $1.40; lb., $4.50; 5 lbs.,
$21.25, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $4.00 per lb.

Maw Vnrlr Pnrrtla Mr» 'YXH Fruits are large, fine and free from thorns. This variety is a

1'“" ldlK x U1 pic l’U. 40/ general favorite for market and home garden. The plants are
spineless, large and spreading, "with light green foliage. It usually produces four to six large oval fruits of a splendid
dark purple color. The vigor and productiveness of the plants and the large size, earliness and fine quality of its
fruits, make it a most profitable variety.

Prices: Pkt., 10c ; J4oz., 20c; oz., 40c; lb., $1.40; lb., $4.50; 5 lbs. , $21.25, postpaid. Not prepaid,
10-lb. lots or over, at $4.00 per lb.

Tlacinf-xr Nn 92Q_ The earliest large eggplant. It combines in itself many characteristics which

•Dld-Civ X>C£tUtiy 1>U. 400 are valuable. It is very early, maturing in about 120 days. The fruits are
jet black. Average weight 2 to 3 pounds. It is dwarf growing and bears its fruits close to the main stem We
have secured a disease-resistant strain of this market variety that is very popular with truckers in Southwest
Texas and other Southern localities.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y oz., 25c; oz.,40c; ]4 lb., $1.50; lb., $5.00; 5 lbs., $23.75 postpaid. Not prepaid,
LO-lb. lots or over, at $4.50 per lb.

TTIrvt-irlo TlirtH TliieVi Mrx 73Q A grand sort for shipping and home garden use. The “eggs”

mgll DUMl lvU. 407 are borne higher off the ground than any other variety. The
sun does not blight the blossoms, as in the case of other sorts. The plants are
strong and stand unfavorable weather remarkably well. The fruits are of
uniform size, dark purplish color, and run fully 90 per cent true to type.

The plants bear profusely and continuously through the season. We have
known of spring planted seed to continue producing eggplants until killed by
frost in the fall. This is a hard variety to beat.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; oz., 35c; \4 lb., $1.26; lb., $4.00; 5 lbs.,

$19.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $3.75 per lb.

P''VT'TNT'y’Tj' Culture — Sow the seed during August, September and as late

4-d- xJ 1 V Cj ag October. For late spring and summer use, plant in open
ground during February and March. Requires 60 days to mature the crop.

One ounce will sow a 100-foot row.

A mighty fine salad crop for your garden. The cut, curled and frilled leaves
are very ornamental when fully blanched and are frequently used for garnishing.

It is also used for flavoring soups and the young, tender leaves are delicious
when cooked as greens.

LARGE GREEN CURLED— (Red Ribbed) No.

JAQ A hardy, vigorous growing endive with bright deep green leaves. The

midribs of the outer leaves are usually tinged with rose. Highly
esteemed for market and home garden use.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; lb., 60c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $6.25, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.

Broad Leaved Batavian — (Escarol) — No. 250 —

A variety having broad, bright green leaves with thick, nearly white midribs.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; li lb., 50c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $6.25, post-
paid. Not prepaid 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.

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Reuter’3 Black Beauty Eggplant

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

A Field of Reuter’s New York or Los Angeles Lettuce — Note the Uniformity of Growth

Lettuce is the best of all salad crops, and a very appetizing and healthful food, especially during the warmer months. To have lettuce
at its best it must be fresh and unwilted. It is so easy to grow and requires such small space in the garden, that every family should have a
plentiful supply throughout the season.

Reuter’s Peerless Big Boston No. 316 — suahHPthu

famous variety has won the favor of thousands of the most discriminating garden-
ers throughout the important lettuce growing sections of the South. This is the
best heading variety in cultivation and its qualities are so well and so generally
known that an extensive description is unnecessary. It is a splendid shipper,
hardy and thoroughly reliable. The heads are large and solid. The seed stock
I offer you is certain to head. Its purity, hardness of head and slowness to go to
seed are characteristics that cannot escape the notice of practical gardeners who
look to this money-making crop for a livelihood.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; M lb., GOc; lb., $2.00; 5 lbs., $8.75, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.50 per lb.

Reuter’s Mammoth Big Boston Lettuce No.

■21 Q .The King of All Lettuces. A perfected strain of the Big Boston type

' that is far superior to any other variety whether sown for market purposes,
for shipping trade or for the home garden. It is a certain header, slightly larger in
its growth than the Big Boston, but otherwise identical in its characteristics. It is
slow to run to seed, is not easily affected by hot weather, absolutely free from
bitterness and matures a solid head of crisp, tender, delicious lettuce. My own
exclusive strain of this perfected variety will mature earlier than even my regular
strain of Big Boston and the heads will all be of exceptional size and unsurpassed
quality. The supply of this strain of seed, entirely controlled by me, is never
plentiful and I urge you, whether you be market or home gardener, to send your
order in early and not be among those disappointed.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; J ■£ lb., 75c; lb., $2.50; 5 lbs., $11.25, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.00 per lb.

New York or Los Angeles Lettuce

Reuter’s Lettuce Seed
is warehoused in
my own chemical
cold-storage to retain
high germination.

F outer’s Peerless Big Boston Lettuce

New York or Los Angeles Lettuce No. 318 —

dard head lettuce grown so largely in California and misnamed by the produce
trade as Iceberg.) Produces immense heads as solid as a cabbage, often 15 to 16
inches across. The interior is beautifully blanched, creamy-white, crisp, delicious
and very tender. It is a very strong, robust growing variety, resists both hot and
dry weather, and is slow to run to seed. The outer leaves are attractive deep
green, broad, frilled at edges. It is the variety so largely grown in California and
shipped to eastern markets under the trade name of Iceberg. Our stock is pro-
cured from a reliable source and can be depended upon to produce excellent results.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; M lb., 75c; lb., $2.50; 5 lbs., $11.25, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.00 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at $1.75
per lb.

ROMAINE COS OR CELERY LETTUCE—
Reuter’s Paris White Cos No. 321 — ™y forms0" ‘large

light green plant with a well folded head of very good quality. The midribs
are white and very prominent. The inner leaves are nearly white, slightly tinged
with green and are decidedly firm and sweet.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; M lb., 75c; lb., $2.50; 5 lbs., $11.25, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.00 per lb.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

REUTER’S Unexcelled Cantaloupe Seed

splendid

Rockyford.

Reuter’s Pollock 10-25 Cantaloupes

/"!. .1 Melons thrive best in

L-Ulture light, rich soil. Plant

just as soon as the ground is warm, in
hills 4 to 6 feet apart, according to the
variety; in each hill apply a shovel-
ful of well-rotted ma-
nure, or a handful of com-
mercial fertilizer, well mixed
with the soil. Plant about
12 seeds to each hill, cover-
ing with about 1 inch of fine
soil firmly pressed down.

When the plants are pretty
well developed, keep the
hoe and cultivator going.

Gradually thin out to two
plants to the hill. When
the vines begin to run freely ,
stop cultivation, except
after a heavy rain. A few
hills for early use may be
had by sowing in the dirt
bands in the hot bed, and
when warm enough trans-
plant to open ground.

Melon vines are subje t to
the same destructive in-
sects and fungus foes as are
cucumber and squash vines.

Early and repeated spraying

with Pyrox, Arsenate of Lead, Black Leaf 40, Bordeaux Mixture, or any other good
spray material will help wonderfully. See page 47 for our assortment of insecti-
cides. Use a packet to about 15 hills; 1 ounce to 60 hills; 2 or 3 pounds to the acre.

Reuter’s Honey Ball Melon No. 128 — ®

cross between the Texas Cannon Ball Cantaloupe and the Honey Dew Casaba
Melon, was but recently originated by W. H. Parker, a noted commercial melon
grower of Tarrant County, Texas, and has already become fairly established in
the markets of the country. It is hardier than the Honey Dew, more prolific,
averages about five inches in diameter and is round instead of oval. While larger
than the average Rockyford type of cantaloupe, it has far less netting. It has the
succulent flavor of the Honey Dew and the sweetness of the Cannon Ball. The
green meat is similar in texture to the Honey Dew, about 1 )4 inches thick, and
covered by a smooth, thin rind, fairly well netted. It will ship to all parts of the
country without icing and sell at a premium, and it may be cut and kept for several
weeks and be in perfect eating condition. Ordinary handling will not bruise it.
Earlier than the Honey Dew and about a week later than the Rockyford. Greenish-
white in color until fully ripe, then turns creamy-white. Extremely prolific. Packs
12 to the crate nicely. Try it.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50; 5 lbs., $16.26, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $3.00 per lb.

Reuter’s Eden Gem Cantaloupe No. 109 — ™s0 weL‘

strain of the famous Rockyford Cantaloupe today ranks as one of the foremost and
dependable varieties. The flesh of these melons is green, lusciously sweet and
melting; it can be eaten close to the rind. The seed cavity is extremely small. The
average 'weight of the melon is about one and one-half pounds and the largest per
cent of the crop is of such size as to pack 45 melons to the standard crate (12x12x24
inches). The netting is extremely well developed, closely laced, of gray color, cov-
ering the entire fruit. Reuter’s Eden Gem is one of the best early strains, and
more prolific and rust-resistant than nearly any other variety.

Prices: Pkt.; 10c; oz., 20c; J 4 lb., 50c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at
$1.10 per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.

Montreal
Market No.

1 9ft ( Green

Flesh) —

It is of large size and
delicious, melting fla-
vor. The skin is green
and the flesh is light
green in color. A
weight of 20 to 25
pounds is not rare.

The vine is prolific;
fruits mature in 80
days. It is the larg-
est muskmelon we
know of; a good ship-
per. Splendid for
home gardens or
truckers who supply
local or nearby mar-
kets.

Prices: Pkt., 10c;
oz., 15c; J4 lb., 40c;
lb., $1.25 ; 5 lbs.,

$6.50, postpaid.

Not prepaid, 10-lb.
lots or over, at $1.00
per lb.

Reuter’s Gold
Rockyford No

Lined

112

reen fleshed

owever, had

Reuter’s New Honey Ball Melons

is melon,

a gold lining next to the
seed cavity making it unus-
ually attractive when cut.
It is medium early in matur-
ing, but for a main crop
variety it is unexcelled. The
flesh is very thick, sweet and
spicy, while the shape is
round with a complete
covering of netting and no
ribs. This type of canta-
loupe is now shipped east
from Colorado and the Im-
perial Valley, California, in
quantities of over 10,000
cars yearly. It is a highly
rust - resistant sort and
yields heavily. Our seed is
obtained from crown-cut
fruits only. It is a highly
improved stock that is the
result of many years of
selection, development, and
breeding on the part of our
grower. You can rely upon our special stock to meet the most exacting require-
ments.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 50c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at
$1.10 per lb.; lOO-lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.

Pollock 10-25 No. 119 (Salmon Fleshed) — ultfon

at top of this page. It is the only melon used to any great extent in the
shipping districts of Colorado and California. It is a pink meated cantaloupe
and by all odds the most successful of any introduction of the Rockyford
types. The fruits are extremely uniform, heavily netted with no trace of ribs,
and the vines are rust-resistant. It is fairly early and its long distance shipping
qualities are surpassed by no other melon. The melon cuts with a golden center,
generally shading out to emerald green near the rind. Pollock 10-25 suits the
commercial grower, for it produces abundantly of even, well-sized, netted melons
which pack evenly and get on the market as early as other similar sorts. So
uniform are they that if decently picked there is scarcely a cull left as waste. You
can bank on this sort. It is unquestionably the finest Rockyford melon introduced
in many years. The seed we offer you is saved from crown cut fruits only. You
can purchase seed of this variety for less money, but I challenge anyone to furnish
a better strain, a finer selection, or a stock that will produce as uniform a crop as
you can grow from our extra selected stock. This special strain meets the require-
ments of the ultra-critical planter in his most extensive operations.

Re-selected stock. Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 50c; lb., $1.50;
5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.’
50-lb. lots or over, at $1.10 per lb. ; 100-lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb. ’

Rivrrf»11 rifxm TSIfl 1 10 A pink-meated Rockyford that is a great

uuucii xjcui ivv-f. iiv commercial variety; an abundant yielder,
often producing 15 to 25 melons to the hill. The meat is a rich golden color, very
thick and fine grained. The flavor cannot be surpassed. The seed is closely in
place in three lobes and does not easily shake loose. The rind is covered with a
closely packed gray netting, except the narrow strip between the ribs, which is not
netted. The shape is ideal, averaging 6 inches long, and tapering at the end.
Matures in about 75 days.

Prices: Pkt., 10c-
oz., 20c; 14 lb., 50c;
lb., $1.75; 5 lbs.,

$7.50, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb.
lots or over, at $1.25
per lb.

Early Hack-
ensack No.

191 This early

A A green- fleshed
variety is popular in
many sections as a
market melon, and is
also extensively used
as home garden sort.
The fruits are medium
to large in size nearly
round or somewhat
flattened, evenly' and
deeply ribbed and
with a very coarse
netting. The skin is
green, slightly tinged
with yellow as the
fr u i t s mature. The
flesh is green, of me-
dium fine texture, but
of good flavor.

Prices: Pkt., 10c;
oz., 15c; lb., 40c;
lb., $1.25; 5 lbs.,

$5.50, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb.
lots or over, at $1.00
per lb.

27

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s Extra Fine Cantaloupe Seed

Banana No. 107

Texas Cannon Ball Cantaloupes

fKARA AT TT T OTSJ .Casaba melons thrive best in a sandy soil , rich

.VI Ibl.V/iNO with humus, to a medium sandy loam. They
require a long season for maturing, but the fruits are exceptionally good keepers.
Plant according to your locality from February loth until July loth; for late ship-
ping, from June 1st to July 15th. Cultivate the same as muskmelons. The fruits
may be picked when they lose the green lustre, but should not be eaten until the
hard rind gives slightly under pressure. When slightly soft, store the fruits so they
do not touch each other, in a cool, dark place.

Tovno rannAti "Roll XTrv 1 1 A Illustrated at top of page. A perfectly round, green fleshed

1 CAdo IjdllllWll Dull 1>VJ. II1! melon, a little larger than the Rockyford. It is completely
covered with netting and has no trace of ribs. It is early and its most remarkable feature is the thickness of
flesh, which is not excelled by any other kind. Very prolific and hardy, producing an abundance of fine nut-
like flavored, sound-fleshed melons that taste delicious.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; J4 lb., 40c; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid.

..This melon has a banana shape, banana flavor, banana color and banana .
quality. Resembles the banana in many respects, only that it is very much
larger, growing from 18 to 30 inches long and from 4 to 6 inches in diameter. Everybody who is fond of
bananas will take pleasure in growing this sort. This sort is not a mere curiosity, but will command extra
prices on local and nearby markets.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 50c; lb., $1.50, postpaid.

Early Green Nutmeg No. Ill— S’iK.'SSS

is green and it is a very early sort The size is small and almost round; it is one
of the most prolific muskmelons and is one of the oldest and most desirable varieties.
Fine for home use.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; lb., 40c; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid.

Osage or Miller’s Cream No. 124—

salmon-fleshed melon. The vines are vigorous and productive. The fruits are
slightly oval, dark green, slightly ribbed, partly covered with shallow and gray
netting. The flesh is rich, orange-salmon, very thick, fine grained and highly
flavored. It is a very popular market melon in the Nothern states and can be
grown equally as well in the South.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; J4 lb., 50c; lb., $1.50, postpaid.

Reuter’s Wonder Cantaloupe No. 127 — ^“1^

Colorado. It is a variety of exceptional merit and is destined to become the lead-
ing sort for home gardens and local markets. You will have to sample a good, ripe
Wonder Cantaloupe to know exactly what it is like. It’s a big, almost round melon,
usually heavily netted. Melons weigh from 4 to 6 pounds, but good growers pick
them up to 8 to 10 pounds, and even 12 to 14 pounds. The flesh is salmon colored
and exceedingly sweet and luscious. It is an extra early sort, coming in ahead of the
well-known Rockyford types. It is not tougb enough to be a long distance shipper.
It keeps a few days in good shape but must be handled with care. This, however,
is not serious for the home gardener or for marketing in local or nearby markets.
During the peak of the ripening season, these melons should be picked every day,
for the reason that they ripen so fast at that time. When once over ripe, they have
lost their one-time best and finest flavor. It is a shy seeder. This is a splendid new
rnuskmelon and should be included in your order without fail. Seed supply limited.
Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 60c; lb., $1.50, postpaid.

Reuter’s Wonder Cantaloupe — Sweet as Honey

tt t~y — xt r Illustrated in color on page 7. A

UOU6V HeW JNO. 115 wonderful Casaba, sold at fabulous

prices in all markets. It is perfectly
adapted to the South, and has been successfully grown in all the Southern
States during the past two years. The average size of the melon is 6 inches
in diameter from top to bottom and 7 to 8 inches long. The flesh is an
emerald green, very thick, melting and fine grained; can be eaten to the
extreme rind. The seed cavity is very small ; the rind, though
thin, is very tough and so close that the excellent flesh is prac-
tically sealed up where it keeps in fine condition for several
weeks after they are ripe. The melon does not shrink in
weight, is not easily bruised, and is a splendid shipper. It
matures about two weeks later than the Rockyford strains.

It is medium in size, 5 to 6 pounds. It is ready to eat in a few
days when it is slightly soft. Plant it in your home garden.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 65c; lb. $2.00; 5
lbs., $8.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over,
at $1.50 per lb., 25-lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.

Reuter’s Golden
Honey Dew Melon

NO. 126 £ new orange-

fleshed Honey
Dew Melon that everybody will
want. Golden Honey Dew is a
sport from the Honey Dew listed
above. Instead of green flesh like
its parent, it has rich, golden-
yellow flesh. The fruits are a
little more oblong than round,
about 6 inches in diameter and
7 to 8 inches long, weighing 8 to
10 pounds each. It ripens in
about 100 days. The flesh is
thick, or rich orange color. The
melon has been appropriately
named. It is of distinct honey-like flavor,
more luscious and juicy than other muskmelons.
Ships well and is a good keeper.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 65c.,
lb., $2.00, postpaid.

28

SEEDS FOR THE souuh CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans seeds for the south

Reuter s Bargain Watermelon Collections

25c Watermelon
Collection

This bargain collection of choice
watermelon seed contains six packets
of new-crop melon seed cf the follow-
ing popular variet ies : Excel, Alabama
Sweet, Irish Grey, Tom Watson,
Genuine Rattlesnake
and Florida Favorite.

A remarkable value.

Postpaid

ffHaaiaio

40c Watermelon
Collection

A larger quantity of seed than the
25c collection, for those planting a
larger patch. It contains one ounce
of seed of each of these varieties:
Excel, Alabama Sweet, Irish Grey,
Tom Watson, Genuine
Rattlesnake, and Flor-
ida Favorite. Truly a
bargain . Postpaid . . .

kroaasB33a*r

$1.00 Watermelon
Collection

Here’s an assortment that can’t be
beat for quantity and quality. One-
quarter pound of seed of each of the
following: Excel, Alabama Sweet,
Irish Grey, Tom Watson,

Genuine Rattlesnake, and ^

Florida Favorite. Post-

m

■p,gBlfTiimiiinrfm'inrr"*

A Word About Reuter’s Watermelon Seed

To judge from the most authoritative and dependable information that I can
gather in the seed trade, Reuter today is the largest retail mail order distributor of
Watermelon Seed in the United States. This should be significant to you, as a
planter of melon seeds. Such a large business has not been developed upon mere
claims or promises. No business, particularly a seed business, can thrive and grow
unless the seeds and service back up the claims and promises. And my business,
particularly my Watermelon Seed Department, has grown by leaps and bounds
until it now out ranks all retail mail order competition in the country. Only the
high-grade character of the melon seed I sell could produce such a remarkable
volume of Watermelon Seed trade. And only constant and painstaking care and
minute attention to even the smallest details could produce such a superfine melon
seed as I am privileged to offer you. You know, there’s a lot of satisfaction in
knowing that you are giving your customers the best that grows!

It took me some years to locate and prove out the most dependable and
experienced melon seed growers, but once I was positive of my growers, I formed a
combination with them that has meant more business for them, more business for
me, and a mutual and satisfactory relationship that is not reckoned in dollars and
cents. My Watermelon seed is grown for me from my own stock seed, originally
obtained from the most expert propagators and by painstaking care kept in a pure
and undefiled state, — true-to-type and character. The seed is planted, grown,
rogued and harvested according to my own specifications and I personally visit and
inspect every field of Watermelons that produces my seed supply. I have spent
years on some varieties, in developing, breeding and perfecting them, before offering
them to my customers. That’s why I do the tremendous melon seed business I do
— that’s why you can order any of my varieties and feel assured you are getting the
best seed obtainable.

REUTER’S Stone Mountain Watermelon

If you like a round watermelon —
if you like one that has but few seeds
but plenty of delicious flesh — if you like
one that grows large enough to make it
worth while to cut and serve it — if you
like one that is attractive from the

/; 1 Q This melon is becoming more popular throughout the South and
Ol 7 js frequently called and catalogued under the name of Lipsey.
It is an outstanding variety among the round watermelons and is undoubtedly
destined to attain and maintain its leadership among these sorts. It is very
sweet, grows very large and is almost round or square-shaped. The picture shown
at the lower right-hand corner of this page is an ideal representative fruit of this
variety. The melon photographed was one taken right out of my seed-crop field
and is no better than you may reasonably expect from the seed I offer you. It is a
rich, dark green in color, has a medium rind, and the flesh is an attractive deep red.
Good, rich melon soil will produce crops averaging 40 to 80 pounds to the melon
and the weight, shape and general attractiveness of the melons will induce highly
profitable prices in all markets where round melons are preferred. It should be
planted for home and nearby market use and I would caution commercial growers
to go slowly and test out thoroughly its shipping qualities
before planting heavily for that purpose. It has not yet been
sufficiently proven out as a long-distance shipper and perhaps
never will be, but its qualities as a local market profit -maker
are worth any growers attention. It is remarkable for the
few seeds it contains and is unusually solid, mostly all good
rich flavorable meat. The Stone Mountain is very prolific a
splendid drouth resister and will produce
a good profitable crop of late melons at
a time when melons are frequently
.scarce. The sentimental value through-
out the South of its name has probably
had much to do with its rapid popu-
larity after so recent an introduction,
but those who tried it out and preferred
a round melon, found it possessed all the
qualities claimed for it.

outside and invites you to open it up for a view of the inside — or, if the markets
you grow for and supply like such a melon, then by all means plant the Stone
Mountain. The inquiries and advance orders I have had for this new round-
melon variety have encouraged me to give it a commanding place in my catalog.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c;ki lb., 65c; lb., $2.00; 5 lbs., $8.75, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.50 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or more, at
$1.25 per lb.

A New Round Melon
Variety That Grows
Large and Sells Readily

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

REUTER’S WONDERMELON No. 607

Wondermelon No. 607 The pIctures shown on this page,

together with the one on Page 7 in
actual colors, should convince you of the superiority of Reuter’s Wondermelon
over any other variety. These illustrations are made from photographs sent
direct from our grower and the one at the bottom of this page shows a portion of
one field from which our seed was obtained. In good and bad seasons, since 1918,
when I first brought out this melon, the Wondermelon has surpassed every other
sort where comparisons were made. It possesses a flavor that is not approached
by any other variety; so much so that people will come back to retailers and ask
for it by name. Its rind is thin, but tough, and it will stand safe shipment for
reasonable distances. Its flesh is a rich red and full of flavor right up to the rind,
without any hollow. The seeds are large and white and relatively few to the melon.
It is large and long, resembling the Tom Watson, but thicker. The color is dark,
solid green, a most attractive article. Anyone who plants watermelons, for any
purpose, should plant Reuter’s Wondermelon.

What Melon Growers Say— ^dE’A^®^”id%^01ne:

dermelon is simply the best I ever tasted.” Mr. Joseph Pace, Fairhope, Ala., says:
"I planted 34 acres in your Wondermelon last season and sold something over
$4,000.00 worth of them on the New Orleans Market. Had the most and the best
melons ever grown in Baldwin County. Everyone that saw the field said they
never saw anything anywhere to equal the amount of melons and the quality of
them.” Another Alabama customer, Mr. J. L. Casey, writes: “Your Wonder-
melon is a fine melon. They are fine for home use and for market, too.” Mr. J. W.
Day, Greenville, Miss., says; “I had 14 acres of your Wondermelon. They are
the best melon I ever grew.” Mr. E. E. Shaw, Perth, Miss., puts it this way:
“I have planted your Wondermelon for a number of years along with other so-
called good melons and I can truthfully make the assertion that there are only
two melons — ‘The Wonder’ and all the others 1” What more need I say? Order it
and let the melon speak for itself!

Prices for Reuter’s Original Wondermelon seed — Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c;
lb., 50c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over,
at $1.25 per lb.

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CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s ftcLCLLo*

W ater melon No. 6 1 8

Here's a new watermelon that is revolutioniz-
ing the watermelon shipping business and
making increased profits for commercial melon
growers. Take another look at the picture at
the top of this page and then study the picture
at the lower right hand corner and ask your-
self what such a melon means to the markets
of this country. The picture at the top of
the page shows the greater portion of the
product of four acres, just after they were
piled for inspection. The seed I offer comes
from just such melons. This field was a part
of my crop. The melon shown at the bottom
of page weighed 63 pounds. It was photo-
graphed here at my store and was in tip-top
condition after long shipment.

Reuter’s fLcL&uy Watermelon

shape, measuring from 26 to 28 inches long by 15 to 18 inches in diameter. The
rind is a dark green, indistinctly striped with mingled lighter green. The young
melons will show distinct stripes but as
they develop and ripen the stripe practically
fades away, leaving a glossy green color.

The rind is medium thick, just enough
so to insure long keeping and rough
usage during shipping. It is practically
impossible to penetrate it under ordinary
conditions and it is so woven together, like
leather, that it is hard to pull apart or break
even after it is fully ripe. It will stand
rough handling and will not easily decay.

The meat is red and sweet, entirely free
from hard centers or stringy flesh, and will
slice half an inch thick and not break when
fully ripe. It grows remarkably large, as
the photographs show, and is very prolific.

I have seen few varieties grow such large,
uniform melons of such high quality. It
will ship in first-class condition to the
most distant markets and will sell on sight.

The seed cavity is small and the seed large.

Judging from the fields that I have in-
spected the Radio will produce in a favor-
able season, a carload of 40-pound melons
to the acre and every melon a good one.

It will sell just as readily as a local market
melon and yet always make good in the
distant markets.

Reuter’s ftcLcUxy
Watermelon Sgsl'S&Z

First Vice-President of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway :

“It is unquestionably the finest melon I have
ever eaten. I believe this melon to be a
great one for the melon grower.” An
expert marketing official, whose connection
does not permit him to be quoted, says:
"In my opinion, it is superior to any of the
other commercial varieties coming under my
observation, and, especially, in flavor. The
yield is better.” Mr. Ben Bernard, Patterson,
La., writes: "I am well pleased with your
Radio watermelon. I made the biggest crop
of melons this year I ever did and grew the
largest melon in this locality.” Mr. F. E.
Davis, Wesson, Miss., says: “I raised a lot
of melons to the ground and they averaged
from 40 to 68 pounds. The largest Radio weighed 68 pounds five ounces, for
which I obtained $14.00 in a raffle. I raised my melons with very little work
and no extra attention.”

Prices: Pkt., 15c; oz., 25c; lb., 75c; lb., $2.50; 5 lbs., $11.25, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.00 per lb.

REUTER’S NEW

WATERMELON

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CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUHH

Reuter’s New Schochler Watermelon

Reuter’s New Schochler Watermelon

*7 Mr. E. B. Chapman, Anniston, Ala., in a letter to

1>I AJ. \j A. J me, says: “j am wen piease(j with your Schochler
Watermelon. I sold 30 melons from my field at One Dollar each one
single morning before breakfast and not one melon weighed less than
50 pounds. We had a drouth commencing in May and only two rains
up to ripening season.” This new melon was bred and perfected by
J. Palmer Schochler, of Rusk, Tex., an experienced commercial melon
grower. It is a long, thick melon, as you can plainly see in the pic-
ture. The melon photographed weighed 63 pounds after shipment
from Mr. Schochler's Texas farm. Note the relatively thin rind, yet
it is extremely tough and will stand long shipment and ordinary han-
dling. Its size is its great feature, car-
load after carload averaging 46 to 48
pounds and market trucks averaging
70 to 85 pounds to the melon, ac-
cording to authoritative advices from
growing and shipping points. Its meat
is a dark red, fine grained, with no
white parts, and those who were lucky
enough to have had a “sample” when
the melon in the picture was eaten,
can vouch for its being as finely flav-
ored as any watermelon that grows.

The melon is a rich dark green, with
a faint, practically invisible stripe.

While not a prolific melon, in the
usual sense of the word, having about
only four melons to the vine, the total
product of a single vine, because of
the uniformly immense size of the
melons, more than offsets this lack.

It is a remarkable drouth resister and
never fails to produce a second crop
from the same hills, these second crop
melons averaging 25 to 35 pounds each.

Mr. R. B. Parks, a melon grower

who lives near Mr. Schochler, tells me that he has planted the “Schoch-
ler” for the past two years and has “grown them to weigh as high
as 105 pounds. There is no melon that will equal this one in size and
quality.” From fifty to seventy-five cars of this melon have been
shipped in a season from Rusk, according to “ThePacker.” It is an extra
good “eater” and will ship to any market. I urge commercial and
market melon producers to include this grand melon in their plantings
and I know they will, with a favorable season, make unusual profits.
See this melon in actual colors on Page 6 of this catalog.

Prices: Pkt., 15c; oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; lb., $2.60; 5 lbs., $11.26,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 ib. lots or over, at $2.00 per lb. ; 25-lb.
lots or over, at $1.75 per lb.

Reuter’s New Perfection Watermelon

Reuter’s New Perfection Watermelon

/il CT We were the original introducers of this melon three

J.^1 KJ. VJ ± years ago and reports we have had from those who
planted it have backed up every claim we made for it. It has proved
to be another remarkable watermelon that Reuter has been fortu-
nate in first offering to particular melon growers. This grand new
variety was originated by Mr. Halbert, whose fame as a breeder and
producer of extra fine varieties of watermelons is well known every-
where in the South. Heretofore it has been necessary to grow two
classes of watermelons — one for shipping purposes with a thick or

tough rind and coarse, inferior flesh, the other with a very tender,
brittle rind and sweet, tender flesh. After many years of careful breed-
ing, Mr. Halbert succeeded in combining these two important
and salient features into one melon, and created a variety of
tremendous commercial importance.

Reuter’s New Perfection Watermelon belongs to the large type of
melons and will grow to sizes of 50 pounds to 75 pounds. It is oval or
oblong in shape. The rind is a dark, glossy green in color, thin, but
very tough and resistant to knocks and pressure: no ordinary fist can
burst it and a two hundred pound man can stand on and jump off one
of these melons and not crack or crush the rind. This tough, imper-
vious rind will keep the flesh good and fresh
for a week or ten days after it ripens and a fall
grown melon can be put up and kept to Jan-
uary of the next year. This important quality
of the rind prolongs the marketing period be-
yond that of any ordinary melon. Reuter’s New
Perfection Watermelon ripens about the aver-
age date of most melons, not a real early vari-
ety, yet not a late variety. The meat or flesh
of this splendid commercial variety is of a dark
red color, very sweet and free from fiber or
strings.

The seed are large, white in color with black
tips and many seed have black blotches on the
sides to full black sides with only white rim. It
is an ideal melon for both home and market
purposes. Its beautiful shape and grand color
will attract attention and help sell it on any
market. Once sold to a customer, its sweet-
ness and fine flavor will retain him as a patron.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; H lb., 40c;
lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.60, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, 10 lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s Extra Selected Tom Watson Water -

No 601 Tbis *s a special unwashed stock seed produced from

extra selected, superior melons that are grown in
isolated sections. Every melon with the slightest defect, whether it be off-color,
unripe heart, is cast aside and only the choicest, hand selected seed is permitted in
this lot. No melon weighing less than 30 to 40 pounds is cut and the seed is
cleaned by a process that does not permit it to come in contact with water. This
insures the highest germination. Naturally, the supply of this particular grade
of seed is limited and it is offered only to those critical growers who seek, and are
willing to pay for, an unusual product.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 50c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.; 25 lb. lots or over, at
$1.00 per lb.

_This most excellent variety is un-
surpassed for home use or near
markets. The vines are vigorous and productive. The fruits are medium to large,
oblong, tapering slightly towards the stem end, dark green. The flesh is very bright,
rich red and is exceedingly sweet. The variety is so crisp and tender that it will
not stand shipping. Extra selected seed only.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 57c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 60c
per lb.

Kleckley’s Sweet No. 613-

Reuter’s Regular Tom Watson No. 602 — ProbabIy

a every

melon grower in the South is familiar with the Tom Watson. It is absolutely
dependable, either for home use or shipping purposes and is the variety that is so
largely produced in the South for shipping to Northern and Eastern markets. It
is extra long, of attractive appearance, uniform In shape, color, size and quality.
The average melons weigh from 40 to 50 pounds, and as high as 75 pounds, and
usually measure 28 to 30 inches long, and 12 to 14 inches in diameter. The skin is
a dark green with thick netting all over, quite distinct from other sorts. It is
medium early and the flesh is as sweet as honey, melting and of a most delicious
flavor. The rind is tough, thin and elastic, giving it exceptional qualities as a long
distance shipper, yet it is an ideal home garden melon. The seeds are brown with
a sprinkling of white. The flesh is deep red. firm and extends to within three-
quarters of an inch of the rind. The vines are vigorous and prolific.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 25c; lb., 80c; 5 lbs., $3.75, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 65c per lb. ; 50-lb. lots or over, at 65c per
lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 50c per lb.

If you want something especially delicious for your home table,
try the Zucchini Squash listed on Page 42.

Genuine Rattlesnake Watermelon No. 606 —

Thurmond’s Gray Watermelon — Originator’s Pure-Bred Seed Only

I carefully inspected all the different varieties of
melons shipped from Perry, Ga., and unhesitatingly
say that for good shipping, eating and selling quali-
ties, Thurmond Grays far out-stripped all other varie-
ties, even selling for more than double the price of the
others. CHAS. P. GRAY,

Loading Inspector for Middle Georgia Melon
Growers Association, Perry, Ga.

On Page 4 you’ll find a new cucumber listed, The Kirby — It stays
green. Try this new one in your garden.

Thurmond Gray No. 616 — ti net

new variety that has appeared on northern markets
in volume during the past two seasons. This new
variety was originated, introduced and propagated
by Mr. C. A. Thurmond, a well-known grower of fancy
melons in Georgia. It is a good producer, stands wet
weather well, and so far has not been subject to the
diseases that have damaged other melons. Its quality
and attractiveness have made it an excellent market
melon, and high prices have been secured for the
Thurmond Gray. The new melon is long and thick.
The rind is of a rich greenish gray color, which makes
it very hard to sunburn. It is wilt-resistant. It is
very uniform in its growth, being the same size at each
end and makes the most perfect car pack of any of the
varieties. It will weigh from 25 to 75 pounds. It has
every quality necessary for perfect shipping on long or
short hauls which is a sure guarantee of a profitable
price. Mr. Thurmond has specialized in this variety
for 40 years and in not a single instance has he failed
to make a fine crop. It is almost sure to become one
of the leading varieties for commercial purposes, as
it is an ideal shipper.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; % lb., 40c; lb.,
$1.25; 5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid. Not prepaid,
10-lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.; 25 lb. lots or
over, at 90c per lb.

Feed the Bugs Plenty of Pyrox,
and they won’t Eat Up Your
Melons. See Page 47.

One of the largest and best known shipping and home garden sorts. The fruits
are very long, of a light green color, distinctly striped and blotched with a
darker shade. The flesh is bright scarlet, tender and sweet. Has a thin but tough
rind. We offer you seed obtained from a reliable melon
seed grower in Georgia. If you have been buying seed
of the Rattlesnake melon from dealers in the North and
South, you don’t know just how good Rattlesnake melons
can be.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 16c; lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs.
$4.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 75c
per lb.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

PLANT WATERMELON for Home or Market

Kleckley’s Sweet Watermelon

605 — fA b ig

larger and has slightly darker markings. A splendid combination melon for shipping, market and home use.
ducing sections of the South, and is also a grand home garden sort.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; M lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or oyer, at 75c per lb.

Alabama Sweet No. uu^ — favorite

with my Texas customers. This splendid large melon
is oblong in shape. The tough skin is very dark green,
with still darker stripes; flesh is dark red in color, fine
grained, sweet and luscious, entirely free of stringiness.
A first class shipper; under good cultivation they grow
to a very large size, frequently weighing from 30 to 60
pounds, and commanding the very highest prices in the
market. Makes a strong healthy vine and is very pro-
ductive: matures in 85 to 90 days. In general appear-
ance much like the Florida Favorite, but averages much
It |is the favorite shipping variety in many melon-pro-

Florida Favorite No. 612 — ?ear®

unsurpassed, extra-early, good sized splendid quality
melon — just the right kind for home use or nearby
markets. The rind is rather tough, making it a fair
shipper. It is a long, beautifully shaped melon of dark
green color, irregularly striped with lighter green; very
early and a big yielder. Flesh is bright crimson and red
right to the rind. The flavor is delicious and melting.
Ripens large, handsome melons in about 80 days. My
superlative strain of this hard-to-beat melon is without
an equal in the entire South. I offer my stock to you
this year with every assurance that it will more than
satisfy.

Prices : Pkt., 10c ; oz., 15c ; M lb., 35c ; lb., $1.00;
5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at 75c per lb.

NTo /,(1C A large oblong melon of a dark green color with faint stripes. The tough rind permits rough handling in transit, making it a good

L/Atcl UUO shipper. It grows usually bigger and longer than the Watson. The flesh is of fine quality, and intense red to rind. Matures in about

90 days. This melon has black seeds, also white with a black border. The type is not well established, and some crops tend to produce sports. We don’t recommend
Excel for large planting purposes.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; M lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 75c per lb.

Halbert Honey No. 610 — ?afntd

the sweetest of all melons. In quality, Halbert’s Honey
is simply wonderful, and of a rich fruity flavor,
peculiar 'to itself. Entirely devoid of all fibrous sub-
stances, the sweet flesh melts away in the mouth like
so much honey, even after the largest bite of “heart”.
This is surely a sweet melon, and its delicious crimson
red flesh extends nearly to the skin, the rind being
very thin and brittle. The melon is long in shape and
blunt at each end, and the dark green skin makes it
very attractive. The hardy vines are remarkably pro-
lific. The crop covers the ground, and it is not un-
common to see four or five melons growing in a heap
together, one on top of the other. It is quite early,
a good feature for the commercial grower. The flesh
is tender and luscious, extra sweet. The rind is not
tough or thick enough for long distance shipping, but
this is a prime favorite for local markets and home use.
In good soil, will yield melons weighing 50 to 75 pounds.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; lb., 40c; lb.,
$1.25; 5 lbs., $5.60, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb.
lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at
90c per lb.

Don’t overlook Reuter’s New Stone Moun-
tain Watermelon, pictured on Page 29. A
fine, new round melon that is very popular.

"Vollrkw C'v&c im A 11 A large melon with yellow flesh that fairly melts in the mouth and which for its fine sugary,

I cllUWT icollcu ACC” CilllJ. uaj. juicy and delicious flavor cannot be surpassed by any red flesh melon on the market. The outside

skin is dark green, grows long oblong in shape, maturing its large size melons in 85 days. The rind is thin but hard, and the color of flesh a golden yellow, solid, crisp
smooth, of delicious sweetness. A popular watermelon, for home garden.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 50c; lb., $1.50, postpaid.

Irish Grey No. 609—^8*5™“*“'

producing more good merchantable melons under the
same conditions than any other variety; the eating
quality is unbeatable. The sparkling red flesh is very
sweet and entirelyfreefromstringiness. Thesizeis uni-
formly large, color of rind yellowish gray and almost as
tough as the Citron, earlier than the Watson, and will
keep in good condition a long time after picking.
Stands long distance shipping well. The rind will not
sunburn, vines are vigorous, healthy and hold up and
produce fine melons late into the summer when other
sorts die out. Plant Irish Grey for home market use
and you’ll be pleased.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; \i lb., 40c; lb., $1.25;
5 lbs., $6.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots
or over, at $1.00 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at
90c per lb.

Turn to Page 17 and read about Reuter’s
Genuine Willow Leaved Pole Lima Bean — a
new one and a good one.

Halbert Honey Watermelon

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS for Your Garden

White Velvet
Okra —

MUSTARD

_Culture — Sow as early in the spring as the ground will permit, in drills 18 inches apart, covering
>2 inch deep.

A Good Sort
to Plant in the
Home Garden

Pppflpoo f-Vi prn Curl pH T4.1 This is the standard variety, so largely grown in Louisiana.

-reene&Js OOUlIieill \^uiieu 1>U. Ortl The leaves, which are beautifully curled, often measuring

14 inches, are ready for use about six weeks from sowing.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 25c; lb., 76c; 6 lbs., $3.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 50c
per lb., 25-lb., lots or over at 45c per lb.

Reuter’s White Velvet Okra

■VI „ -> e-? A standard variety; the pods are 1

OOO round and smooth. Plant is of

5 lbs., $3.00, postpaid,
at 40c per lb.

long,
of tall

growth, an abundant bearer; superior quality.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; } ■i lb., 25c; lb., 75c;
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 50c per lb.; 25-lb lots or over,

_This is a European variety, with light green leaves. In quality and flavor
it is superior to the above, and will stand longer before going to seed.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; lb., 30c; lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at
70c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

_This new variety is quite distinct from the Large Smooth or the Chinese
Broad Leaf in that the plants are larger and taller growing and remain in
condition for use much longer without bolting to seed. The leaves are large, comparatively smooth and have a distinct
broad mid-rib. It produces considerably more leaf growth than other sorts and the leaves when cooked are of excellent
quality. A valuable addition to the list of varieties heretofore offered.

Prices: Pkt. 10c; oz., 15c; Lt lb., 40c; lb., $1.25, postpaid.

r\T7"p A Or (Gumbo) — The young, tender pods

are use(} mainly in soups and stews,
although they are excellent when boiled and served hot
or cold as a salad. Some persons may not enjoy the
flavor of okra at first, but after eating it a few. times a
taste for it is naturally acquired. Plant one ounce of
seed to 50 feet of row; about 8 pounds to the acre.

Three-foot rows are good, planting the seed 3 to 4 inches
apart to allow space for the development of the stem.

Reuter’s French Market Dwarf

Prnlifin Mr* T5) This is the finest shipping

OJZ t variety in existence. It
is the earliest and most productive of all sorts. Pods
are light green, medium size, nearly round in shape
and smooth. The biggest demand is for this variety
on all markets in the North.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; i4 lb., 25c; lb., 85c;

5 lbs., $3.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots
or over, at 65c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 50c
per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 40c per lb.

Reuter’s Florida Broad Leaf Mustard

Perkins’ Mammoth Long-Podded Okra No. 354— a<»£a.'Sf.62SF.

head (5 to 6 feet). Pods very slim and do not harden up as is usually the case with other long, slender sorts.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; }4 lb., 25c; lb. 85c; 5 lbs., $3.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 65c per lb. ; 25-lb. lots or over, at 50c per lb. ;
100-lb. lots or over at 40c per lb.

Parsnips

PARSLEY

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; M lb., 25c; lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb.

_Culture — Can be sown either in the spring or fall, preferably during the early fall, but makes a mighty good crop when
planted early in the spring.

Double Curled No 33 1 This js the variety so largely cultivated by our J oral gardeners.

lots or over, at 60c per lb.

This is the hardiest variety in cultivation and is planted nearly
re. Stronger in flavor than other sorts.

Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Culture — Sow early in the spring in rows 18 inches apart. Plant any time from January to April for spring and summer
"crop in this latitude. In Florida and Gulf Coast sections sow from September to December for winter and spring crop,
ounce of seed to 200 feet of row; 3 to 4 pounds to the acre.

"Plain T oouo/i "\Ir» TRT Grown extensively by our gardeners also. Th

* ltillL LcaVeu OO* every month in the year by the truckers here.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; }4 lb., 25c; lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.50, postpaid. Nc

PARSNIPS

One

Improved Hollow Crown No. 392— ™fet^ to plant1

This variety is easily distinguished by the leaves growing from the depression
on top or crown of the root.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; J 4 lb., 30c; lb., $1.00, postpaid.

C'/'A'D T3T7'T 'Mr. /IQ') Planted in drills a foot apart during the fall

1NU. ‘is £ 0f the year and thinned out from 3 to 4 inches
in the drills. It is used for various purposes in the kitchen; also in soup and
salad. Cooked like spinach.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; J 4 lb., 75c, postpaid.

r< r\t \ f TT?TrrF XT/-v XCX Is used as a salad, which it resembles very

U ih 1 IE INO. ^xOO much. Sow from September to March.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; lb., 75c, postpaid.

•CAT C T TT V Culture — Sow the seed in early spring in shallow

JU \J 1 JP X drills 18 to 20 inches apart. The soil should be

stirred to a great depth. Cultivate frequently and let it grow all summer.
Frost does not injure the roots. Sow one ounce of seed to 100 feet of drill.

Mammoth Sandwich Island No. 492 — ™sa rs°re

and strong-growing, with long, smooth, white, tapering roots, and is less liable
to branch than any other kind. „ _ ^

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; U lb., 75c; lb., $2.50, postpaid.

T XT IT V C Leeks are like “thick-neck” onions, except that the leaves are

I/Xh-E/Ivo arranged in a single plane, which gives the plant a fanlike
appearance Sow during September and October for winter use. One ounce
to 250 feet of drill; 3 to 4 pounds to an acre. The stems grow quite large and
are cut up and used in soups, or else boiled like onions.

T Mn TTft A very hardy variety, quite popular

L/OI1CJOI1 X1 ldg OOV with our market gardeners. A strong,

quick grower, producing stems of uniform shape and size.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; ]4 lb., 75c; lb., $2.50, postpaid.

XTn TT1 A variety thart is much larger than the above

V^ixXcIlTilll 1>U. OOX and ntore desirable for home use.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; H lb , 75c; lb., $2.50, postpaid.

35

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

REUTER S ONION SEED AND ONION SETS

Reuter’s Red Creole Onion

Culture : Onions thrive best in a deep, rich, fertile soil. Plant the seed or sets as early as possible in the spnng.
The ground should be thoroughly worked, well fertilized, and well pulverized. The only advantage in planting
sets is to secure early onions, for better shaped and keeping onions are obtained from planting the seed. One ounce
to 200 feet of drill; 4 pounds to the acre. Onions from seed will mature in about 130-140 days, from sets in from
100-110 days.

Yellow or White Bermuda No.

onion. Each year the sales of Reuter’s Yellow or White Bermuda Onion Seed have increased heavily
.n the greatest onion sections of the South, and a large majority of the growers will plant no other
kind. Our stock ripens early, is one of the best color, and the heaviest yielder. Prices: Pkt.,
10c; y? oz., 25c; oz., 45c;. Y lb., $1.40; lb., $4.50, postpaid. Seed crop short.

Crystal White Wax Bermuda No. 366—

pure white and of the finest flavor and quality. Prices: Pkt., 10c; Yi oz., 30c; oz., 50c, post-
paid. Seed crop very short.

D pd Rnrtniidci XT,-. Planted throughout the South for home use principally,

ucllliuua I'd!. It is identical in size and shape with the other varieties.

but not as salable. Prices: Pkt., 10c; Yt oz., 25c; oz., 45c; Y lb., $1.40; lb., $4.50, postpaid.
Seed crop short.

Pcutar’i! Privnto 1/nr XT/-V TAJ. It can be successfully grown in all parts of the

X\.eu ler & rriAeiaKer rNO. Central South. It is very large, frequently

measuring 12 to 18 inches in circumference, and fine bulbs have been raised weighing 45^ to 5 pounds
Flesh is pure white, fine grained and of mild, delicate
The outside skin is rich, yellowish brown. Our seed
is of the best American growth, far superior to the imported variety.

We have sold large quantities to customers in the So
report fine crops even under unfavorable conditions. 1
10c; Yz oz., 30c; oz., 60c; Y lb., $2.00; lb., $7.00,

each.

flavor.

Reuter’s Genuine Red Creole No. 371 • oninnjF for the So-

“onions for the South. It

is the best keeper, best producer, both in yield and money. It is a distinct variety that has been
cultivated in this section for more than 50 years. This variety constitutes one of the most import-
ant crops in Louisiana and thousands of acres are planted in this variety every fall. Does fairly well
when sown early in the spring. The skin is brownish red, flesh very solid and fine grained, and father
strong flavor. Extremely productive and the best keeper and shipper of all sorts. Prices: Pkt.,

10c; oz., 25c; Y lb., 75c; lb., $2.50; 5 lbs., $11.25, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lb. lots, or
over, at $2.00 per lb.

A n« trail on Rrnwti NTr» TA8 A good keeper and splendid for early spring plant-

11 clll.tll D1UWI1 OUO jng For a late maturing, long keeping onion to

last into and through the winter, if stored in a dry place, few varieties equal the Australian Brown.

The handsome onions are extremely hardy, yielding an enormous crop, both in weight and bulk.

The skin is thick and of a beautiful rich brownish-red color. Tna flesh is always white, extremely
solid, sweet and mild in flavor. A desirable onion for the home garden as well as for market. Matures
in three months. Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; Y lb., $1.25; lb., $4.00, postpaid.

I) WarjtliiPrsfi^Irl IV rt TAQ A standard red variety and a favorite in the

ri caiucioiiciu t’t/- v«7 East, where immense crops are grown for ship-
ment. Also largely grown in the South for home garden use. Bulbs are large and flattened, yet
quite thick; skin is deep, purplish-red; flesh is light purplish-white, moderately fine grained, rather
strong, but of pleasant flavor. Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; Y lb-, $1.25; lb., $4.00,

postpaid.

_Does well when planted throughout the Central South
during early spring months. Bulbs are medium to large
in size, uniformly globe shaped with small neck and ripen very evenly. Skin is rich coppery-yellow. The flesh

is creamy white, crisp, and of mild and excellent flavor. Prices:

Pkt., 10c; Yt oz., 40c; oz., 76c, postpaid. Seed crop very
short. " __

(White Reuter’s Prizetaker Onion

"Portugal) —

Extensively used for sets. The bulbs grow to good size, ripening early and quite evenly. The flesh is mild and
sweet, the thin skin is a clear silvery white. Splendid for pickling. Prices: Pkt., 10c; Y oz., 40c; oz.,75c,
postpaid. Seed crop very short.

These are largely planted in home gardens for green onions. Quite a few people
prefer the small, tender young green onions for eating raw. We sell all onion sets
should be planted as early in the spring as the ground can be worked. Set the onions

Silver Skin Onion No. 372-

ONION SETS

32 pounds to the bushel. Sets should be planted as early in the spring as the ground can be worked,
in the ground lightly (do not cover) in shallow furrows, 12 to 18 inches apart, and about 2 inches apart in the row.

;an be had in 5 to 7 weeks. One pound of sets will plant a row about 50 feet long; use 8 to 10

Young onions can
bushels to the acre.

Australian Brown Onion Sets — These sma11 selected onion sets

Prices: Lb., 35c; 3 lbs., 90c, postpaid,
lbs.), $4.50.

will produce long keeping onions.

Not prepaid, peck (8 lbs.), $1.25; bu. (32

Reuter’S Onion Sets— Carefully Screened and Well Cleaned

T3 nninn Very hardy, good keepers. One of the best

R™ WIllUll oclo red onions for all purposes. Prices: Lb.,
35c; 3 lbs., 90c, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (8 lbs), $1.25; bu. (32 lbs.),
$4.00.

Vollntir Donvore Qnfo Make medium sized, globe shaped

I tJIlOW Ddllv cl 8 Oc Lo yellow onions, fully described above.
A good yellow variety. Prices: Lb., 35c; 3 lbs., 90c, postpaid. Not
prepaid, peck (8 lbs.), $1.25; bu. (32 lbs.), $4.00.

Wliito O-nirv-rv Cote Sets from White Portugal or Silver Skin

V V 111 LG V^/lllUll Oc IS seed. Make large silvery white onions of

the finest quality when mature. Be sure to plant a few this spring.

Prices: Lb., 35c; 3 lbs., 90c, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (8 lbs.),
$1.40; bu. (32 lbs.), $5.00.|

Note — Bushel prices of all onion sets subject to market fluctuations. If in-
tested in buying one or more bushels of sets, write for current market prices.

AMTD\T TJT A XT’T'Q We are growing several million Onion Plants of the

UJrNlvJTN A JL(zVi v 1 O Bermuda, Prizetaker and Red Creole varieties in
South Louisiana. They are ready for shipment now. Onions grown from plants are
larger and do not run to seed in the spring, like sets. If you will turn to page 21, you will find
complete information regarding these Onion Plants, together with prices. We believe after con-
sidering the desirability of using plants, you will want to include some in your order.

/-i i nr T C Good, sound Creole seed. Plant in rows from 12 to 20 inches apart, and
the cloves 3 to 6 inches in the row. Prices; Lb., 36c; 3 lbs., $1.00, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 25c per lb.

36

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

REUTER’S PEERLESS GARDEN SEED PEAS

C' nlpnrp The extra early, round-seeded sorts, such as Reuter’s Peerless

UiUlLUXc Extra Early, Early Alaska, Prolific Early Market, etc., can be
planted very early, as it takes a hard freeze to kill them, in our latitude, spring
plantings usually begin in late December or early January, and continue until
about the first of March. The wrinkled varieties, such as Gradus, World's Record,
Thomas Laxton, Telephone, etc , are more sensitive to cold wet weather than the
smooth seeded sorts, but are of superior quality. The wrinkled varieties must
not be planted until the ground begins to warm up. Usually, wrinkled peas rot
without germinating in cold ground. In Florida, Southwest Texas, and along
the Gulf Coast, all varieties can be planted throughout the winter and early spring
months. In the Central South, none of the wrinkled varieties should be planted
until March. Two pounds of seed to every 100 feet of row and cover about 1
to 2 inches. Be sure to make succession sowings every two weeks to keep
up your supply until the long bearing varieties come in. Plant in double rows 6
to 8 inches apart and 2M to 4 feet between the double rows. All varieties
growing more than 2 feet do better if staked up or brushed when 4 to 6 inches
high. Keep working the soil up around the stems and all varieties will stay
in bearing longer. For market gardening purposes, it requires about 1 y2 to
bushels to sow an acre.

_IUustrated in color and described on
page. 5 of this catalog.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c ; y lb., 20c ; lb. , 40c ; 2 lbs., 70c; 6 lbs.,
$1.65, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (14 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (66 lbs.), $11.00;

2 bu. or more, per bu., $10.50.

Reuter’s Peerless Extra Early No. 402 — ^'product-

iveness, large-sized pods and sweetness of flavor are desired, it is the best variety
you can possibly plant. It may be truly called the world's unbeatable extra early .
pea, for it is far superior to anything ever introduced in the South. It has become
the main reliance of thousands of truckers in the South who wish to be first with new
peas. It is a smooth sort, with wonderful ability to mature quickly. It is absolutely
unsurpassed in extra-early qualities, in flavor, and in size of pod and productiveness
in vigor and regularity of growth, and in genuine merit. Every seedsman in this
country claims to sell the “earliest” pea, but, after testing them all, I know posi-
tively that not one excels this celebrated strain, either in quality, quantity or
earliness. You make no mistake when you plant this sort. It is a round-seeded pea
that will grow and mature quicker than any other. It is absolutely free from run-
ners, and the entire crop can be taken off in two pickings. The vines average about
2 y2 to 3 feet in height, just short enough to bear a large crop.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs.,

(15 lbs.), $2.65; bu. (60 lbs.), $9.50;

The Reward
of Planting
Reuter’s
Reliable Seed
Peas

World’s Record No. 420

$1.66, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck
2 bu. or more, per bu., $9.00.

Gradus or Prosperity Peas

rtf All rtr Alciclro XTrt A(\A By careful selection our growers have developed a stock of

xA.il 1>U. ‘±U‘± this smooth blue pea of unequalled evenness in growth of vine

and early maturity of pods, which are filled with medium sized, bright green peas of good flavor. The vines are medium
height, about 2y to 3 feet, and of distinctly light color. The pods are of a good size, about 2 y2 to 2% inches long.
Seed small, smooth, and bluish green color. This sort matures all of its crop at once and is an invaluable variety for
market gardeners and canners.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y2 lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck
(15 lbs.), $2.65; bu. (60 lbs.), $9.50; 2 bu. or more, per bu., $9.00.

Reuter’s Prolific Early Market No. 408— Lh£pS£^in&

In color. They will be found considerably larger in general proportion than our Peerless Extra Early. Highly recom-
mended for home and market gardeners purposes.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y2 lb., 20c; lb., 40c;

2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck,

(16 lbs.), $2.66; bu. (60 lbs.), $9.50; 2 bu. or more, per
bu., $9.00.

Gradus or Prosperity No. 406 —

est, largest-podded and most popular of the wrinkled varieties.

Vines are vigorous and healthy, growing 2 to 3 feet high.

It requires no stakes. The pods are of dark green color, and
measure 4 inches or more in length, being as large as the Tele-
phone, and equally well filled with luscious peas, eight to
ten or more in a pod.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y2 lb., 20c; lb., 40c;

2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck
(14 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (66 lbs.), $11.00; 2 bu. or more, per
bu., $10.50.

Premium Gem No. 412 — G^^AfinS®

green wrinkled dwarf variety. The vines are very productive,

15 to 18 inches high. The pods are of medium size, about 2?4
inches long, crowded with six to eight large peas of fine quality.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y lb., 20c; lb., 40c;

2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck
(14 lbs. 1, $3.00; bu. (56 lbs.), $11.00; 2 bu. or more, per
bu., $10.50.

Dwarf Telephone No. 415 — 2eaisthya

stocky grower, and very productive. Requires no stakes.

The green pods frequently measure 5 inches in length, con-
taining nine to ten peas. If you like the Telephone type of
peas, and don't want to take the trouble to stake them, plant
this strain.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y lb., 20c; lb., 40c;

2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.65, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck
(14 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (56 lbs.), $11.00; 2 bu. or more, per
bu., $10.50.

* r|-7 r'Vrvn That grows seeds in pods will give two to

/\Iiy 4-^1 UJJ five times yield if inoculated with Farm-
ogerm. Turn to Page 49 for further information and prices.

Reuter’s Prolific Early Market Peas

37

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Garden SEED PEAS for SPRING PLANTING

Mammoth Melting Sugar Peas

Thomas Laxton Peas

A Dependable
Truckers’ Variety

FIELD PEAS Are Listed
on Page 58

TOBACCO SEED-™^

as possible after danger of frost is over. It is cus-
tomary to burn a quantity of brush and rubbish
in the spring on the ground intended for the seed
bed; then dig and pulverize the earth and mix
with the ashes, after which the seed may be sown
and covered very lightly. When the plants are
about 6 inches high, transplant into rows 4 or 5
feet each way. Cultivate thoroughly with plow
and hoe. Those who may be interested in the
culture of Tobacco should write to the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 571 on 1“ Tobacco Cul-
ture”, and Farmers’ Bulletin No. 120, ‘‘The
Principal Insects Affecting the Tobacco Plant”.

Improved White Burley

■Vt^v £-2,4 Our strain is grown on the

f x U. DO’x famous limestone fields of Ten-
nessee. Only the choicest plants are set in the
seed plats and special care and cultivation insures
well-matured seed of highest vitality.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 20c; oz., 35c;
lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50, postpaid.

Big Havana No. 535— *\7lneZf

the earliest.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; % oz., 25c; oz., 45c; M lb.
$1.50; lb., $5.50, postpaid.

Tliomcie T ovtrni TSJrk A very early wrinkled variety of great

1 IlUIllilS ilU. ‘iVD merit. The vines are vigorous, of

medium height, about 3 feet, similar to those of Gradus, but darker in color, hardier
and more productive. The pods are large, often 4 inches long, with square ends,
similar to, but. larger, longer and darker than those of Champion of England, and as
uniformly well filled. The green peas are very large, of fine, deep color and unsur-
passed in quality. This grand pea was originated by crossing Gradus with a very
early seedling. It. is claimed to be earlier, hardier in constitution, and more prolific
than most of the large-podded peas. For either home use or market it is unsurpassed.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y2 lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs.,
$1.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (14 lbs.), $3.25; bu. (56 lbs.), $12.00; 2 bu.
or more, per bu., $11.50.

T ovtnm'cm lSJrk /II Z .This is the largest podded of all the early varieties.

ill). Although recently introduced intheSouth.it has

already become exceedingly well known as being the finest, largest and most luscious
of all large peas. The dark green pods are similar to Gradus in shape and splendid
quality, are as large in size and often mature a little earlier. Vines are vigorous and
productive, averaging 15 to 18 inches high.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y2 lb. , 25c ; lb. , 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.75,
Postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (14 lbs.), $3.50; bu. (56 lbs.) $13.00; 2 bu. or
more, per bu., $12.00.

Improved Telephone No. 419— Je^incuftivltion^1 tMS

are tall and vigorous, growing about 4 feet high, with large, coarse, light colored
leaves and producing an abundance of pointed pods of largest size, often 4 y2 to 5
inches long, attractive, bright green, filled with very large peas, which are tender, sweet
and of excellent flavor.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y2 lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 5 lbs.,
$1.65, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (14 lbs.), $3.00; bu. (56 lb*.), $11.00; .2 bu.
oi more, per bu., $10.50.

Mammoth Melting Sugar No. 416— &iion“)-^wp£

bears pods much larger than any other variety, often 6 or 7 inches long and 1 y inches
broad. They should not be shelled, but the peas and pods eaten together, as they
contain so much sugar, starch and gluten; are very nutritious for family use. Grows
quite tall 5 to 6 feet and requires support. This fine edible podded pea deserves a place
in your thrift garden. They are used in the same way as the snap or string bean, not
being shelled. I am urging you to plant some of these splendid sugar peas, for it is the
choicest of all table varieties, the pods are stringless and In flavor, brittleness and suc-
culence are unexcelled. The pods are sometimes sliced for cooking because of their
size and may be served with butter or white sauce. They can be made ready for
table in 10 to 15 minutes and are good even wThen quite old. They are enormously
productive, so a few packets or a pound will supply an ordinary family.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 15c; y lb., 25c; lb., 50c. 2 lbs., 90c; 5 lbs.,
$2.00, postpaid.

Black-Eye Marrowfat No. 417— &r^s"lection?

plant this variety during the late fall or early spring months, as it withstands
inclement weather and cold better than the early varieties. A strong grower and
very productive. Height about 4 to 5 feet. Must be staked.

Prices: Pkt. (3 full ounces), 10c; y lb., 20c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 65c; 5 lbs., $1.50,
postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (15 lbs.), $2.50; bu. (60 lbs.), $9.00; 2 bu. or
more, $8.00 per bu.

FROM LOUISIANA

‘7 want to write you a few lines about the good seed you send out. I
don’t think 1 ever got a seed from you that did not come up and so true-
lo-name. I have planted your seed for the past four years and intend to
continue sending to you for my garden and field seed just as long as you
deal as you have in the past.” J _ Moss.

Inoculate
your garden
Peas with
Mulford’s Cul-
ture or Farmo-
germ. Turn to
Page 46.

38

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

REUTER’S CHOICE PEPPER SEED

Pllltlirp Peppers are most largely used for seasoning meat and vegetable dishes as

VjUltui vt well as for salads and mangoes. They are used also for making chow-chow
and chili sauce. The culture is about the same as eggplants, and the plants need quite as much
heat to perfect them. Sow the seed early in hotbeds during December and January or about
the middle of spring, usually during March and April, in open seed bed, the soil being light and
warm. When 3 to 4 inches high, transplant in rows about 2 y2 feet apart and 2 feet apart in
the row. Cultivate and keep free from weeds. Sow in June and July for a fall shipping crop.
For insects spray with Arsenate of Lead or Bowker’s Pyrox. One packet of seed will produce
about 100 plants; 1 oz., about 1,500 plants; y lb. to the acre.

Reuter’s Royal King No. 427— ™£trfte0df described on

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y oz., 20c; oz., 35c, y lb!, $1.25; lb., $4.50; 5 lbs., $21.25,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $4.00 per lb.

T? nn4-o-»',o Find TSJrk A'} Q This is the finest strain of the well-known

IvcUlcl »XYLiUty IVlllg 1>U. ‘ia/ Ruby King in cultivation. My stock is
carefully grown and pleases thousands of customers throughout the entire South every year.
It grows 5 to 6 inches long by 3 to 4 inches in diameter; flesh is very thick, sweet and so mild
it is often sliced for a salad; also fine for stuffing. The plants are about 2J4 feet high, vigorous,
compact and productive. Matures large well-shaped peppers in 130 days.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; y lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50; 5 lbs., $16.25, postpaid. Not
prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $3.00 per lb.

■Rpntpr’« World Rptrfpr No AVI This laree and mi,d PePPer- a cross

rveuier & VVOI1U Dediei r\U. between the Chinese Giant and

Ruby King, is shaped similar to the Ruby King, except it is broader at the pointed end and
almost the size of the Chinese Giant. It may be sliced and eaten raw without fear of burning.
Flesh thick and sweet, very productive, matures in about 130 days. This is one of the largest
and finest mild peppers in cultivation. This new variety is becoming more popular every year
with large commercial truckers in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, etc. Our stock of this variety
is grown expressly for us under special contract so as to afford our many customers seed that
has been selected only from the finest types.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; y lb., $1.25; lb., $4.00; 5 lbs., $18.75, postpaid. Not
prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $3.50 per lb.

Rpntpr’s rhtriPCP Ciffnf Nfl 4.78 The larSest variety known, mon-

iveuier Js Vjiaill ‘tzo Strous in size and beautiful in appear-

ance. Grows four to five inches broad at the top and of equal length. Quite uniform in
size. Flesh is mild and as sweet as an apple. Color dark green, changing to glossy scarlet
when ripe. Plants are strong, stocky, bushy, erect growth. 18 inches to 2 feet high. Extremely

Erolific. Without exception every one of our customers who has ever grown the Chinese Giant
as pronounced it the finest and largest pepper he has ever seen. Our seed supply this year is
adequate, but the demand usually exceeds the supply. Order early.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y oz., 30c; oz., 50c; y lb., $1.75; lb., $6.00; 5 lbs., $28.75, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $5.50 per lb.

Npw Pimipntfl Nfk 430 The fruits of this variety are exceptionally

-*• t'U. smooth and glossy, of good size, medium length

and attractive color. The flesh is very thick and solid, mild and of very fine flavor. Desirable
for not only salads and stuffed peppers, but. it is also the sort so largely used by canners. It is
so smooth and uniform in shape that, the skin can be easily slipped off after burning over a hot
fire a few seconds, or by boiling a few minutes.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 14 lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50, postpaid.

Reuter’s Giant Crimson No. 438— ^The%rm°IVsthis0vi°ryCdSrabie

sort are of the largest size, ripen earlier than any of the other very large sorts and average
heavier, as the flesh is exceptionally thick. The plants are vigorous and upright, about 2y> to 3
feet high, larger than those of Chinese Giant and more productive. The color is deep green
when fruit is young, deep crimson when matured. The flavor is mild. One of the very best
sorts for home gardens or commercial truckers.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 20c; oz., 35c., y lb., $1.25; lb., $4.50, 5 lbs., 18.75, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $4.00 per lb.

Reuter’s World Beater
Pepper

Reuter’s Chinese
Giant Pepper

Reuter’s Ruby Giant No. 436—

mild, and when ripe, is of a bright scarlet color. Flesn exceedingly sweet, and mild
enough to eat raw. It matures early; the plant is vigorous and upright, taller than the
Chinese Giant, much more productive and an excellent large sweet pepper for stuffing.
It is an all-around good pepper for either home or market. You make no mistake
when planting this superlative variety, for it has never failed to give the utmost in
satisfactory results.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; y lb., $1.25; lb., $4.00; 5 lbs., $18.75, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $3.60 per lb.

T rm<5 Pdtrpnnp No 431 A well-known medium early variety

l^ong LVCU v-aycillic i>U. ‘iOl having a slender twisted and pointed
pod about 4 inches long. Color deep green when fruit is young, bright red when ripe.
Extremely strong and pungent flesh. A favorite with many of the gardeners in the South.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; y lb., $1.25; lb., $4.00; 5 lbs., $18.75, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $3.50 per lb.

■Rttvl’c TTirn Ponnor No 437 Small as the name implies. Very fine

r>llU a xby c rcppcl I\U. r± OL in flavor. Can be used fresh or dried.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y oz., 30c; oz., 60c; y lb., $2.00; lb., $7.00, postpaid.

Genuine Tabasco No. 433— ™,VVh,e ’SX,?.0"

Sauce, which has a national reputation for flavoring oysters, soups, meats, etc. The
small, bright red peppers are extremely hot and fiery in flavor. Bush 3 feet high.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 30c; oz., 60c; y lb., $2.00; lb., $7.00, postpaid.

AtTd'hpim Nn 434 A thick -meated pepper growing from 8 to

/Yliaxieim VjIIIU 1>U. ‘±04: 10 inches long. It constitutes a staple
crop in many sections of California, and is very popular throughout the Southwest.
This is the best hot pepper we can offer you in this variety; fine dried for winter use.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; y lb., $1.25; lb., $4.00, postpaid.

Morlrot Por4pn pr« Growers of vegetables for market can save money

lviai xkk; L vjrai UC1IKI a ^y sending for our Market Gardeners’ Price List at
once. It will be sent only to those who grow for market and will not be mailed to private
gardeners. We cater to the most critical trade.

39

seeds for the south CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans seeds for the south

Reuter’s Selected Northern-Grown Seed Potatoes

The United States Department of Agriculture, in one of its bulletins devoted to
the production of Irish Potatoes, says: “High-grade seed stock must be used if a
large crop is to be harvested. Every effort should be made to secure high-yielding
seed stock.” No better advice could be given to the potato planters of the South,
and it would be a blessing if more of them would pay attention to it, for there is no
other section of the country where more of the ordinary seed potatoes are sown
every spring. Throughout the South brokers, warehousemen, wholesale grocers,
feed merchants, etc., annually dispose of thousands of bushels of so-called seed
potatoes that are nothing more nor less than ordinary field-run commercial crops,
no attention being paid to type development, disease-resistance, high-yielding qual-
ities, or any of the other very necessary matters that must be carefully watched and
controlled if the highest grade of seed stock is produced. And because the price
of these ordinary potatoes seems to be comparatively cheap, planters purchase the
seed, take it home and plant it in good soil and give the crop carefulattention and then
wonder why their yields are not what they should be. The sturdiness of Northern-
grown seed for early Southern planting is universally recognized and I offer you the
best stock that I am able to obtain. If you will compare the quality of my seed pota-
toes at the same time you are comparing pricesquoted by those who are not competent
to choose or market so-called seed potatoes, I know that you will find mine far more
reasonable in price and well worth purchasing. If you are sincerely interested in
increasing your potato yields, I would suggest that you write the United States
Department of Agriculture, Division of Publications, for Farmers’ Bulletin 1190,
which will give you some splendid practical information that is certain to prove
helpful to you. And — get Reuter’s quotations before ordering your seed potatoes.

Certified Bliss Red Triumph

Bliss Red Triumph— £ost

valuable early potato for the South. It's an
extra-early, and with our Northern-grown
Seed Stock it’s the surest and most depend-
able producer of all sorts, while its hand-
some appearance when first dug makes it
a ready seller at top prices on any market.
It withstands heat and drouth to a won-
derful degree, and makes a good crop
when other sorts burn and make nothing.
Vines are smaller than other varieties, the
strength of the plant going into making
the potatoes rather than into the vine. Ma-
tures in nine to ten weeks from planting.
We offer only the highest grade Certified
Nebraska Grown Seed.

For market prices, see Current Red
Ink Price List.

Large Cheese or Field Pumpkin

REUTER’S CHOICE PUMPKIN SEED

Genuine Green Striped Cashaw No. 445— S".“,eS,iS

and described on page 8 of this catalog. Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; V\ lb., 60c; lb.,
$1.60; 6 lbs., $7.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.

TVlflmmnth KirnS No Also called the Big Jumbo. Itissurely

L11 ‘t-iu a grand, big variety, often measuring 2

feet in diameter and frequently weighing as much as 200 pounds. The skin is
salmon-orange color, the flesh is thick, bright yellow and fine grained, and of good
quality. Notwithstanding its enormous size, it is one of the best pumpkins for table
use. A splendid keeper and exceptionally valuable for feeding stock.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., ‘50c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.

Sweet OF Sugar No 447 It is a, sma,!! pumpkin, being about 10 inch

It has deep orange yellow skin
The average

_ diameter. c

and fine-grained flesh. It is very prolific and in every way desirable,
weight is about 5 pounds. This is the variety the famous pumpkin pies are made

of. Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; H lb., 40c; lb., $1.25; 6 lbs., $5.50, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.

Tennessee Sweet Potato No. 448— ft?se^tXdmpsTepaLd

slightly ribbed. Color, creamy white, sometimes lightly striped with green. Flesh
light-colored, fine-grained, dry and of superior quality. When cooked, resembles a
sweet potato in flavor. A good keeper. Prices : Pkt., 5c ; oz., 15c ; M lb., 40c ; lb.,
$1.25 ; 5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.

Large Cheese or Field No. 449— 7*,“

Skin buff color ; flesh yellow. The most popular for field or mgrket use.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; M lb., 25c; lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.50, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Mammoth Field or Big Tom No. 450— Tned°mohst

uniform growing and productive varieties known. The vines are strong, vigorous and
wonderfully productive. The fruits average 15 to 20 inches in diameter. The skin
and flesh are of a deep rich, orange color, of excellent flavor for pies, etc., cooking
soft and tender. Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; M lb., 30c; lb., 90c; 6 lbs., $4.00,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 75c per lb.

Tcjr»a«ACA d.?1 A distinct Japanese variety, adapted to all

J x ic U1 parts of the South. Very meaty and solid,

and in general appearance resembles the Cashaw, but is earlier and larger. Prices :
Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; lb., 40c; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.

Mammoth King Pumpkin

Irish Cobbler — “he

Triumph; color of skin is creamy white,
slightly netted with lighter color. Cooks
quickly; is almost pure white, mealy, but
not too dry. A good shipper and good
keeper.

For market prices, see Current Red
Ink Price List.

Ctoi* This is one of the

r» line oiax most popular varie-
ties in the South. It is medium early and
cannot be excelled for a main-crop sort.
Vines are strong, of dark green color and
very vigorous. Large, oblong, uniform
tubers. A good shipper and a good keeper.

For market prices, 3ee Current Red
Ink Price List.

40

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

RADISH SEED Selected for Southern Gardens

Improved Chartier No. 471 —

One of the best long radishes for early market. The
tops are of medium size. The roots are in good condition
for table when half an inch thick and continue hard and
crisp until they reach a diameter of about one and one-
fourth inches. The roots are rather long, averaging 7
to 8 inches when mature; bright scarlet-rose in color,
shading into white at tip.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; \i lb., 30c; lb., 90c;
5 lbs., $4.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at 70c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 60c
per lb.

White China No. 465— ££ *

white winter sort will grow 9 to 12 inches long, by 3 to
4 inches or more in diameter. The flesh is very crisp
and solid, decidedly pungent, but well flavored.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; A lb., 30c; lb.,
$1.00, postpaid.

Reuter’s Early Scarlet
Turnip White -Tipped
Radish No. 461—

ther described on page 2 of this catalog.

The Best and Quickest Round White-
Tipped Sort. If you wish to have the finest
and first round white-tipped radishes, sow
this splendid strain. The skin is of a rich
scarlet color, tipped white. It is extremely
quick to mature, being ready for table in 20
days from time of sowing the seed. It is an
invaluable market -gardener’s type. The
skin is very smooth, and its flavor excel-
lent. You'll find this a quick-selling sort
at good prices, always above ordinary
stocks, and it is no less satisfactory in the
home garden.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; A lb.,

30c; lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4.00, postpaid.

Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at
70c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 60c
per lb.

Reuter’s Cincinnati
Market Radish No. 463

The finest pf the Early Long Radishes.

This is the finest long radish to plant for
shipment to Northern markets. I annually
sell tons of this seed to customers along
the Gulf coast. It is the standard market
radish in a number of Southern trucking
centers, and is without a doubt the most
profitable long variety in cultivation. The
skin is scarlet colored, and very thin; the
flesh is crisp, brittle, and of delightful
flavor. The roots are slender and before
becoming pithy are often six to eight inches
long by about five-eighths of an inch in
diameter at the shoulder. I am proud of
my superior seed, which is grown expressly
for me under contract in the far North,
enabling our stock to produce marketable radishes earlier than other stocks offered.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; A lb., 25c; lb., 80c; 5 lbs., $3.60, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Long Brightest Scarlet No. 462 One of the brightest and

ishes. It is an improvement in earliness and color over other varieties of this class.
I he roots are fit for use in about 25 days and continue in good condition until fully

grown. The variety has small tops
and can be used for forcing as well as
for open ground.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; A
lb., 30c; lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4.00,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots
or over, at 70c per lb.

(heft) bong White Vienna Radish (Right) Cincinnati Market Radish

White Strasburg No. 464

Even when comparatively small this

variety is in good condition for use and
continues crisp until matured when the
roots are four to six inches long by one and
one-half to two inches in diameter. The
roots are rather thick at shoulder and are
usually somewhat tapering. This is one of
the best large white later summer sorts
for home garden and market.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; A lb.,
30c; lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 70c
per lb.

White Icicle No. 467 —

A very attractive pure white radish, the
earliest of the long, white summer sorts
and of the most excellent quality. The
roots are somewhat shorter, with smaller
tops than Long White Vienna and mature
a little earlier. The roots when mature
are 5 to 6 inches long. One of the
most desirable varieties for the home
garden and market.

Prices: Pkt., 6c ;oz., 10c; A lb.,
30c; lb., $1.00; 61 bs., $4.50, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at
80c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 70c
per lb.

Long White Vienna No.

A /to Known as Lady Finger in some

sections. An early maturing and
attractive, long, white, summer radish of
most excellent quality. The tops are of
medium size. The roots clear white
slender, smooth and average when mature
6 to 7 inches long. The flesh is crisp and
tender.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; A lb.,
30c; lb., 90c; 6 lbs., $4.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at
70c per lb.

Half Long Scarlet No. 466— varie^otareof0fha Erich’S®

color and are olive shaped or half long, with a somewhat tapering point. The tops are
comparatively small. The flesh is very white, crisp and tender and does not become
pithy as most other early sorts. The roots when mature are about 2 A to 3 inches long.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; A lb., 30c; lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 70c per lb.

Early Scarlet Globe No. 469— ™esli^ 0°ive-!^pldrand

are a rich, bright scarlet in color. The flesh is white and tender.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; A lb., 30c; lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lot. lots or over, at 70c per lb.

French Breakfast No. 470 — 4apecfkrffNsLiTboutnJoVie°Hr^^^^

one-half inches long. The color is beautiful deep rose-scarlet, except a little,
clear white about the tip. This is an excellent variety for home garden.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; A lb., 30c; lb., 90«; 5 lbs., $4.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 70c per lb.

French Breakfast Radish

Long Black Spanish No. 472 —

One of the latest and hardiest long garden radishes,
especially adapted for winter use. The roots are long,
thick, almost black, somewhat wrinkled. The flesh is
white of firm texture, decidedly pungent, but well
flavored.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; A lb., 30c; lb.,
$1.00, postpaid.

Early Scarlet Turnip White-Tip Radish

41

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHOICE SPINACH SEED

Reuter’s Bloomsdale Savoy Spinach No. 502 — ashtheorNorfoik savoy

Leaved. It is a very early variety and one of the best to plant in the fall for early spring use. The
plant is of upright growth, with thick, glossy, dark green leaves of medium size. Seed round. This is
the leading variety used in Texas and Virginia. We sell many tons of this seed to commercial growers.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; K lb., 15c; lb., 50c; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid.

Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 30c per lb.; 60-lb. lots or over, at 25c per
lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 20c per lb.; 600-lb. lots or over, at 16c per lb.

Reuter’s Broad Leaved Flanders No. 503 — ■Jl'Variefy

with the New Orleans market gardeners. An early and vigorous growing, round
seeded sort. It is the best variety to plant for bunching purposes, and stands inclem-
ent weather conditions very well.

Prices; Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; 34 lb-. 15c; lb., 50c; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid.

Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 30c per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at 25c per
lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 20c per lb.; 500-lb. lots or over, at 16c per lb.

Reuter’s Monstrous Viroflay No. 504 — Jurpass^^st

other sorts. Plants are very hardy, with heavy foliage, the dark green leaves being
the true Savoy appearance and of the finest quality.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 34 lb., 15c; lb., 50c; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid.

Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 30c per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at 25c per
lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 20c per lb.; 600-lb. lots or over, at 16c per lb.

Maw '7oa1 cinr! Mr» KftK Unlike true spinach in type and in that it

l'cW ZjCalallW 1XU. thrives during hot weather and in any soil,

rich or poor. The leaves are comparatively small, broad and pointed. Plant three
or four seeds in hills 2 feet apart each way. Germination of the seed can be hastened
by soaking in warm water 24 hours.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 30c; lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4,50, postpaid.

Tfi-ntS rtf Dpnmcirlr \fn This new variety is undoubtedly

JYing OI DenmdrK 1\0. DUO the most valuable introduction of
spinach In recent years. Although the plants are ready for use almost as early as
the medium early sorts, they remain in good condition from a week to two weeks
after all other varieties have gone to seed. The plants are of rapid growth, the
numerous leaves are extra large, broad and rounded, exceedingly bushy, slightly
crumpled and glossy dark green color. It is a vigorous grower. In the late spring
when all other sorts have run to seed it retains its dwarf habit and good eating
qualities for a long time. (Illustrated in color and further described on Page 8.)

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; 34 lb., 25c; lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.00, postpaid.

Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 50c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 40c per
lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at 30c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 25c per lb. Bloomsdale Savoy Spinach

REUTER’S SELECTED SQUASH SEED

Earliest White Bush No. 515-

_Tbe earliest of all Squash.
Our stock is a highly de-
veloped strain of the well-known White Scalloped or Patty Pan, and is largely
planted by market gardeners and commercial truckers in the South who are anxious
to produce the earliest sort for shipment to Northern markets. The vines are
vigorous and productive. The fruits are of medium size, somewhat flattened and
scalloped. The color is creamy white and comparatively smooth surface. Illus-
trated in color on Page 6.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 40c; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 90c
per lb.

Italian Vegetable Marrow No. 517 — fS'a^TJge!

much elongated, dark green at first, but as they mature, become marbled with yel-
low and lighter green stripes. Pick when 6 to 8 inches long. Becoming a commercial
variety in Florida and other Southern States.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; J 4 lb., 60c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs., $7.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.25 per lb.

Giant Summer Crookneck No. 518 — mef^uash06 sThe

skin is yellow. The shape is shown in the illustration. The flesh has a deep
golden orange color, and is dry and of most agreeable flavor. Measures from
1 34 to 2 feet in length .

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 40c; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over,
at $1.00 per lb.

Rriefnil M q rrri W Mo This is a very productive fall and winter variety of medium to large

DUolUll ividliuw oAO size, oval shape and thin skin. It is much used for canning and making

pies. The fruits when ripe are bright orange with a shading of light cream color. The flesh is of a rich salmon-
yellow color fine-grained and of excellent quality and flavor, but not as dry as the Hubbard.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 40c; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid.

Giant

Summer

Crookneck

Squash

True Hubbard No. 521

One of the best winter squashes. The vines are vigorous and very productive. Fruits large, heavy hard shell. The skin
is uniformly dark bronze green. The flesh is bright orange -yellow, fine grained, thick, dry and richly flavored. It is
esteemed by many to be as good baked as the sweet potato.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; }4 lb., 40c; lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.50, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.00 per lb.

7 unnVti-ni Mrk KOT This very desirable variety is

/iULLllllll DZr-r frequently referred to as the Ital-

ian Squash. It is piquant in flavor, tender, delightfully palatable,
and truly a sort worth a place in your garden. It is easy to grow
and is a heavy yielder. If you have never planted it put a packet
on your order and you’ll be glad we called it to your attention.
Note the illustration. Here are three recipes for preparing this
delicious squash:

FLORENTINE— Raw, cut in dice, about 34 inch. Season
with salt and pepper. Dip in flour, and then raw egg. Fry in
skillet with olive oil and serve with drawn butter.

MORNAY— Cut in small squares about one inch. Boil for
about one minute in salted water. Drain on a colander. Put in
baking dish. Cover with cream sauce and a little Parmesan cheese
and butter. Bake in oven until done.

JULIENNE— Cut in Julienne (like French fried potatoes; , dip
in milk, and then in flour. Fry in very hot grease. Season and
serve.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 34 lb., 50c; lb., $1.50; 5 lbs.,
$7.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $1.25
per lb.

42

Zucchini — Italian Squash

SPECIAL NOTICE TO LARGE BUYERS

Let us figure on your seed wants. While prices in this Red
Ink Price List are reasonable and based on values at the
time this list was printed, yet where larger quantities are
desired than are quoted here, it would be advisable for you
to send us a complete list of what you want. We will quote
you on just the amount of seed you need, and tell you just
what it will cost to lay it down at your freight or express
office.

Make up your quantity list and send it to us so that we
can make you a reasonable price. Asking for special quota-
tions puts you under no obligations to buy unless you want
to. We have a tremendous stock of strictly high-class farm,
field and garden seeds. The market prices on most field and
farm seeds fluctuate throughout the planting season, and it is
to your benefit to write us for special prices when interested
in purchasing in quantity lots.

Reuter’s Farm and Field Seeds Are Recleaned

Our big electric seed cleaners are busy all the time remov-
ing trash, dirt, weeds, etc., from all our farm and field seeds.
Not a single bag of seed leaves our warehouses before it is
carefully recleaned and graded, thereby increasing the stand
by at least 15 or 20 per cent over seed not recleaned.
Besides, your fields are free from weeds and foreign plants
that are undesirable. All the small, immature, not quite
plump seeds are also thrown out by our system of recleaning.
It’s simply unbelievable to see the amount of chaff, dirt, weed
seeds and small or partly developed grains and seeds that
are taken out in recleaning by our 'big electric cleaners.

Frankly, we don’t know of a single seed house in this part
of the country with seed cleaning facilities equal to ours.

Please note — All prices quoted in this list are F. O. B. New
Orleans, unless otherwise specified.

These prices are not prepaid.

RECLEANED NEW CROP
CLOVER SEED

Lespedeza or Japan Clover

Peerless New' Mexico Alfalfa

Certified Hairy Peruvian

Red Clover

White Clover

Alsike Clover

White Blossom Sweet Clover

Yellow' Blossom Sweet Clover

Peerless Brand Crimson Clover

MISCELLANEOUS FARM SEEDS

Reuter’s Mung Beans

Giant Beggar Weed

Japanese Buckwheat

Upland Seed Rice..

Mammoth Russian Sunflower

Dwarf Essex Rape

Jerusalem or Ground Artichokes..
Chufas or Earth Almonds

10 lbs.

25 lbs.

50 lbs.

100 lbs.

$ 5.00

$ 9.00

$17.00

, 2.60

6.00

11.00

22.00

2.80

6.50

12.00

24.00

4.50

11.00

20.00

38.00

7,50

16.00

30.00

55.00

3.80

9.00

17.00

33.00

2.00

4.50

8.00

15.00

1.20

2.50

4.50

8.00

10 lbs.

25 lbs.

50 lbs. 100 lbs.

.$ 3.50

$ 8.25

$10.00

$30.00

. 7.50

17.50

32.50

60.00

. 1.00

2.00

3.50

6.00

3.50

0.50

12.00

. 1.50

3.25

5.50

10.00

1.50

3.50

6.50

12.00

Peck

Bu.

Bbl.

.$ 1.25

$ 4.00

$10.00

6.00

REUTER’S RED INK PRICE LISTS

are issued in the interest of farmers and planters who want
to buy farm and field seeds, including Seed Corn, Seed Pota-
toes Cow'peas, Soy Beans, Velvet Beans, Sorghums, Millets,
Cotton Seed, Grass Seeds, etc. The rock-bottom prices on
thoroughly recleaned farm and field seeds are in this list.
When ordering, be sure that you have on hand a copy of a
current list, otherwise, w'rite to us, and we will be glad to
send you a current copy, or quote you special prices, pro-
vided you send us a list of your requirements. We are here
to serve you. Write often.

RECLEANED SEED OATS

These pricts are not prepaid.

Per Bushel
Peck Bushel 5 10

(8 lbs.) (32 lbs.) Bu. Bu.

Louisiana Grown Red Rust Proof $ .50 $ 1.50 $ 1.40 $ 1.25

Mississippi Grown Red Rust Proof.. .50 1.50 1.40 1.25

Texas Red Rust Proof 40 1.25 1.00 .90

RECLEANED SEED BARLEY

, (12 lbs.) (48 lbs.)

Southern Grown $ 1.00 $ 3.25 S 3.00 $ 2.75

RECLEANED SEED WHEAT

Red May

These prices are not prepaid.

(15 lbs.) (60 lbs)

...$1.10 $3.50

NORTHERN GROWN SEED

POTATOES

Per Bushel

Bliss Triumphs (Certified Nebraska

Peck

Bu.

5 Bu.

10 Bu.

Grown i . $

1.50

$ 5.00

$ 4.75

$ 4.50

Irish Cobblers

1.40

4.75

4.50

4.25

White Stars

CHOICE ONION SETS

1.40

4.75

4.50 4.25

Per Bushel

Peck

Bu.

5 Bu. 10 Bu.

Red Onion Sets

1.25

4.00

3.75

3.50

Yellow Danvers

1.25

4.00

3.75

3.50

White Onion Sets

1.40

5.00

4.75

4.50

Australian Brown Onion Sets

RECLEANED GRASS SEEDS FOR
SOUTHERN FARMS AND LAWNS

1.25

4.50

4.25

4.00

10 lbs.

25 lbs. 50 lbs. 100 lbs.

Sudan Grass

$ 1.20

$ 2.75

S 5.00

$ 9.00

Red Top or Herd’s Grass..

4.50

11.00

21.00

40.00

Kentucky Blue Grass

12.00

23.00

45.00

Orchard Grass

3.00

7.00

13.00

25.00

Johnson Grass

2.00

4.50

8.00

15.00

Bermuda Grass

6.00

14.00

26.00

50.00

Carpet Grass

14.50

28.00

55.00

English Rye

4.50

8.50

16.00

Italian Rye

• 2.00

4.50

8.50

16.00

Reuter’s Market

Gardener’s

Price

List

Issued quarterly for gardeners and truckers who grow for
commercial purposes only. It is of special interest to growers
who plant for profit, and lists the best money making varie-
ties for the South. If you grow7 vegetables for a living, and
buy garden seeds in quantiy lots, w'rite us at once, and we
will put your name on our mailing list so you can receive this
special price list every three months. Drop a postal for the
latest copy.

RECLEANED SEED RYE

Per Bushel
Peck Bushel 5 10

(14 lbs.) (56 lbs.) Bu. Bu.

Georgia Grow'n Abruzzi $ 1.25 $ 4.00 $ 3.90 $ 3.75

Northern Grown 90 3.00 2.85 2.75

Write for special prices on larger quantities.

REUTER’S WHOLESALE PRICE LIST

Issued monthly to Merchants, Dealers, Truck Growers' As-
sociations, Farm Bureaus, etc., who buy seed to resell. It
contains rock-bottom prices on strictly high-grade seeds for
merchants and dealers who are willing to pay just a little
more than ordinarily asked by jobbers, and receive seeds
that are unbeatable in quality. A current copy will be
mailed upon request.

REUTER'S ANNUAL CATALOG

“The Leading Southern Seed Catalog”

A wonderful seed book issued about the 1st of each year to
farmers, truckers, planters, and others interested in garden-
ing In Dixie. If you have not received it for the current year,
or need a copy for a friend. drop> a postal right away, and
you'll receive the finest authentic seed dictionary published
south of the Mason-Dixon line.

CHRIS. REUTER S&Wrtf. New Orleans

RED INK PRICE LIST No. 1 - A

ISSUED BY

CHRIS. REUTER seedsman New Orleans

In the event prices are lower than here quoted when your order is received, you will
receive remittance to cover balance due you. In case of an advance in prices, seed will be billed
to you at prices prevailing at time order is received. If you desire to limit us to prices, please
state so in your order, otherwise seeds will be sent to you and billed accordingly.

TERMS: Our terms are cash with order, but if you do not desire to remit in full at the
time you order, we will, if your order is accompanied by remittance of one-fourth of the
amount of the order, make shipment, sending C. O. D. for balance due. We make no charge for
boxes, bags, packing or cartage. All goods delivered to transportation company FREE OF
CHARGE, All prices are F. O. B. New Orleans and subject to change without notice.

NON-WARRANTY — Chris. Reuter gives no warranty, express or implied, as to description,
quality, productiveness, or any other matter of seeds, bulbs, plants, etc., he sends out, and will
not be responsible in any way for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on
these terms they are at once to be returned and if the money has been paid for them, it will
be refunded. No responsible seedsman gives any warranty.

BE SURE TO REFER TO PRICE LIST 1-A WHEN YOU SEND IN YOUR ORDER

CHOICE SOUTHERN GROWN
SEED CORN

These Prices are not prepaid.
Peck Bu. 5 Bu. 10 Bu.

Davis Prolific (Originator's

Stock) . .$ 1.25

S 4.50

$ 4.25

$ 4.00

Reuter’s Smreeropper

4.00

3.75

S.50

Reuter's Improved Golden Dent 1.25

4.00

3.75

3.30

Reuter’s Celebrated Giant Red

Cob 1.25

4.00

3.75

3.50

Hickory King

1.25

4.00

3.75

3.50

Genuine Mexican June

4.00

3.75

S.50

Calhoun Red Cob

1.25

4.00

3.75

S.50

Yellow Creole

1.25

4.56

4.46

4.25

CHOICE IOWA GROWN SEED CORN
FOR AN EARLY CROP

Early Yellow Learning
Reid’s Yellow Dent...

Iowa Gold Mine

Champion White Pearl.

Silver Mine

Diamond Joe

.90

S.00

2.90

2.75

.90

3.00

2.90

2.75

.90

3.00

2.90

2.75

1.00

3.50

3.25

3.00

1.00

3.50

3.25

8.00

1.00

8.50

S.25

8.00

REUTER’S SELECTED PEDIGREED
COTTON SEED

Georgia-Carolina grown seed, officially inspected and passed
free from Pink Boll Worm.

Mitchell’s Re-Improved Early King..$

Wannamaker-Cleveland Big Boll

Hawkins' Prolific Big Boll

Simpkins’ Prolific (Ideal)

Toole Prolific (Wilt-Resistant)

Money Maker

Bank Account

Improved 350 Express

Delfos 6102

Per Bu.

Peck

Bu.

100 lbs.

10 Bu.

.90 fi

2.50

S 8.00

$ 2.25

.85

2.25

7.00

2.00

1.00

3.25

10.00

2.75

.90

2.25

7.00

2.00

.90

2.50

8.00

2.25

.90

2.50

8.00

2.25

1.00

2.25

7.00

2.00

1.00

3.00

9.00

2.75

.90

2.50

8.00

2.25

RECLEANED CANE AND SOR-
GHUM SEED

10 lbs. 25 lbs. 50 lbs.

100 lbs.

Reuter's Japanese Honey Cane...

...5 1.50

$ 3.00

S 5.00

$ 9.00

Early Amber

1.75

3.00

5.00

Early Amber

1.75

3.00

5.00

Red Top (Sumac)

2.00

3.50

6.00

Broom Corn (Evergreen)

2.25

4.00

7.00

RECLEANED KAEFIR CORNS,
MILO MAIZE, rETEBITA, Etc.

White Kaffir Corn

Red Kaffir

Peterita

Egyptian Wheat or Shallu

Genuine Dwarf Milo Mazie

RECLEANED SEED PEANUTS
Improved White Spanish

RECLEANED MILLETS FOR
PLANTING

True Tennessee Golden

Manitoba Hog

CHOICE RECLEANED NEW CROP
VELVET BEANS

These Prices are not prepaid.
10 lbs. 25 lbs. 50 lbs. 100 lbs.

Write for prices on larger quantities.

.80

1.75

3.00

5.00

.80

1.75

3.00

5.00

.80

1.75

3.00

5.00

1.50

3.50

7.00

.80

1.75

3.00

5.00

1.50

3.50

6.50

12.00

1.50

3.50

6.50

12.00

1.30

3.00

5.50

10.00

1.50

3.50

6.50

12.00

1.20

2.00

3.50

6.00

.80

1.75

3.00

5.00

1.75

4.00

7.00

13.00

Per Bushel

Peck

Bu.

5 Bu. 10 Bu.

1.40

4.50

4.25

4.00

1.50

5.00

4.75

4.50

RECLEANED NEW CROP COW-

PEAS

Clays 1.75

High Mixed Clays 1.60

iron Clays

Mixed Iron Clays 1.75

Brabhams 1.73

Mixed Brabhams 1.60

Whippoorwills 1.50

Mixed l.io

Sugar Crowders

Large Black Eyes 2.50

Write for prices on larger quantities.
NEW CROP SOY BEANS

Peck

Mammoth Yellow $ 1.00

Biloxi 1.40

O-Too-Tan 2.50

Laredo 2.25

6.00
5.50

6.00

6.00

5.50

5.50

5.00

9.00

B11.
$ 3.50

5.00

9.00

8.00

5.75 5.50

5.40 5.25

5.75 5.50

5.75 5.50

5.40 5.25

5.25 5.00

4.90 4.75

0 Bu. 10 Bu.
$ 3.25 $ 3.00

4.75 4.50

8.75 8.50

7.75 7.50

ALL PRICES QUOTED IN TEIIS LIST ARE F. O. B. NEW ORLEANS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Gulf State Market

Truckers should write for
current copy of our Market
Gardeners’ Price List.

Reuter’s

Redfield

Beauty

Tomatoes

REUTER’S Tomato Seed — Best for the South

Reuter’s Brimmer Tomatoes

Ctd+fk \f a r n f- TNJrk 6570 We believe that we have in the Gulf

VjUII Otare IViarKet 1MO. D/U state Market a tomato that will
before many years, be the chief purple fruited market variety grown in the Gulf States.
Gulf State Market was developed out of the Early Detroit, and retains the earliness of
that variety. The vines are very vigorous and withstand blight exceptionally well.
The f j mts are large for so early a variety, round or globe shaped, show but little depres-
sion about stem and are smooth and free from cracks. Color deep purplish-pink ripening
well about the stem. The skin is firm and the flesh is solid. Unless all signs fail, this
will prove to be the most productive of all shipping tomatoes. It is also of the most
desirable shape for packing. Remember that Gulf State Market is earlier than any
other good purple tomato. Mississippi crops of this wonderful variety have given won-
derful results. We are backing Gulf State Market to win first place in its class.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; H oz., 25c; oz. 40c; M lb., $1.50; lb., $6.00; 5 lbs., $23.75,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $4.50 per lb.

Livingstons Globe Tomato No. 545 — ^dbugw-pmof6 t™3

is a standard variety for shipping purposes. It is an absolutely globe-shaped variety,
ripens very early, color is r glossy red. tinted with purple. The vines are very vigorous and
productive. Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; oz. , 45c; J4 lb. , $1.50; lb. , $5.00; 5 lbs. ,
$23.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $4.50 per lb.; 25-lb. lots or
over, at $4.25 per lb.

| Reuter’s Peerless June Pink Tomato No. 557 —

Unexcelled for Home Use and Shipping — A highly developed strain that will produce an
attractive purplish-pink tomato of the finest quality as early as the Earliana. The fruits
are large, nearly round, very smooth and solid. The 'fruits grow in clusters and fairly load
down the plants with an abundance of uniform tomatoes. As smooth as the Stone and
as seedless as the Ponderosa. It is a splendid shipper and a great favorite among the
large commercial tomato growers in South Texas. Each year many carloads of tomatoes
are shipped out of Texas to all portions of the United States; the fruit all grown from
Reuter’s June Pink Tomato Seed. Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 45c; M lb., $1.25; lb., $4.50;
6 lbs., $21.25, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $4.00 per lb.

Reuter’s Redfield Beauty No. 548~^^0«^iS<f1™bS

regular in shape and size as it is possible to produce. The color is its leading attribute,
being a glossy red, the kind that makes tomatoes sell at. sight. It retains all of its
good qualities until picked It is a good shipper and less liable to rot than any other
sort. The skin is tough, flesh solid.

Prices: P fct. , 10c ; oz. . 35c ; lb. ,

$1.00; lb., $3.50; 5 lbs., $16.25, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at $3.00 per lb.

Reuter’s Brimmer Tomato No. 572

_Claimed to be the largest of all tomatoes.
_It is not a freak, but the very best
tomato for the home garden from every standpoint. The great size and productiveness, and solid flesh is
combined with delicious flavor for eating sliced raw or canned. The cooking qualities could not be better.
The BRIMMER will produce tomatoes often weighing 3 pounds and some that were 18 inches around
have been grown by training to a single stem. It must be staked. The solid flesh of this tomato is remark-
able. There is no core, very few seeds, and the flesh is like a beefsteak. It is a medium early variety and
continues to bear large fruit all through the season. Vines are vigorous and healthy and bear a tremendous
load of fruit right up to frost. It seems wonderful that a tomato should grow so large and yet have so
many fruits on each vine. Even though so large, the fruits are well shaped, bright red, and the flavor is
simply grand. Always sweet, mildly acid, melting and cool.

Prices: Pkt., iOc; oz., 35c; oz., 60c; 34 lb., $2.00; lb., $7.50, postpaid.

Ql-ncirtro T? o 1 o »-» o "Mrv EA'I Our strain of this first early sort is earlier and decidedly

Lai llall4 DUO superior to much that is sold as Sparks Earliana, and the

extreme earliness of its large, smooth fruits makes it a very profitable tomato for market gardeners, as well
as desirable for the home garden. The vines are small but vigorous and productive. The fruits are
bright deep scarlet, medium to large, nearly round and exceptionally smooth for so early a variety. The
fruits are borne in clusters near the base of the plant, and the bulk of the crop ripens very early. Prices:
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 34 lb., 90c; lb., $3.00; 5 lbs., $13.75, postpaid. Not prepaid 10-lb. lots or over,
at $2.50 per lb.

TTat-tir XTi-v EE1 This splendid variety was introduced in 1909. With the excep-

Cjally .LrclrOlU 1MO. DD 1 (ion of the Gulf State Market, it is the largest and best of the
purplish-pink tomatoes. The vines are very vigorous and very productive. The fruits are very smooth,
uniform in size, nearly globe-shaped, firm and of excellent quality. Early Detroit is one of the most valuable
shipping tomatoes yet produced. It is also desirable forhomegarden and near markets. Prices: Pkt.,

10c ; oz., 30c; 34 lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50; 5 lbs., $17.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over,

at $3.25 per lb.

Many of the South’s great commercial
tomato crops are produced exclusively
from Reuter’s seeds.

43

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

John Baer No. 552

_(Bright Red) —
An early to-
mato of recent introduction that produces beauti-
ful, large, bright red, solid fruits. Almost seedless,
a marvelous stem-setter, often making ten fruits in
first cluster. It is solid and meaty and has just
enough foliage. Every tomato will ripen evenly
right up to the stem. When deep ripe they will not
burst. No cripples, no scalds, no blight.no cracked,
no wrinkled, no one-sided, uneven, scarred fruit.
It is a perfect shipping tomato. Set the plants
3 x 3 y2 feet. As a canning variety it is unbeatable.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; M lb-. $1-25;
lb., $4.00 ; 5 lbs., $18.75, postpaid. Not prepaid,
10-lb. lots or over, at $3.50 per lb.

Purple Acme No. 547 —

The vines are large, hardy and produc-
tive, ripening their first fruits very early,
although not an extra early variety,

The fruits are purplish-pink, round,
smooth, and of medium size, free from
cracks and stand shipment very well.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; y
lb., 90c; lb., $3.00; 5 lbs., $13.75,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots
or over, at $2.60 per lb.

Dwarf Stone No. 558—

The largest dwarf variety in existence.

Vines are dwarf, but vigorous and pro-
lific. Color is bright scarlet. It is perfect
In shape, very solid and of the finest
quality.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 36c; %
lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50; 5 lbs., $16.25,
postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots
or over, at $3.00 per lb.

Reuter’s Perfect First Early Tomato

Reuter’s Perfect First Early No.

rtf .Extreme earliness, large yields, superlative qual-

330 jty, dependability, are all big factors of this grand
early tomato. Strictly speaking it is a “short season”
tomato — ripens in about 85 days under generalconditions
in the South. It is just the right size — not too large.
The color is a brilliant, bright red that attracts immediate
attention from the trade. Every tomato is smooth and
perfect as the ones shown in the illustration. It is nearly
round, with an average diameter of about 3 inches. Every
tomato when ripe is red from blossom to the stem end.
It is enormously prolific, and is without an equal for either
early or late planting. Contains veryfew
seeds, is solid and meaty, and of the
finest flavor. The fruits are borne con-
tinuously in large numbers. The flesh is
solid, has a tough skin, thus making it
an ideal shipping variety. Uniform in
size. It is absolutely smooth and has
no trace of navel in the blossom end.
This new tomato embodies all that can
be desired in both an early and late, all-
round tomato.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz. 40c; }41b.,
$1.25; lb., $4.00; 5 lbs., $18.75, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at $3.50 per lb.

Improved Ponderosa

\in CA'7 The color is purple

.NO. OU/ crimson. It is the
largest tomato in cultivation, the
heaviest, and in addition to these two
splendid features it is delicious in flavor.
Shape is rather regular, considering its
nd n

Reuter’s New Stone No. 565

One of the iargest and most
' solid main crop or late
bright red varieties. It is unsurpassed for slicing and canning. The vines are
large, vigorous and very productive. The fruits are bright deep scarlet, oval and
very deep, exceptionally smooth and uniform in size. Our stock is distinctly
superior to most of that offered under this name, being larger, smoother, more
uniform and better colored.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; M lb., 90c; lb., $3.00; 5 lbs., $13.75, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at $2.50 per lb.

Louisiana
Pink No.

Cy-2 .Illustrated

& in color on
front cover. A
wilt-resistant

variety that has
been grown and
selected for 10 years
by the Louisiana
Experiment Station,
Baton Rouge, La.
A smooth fleshed,
medium-sized pink
tomato with a small
seed cavity and few
seeds. The skin is
medium in thick-
ness. A medium to
early variety that
has been bred to
resist wilt and will
yield higher under
Louisiana conditions
than any wilt-resist-
ant variety devel-
oped outside the
State. Tomato wilt
is a disease that
causes the plants to
gradually die about
the time the first

fruits are half grown. The disease is easily recognized by examining a cross section
of a stem as a plant with wilt has a brown to black ring surrounding the pith.
It is claimed to be a cross between Acme and Earliana, and apparently both fruit
and vine are a blend of both parents. It has proved a remarkably heavy bearer
in the south.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 40c; oz., 75c; y lb., $2.50; lb., $8.00, postpaid.

T rtnicianci Pprl XTr* K7 A , Illustrated in color on front cover.

Uloxillltt IxtfU. lNtl. D / ‘i Same as Louisiana Pink except the
skin color which is red. The fruit represents a combination of characteristics
between Earliana and Stone, and the vine as well, seem to be a blend of these
two varieties.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 40c; oz., 75c; y lb., $2.50; lb., $8.00, postpaid.

Norton (Wilt -Resistant) No. 571— i^dTom^hfll:

mous Stone, producing a heavy yield of large, smooth, solid, red fruit which ripens
medium early. It is somewhat larger than the Stone, and is highly recommended
because of its wilt-resistant features. The havoc wrought by wilt in Tomatoes is
serious, and if you have been disappointed in growing tomatoes because of this
disease, you will be interested in this hardy, wilt-resistant sort.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 30c; oz., 60c; y lb., $2.00; lb., $7.00, postpaid.

TV/fp TnmqtB Nn .Originated in Texas. Claimed to

. ,VJ . 1 umaiu EMU. yield splendid crops where other

varieties fail. Bright crimson, solid and of good flavor. It is especially recom-
mended to thrive well on black land.

Prices.' Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; y lb., $1.26; lb., $4.60, postpaid.

immense size, and makes a splendid
slicing variety, having few seeds. If you are looking for something that is really
a novelty, and at the same time a valuable variety, plant the Ponderosa.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 30c; oz., 50c; M lb-, $1-75; lb., $6.00, postpaid.

Giant Tree Tomato No. 569—

regular climbing trees. Bears from late spring until frost. A strong growing
sort with fruit well above the ground, and early to mature very large fruit.
Has to be well tied to a stake to keep from sprawling over the ground. Fruits
very large, often 2 to 3 pounds and 6 inches in diameter. If you want to grow
tomatoes that will be the envy of everyone in your neighborhood, try this sort.
Not recommended for commerical purposes.

Prices: Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c, y lb.. $1.25, postpaid.

PROMPT SERVICE

Please allow me to congratulate you on your promptness in sending
orders out. I sent you a 10c order for one packet of seed on March 16.
It came on the 18th. This is the 23rd and tomato seeds are up and nearly
ready to transplant and are growing nicely. When I am in a hurry for
seed, I will send to Reuter. Mrs. J . L. La Roue, Florence, Miss.

Reuter’s June Pink Tomato

Norton (Wilt-Resistant) Tomato

44

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Culture sPrinS Plantings of turnips are important, al-

though the general crop for winter is usually
sown late in the summer or fall. For late spring use, sow the
seed during January, February and March. Sow thinly in drills,
according to the locality, covering the seed lightly. Thin early
and keep free from weeds so that the young plants will not be
checked in growth. It is important to get the spring crop started
early so that the turnips may have time to grow up to a sufficient
size before hot weather causes them to become tough and bitter.
Plant seed A inch deep. The rows should be 2 feet apart. Sow
1 ounce of seed to 2 feet of row; 2 to 3 pounds to the acre. Ready
for use in 45 to 70 days.

Reuter’s Peerless Purple Top White Globe

vrn Our perfected strain of this splendid table variety is grown

r>U. 0/0 expressly for our critical market gardeners’ and mail-order trade
In America, and not to be compared with the usually inferior turnip seed of the
same variety imported from Holland, Denmark and other European countries.
Illustrated in color and described on page 5 of this catalog.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; A lb., 26c; lb., 76c; 6 lbs., $3.00, postpaid.
•Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb. ; 26-lb. lots or over, at 40c per lb.

Early Purple Top No. 579— Sfj;.

tire, upright in growth. The roots are flat, of medium size, purple or dark red
above ground, white below. The flesh is white, fine grained and tender.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; A lb., 25c; lb., 76c; 6 lbs., $3.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Yellow or Amber Globe No. 586—

usually for stock feeding. The roots are of large size and of globular shape.
The skin is of clear yellow, except the top, which is tinged with green. The flesh
is light yellow, fine grained and sweet.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; A lb., 26c; lb., 76c; 6 lbs., $3.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Long White Cowhorn No. 588— ££&, TS a S

shade of green at the t9p of the root, which is long and carrot-like in form, cylin-
drical, but usually ending in a point, and slightly crooked. The roots are often
12 to 15 inches long by about 2A inches in diameter, and grow about 3 inches
out of the ground. The flesh is fine grained, well flavored. Desirable for stock
feeding. A rapid grower.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; A lb., 26c; lb., 76c; 6 lbs., $3.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb.

Early White Flat Dutch No. 580— ^a?arlywhiete^

nip. The roots are of medium size, flat, very white fleshed, fine grained and
sweet. The roots when in best condition
for table use are about two and one-half
inches in diameter.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; A lb.,

25c; lb., 76c; 6 lbs., $3.00, postpaid.

Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 50c
per lb.

Large Snow White Globe

58? Color is pure white, shape,

is round, of large size,
solid and quick in growth. It is produc-
tive and hard and closely resembles the
Purple Top White Globe in size and shape,
but produces turnips considerably larger.

Prices: Pkt., 6c.; oz., 10c; A lb.,

25c; lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.00, postpaid.

Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 50c
per lb.

Seven Top, or Salad No.

KfiJ. Cultivated extensively in the

'J'Ji South for tops, which are used
for greens. It is very hardy and will grow
all winter, but does not produce a
root, and is only recommended for
tops.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c;

30c; lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots
per lb.

Extra Early White Egg

No 585 An early. oval or egg-

JOJ shaped variety witn
smooth, clear white roots of medium size
which grow half out of the ground. The
tops are small with leaves distinctly cut.

The flesh is clear white, firm, fine grained
and sweet. Matures in about 50 days.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 10c; A lb.,

30c; lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4.00, postpaid.

Not prepaid, 10-ib. lots or over, at 70c

Per lb.

Extra Early Purple Top Milan No. 589 — KS1

ably early.

Reuter's Improved American Rutabaga

The tops are very small, strap leaved, upright and compact, so that
the rows can be planted close together.
The roots are clear white, except for an
attractive purple-red on the upper por-
tion. Very smooth, flat, and of best
quality.

Prices: Pkt., 6c; oz., 15c; A lb.,
40c; lb., $1.25; 6 lbs., $5.50, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at
$1.00 per lb.

Reuter’s Improved Amer-
ican Rutabaga No. 591—

This is one of the best and most valuable
of all-root crops. Rutabagas do best on
new land or light, sandy soil, and for this
reason are largely grown for breaking
where, without cultivation, they produce
bountiful crops of excellent quality. Ruta-
bagas are grown for two purposes — for
table use and stock feed. Our seed is
grown for us in England by specialists,
whose life work has been the breeding and
production of the highest type of Ruta-
baga. The aim has been to produce a
root with a small top of uniform size and
shape and with a single tap root, a root of
high feeding quality, fine flavor and great
productiveness.

With the kind of Rutabaga Seed I sell
you it is possible to raise 15 to 25 tons
of roots per acre. With ordinary seed,
about one-half this amount, and sometimes
less. My strain produces a variety with
an exceedingly short neck, is very solid,
of a beautiful orange or amber color,
with a handsome purple top. Grows to
extreme size and of the finest quality. It
is short neck, small top, firm flesh, sym-
metrical shape, united with high feeding
value, great productiveness, hardiness and
long-keeping qualities; this describes the
World’s Best Rutabaga- — Reuter's Ameri-
can Purple Top Globe.

Prices: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; A lt>. ,
26c; lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.50, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c
per lb.

45

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Miscellaneous Items for Farm and Garden

Rhubarb Roots (Pie Plant)—

in deep, warm and very rich soil. These stalks usually grow from 3 to 4 feet long
and 3 inches thick.

Prices: By mail, postpaid: Large field grown roots or clumps (not
divided), each. 30c; 4 for $1.00. Not prepaid, by express, 20c each.

HTvrcovarlicti T?r»rvf*Q As aoon as the ground can be worked in the

XIUI SCI IVUUIS spring set the roots in rows 6 inches apart,

and about 6 inches apart in the rows; very little cultivation is needed. Late in
the fall pull as many roots as will be required for your winter use, cut off tops,
store them in a barrel and iill with sand, place them in a cool cellar, grate as wanted.

Prices: By mail, postpaid: 12 roots or sets, for 50c; 25 for 70c; 50 for
$1.25; 100 for $1.75, postpaid. Not prepaid, 500 for $5.25; 1,000 for $10.00.

Chayote, Mirliton, or Vegetable Pear — £ffannsd win-
ter vegetables that can be easily grown in home gardens of the South the Chayote
(pronounced chi-o-tay) has proved one of the best. It is produced on climbing
vines with perennial roots. Spring planting of Chayotes is best, except perhaps
in Southern Florida, where the winter frosts, if they occur, are usually light. When
planting, place the entire fruit on its side with the broad end slanting slightly
downward; cover the lower end with not more than 2 inches of soil, leaving the
small or stem end exposed. The fruits should be planted, one in a hill, 15 to 20
feet apart. Plants should be mulched with straw or litter.

Prices: 20c each, 2 for 35c; postpaid.

TTprhs In making up your assortment of seeds for the year don’t neglect to

-Lid Uo order a few varieties of herbs. The chief point is to harvest them

properly, which should be done on a dry day when not
quite in full bloom, dried quickly and packed closely
and entirely excluded from air. Th ose marked with an
asterisk (*) are perennial. ANISE No. 281 — Seeds
of agreeable aromatic taste. Pkt., 5c; oz. ,20c; 34 lb.,

65c. BASIL SWEET No. 280 — For flavoring soups,
stews, etc. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c. BORAGE No. 282
- — Leaves used for flavoring. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c.

♦CARAWAY No. 284 — Seeds are used for flavoring
bread, etc. Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 40c. *CAT-
NIP or CATMINT No. 283 — For seasoning. Pkt.,

10c; 34 oz., 50c. *CHIVES No. 299 — Excellent for
seasoning. Pkt. 10c; 34 oz., 35c; oz., 60c. CORI-
ANDER No. 285 — Seeds used in confectionery. Pkt.,

6c; oz. ,15c; 34 lb., 40c. CRESS, WATER No. 286 -
Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 30c. Curled No. 297 — Pkt., 5c;
oz. 15c. DILL No. 298 — Used in making dillpickles.

Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 34 lb., 40c. *FENNEL, SWEET
No. 287 — Leaves used in sauces. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c.

♦HOREHOUND No. 288 — For seasoning and cough
remedy. Pkt., 5c; 34 oz., 25c. *LAVENDER No. 289
— Used as a perfume. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz'> 25c; oz., 40c.

Melrosine-

This is a splendid spray
for ridding your rose
plants of insects. It does not
discolor the flowers or foliage.
Melrosine is especially effective
as a spray for rose bugs, the
destroying insects that eat the
inside of the buds and ruin
the flowers before they open.
Spray your roses with Melro-
sine and keep them clean.

Prices: Trial size, suffi-
cient to make one gallon

when diluted, and care for

several plants for an entire season, 50c
(weight, 10 oz.) ; pint, $1.00 (weight 24 oz.),
by mail or express at customer’s expense.

MARJORAM, SWEET No. 290 — Used for seasoning. Pkt., 5c; oz. ,30c. ♦ROSE-
MARY No. 291 — Aromatic leaves used for seasoning. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 35c.
*RUENo.292 — For medicinal uses; good for fowls. Pkt., 10c; J4oz..30c. *S4GE
No. 293 — Much used for dressing. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; 34 lb., $1.50. *S M-
MER SAVORY No. 294 — Used for flavoring. Pkt , 5c; oz., 25c. *THT ME,
FRENCH No. 295 — Leaves and young shoots used for seasoning. Pkt. 10c;
oz., 60c; 34 lb., $2.00. ^WORMWOOD No. 296 — Used medicinally, and also for
poultry. Pkt., 5c. oz., 35c.

T> Aiif-£kt*’c TVTocil This is a special brand we have put up for

s uuxic lYlcai our trade. It is ground fine, hence acts
quickly. Free from acid and a superb article. It is made from bone accumulated
in large slaughter houses and should not be compared with the Bone Meal made
from cattle heads and feet gathered upon the Western prairies. Absolutely no
danger of burning the plants. An excellent dressing for lawns and pastures.
Analysis; Ammonia, 434%; total phosphoric acid, 22%; bone phosphate, 50%.
Quantity to use: For lawns, pastures, etc., 34 to 1 ton per acre; for trees, vines,
etc., 4 to 8 lbs. each; for field and garden crops, ?4 to 1 ton per acre; for rose beds,
pot plants, etc., 1 part to about 50 of soil; for starting new lawns as a base, 3 to 5
lbs. per 1 00 square feet. There is no better fertilizer for the home garden than this
splendid material.

Prices: 5-lb. pkg. (mailing weight 6 lbs.), 50c; 10-lb. pkg. (mailing
weight 11 lbs.), 90c; 25-lb. bag, $1.25; 50-lb. bag, $2.25; 100-lb. bag, $3.75;
ton (2,000 lbs.), $65.00.

VT||rn fp /-jf Cn(-1 o A fertilizer for all crops. It is very quick in action

lYUlitlLC oi and fastens the maturity of crops. We recom-

mend it as the cheapest and best form in which to apply Nitrogen to plants.
Remove thelumps before using and break them up. LTseas a top dressing at the
rate of 100 pounds per acre on the following vegetables: Beets, Cabbage, Cauli-
flower, Cucumber, celery, Eggplant, Lettuce, Spin-
ach, Onion, Strawberries, etc. For the home garden
apply as a solution one ounce to two gallons of water.

Prices: 5-lb. pkg. (mailing weight 6 lbs.),
75c; 10-lb. pkg. (mailing weight 11 lbs.), $1.25;
25-lb. bag, $1.75; 50-lb. bag, $2.50; 100-lb. bag,
$4.00; ton (2,000 lbs.), $75.00.

Reuter’s Selected Bird Seed —

Our bird seed stocks are carefully purchased, thor-
oughly recieaned and prepared for a most critical
trade. You do not get job lots, screenings or trash
such as is frequently offered. If you value your birds
give them good, clean seed. 50 Lbs.

Pound Not
Postpaid Prepaid

Canary Seed, Plain 25c 14c per lb.

Canary Seed, Mixed 20c 12c per lb.

Hemp Seed 25c 10c per lb.

Millet Seed 20c 5c per lb.

Sunflower Seed 25c 10c per lb.

A Seed and Soil Inoculant That Increases Crop
Production and Greatly Improves the Soil

New Sizes — New Prices

_Seeds of all legumes — Clovers, Alfalfa,
~Sweet Clovers, Beans, Peas, Vetches,
Soy Beans, Cowpeas, etc. — will yield far better results if inoculated with FARM-
OGERM, and, in addition leave in the soil a heavy deposit of nitrogen which
benefits all succeeding crops in the rotation.

FARMOGERM— ALWAYS FRESH

Farmogerm is a pure culture of nitrogen-fixing
bacteria, selected for maximum vitality and ability
to transform nitrogen from the air into soluble nit-
rates and deposit them in the soil.

By reason of the patented stopper which admits
air and excludes contaminations, Farmogerm is
guaranteed for five years — always fresh — always
strong and virile.

Farmogerm will reduce your fertilizer bills, give
you larger crops, and improve your soil by producing
nodules on the roots of legumes.

When ordering, be sure to state what crops you
wish to inoculate.

Farmogerm is so inexpensive and is so effective
an insurance that you can not afford to sow legume
crops without it.

NEW LOW PRICES

For small seeds — Clovers, Alfalfa, etc.

34 bus. size $0.35 1 -bus. size. . . .$1.00

34 bus. size 60 2J4-bus. size .. 2.25

10-bus. size $8.00

Special Reduced price on Cultures for Large-
Size Seeds — Soy Beans, Cowpeas, Peas, Beans,
etc. 34-bus. size .... $0.35 1-bus. size .... $0.60
5-bus. size $2.25

Special Garden Size for Garden Peas, Beans
and Sweet Peas, 25c. These prices are postpaid.

Full directions accompany each bottle.

(uatch-em-Stou)

Highly Concentrated, Clean, Odorless,
Soluble, Quick Acting, Well Balanced,
Dependable

Makes Sick Plants Well and Well Plants
Better

Are your house plants as nice and healthy as
you would like them to be? If not, it is doubt-
less because you are not feeding them Watch-
em-Grow. Contains just the elements required
for a well-balanced plant food.

Large Trial Package Only 10 Cents — We
want you to give it a trial, because it will mean
another friend and patron.

Special Offer — Send us 10 cents for a large
trial package with instructions for using. After
using the contents you can send us the empty
package and only 40 cents and receive one regu-
lar 50-cent half-pound can. This makes the trial
package cost you nothing in the end.

Large 8-Ounce Can will make 25 gallons or
200 34-pint applications. Price 50c, postpaid.

Mulford Cultures '

In Your Garden you can get increased yields and improve your soil if you
inoculate all your Garden Peas, Garden Beans, Lima Beans and Sweet Peas with

Mulford Cultures.

Peas, beans, etc., belong to the legume or pod-bearing family of plants, which
Nature has endowed with the wonderful ability to harbor and nurture certain
bacteria on their roots, and these bacteria in turn, gather nitrogen from the air
and feed it to the plant itself. Increased nitrogen supplied to the plant means
increased yield

As a rule, the proper bacteria are not present in
the soil; therefore, to insure best results, always use
Mulford Cultures.

Mulford Cultures contain pure, tested strains
of active, vigorous, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, for in-
oculating seeds of legumes or soil. Enormous num-
bers of these very valuable and desirable bacteria
are thus available to you in every package of Mulford
Culture and may readily be applied to your seed.
The sealed bottle insures purity.

Legumes offer the best known means of
maintaining so-' 1 fertility and rejuvenating over-
cropped and wornout fields. They add both humus
and nitrogen to your soil and thus increase your yield
of wheat, cotton, corn and other non-legume crops.

The U. S. Department of Agriculture and
many State Agricultural Experiment Stations recom-
mend inoculation ’of " legumes with nitrogen-fixing
bacteria to induce a prompt “catch” and increase
your yield.

Treat your seed before planting. Very easy to
use — simply add water and moisten seeds with the
mixture.

Small Cost— Large Returns

Prices: Small Size (supplied only in 4 varieties)
for Garden Peas, Garden Beans, Lima Beans and
Sweet Peas, 35c.

34-acre size, 75c; 1-acre size, $1.50; 5-acre
size, $5.00.

Always specify on your order what crop you
want to inoculate, as there is a different strain of
bacteria for each legume

Further information sent free upon request.

46

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

REUTER’S SELECTED INSECTICIDES

PxrrrtY *s a heayy' yet flocculent, creamy paste

A j i that is easily mixed with cold water,

and sticks like paint to the foliage. It won’t wash
ofl, and won’t clog the finest nozzles. PYROX kills
leaf -eating insects, Bugs and worms. It prevents blight,
rot and fungus. N o better spray material for potatoes,
tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, beans, cauli-
flower, etc., than Pyrox. The Pyrox Spray Guide is a
little book of really useful, practical information for the
commercial sprayer and the home gardener. Mailed
free upon request.

Prices: Lb., 60c; 5 lbs., $1.76; 10 lbs., $3.00;
26 lbs., $6.25; 60 lbs., $10.75; 100 lbs., $17.00.
Cannot be mailed.

Arsenate of Lead (Powdered) —

A well known and very effective spraying compound.
Better than Paris Green. Does not burn foliage. Can
be used for wet spraying or dry dusting. Has all the
advantages of Arsenate of Lead Paste, with double the
strength, goes twice as far, and is easier to handle and
measure out. One pound makes from 15 to 25 gallons
of solution ready to apply.

Prices: )4 lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 5 lbs., $2.00; 10 lbs.,
$3.50; 25 lbs., $7.60; 50 lbs., $14.00; 100 lbs., $24.00;
200 lbs., $46.00. Cannot be mailed.

Calcium Arsenate (Powdered)

This is the proper and most effective powder for dust-
ing on cotton for eradicating the boll weevil. It is the
poison used by the U. S. Department of Agriculture
in experiments which proved that the weevil could be
killed out at a profitable cost. Be sure to get Special
Bulletin, U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, which gives all
information.

Prices: Lb., 36c; 6 lbs., $1.25; 10 lbs., $2.00;
25 lbs., $4.50; 50 lbs., $8.00; 100 lbs., $14.00; 200
lbs., $27.00. Cannot be mailed.

Target Scale Destroyer — Spr°aymfao l

San Jose and Oyster Shell Scale. Destroys the white
fly, removes the sooty mold from leaves and fruit.
A soluble oil that mixes easily.

Prices: 1 qt., 60c; 1 gal., $1.50; 5 gals., $6.60.
Cannot be mailed.

Liquid Weed Killer — mads

and gutters. Kills roots, as well as tops, of all weed
and grass growths. Easier and less expensive than
hoeing or digging by hand. Very effective in walks and
cobbled gutters, without injury to road bed. Does not
discolor cement. Dilute 1 part Weed Killer to 40 parts
water. Usually prevents growth for season. Apply
with sprinkling can.

Prices: 1 qt., 60c; 1 gal., $1.50; 5 gals., $6.50.
Cannot be mailed.

Petris UrnAf ) An excellent aid in combating

IT <11 la vjI cell the ravages of the potato beetle,
cabbage worm, turnip beetle, and many other leaf -eating
insects. It is very powerful and must be greatly diluted,
generally 1 pound to 100 gallons of water.

Prices: J 4 lb., 15c; J4 lb., 30c; lb., 55c; 6 lbs.,
$2.50; 14 lbs., $5.00; 100 lbs., $20.00. Cannot be
mailed.

DIRT BANDS

Market Gardeners and Commercial Truckers
use “Dirt Bands" to start off their early plants
of Cucumbers, Cantaloupes, Eggplants, etc.
This is a box 4x4x4 without bottoms. These are
placed in a frame and filled with good rich soil,
and five or six seeds planted in each box; when
the plants come up, thin them out to one or
two m each box. Before using Dirt Bands, wet
them thoroughly before bending, otherwise they
are apt to break at the grooves, as they are made
of thin veneered wood.

Prices not prepaid: 100 (mailing weight
about 8 lbs.), 75c; 500 for $2.25; 1,000 for
$4.00; 5,000 or over, at $3.50 per 1,000

Prices on tacks for Dirt Bands : 34 lb., 16c;
lb., 50c, postpaid.

Stim -(D)" planT

An All-the-Year Fertilizer for Garden
and House Plants

Growers of fine flowers, shrubs and vegetables
for the best markets and for exhibition, fertilize
and stimulate them frequently, a little at a time.
An excellent fertilizer for this purpose is Stim-U-
planT, an odorless, highly concentrated plant-
food, in tablet form, with guaranteed chemical
analysis of 11 % nitrogen, 12% phosphoric acid,
15% potash. The proportions are accurate,
there is no wasted filler, and in this form you
apply plant-food exactly when and where and
as needed.

These tablets increase production, heighten
color and improve quality immediately. They
are as fine for evergreens and other trees as for
all garden and potted plants.

Simply insert tablets in soil near plants, or
dissolve in water at the rate of four tablets to
the gallon and apply as liquid manure. Com-
plete directions with every package.

Order Stim-U-planT tablets with your seed
and plant order.

Price: Trial size, 15c; small size, 25c;
100 tablets, 75c; 1,000, $3.50.

Tobacco Dust-

A non-poisonous powder, in

UUg DCalU composition peculiar to itself,
inasmuch as it does not depend upon arsenic for its
killing power. It is safe and sure to use on potatoes,
tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, eggplants and general
garden truck. Can be used either dry or as a liquid.
This is one of the most popular insecticides in my
large list, and I can safely recommend it.

Prices : By mail, postpaid: Lb., 35c; 3 lbs., 76c;
6 lbs., $1.00; 12)4 lbs., $2.00. Not prepaid, by
express or freight, lb., 20c.; 3 lbs., 45c; 5 lbs.,
70c; 12)4 IBs., $1.50; 100-lb. kegs, $9.00. Can
be sent by parcel post.

Bordeaux Mixture (Powdered)

A very effective cure and preventive for many
fungus growths.

Prices: Lb., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.76; 10 lbs., $3.25.
Can be sent by parcel post.

_Powdered tobacco is a
standard insecticide,
often used in conjunction with Whale Oil Soap and
Bordeaux Mixture. The striped cucumber (squash
and melon) beetle and flea-beetle are repelled with
this insecticide. It is an effective and economical
remedy for many bugs, worms, lice and spiders
on cabbage, squash, cucumbers, melons, etc. Best
applied when the foliage is damp; it then sticks to
the leaves. Our Tobacco Dust is of extra-fine qual-
ity, very strong in nicotine content, and should not
be confused with the sweepings and refuse-dust
sold by some dealers.

Prices: By mail, postpaid : Lb., 20c; 2 lbs.,
35c; 5 lbs., 75c. Not prepaid, by express or
freight, 10 lbs., $1.00; 25 lbs., $1.76; 50 lbs., $2.50;
100 lbs., $4.00; 1,000 lbs. or more, at $3.50 per
100 lbs. Can be sent by parcel post.

Whale Oil Soap— i,~n,S%r0°“

pure whale oil, the killing values of which are
increased by the addition of tobacco extracts.

Prices: By mail, postpaid : Lb., 35c; 5 lbs.,
$1.25. Can be sent by parcel post. Special
prices on larger quantities.

Rlcjr-k- I pqf “dft” A highly concen-

t:1/ trated solution of

Nicotine-Sulphate. Valuable for the destruction
of aphis, thrips and other sucking insects. BLACK
LEAF 40 is largely used by the onion growers of
Southwest Texas for controlling thrips and aphis
on their Bermuda Onions. Full directions with
each can.

Prices: loz.,35c; J4 lb., $1.26; 2 lbs., $3.50;
10 lbs., $13.50. Cannot be mailed.

Ct|i(5oFi rtf' A hght .composite, fine powder , easily

UgailU L distributed by duster, bellows or in
water by spraying. Sure death to such vermin as potato
bugs, cabbage worms, lice, slugs, sowbugs, etc. It is
also strongly impregnated with fungicides.

Prices: By mail, postpaid: 1-lb. carton with
perforated top, 40c; 6 lbs., $1.25. Not prepaid,
10 lbs., $1.50; 25 lbs., $2.75; 50 lbs., $5.25; 100 lbs.,
$10.00. Slugshot Duster, )4 gal. size, 60c, postpaid.

Vprminp Kills certain species of Grubs,

’ llllllc Worms, Slugs, Maggots and Root
Lice working in the soil. A soil fertilizer and germicide
for all soil vermin, such as cut worms, eel worms, wire
worms and grub worms.

Prices: 34 pint, 35c; 34 pint, 55c; pint, 80c;
qt., $1.25; gal., $3.50. Cannot be mailed.

Dry Lime Sulphur— |°r

shade trees and bushes against San Jose and Oyster
Shell Scale; also for peach leaf curl and brown rot of
peaches. Has all the effectiveness of liquid Lime Sul-
phur, and is much easier to handle. One pound makes
from 3 34 to 5 gallons. Can be used for both dormant
and summer spraying. Ask me to send you special
booklet.

Prices: By mail, postpaid: Lb., 45c; 5 lbs.,

$1.76. Not prepaid, by express or freight, 10 lbs.,
$2.50; 25 lbs., $4.50; 50 lbs., $8.00. Can be sent by
parcel post.

Lime Sulphur Solution — Jombia-

nation of lime and sulphur in liquid form. Heavily
diluted with water, it produces excellent results as a
fungicide, and when reduced 1 to 8 or 9 is exceptionally
effective in eradicating San Jose and other scale insects.

Prices: 1 gal., $1.25; 5 gals., $4.50; in barrels,
holding approximately 60 gals., at 40c per gal.
Cannot be mailed.

A nLJnp It is a most effective remedy for green,

black and white fly (the aphis), thrips,
soft scale, mealy bug, red spider, etc. It is a concen-
trated liquid, mixing readily with water. For roses,
sweet peas, chrysanthemums and all greenhouse and
outdoor flowering plants you'll find this insecticide an
effective remedy.

Prices: pint, 35c; J4 pint, 55c; pint, 80c;

qt., $1.25; gal., $3.50. Cannot be mailed.

Barber Brand Insecticide —

This is the only spray emulsion which satisfactorily
killed the camphor scale in New Orleans. It has since
proved a wonderful destroyer of all scale insects. It is
particularly recommended for use against Citrus pests
and the San Jose Scale.

Prices: 1 gal., $1.50; 5 gals., $5.50; 34 bbl. or
1 bbl., at 50c per gal. Cannot be mailed.

Cutworm K iller— ^e°nu (dou b ebu£rdJ** r

seeds, so as to have it on hand, ready for use at the
right time. One pound is sufficient for 100 plants
when in hills and 100 lineal feet when in rows. It is a
coarse, fibrous preparation for strewing near the plants
to be protected. It has an enticing odor and the
worms prefer it to the plants.

Prices: 1-lb. can, 45c; 5-lb. can, $1.50, post-
paid. Can be sent by parcel post.

RAFFIA

For tying plants and vines, bunching veg-
etables and for grafting. It is largely used by
market gardeners and commercial truckers for
bunching vegetables and is unexcelled for this
purpose, for it does not cut or wound the most
delicate tissues, and, furthermore, does not break
or ravel when folded or knotted.

Prices (in braided plaits, about one
pound each), 1 lb., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.75, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at
30c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 20c
per lb.

WIZARD BRAND SHEEP MANURE

The best of all manures for Home Lawns and Gardens, House Plants, Window Boxes, Golf and Country Club Greens and Fairways, Shrubbery, Trees, Vines,
Fruits, Berries, Melons, all Vegetable Crops under glass or in the field. Effectively sterilized, weed seed killed. Supplies the humus bacterial action and plant food
that makes everything grow.

Nothing makes a home more attractive than a beautiful lawn and garden. Your success in making beautiful lawns depends upon the quality of the seed you sow
and the condition of your soil. If the soil is hard and dry the tiny grass seeds will not germinate. The tender roots . ,nnot penetrate nor find food in worn-out soils.
The first and most important step is the preparation of a mellow, finely pulverized seed bed — one rich in plant food and humus. For this purpose Wizard Sheep
Manure is unexcelled. It produces a thick, velvety green lawn of lasting beauty. It provides the soil with the natural plant food that feeds the millions of grass
plants that make a smooth, thick turf.

In making new lawns, pulverize the surface soil well and broadcast at the rate of 6 to 10 pounds per 100 square feet, raking well into the surface soil. Sow seed
and roll.

For renovating old lawns, use 6 pounds per 100 square feet and rake into the surface soil previous to sowing seed.

Prices, not prepaid, 2 lbs., 20c; 5 lbs., 40c; 10 lbs., 66c; 25 lbs., $1.00; 50 lbs., $1.75; 100 lbs., $3.25; 250 lbs., $7.25; 500 lbs., $13.75; 1,000 lbs., $26.00.
These prices are f.o.b. New Orleans.

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Seeds for the south CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans seeds for the south

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farm, home and

Auto Sprayer—

*)• A practical sprayer for the garden.

uumpicaaca enuugu air to Q1S-

charge entire contents, making a continuous
spray for ten minutes. The Auto-Pop
nozzle cannot clog. The tank is made of
galvanized steel or heavy sheet brass, as
ordered. Weight 10 pounds. Galvanized
steel reservoir, with Auto-Pop nozzle, com-
plete, $6.50; with brass reservoir and Auto-
Pop nozzle, $9.60. Extension rods, 2 ft.
lengths, 50c; 2-row attachments, $1.50.

Lowell Compressed Air

Snrnvpr (Illustration No, 1). The

4" J tank is made of heavy steel

or brass, holding 3 gallons. The discharge
pipe extends down through the tank to the
bottom of the solution. The pump islocated
on the outside of the tank and the valve does not come in con-
joirt with the insecticides used in spraying. A splendid all-
purpose sprayer. Shipping weight, 11 pounds.

Prices: Galvanized steel, $6.50; brass, $9.50.

Hudson Junior Sprayer— ™s3^rea

gressed air sprayer. It is designed especially for the farmer,
pardener, or anyone having a few fruit trees, ornamental
shrubs, rose bushes, or a vegetable garden which requires
spraying. It will do the work just as thoroughly as any larger
power outfit, as it has all ihe necessary features to producethe
best results. Tank is of heavy gauge galvanized
sheets or all brass as ordered. Side seams are riveted
and soldered. Pump is seamless brass tubing which
seals into the tank by a half turn of the handle, and is
easily removed for filling, cleaning, etc. It is equipped
w ith special spray hose built to withstand high pres-
sures, and has a Perfection automatic shut-off nozzle,
uy extension may be used with it if desired. Capacity
qtiout 2 y2 gallons. Shipping weight 8 pounds. Prices:
Galvanized tank $5.00; brass tank, $8.00.

Myers Perfection Knapsack

SnrflV Plirnn (Illustration No. 3).

opt a y i miip The tank js made of

either galvanized iron or copper, as ordered.
Capacity 5 gallons. It is shaped so that it can
be carried on the back, and snoulder straps are
provided for this purpose. Fitted with 5 ft. of
94-inch hose, stop cock, pipe extension and Bor-
deaux, or graduating Vermorel, spray nozzle
which can be graduated from a fine mist spray to a solid stream.
Prices: Galvanized tank, $12.50; copper tank, $18.00.

Rllpk’Pt' Dll tn r\ This pump is made entirely of

pucuei rump brass with the exception of the
foot rest and handle. The pump is well made throughout.
This is a double action pump. Discharges one-half tiie solu-
tion on both the up and down stroke, giving a continuous
spray. Light in weight, easy to carry, yet a strong and
powerful pump. Prices: $4.00 each. Shipping weight,
7 pounds. We advise an extension for spraying trees to
elevate spray. 8 foot galvanized extension, $1.25.

Hayes Wheelbarrow Sprayer — S^no?

ispenaablefor
wheelbarrow,
made.

5). A handy, portable, all-purpose sprayer. Indis
d garden use. Goes anywhere like a

Most powerful and easiest working hand pump rr
150-250 lbs. pressure with little effort. Tank, 12J4

-ply

stop cock, one Hayes
Price: $27.50. Shipping weight, 80 lbs.

Myers Improved Barrel Spray

FMlm n This is a thoroughly serviceable

x pump, well made and simple in con-

struction ; is recommended to the farmer
with an ordinary sized orchard. Cylinder,
valves, valve seats and discharge all brass.
Price: Complete (without barrel) with
one lead of 15-feet of 94-inch 5-ply dis-
charge hose, graduating Vermorel nozzle
and both jet and mechanical agitators,
$14.00. 5-ply hose, 25c per ft. Bordeaux
instead of Vermorel nozzle furnished with-
out extra charge when specified.

Lowell Business Compressed Y

Air* SnrffVPr A heavy strong, substantial

-rvl1 F1 aJ medium priced compressed

air sprayer for all general purposes. Will throw a

S or stream. Tank is galvanized steel. Brass . •
i. Capacity, 1 gallon. Shipping weight, 3
pounds. Price: $3.25 each.

Special Sprayer— &S&S Sf ^

designed for use in gardens, poultry houses, green-
houses, stables and fields. Handles oils, disinfectants,
polishes, bug poisons, etc. Can spray up as well as
down. Throws a very fine mist-like spray. Capacity,

1 qt. Price: 60c, postpaid.

Continuous Sprayer— C00nn

both the up and down stroke of the plunger and throws
a fine, misty spray. Will handle all solutions. All parts
readily accessible for cleaning should occasion require.
Capacity, 1 qt. Made in tin. Price: 90c, postpaid.

POWDER DUSTERS
American Beauty Dust Sprayer

(Illustration No. 2). It is the best dry powder

duster on the market for orchard, vineyard, garden
or field. Because of its bellows capacity it can be used
where no other knapsack sprayer could possibly reach.

It is a one man machine. It is small in size and cost; big
in action. Easily operated. Filled and brought into
action in less than five minutes; always dependable.
Simply fill the tank and go to work. It is built on cor-
rect principles. The American Beauty Dust Sprayer
gives thorough penetration and distribution. Have one
on hand ready for action. It means quick and sure
protection from tomato worm, potato beetle, aphis,
thrips and similar pests. It is rapid, economical and
efficient. In one day’s work it will more than repay
its cost. All in all, the American Beauty Dust
Sprayer is a thoroughly useful and valuable tool,
indispensable to the modern farmer and gardener.

Special literature containing full information about
this splendid machine mailed free upon applica-
tion. Shipping weight, 14 pounds. Price: $25.00.

Blow Powder Sprayer —

sprayer for poisons and disinfectants in
powder form. Valve arrangement is such
that no powder or dust can reach the
plunger leather. Price: $1.00, post-
paid.

Dickey Duster— l£°f°

want a small distributor for dry or pow-
dered insecticides and fungicides, we
suggest this one. Price: 50c, postpaid.

_For distribut-
ing Bug Death
and other powdered insecticides. By using this, you can
apply powders evenly and easily, with little or no waste,
and as this sifter is very simple, with nothing about it to

mil .-v » ■ «- f ah/Iah T 4 I At A m i a-Vi t rr rrArtd 1 QO ^ f A

“Acre- An-Hour” Sifter-

46. 5

wear out or get out of order. It is a mighty good idea'to
buy one. Price : 76c, postpaid.

SEEDERS OR SOWERS
Cahoon Seeder —^s?hf genuine caiZn

Seeder. Acknowledged to be superior to all other hand
sowers. Gives perfect satisfaction, and can be used for
sowing alfalfa and grains broadcast. Sows from 4 to 8
acres per hour. The bag and hopper holds about 22 quarts,
seed. Price: $5.60 F. O. B. New Orleans. Shipping
weight, 9 pounds.

Cyclone Seed Sower —

A machine of very simple construction.

Will sow any seed that can be sown
broadcast. It can be easily adjusted to
suit the seed being sown. Shipping
weight, 5 lbs. Price: $2.25, postpaid.

■VT^f-Ai Repair parts of all spray-

ers, seeders, etc, listed
above can be supplied. Write for
prices. All prices quoted are subject
to change without notice.

48

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

P^Vi S ^Prolific Seed Com

f The Best Seed. For The Souths 1
For General Farming Conditions

Davis’ Prolific Seed Corn No. 747 — 6 corn

Is the product of many years of selection and breeding, the object being the pro-
duction of a high-yielding corn suitable to the average soils of the South: one that
would produce two ears to the stalk where the soil’s fertility was sufficient to pro-
duce it. Davis’ Prolific Corn is the result of careful ana systematic corn seed
breeding and re-selecting over a period of many years. Throughout the entire
South, from South Carolina to Texas, thousands of farmers are producing bumper
crops from this splendid corn as attested by the flattering letters we receive year
after year from our customers. This corn was originally called the Davis’ Poor
Land Com because of its ability to make good yields on land that ordinarily
would not produce a fair crop of the usual Southern varieties. Davis’ Prolific
is a medium early variety; two or more ears to the stalk; a large deep grain and a
small cob. The ears are medium in size, filling close in the rows and well out at
the tip and butt. It is not a flinty grain, but is as sound as any flint variety.
It makes fine meal, and, of course, fine feed, the cob being so small that stock will
eat most of the cob. Many tests have shown that 70 pounds of ear corn will shell
out 60 to 62 pounds of grain. Ordinarily, good ear corn, 70 pounds to the bushel,
shells out 80 per cent, or 56 pounds of grain. Seventy pounds of ear corn of Davis’
Prolific will shell out about 86 per cent or about 60 pounds of grain. One reason
for the heavy yields of this variety is that Mr. Davis, the originator and grower
of the seed offered on this page, has practically eliminated barren stalks from this
corn, and another reason for its popularity is that it makes good yields not only on
comparative thin land but is just as well adapted to rich lands.

Reuter’s Improved Golden Dent Seed Corn

7f»0 The best high yielding yellow corn for the South — proved by

experiment station tests. The original stock of this com has
been improved 19 years for Southern planting. It is now the most popular Yel-
low Dent Corn with farmers in the Southwest, and will eventually be planted upon
thousands of acres throughout every part of the Cotton belt.

It is a medium early variety, usually maturing from 120 to 130 days from
planting. The ears are blocky and well shaped (note photographic reproductions
on bottom of page), usually 7 to 10 inches long and about the same in circumfer-
ence. It will mature considerably in advance of the ordinary southern varieties.
It makes a strong stalk, stands up well in stormy weather. The ears are surely
beautiful, 80 to 88 per cent grain and you will find that a large number of the
stalks will bear two ears. The legal standard calls for 80 per cent grain.

Reuter’s Improved Golden Dent Is a good yielder on uplands, and makes splen-
did crops of large ears on bottom lands. This com has been developed and tested
so many years side by side with other selected varieties, that there is no question
about its adaptability and dependability. It has been tested by Experiment
Stations of several states and it has led in yield and quality of ear and grain, so
often that it has become the most sought after Yellow Dent Corn in several

Davis’ Prolific Seed Corn is raised under normal field conditions, as
experience shows it gives larger yields than seed corn raised on selected rich spots
that have been heavily manured or fertilized. The seed selected for stock seed
comes from the thinnest lands for it is only on poor lands that an experienced and
practical seed corn breeder can study its characteristics and see its ability to pro-
duce good com under circumstances not most favorable. For 30 years Mr. Davis
has grown and bred Davis’ Prolific Seed Com. Today, it is unquestionably the
most perfect, most dependable prolific corn ever introduced in the South. We
do not know of any so-called prolific corn that can even compare with the results
that can be obtained from this pure seed that comes to us direct from the originator.
I am absolutely sincere in offering this variety to my trade as the best sort to
plant for general farming conditions in the South.

Prices: For Genuine Davis' Prolific Seed Corn procured direct from
Mr. Davis, the originator. Large pkt., 10c; lb., 26c; 2 lbs., 46c, postpaid.
Not prepaid, peck (14 lbs.), $1.25; bu. (66 lbs.), $4.60. For market prices,
write for current Red Ink Price List.

Southern States.

Yields 75 to 80 bushels to the acre easily. It is a high yielder on uplands
and produces magnificent results on bottom lands, as I have mentioned above.
It will produce abundant yields of fine heavy corn in Arkansas, Mississippi,
Louisiana. Alabama and Texas, as well as other Southern States.

Highest field yields in experiment station tests. One of our customers writes:
"This com is better than any other yellow com I ever planted. It makes a good
stalk and a good sized ear, and it is a fast grower. While I haven’t gathered my
crop yet, a careful estimate is that I'll gather 70 bushels an acre and it might run
over 75 bushels.” We have obtained our seed from the most responsible and
careful growers of seed corn in Texas. Our stock is an improved strain of Fergu-
son’s Yellow Dent or King's Golden, the corn is selected, nubbed and tipped,
shelled by hand, and carefully graded — the largest, plumpest kernels being used
entirely for our stock. Crop Improvement Associations and Experiment Stations
in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana recommend this type as the best standard
Yellow Dent Corn for the South. You can readily see that this is an unusual com.

We have fine new crop seed corn ready for use. Practically all seed of Golden
Dent Corn offered in the South is Northern Grown and is not acclimated, so
seldom makes good in the crop. Our stock is grown specially for our trade in the
best producing sections of Texas and will please you and make you a sure-crop
for early use. Our stock is hand shelled and graded. Our growers of this won-
derful yellow com select our seed corn from stalks in the field. As much atten-
tion is devoted to developing good stalk characteristics as to improve good ear
quality. Only good sound ears are taken from healthy stalks. Frankly we believe
that our particular stock of this well-known yellow variety is as good, if not better,
than anything ever offered to farmers in the South.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid,
peck (14 lbs.), $1.25; bu. (66 lbs.), $4.00. For market prices on larger quan-
tities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Important Notice Concerning
Davis’ Prolific Seed Corn

Every bushel of this famous seed com that I distrib-
ute in this, as in all previous years, comes to me direct
from Mr. Clarendon Davis, the originator of the variety.
I contract each year for as much of this seed as Mr. Davis
can supply me. You can. order this seed corn with a full
assurance that you will get uncontaminated seed and that
it is the true variety from the seed-breeding farm. I could
purchase great quantities of this variety from hundreds of
growers but while I realize many of them are good seed
corn growers and are thoroughly reputable men, I will not
take a chance and obtain my stock from any other than
the original source.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s SURECROPPER CORN

\ta nr/) Surecropper Corn is taking the place of Mexican June Corn and

IN O . / i Hickory King Corn, as it’s the quickest maturing corn ever planted
in the South. It has large white grains on a white cob. The ears are not quite
so large as some varieties, but Reuter’s Surecropper will make a good yield
when other corn will fail entirely. It is a sure-crop every time. It usually
makes roasting ears in about 60 days and matures in about 110 days. Shells
82 to 85 per cent grain. It is two weeks earlier than common, native corn. It is
early, like Northern corn, but has a great advantage in its drouth-resisting
qualities. It usually yields twice as much as Northern varieties. It is an 'early
corn” for spring planting or a “quick-maturing” corn for summer planting on
stubble lands or potato lands or where cotton has been killed out. Its many
good qualities have made it widely popular. It is thoroughly adapted to the
South and will do well in every cotton state. It has proved to be a wonderful
yielder in Texas and Oklahoma, also in central and northern Louisiana and on
up into northern Arkansas. Here is what some of our Southern farmer friends
have had to say about Reuter’s Surecropper Corn: “I planted Surecropper
Corn on May 20th after gathering a crop of potatoes and it made roasting ears
in less than 60 days. By planting Surecropper I have made two crops off
the same land this season.” “I planted Surecropper Corn on July 8th and
on August 24th I sold roasting ears from this field.” Sixty to eighty bushels
to the acre is an every-year occurrence. Many farmers have written us that
Surecropper Corn has filled their cribs when other varieties failed. If you want
to be sure of a reasonable crop in drv seasons and a bumper crop in favorable
seasons, do not fail to plant at least a third or a half of your acreage in Surecrop-
per Corn. We offer nothing but strictly high grade Surecropper Reed Corn,
stock procured from the most responsible growers, carefully hand-shelled and
graded You get nothing but good, vigorous, healthy grains. All stock butted
and tipped.

Those Who Plant It Say Corn were indeed gratifying. The

crop was a success," says Mr. J. Ellis Dupont, a good Louisiana planter.
“It is the best corn I ever planted. I think it is the best corn for the South.
I expect to plant all Surecropper next year ” is the verdict of Mr. T. A. Anding,
of Southwest Louisiana. Mr. B. W. Baggett, an Alabama customer, writes: “I
have been very successful in growing the Surecropper Com which I purchased
from you I planted about June 10 and by August 10 was using corn for the
table Have not yet harvested and cannot tell you the exact amount per acre
but am sure the land planted in Surecropper will yield more profit per acre than
the land by its side planted in other com. I can surely recommend Sure-
cropper Corn, for two crops can be grown in our country. I made two very
profitable crops this year on the same ground following potatoes, with Surecropper.”

Prices: Large Pkt. 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, fpostpaid. [Not prepaid,
peck (14 lbs.), $1.25; bu. (56 lbs.), $4.00. For market prices, write for
current Red Ink Price List.

Calhoun Red Cob No. 755 — known nonprolific variety of corn

in Louisiana and Mississippi. Its good qualities as to yield and shelling are well
known to practically every farmer. Cobs are usually deep red in color and the
kernels white and yellow. Matures in 130-150 days from planting.

Prices: Large Pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid,
peck (14 lbs.), $1.25; bu. (56 lbs.), $4.00. For market prices, write for
current Red Ink Price List.

XT/-w '7KA This is a white variety of field com
JtilCKOry JVing INO. /OO which has the largest grains with the
smallest cob of any corn in existence. The grains are so large and cob so ex-
tremely small that when ear is broken in two pieces, a single grain will cover
completely the cob section. Matures in 100-125 days, depending on weather con-
ditions. It husks and shells easily.

Prices: Large Pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid,
peck (14 lbs.), $1.26; bu. (56 lbs.), $4.00. For market prices, write for
current Red Ink Price List.

Mexican June (Genuine) No. 758 — varied,1 largely

planted late in the spring throughout the cotton belt, originally came from
Mexico. It is largely used for planting after oats and wheat. We do not
advise sowing before May 1st if grain is wanted and it can be planted as late
as August 15th with good results. The stalks are usually short, although early
planting makes stalks 12 to 15 feet high, leaves 4 to 6 feet long. The roots
run deep and spread, so that it is a splendid drouth resister. Ears 8 to 9
inches long, grains short to medium, cobs medium in size, and while usually
white, occasionally you’ll find a red cob and a few blue grains. This apparent
mixture of color is peculiar to many varieties of Mexican com. Mighty fine for
“roasting ears” for use right up to frost.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid,
peck (14 lbs.), $1.25; bu. (56 lbs.), $4.00. For market prices on larger
quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Voll fVckrkl ck XTr\ ,7EQ A Weevil -Proof Flint Corn that makes

I CllUW IjIcUlC) 1NU. / 3/ good in every cotton State. Weevils
don’t seem to take well to this variety, but all kinds of stock relish it immensely.
This is the hardest-grained corn you ever saw. It resists drouth better than most
varieties, and stands more wet weather than a duck. The husk is what I want
you to notice particularly when this crop is matured on your farm. It covers the
ear of corn so completely and tightly that it is impossible for any bird or weevil
to get in the corn. Yields 40 to 60 bushels to the acre, depending upon the soil
and conditions. Produces two good ears to the stalk, and sometimes three. I
would not recommend this com for an all purpose or whole crop corn, but for
something to last with no weevil damage from one year’s end to the other it has
no equal. This corn contains only 12% of moisture whereas Northern corn con-
tains as much as 18% at times.

Prices: Large pkt. 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck
114 lbs.), $1.25; bu. (56 lbs.), $4.50. For market prices on larger quantities,
write for current Red Ink Price List.

HAVE YOU LESPEDEZA ON YOUR FARM?

Lespedeza, a Japan clover, ha3 proven to be one of the most valuable hay
and pasture plants for the South, and is every day increasing rapidly where-
ever it has been tried. Being a legume it is also quite valuable for soil
improvement.

Lespedeza wlil grow on the waste places, poor hill sides and open woodlands.
On good land it will cut two tons of hay or carry a cow to the acre as pasture.
The most common and best method of seeding is to sow in oats or rye the
latter part of February; at the rate of one bu. to the acre.

A good stand of Lespedeza on good ground will cut 2 to 3 tons of the best
Southern Hay on the market being very easy to cure. When cut one morning
with good weather can be stored the next day.

Acid phospate to extent of 400 lbs. per acre has proven the best fertilizer
and nearly always pays in a large increase of hay.

Lespedeza makes the best legume pasture in the South and will carry a cow
and one-half per acre during the entire summer, when grown on good ground.
A great many farmers are improving their woods pasture by scattering 10-15
lbs. per acre and allowing it to catch; this method is slow but good results
can be secured the second year. In many cases the yield of oats and com
has been doubled by following Lespedeza. And many farmers believe that
the roots and stubble of Lespedeza is better than that of cow peas.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

REUTER’S Celebrated Giant Red Cob

C_ \T _ *7 A O Throughout the entire South there is no big-eared com that equals

f 1 T Tl 1^ f) J Reuter's Celebrated Giant Red Cob (illustrated to the left of this

^ page). It is unquestionably the finest large-eared Southern field

corn that you can possibly plant for a main crop. This is one of the grandest corns, being large grained, wonderfully
productive, high feeding and of exceptional milling value. For ensilage purposes it is absolutely unbeatable. Stalks
9 to 12 feet high, broad, strong and short-pointed, with ears S to 12 inches long, 16 to 22 rows, deep grain, pure white,
with red cob, averaging two large ears, and sometimes three, with foliage broad leaved and full; in fact, the finest large,
white red-cob corn we have ever seen growing in any corn section of this country.

On a five-acre field we had 600 bushels, and averaged 90 bushels to the acre of good sound corn on 200 acres
planted for seed purposes. One of my Mississippi customers produced 110 bushels to the acre, and another one of
my Louisiana friends claims to have 106 bushels to the acre on a ten-acre field. It is medium early, producing thor-
oughly matured corn in 100-120 days. If you want quality, big yield and corn of the highest germinating vitality,
try this superlative quality corn this spring by all means.

Mr. J. N. Tait, of Alabama, says: "I was very pleased with the Giant Red Cob Corn I planted last year. It
is by far the most satisfactory variety I’ve ever planted.”

OUR SEED — Strictly Southern Grown, highest vitality, will germinate 95 per cent or better, seed carefully
selected from best yielding stalks, butted and tipped to secure pure-bred, uniform seed only. You'll like this seed.
It’s the prettiest I’ve ever seen this year. Order early.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (14 lbs.), $1.25 ; bu. (56 lbs.),
$4.00. For market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

REUTER’S IOWA GROWN SEED CORN

A greak many of our customers prefer Northern-grown seed corn, as it matures very early, and is also good for
late planting. For early green feed or silage, nothing can excel these sorts for early planting. The varieties that
we offer have been carefully selected for our trade and are recommended to you with full assurance that you’ll be
pleased. These particular varieties are perfectly adapted to the South, for we have sold them for several years,
largely in the vicinity of New Orleans, and the results are always satisfactory. Our seed is grown expressly for us
in Iowa, the greatest corn state in the TJnion, the stock is carefully butted and tipped, put up in even weight two
bushel bags. After this stock arrives in New Orleans, every bushel goes through our big electrically operated seed
cleaner, so you can't help but get the finest corn you’ve ever seen. On account of unfavorable weather conditions
in Iowa, good, sound, thoroughly dried, hi-germinating seed corn is extremely scarce.

^iilvpr TVTitlA '\T/-\ 74Q Our Iowa-grown Silver Mine Seed Corn is far superior to the ordinary com-

olivci J.VJ.1I1C /Ii7 mercial stock offered by other seedsmen. Many large sugar planters in

Louisiana buy hundreds of bushels of this stock from us year after year, because of the quality of our seed, and it has
never failed to give good results. Our local market gardeners also plant this superfine variety for early roasting ears.
For early green feed and silage it is one of the best sorts for you to plant. Stalks medium in height, ranging from
7 to 10 feet, very leafy, broad blades and a lot of them. The type of this corn is very even and uniform; ears run from
9 to 12 inches long; 16 to 22 rows of pure white kernels solidly set on a medium small white cob; ears well filled out
at butt end and tip end. Matures in 100 days. For roasting ears, ready in 80 days.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (14 lbs.), $1.00; bu. (56 lbs.),
$3.50. For market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

rEomninti WEitn Poowl Mr* 75ft Produces large, uniform, well-filled ears, with large, pure

GllallipiUIl VVlllLc redll / OU white grains. A field sort and raised extensively for roast-

local gardeners.

: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (141bs.), $1.00; bu. (66 lbs.),
r market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

YELLOW OR GOLDEN DENT SORTS

Tor It 7 T oomind NTrt 751 The standard Northern yellow corn for general field purposes in the

Ldllj IvCilllllllg JDL South; largely planted for early green feed and ensilage. It grows to

medium height, from 2 to 12 feet. Very popular in the South especially in Louisiana, Mississippi and other states.
Our stock this season is surely fine. Germination 95 per cent or better.

Prices: Large Pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck (14 lbs.), 90c; bu. (66 lbs.),
$3.00. For market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Reid’s Yellow Dent

.One of the most
popular corns in the
United States, and fast becoming
well known in the South on account
of its early maturity. Grains very
deep, closely packed; butts and tips
almost entirely covered over. Ma-
tures in about 110 days.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb.,
25c; 2 lbs., 40c, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, peck (14 lbs.), 90c; bu. (56
lbs.), $3.00. For market prices on
larger quantities, write for cur-
rent Red Ink Price List.

Iowa Gold Mine No.

nC' 2 Earliest of all Northern

* yellows. Pure yellow, deep

grains, splendid yielder. This corn is
■well liked by many planters in the
South. It has helped to fill more
than one silo, and is largely planted
during the early spring for a quick
green feed crop. Has been tried all
over the South with nothing but
the best results.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb.,
25c; 2 lbs., 40c, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, peck (14 lbs.), 90c; bu. (56
lbs.), $3.00. For market prices on
larger quantities, write for cur-
rent Red Ink Price List.

Giant Red Cob

seeds for TK2 soutk CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans seeds for the south

Reuter's Selected Cotton Seed <

Georgia - Carolina Grown -Officially Inspected
and Passed as Free From Pink Boll Worrru

Wannamaker- Cleveland Big Boll Cotton No. 779—

are thorough and systematic. It is earlier than other strains. The percent of lint in our stock is its crowning point, being
from 3 to 6 percent higher than other strains of the same cotton. The bolls are large and thick; require 50 to 55 to make
a pound. Opens perfectly, five-locked, easy to pick. It makes a medium sized, erect stalk as broad as high, three to
four primary limbs. Foliage rather light for a big boll cotton. Storm resistant; free from anthracnose. The lint is of
good length, pulling 1 to 1 1-16 inch, strong and heavy in texture with an out-turn at gin of 40 percent. It is surely early
for a big boll sort; sets fruit closely and rapidly from bottom to top. Beats early frosts every time. It is hardy, roots
deeply and has proved a splendid drouth-resisting variety. Experiment Stations throughout the entire Cotton Belt recom-
mend Wannamaker-Cleveland Big Boll Cotton. Its unquestioned uniformity permits gathering up all the cotton early
and plowing under the stalks ana this should appeal to cotton farmers where boll weevil conditions must be considered.
It is a standard variety that can be planted with confidence.

Prices: By mail, postpaid: Lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 80c. Not prepaid, by express or freight, peck (7)4 lbs.), 85c;
bu. (30 lbs. Louisiana Legal Weight), $2.25; ""

write for current Bed Ink Price List.

J

V.

100 lbs., $7.00; 10 bu., or more, at $2.00 per bu. For market prices.

Hawkins’ Prolific Big Boll Cotton — (Origina-
tor’s Pure-Bred Seed Only) No. 780 — extra-proMc!

big boll cotton that has proved to be a mainstay in all cotton states. It gets
ahead of the boll weevil every time, and has proved to be a money maker for
many cotton planters in the South. This is one of the earliest, most -prolific,
easiest picked and of most superior lint, and finest staple; tall-growing, long tap-root
resisting drouth ; from two to four limbs near the surface branching two short limbs
together all the way up to the top, all literally covered with big, white bolls; light
foliage, large bolls, small seed, light gray or dark green, yielding 38 to 40 percent
lint, and sometimes even more. Opens well, growing much taller than other sorts,
giving every advantage over other varieties in yield per acre. On the short fruited
limbs of the Hawkins’ Cotton near the bottom and the middle of the stalks will be
found growing two bolls opposite each other on the same limb, and very often eight
to ten bolls can be covered with the span of the hand on the same limb. Some-
times called the Double-Jointed Cotton. Well adapted to all soils. With proper
fertilization and cultivation will produce as many as three bales to the acre. It nas
received the first prize at the Georgia State Fair. Every sack we sell comes direct
from Mr. Hawkins — you secure from us nothing but the originator’s pedigreed seed.

Prices: By mail, postpaid: Lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 80c; Not prepaid, by ex-
press or freight, peck (7)4 lbs.), $1.00 bu. (30 lbs.), $3.25; 100 lbs. $10.00;
10 bu., or more, $2.75 per bu. For market prices, write for current Red
Ink Price List.

Mitchell’s Re-Improved Early King No. 781 —

(Originator’s Pure-Bred Seed.) Every pound of this seed is obtained direct from
Mr. Mitchell, at Sugar Loaf Farm. This is the genuine, unmixed pedigreed type
that is so hard to get, because the demand always exceeds the supply. For twenty
years, Mr. Mitchell has carefully selected, proved and re-selected this variety,
and we are extremely fortunate in being able to offer you his perfected stock of
this wonderful, extra early variety. A small boll, short staple variety, very early
and very prolific; it beats the weevil to a frazzle. The cotton is the peer of any
cotton, for it blooms in 60 days, and is ready for picking in about 115 to 120 days.
It is the earliest, most prolific, most perfectly bred, and has the largest yield of lint
of any cotton on record in the Cotton Belt. Prices: By mail, postpaid: Lb.,
30c; 3 lbs., 80c. Not prepaid, by express or freight, peck (7 lbs.), 90c;
bu. (30 lbs.), $2.50: 100 lbs., $8.00; 10 bu., or more, at $2.25 per bu. For
market prices, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Simpkin’s Prolific (Ideal) No. 782— 4”ep“equi^

maturing variety that is well adapted to boll weevil sections. Resembles King very
much in growth and shape. It grows a strong hardy plant, limbs out close to the
ground, and fruits early and heavily. It should be planted in not less than

Delfos 6102 — Grown for Seed Exclusively for Reuter

5-foot rows and plants spaced 18 to 24 inches apart in boll weevil sections.
This character of planting gives the plant ample room, and with its scant foliage,
plenty of sunshine gets to all parts of the plant, which retards the activity of boll
weevil. This cotton has become well known throughout the entire South. An
extended description is hardly necessary. Prices: By mail, postpaid: Lb., 30c;
3 lbs., 80c. Not prepaid, by express or freight, peck (7 )4 lbs.), 90c; bu.
(30 lbs.), $2.25; 100 lbs., $7.00; 10 bu., or more, at $2.00 per bu. For mar-
ket prices, write for current Red Ink Price List.

■Rorilr A ccniint This is one of the earliest, extra pro-

Udllh ALtUUUl 1 ’B. /OO lific, boll weevil-resisting varieties for
you to plant this year. It opens earlier than other extra earlies, and it doesn’t
blow out or drop out as quickly. It’s a heavier bearer, and makes better and
longer lint. It roots deeply, resisting both drouth and storms. It branches well
and has light, open foliage, letting in the sun to all parts of the plant. It doesn't
have dense shade for the boll weevil to hide away in. It fruits from the ground to
the top. Contains 40 to 43 per cent lint. This cotton has been tried under all
kinds of soils and conditions from one end of the South to the other, in uplands,
and in bottoms, and has made good everywhere it has been planted. You can’t
find a hardier, more vigorous, more prolific cotton than Bank Account. Prices:
By mail, postpaid: Lb., 30c; 31bs., 80c. Not prepaid, by express or freight,
peck (7)4 lbs.), $1.00; bu. (30 lbs.), $2.25; 100 lbs., $7.00; 10 bu. or more,
$2.00 per bu. For market prices,, write for current Red Ink Price List.

IVfnnpv MolfPr No 784. An excellent ea-rly variety for boll

ivioney IViaKer FNU. / O'* weevil districts. A short staple, but
heavy yielder, 40 per cent lint. Money Maker is an early cotton, the growing type
of which is small, somewhat on the order of the King or Simpkins, and it matures
about one week later than these two varieties. It is a heavy yielder and gives
excellent “turn-out” oi lint. Prices: By mail, postpaid: Lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 80c.
Not prepaid, by express or freight, peck (7)4 lbs.), 90c; bu. (30 lbs.), $2.50;
100 lbs., $8.00; 10 bu., or more, $2.25 per bu. For market prices, write for
current Red Ink Price List.

TVkrtlo Prrklifir* Mn 785 (Wilt-Resistant) — This is surely a

1UU1C r 1 UJ.111A. /oo dependable variety. It does not grow so

tall, puts out three or four large limbs at the ground and limbing from there up,
limbs having very short joints and maturing one or two bolls to the joint. It has
a long tap root which endures it to stand the drouth better than most sorts.
Opens wide and is very easy to pick and will make an average yield from 41 to 42
per cent lint. 1,200 pounds of seed cotton will average a 500-lb. bale. Toole
Prolific, our pedigreed wilt-resistant strain, will mature a full crop in 100 to 110
days after planting. This sort will make from J4 up to 1 1-16 inch staple. The
results in Louisiana, as well as in Mississippi, are extremely gratifying, and
encourages us to expect a tremendous demand for our seed this year .Order early.
Prices: By mail, postpaid: Lb., 30c: 3 lbs., 80c. Not prepaid, by express
or freight, peck (7)4 lb3.), 90c; bu. (30 lbs.) , $2.50; 100 lbs., $8.00; 10 bu., or
more, at $2.25 per bu. For market prices, write for current Red Ink
Price List.

LONG STAPLE COTTON SEED— Improved 350 Express

VTrt '707 This i3 a remarkable variety that has made good in every cotton state in the South.

tNL). Z Oi it is one of the quickest maturing, heaviest yielding staple cottons I know of. It
has been the idea with a great many farmers of the South that it was impossible to get a staple
cotton that would mature early enough to make under boll weevil conditions. Express cotton has
already dispelled this belief from the minds of thousands of farmers, and never before have I seen a
variety of cotton meet with such general satisfaction. It resists boll weevils and disease and con-
tains 40 per cent lint. Prices: By mail, postpaid: Lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 80c. Not prepaid,
by express or freight, peck (7)4 lbs.), $1.00; bu. (30 lb3.), $3.00; 100 lbs., $9.00; 10 bu., or
more, at $2.75 per bu. For market prices, write for current Red Ink Price List.

A New Cotton — Delfos 6102 No. 788 bred at the Delta Branch ^Exper-

iment Station, Stoneville, Mississippi, from the well-known Foster. Before the Experiment Station
gave the seed of this cotton to planters, it had consistently been the best staple cotton in the variety
tests for several years. It is the most wonderful staple cotton ever developed to combat the boll-
weevil. Makes earlier than other varieties. A few acres of this remarkable sort near New Orleans
produced nearly 2 bales to the acre. Ordinarily it will make from 150 to 175 bales on 200 acres.
This staple varies from 1 ya inch to 1 ^ inch, depending upon the season and the amount of fer-
tilizer used. It is strong and silky and is greatly in demand by spinners. The turnout is very
high for a cotton of this staple, 1600 pounds of seed cotton making a 500-lb. bale, averaging 31
per cent, 73 bolls to the pound, which readily shows it is a big boll variety. The plant is very
dwarf with long fruiting limbs, very small leaves, extremely light foliage and very few vegetative
branches. It is one of the earliest and most rapidly maturing varieties known, opening anead of
many of the short staple varieties, whose earliness is their only virtue. The bolls are larger than
other varieties of staple cotton and open wide, making picking easy. Prices: By mail, post-
paid, lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 80c. Not prepaid, by express or freight, peck (7)4 lbs.), 90c; bu. .30
$2.60; 100 lbs., $8.00. For market prices, write for current Red Ink Price List.

paid,

lbs.),

52

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s Cane Seed for Syrup and Forage

rnltiirfi Plant on rich land during March, April or May, according to

UiUIlUie location, in rows 3H to 4 feet apart at the rate of 12 to 15
pounds of seed to the acre. Cultivate like corn and chop out like cotton, leaving
plants about 10 to 12 inches apart in the row. The best time to cut ior making
syrup is just before the seeds ripen, as the plants have more saccharine at that
state of growth. If, however, it is your intention to save the seed, let the plant ma-
ture and cut when entirely ripe. The seed heads should be cut and cured in the field.

Some farmers who plant for syrup, do not pull the fodder, but run the plant
and fodder through a cane crusher, thereby saving labor. This method of crush-
ng the cane may cause the syrup to be a little darker in color than if the fodder
is pulled. Seed should not be run through the crusher after they ripen.

N on-Saccharine - Sorghums— mlhe ' de^1

season. When common corn will fail entirely for want of rain, these plants
simply stop, wait for the rain, and then go and make a full crop. In weight of
grain they will make more per acre than the samfe land will make corn. In the
way of dry forage they give enormous returns, at a cost less than the cost of
gathering alone of fodder corn. Cultivated the same as corn. They will grow on
any land where corn will and on many lands too poor for corn.' As soon as
the seed begins to glaze, commence to cut and stack. It usually requires one
week of good hot sunshine to cure the hay. The main point is to cure the hay so
that it will not sour when stacked or stored away. The seeds may be threshed by
running the stalks through a threshing machine, from which all but one row of
*he concave teeth are removed.

Reuter’s Japanese Honey Cane Seed No. 898 —

If you want a syrup sorghum that yields high in syrup, you cannot do better than
plant this variety. Our true variety of this heavy-yielding syrup sorghum will
produce 25 to 30 tons of green fodder per acre. Some of our customers claim to
have made 500 gallons of syrup off one acre. The most striking feature about this
splendid cane is the exquisitely delicious flavor of the molasses, though the deli-
cate light color also has something to do with it.; matures in 120 to 125 days. It
sends up 2 to 4 stalks, which reach a height of 11 to 15 feet.

Considering the adaptability of this sweet sorghum to a wide range of soils,
which will not produce Louisiana Ribbon Cane with any profit at all, and in ad-
dition to this, a superiority of flavor which is putting molasses made from this cane
on the same basis with that from the Louisiana cane, we cannot help feeling that
the problem of a molasses cane has at last been solved for the farmers of the
South. Mr. H. L. Ellington, a good customei of ours
from Mississippi, wrote us claiming from 50 pounds of seed
to have produced 1,000 gallons of syrup which sold from
55c to 65c per gallon. When you order this variety of
us, you get seed that is dependable, thoroughly recleaned,
hand-picked from selected seed heads.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 4 5c; 5
lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over,
at 16c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 12c per lb.;

50-lb. lots or over, at 10c per lb. ; 100-lb. lots or over,
at 9c per lb. For market prices, write for current
Red Ink Price List.

SORGHUM AND CANE SEED
FOR FORAGE PURPOSES

Can be planted either alone or mixed with cowpeas. The
sorghum plant is a strong, rapid grower, and a greedy
feeder, so it succeeds best on a deep, rich moist soil, i ne
seed can be planted in drills 2 to 3 feet apart and the
crop cultivated, or may be sown broadcast. Use 10 to
15 pounds per acre in drills; 50 lbs. when broadcasted
for forage; if sown broadcast with peas, use about -5 lbs.
with 60 lbs. of peas. We obtain our stocks of sorghum
for forage and hay purposes from the most reliable sources.

Each lot is analyzed for purity and germination before sold

The leading and
most popular sac-
charine sorghum for early green feed or silage purposes.

It is the earliest sort and makes fine hay green or cured,
which is relished by all stock. Not good for syrup.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c; 5
lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at 8c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 7c per lb.;

50-lb. lots or over, at Gc per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over,
at 5c per lb. For market prices, write for current
Red Ink Price List.

Early Orange No. 899— KTMS

than the Early Amber, although not quite as early or
as popular. A splendid producer.

Prices: Large pkt., lCc; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c; 5
lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over,
at 8c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 7c per lb.; 50-lb.
lots or over, at 6c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 5c
per lb. For market prices, write for current Red
Ink Price List.

Red Top (Sumac) No. 902— £aTuy-

able variety, largely planted in Southwest Texas. Later,
larger growth and better drouth resister than either the
Orange or Amber. Not good for syrup.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c; 5 lbs.,

$1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 9c
per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 8c per lb.; 50-lb. lots or
over, at 7c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 6c per lb.

Broom Corn (Evergreen) No.

772 A fine crop for dry land farming where there is

• a market for the straw for brooms. It has

practically no feed value.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 26c; 2 lbs. 45c; 6
lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at 10c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 9c per lb.;

60-lb lots or over, at 8c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over,
at 7c per lb.

Early Amber No. 901-

White Kaffir Corn No. 891— KSfLIKI l’T,Aut.

upright growth. It has a strong stem with enormous wide leaves. The stalks
keep green and are brittle, making excellent fodder, either green or dried, which is
highly relished by cattle and horses. The heads, which are formed in the top of
the stalks, range in length from 6 to 15 inches. As early as these heads begin to
show development, the joints next below the top send out seed heads, so that
the crop yields an enormous amount of seed. Where the seed is the object it will
be well to cut out the first or top heads as soon as they are ripe, as this will
cause a better development of the second crop of heads. For the grain sow in
rows 3 feet apart, 10 pounds to the acre. For fodder, sow from one-half to
one bushel to the acre, either broadcast or in drills.

Prices: Large pkt. 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 8c per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over at 6c per
lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 6c per lb. For market prices write for cur-
rent Red Ink Price List.

Rpd Kaffir Nn This variety grows

rveu iVdliir UNO. oyz taller than the White,
the stalks are more slender but more juicy and very leafy.
The heads grow long and slender and measure from 12
to 18 inches in length. The seeds are red, smaller than
the White and rather hard and brittle. It does well on
poor land and yields much heavier, even on thin soil.

Prices: Large pkt. 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c,
6-lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at 8c per lb.; 50-lb, lots or over at 6c per lb.;
100-lb. lots or over, at 5c per lb. For market prices,
write for current Red Ink Price List.

Feterita No. 894, the Great

T7vrMif-Jv L't-an .Similar to Kaffir Corn in gen-

mil. UjJ eral habit, but grows a littletaller
and produces larger heads, standing erect. The stalks
bear ten to twelve leaves and the heads are well filled
with pure white or bluish white seeds. The grain is larger
than that of Milo and softer than Kaffir. It is about a
month ealier than Kaffir and yields considerably more.
Sow in rows like Kaffir Corn. It requires about 8 to 10
pounds to sow an acre.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 46c; 5
lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over
at 8c per lb. ; 50-lb. lots or over, at 6c per lb. ; 100-lb.
lots or over, at 5c per lb. For market prices write
for current Red Ink Price List.

Egyptian Wheat or Shallu No. 895

(Sometimes called Chicken Corn) — It is a variety of the
sorghum family, with large, loose, bushy heads covered
thickly with small grains. If left standing, the grains drop
off in a scattering maimer and the chickens gather it. For
this reason, some folks call it Chicken Corn. If grown on a
large scale, the large, well-filled heads can be cut at matu-
rity and fed to the poultry as desired. Contains 80 per cent
of the feeding value of our common corn as a stock food.
It is best to sow the seed rather thinly in rows about 3H>
to 4 feet apart, leaving three to four plants to every 4 feet
of row. If planted on a small scale, endeavor to sow
near enough to the chicken house, so chickens can range,
feeding on the seeds as they fall to the ground. If it is
used for fodder purposes, it may be cut about three times
a year, yielding in the three cuttings from 5 to 7 tons per
acre. Grows 6 to 8 feet high. Plant from January until
July, depending upon your locality. We recommend sow-
ing 10 pounds to the acre in rows 3H to 4 feet apart.
Sow broadcast at the rate of 25 lbs. to the acre.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c; 6 lbs.,
$1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at
16c per lb. For market prices on larger quantities,
write for current Red Ink Price List.

Genuine Dwarf Milo Maize No.

Grows only about 4 feet high and makes a
small stalk, as compared with the old type of
Milo Maize. The stalks are short, but large, and stand up
remarkably well. The heads are large; so are the seeds.
Earlier than the Kaffir Com and Standard Milo Maize.
The yield is from 60 to 100 bushels to the acre. It is
straight-necked variety, which is a valuable feature in
gathering, feeding and cutting the heads. It will stand
greater drouth than any other sorghum, and for that reason
is admirably adapted to dry farming. Should be planted
about the 1st of April until August 1st.

Prices: Large pkt. 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, 5 lbs.,
$1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb lots or over, at 8c
per lb.; 60-lbs. lots or over, at 6c per lb.; 100-lb. lots
or over, at 5c per lb. For market prices, write for
current Red Ink Price List.

896—

Reuter’s Japanese Honey Cane

53

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

A Crop of Alfalfa Grown from Reuter’s Peerless New Mexico Seed — Purity over 99%

WHY PLANT CLOVER?

All things considered, no class of plants
grown upon the farm are so beneficent in
the influence which they exert upon the land
as Clovers. They improve it by enriching
it; they improve it mechanically; and they aid plant growth by gathering and
storing food for other plants. All clovers have the power of drawing nitrogen
from the air and depositing it in the soil, thus leaving the land richer in nitro-
gen. They also add to the fertility of the surface soil by gathering plant food
in the subsoil below where many plants feed. They have the power to do this
because they are deep rooted ana are strong feeders. Clovers improve the soil
mechanically by rendering it more friable, making it possible for it to hold more
moisture and improving the drainage of its subsoil. The Clovers are most im-
portant crops, quite aside from their value as feeding, haying and pasture quali-
ties. To insure the greatest return from your clover sowings, you should plant
only the highest grade Clover Seed. You’ll find Reuter's Recleaned Clover
Seed the peer of any you can obtain and you’ll get only clean, plantable seed,
exactly wnat you buy and pay for — there will be no trash or weed seed to foul
your fields or reduce your crop returns.

Lespedeza or Japan Clover No. 733 doubt the best

clover to plant in the South during the spring months, and has proved itself to be
one of the greatest wealth producers of this section. It should be planted at the
rate of one bushel to the acre, during February and March, or even as late as
April, and into May. Sow it broadcast on growing grain, if you like. If sown on
sod the land should first be scarified with a disk harrow in order to give the seed
a good seed bed. It thrives on very poor soils and continually improves them, at
the same time yielding a highly profitable and nutritious forage. It will yield as
high as four tons to the acre and frequently more. Many of my best customers
sow Lespedeza in February in their fall planted oats. I advise you to send to
theU. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for a copy of Farmer’s
Bulletin No. 1143, which will give you much helpful inf ormation about Lespedeza.

Prices: Large Pkt. 15c; y2 lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 25c per lb. For market prices on
larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

WViitd PlrkVAt- Nn 73d. A small, hardy perennial spreading clover

ty uuc utuvct it makes splendid pasture but is too small

in growth for haying purpose. Mixed with lawn grass, it helps to establish a
quick, permanent turf, grows about 4 inches high, and is hardy under most con-
ditions. When sown alone, use 12 to 15 pounds per acre; with other grasses and
clover, half this amount is sufficient.

Prices: Pkt. (4 oz.), 30c; y2 lb., 50c; lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., $1.75, post-
paid. For market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink
Price List.

Rprl Plnvpr NTn 737 Southern farmers are fast realizing the great

JXCtl VjlUVCl 1 / O / value of this crop, for pasture for hay, as a
soiling crop and for fertilizing, but many have yet to learn the importance of
quality in clover seeds. I guarantee my Red Clover Seed 98 percent pure, or
over. I am selling an increasing quantity each year, and my customers report
most satisfactory results. This variety is largely planted in Louisiana, Mississippi,
Georgia and other Southern States, being admirably adapted to the hill parts of the
South, especially the valley lands of North Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and
States farther North. It makes two or more cuttings of hay each season, and
is fine for pasturage in a combination -with other clovers and grasses. Sow seed
during the falland spring, at the rate of 12 to 15 pounds to the acre. A bushel
weighs 60 pounds. Write for prices when ready to buy in quantity.

ALF ALFA — Peerless New Mexico No . 701 — (over 99% )

My Peerless New Mexico Alfalfa Seed has thoroughly demonstrated its superior-
ity in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Alabama and other portions of the South,
It is now the standard seed for themost practical planters in Louisiana, who have
found it thoroughly adapted and acclimated and reliable in every way. Before
the introduction of this variety into the South the planters had unusual trouble in
getting stands and maturing profitable crops, due to seed being of a type unsuited
to our soils and climate. Now, however, I am seldom able to supply' the demand.

Prices; Pkt. (4 oz.), 15c; y2 lb., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 26c per lb. For market prices on
larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Reuter’s Certified Hairy Peruvian Alfalfa

Nft 7ft2 This is truly a wonderful variety and I have known it to produce

‘ three tons more to the acre than ordinary alfalfa planted alongside

of it. It is of a long-season sort, especially adapted to the South and Southwest,
is a vigorous grower, will thrive at a temperature 10 degrees colder than common
alfalfa and will only winter-kill at 10 degrees Fahrenheit or less. At least five
pounds more seed to the acre should be sown than other varieties, for it is nec-
essary to have a thick stand to produce good hay. Plants grow taller, stems
larger, grayish-green leaves, and should be cut early. It is impossible to dis-
tinguish Hairy Peruvian seed from other varieties so care should be used in han-
dling and planting the seed.

Prices: Pkt. (4 oz.), 15c; y2 lb. 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c, postpaid. Not
prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 28c per lb.

Aleilro Vo 73A Also known as Swedish Clover. Grows

rviO-UAc GlUVcl IMJ. l DU from one to two feet high and is chiefly
for pasturage and soiling. It has no equal for growing on wet, marshy soils
where other clovers will not thrive. It is not suited to dry lands. Sow 10 to 12
pounds to the acre, in fall or spring.

Prices: Pkt. (4 oz.), 20c; y lb. 30c; lb., 50c; 2 lbs., 90c, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 38c per lb. For market prices on
larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

White Blossom Sweet Clover (Mellilotus Alba)

■jVJj-. 73 This variety resembles alfalfa in appearance, habits of growth, and

lAlU. 1 nutritive value. It is hardy, making a rank growth of stems,

leaves and roots, and is not a pest. It seeds itself, is adapted to a wide variety of
soils, withstands cold and heat well, and is liked by all stock, including poultry.
It should be cut when young. Sow in August, September or October for fall plant-
ing, and in February and March for spring, at a rate of 15 to 20 pounds of our
re-cleaned hulled seed to the acre.

Prices: Pkt. (4 oz.), 15c; y lb., 20c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 20c per lb. For market prices on
larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover(MellilotusIndica)

73J5 This is a variety of Sweet Clover, sometimes called Sour Clover,

growing from 15 to 20 inches high, which is being used by many for
quick results. It comes earlier, makes a full crop the first season. You can sow
the seed in the fall or early spring.

Prices; Pkt. (4 oz.), 25c; y2 lb., 40c; lb., 75c; 2 lbs., $1.40, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 45c per lb. For market prices on larger
quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Prices: Pkt. (4 oz.), 15c; y lb., 20c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 65c, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 12c per lb. For market prices on
larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

PEANUTS— CHEAPEST PORK PRODUCER

Reuter’s Improved Spanish Peanuts

Ppcitllitc XTn This variety should be planted for

opailisri reailULb i\U. OOO forage and feeding purposes. Un-
der most favorable conditions it will mature in ninety days. It is a small-podded
variety very productive, stems upright , foliage abundant and heavy : pods clustered
about base of plant, usually two seeds in a pod, entirely filling pod; color of peas
light brown ; pods adhere well to plant in digging. This variety, properly handled,
will yield 60 bushels of peas and a ton of hay to the acre. This variety is also
used exclusively for oil mill purposes.

Prices: Lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 75c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over,
at 15c per lb. ; 25-lb. lots or over, at 14c per lb. ; 50-lb. lots or over, at 13c
per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 12c per lb. For market prices, write for
current Red Ink Price List.

Tennessee Red Peanuts No. 866— any^Th^^?6!

peanut tvell adapted to the South and yet larger in size, with a greater number of
nuts or kernels than in most sorts planted in the South. A most productive and
desirable variety. Pods are large, close and well filled, containing 3 to 4 nuts or
kernels with red skins in each pod. Of very mild, sweet, enjoyable flavor. A
splendid commercial variety, for the attractive appearance makes storekeepers or
anyone wanting them for ordinary commercial purposes, buy them on sight. We
offer recleaned seed of the very best quality.

Prices: Lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 75c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb., lots or
over, at 18c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over at 17c per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at
16c per lb. 100 lb. lots or over, at 15c per lb. For market prices write
for current Red Ink Price List.

North Carolina Running Peanut No. 867 —

There is a good demand for the running variety of peanuts. It is a sure cropper
and can always be depended upon to produce a large yield. Nuts a little larger
than the Spanish. Recleaned seed.

Prices: Lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 75c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or
over, at 13c per lb., 25-lb. lots or over, at 12c per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over,
at 11c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 10c per lb. For market prices, write
for current Red Ink Price List.

TTPT AND RTCF Nn SSI You can erow rice iust as easily on

^ U rVAUjIh 1>U. OOl uplands as on the flooded lowlands.
Any ground having a reasonable amount of moisture will produce a good crop.
Prepare the land and cultivate as for corn, except the rows are only 22 inches
apart, so that one furrow in each middle, with an 18-inch sweep, usually suffices
for a working, and the hills just far enough so it can be hoed. Plant as early
in April as you can. Drop 16 to 20 seed in each hill and leave all that come up.
Cultivate for moisture and to keep down grass and weeds until the rice begins
to head. It usually ripens last of August or early in September. The color
tells when it is ripe. Requires about three bushels of 44 pounds, or 132 pounds,
to sow an acre.

Prices : Large pkt., 10c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 50c; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Not
prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 15c per lb. ; 25-lb. lots or over, at 14c per lb.,
50-lb. lots or over, at 13c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 12c per lb. For
market prices, write for current Red Ink Price List.

BUCKWHEAT- _A^ very desirable and profitable crop for spring sowing, particularly for farms that include bees and poultry. Sow one bushel to

Japanese Buckwheat No. 728

_This variety is regarded as the heaviest producer and is earlier than common sorts. The grains are large and
the plants are of branching character and the stiff straw stands up well.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 10c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 8c per lb.;
50-lb. lots or over, at 7c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 6c per lb. For market prices, write for current Red Ink Price List.

GIANT BEGGAR WEED No. 718-

derful soil restorer, far more valuable as a fertilizer than either peas or clover, and
in many sections of the South, superior to either for forage. It is an annual, making
its growth late in the season. It is erect, reaching a height of 5 to 7 feet on good
soils and is used for hay, silage and grazing. It is easily killed by a single cultiva-
tion in late summer and soon disappears from fields which are not plowed. Sow
about 10 pounds broadcast on land in the same manner you would oats and plow
under in like manner. June is the best planting month.

Prices: Large pkt., 25c; lb., $1.00; 2 lbs., $1.75; 5 lbs. ,$4.00, postpaid.
Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 75c per lb.

SUNFLOWER — Mammoth Russian No. 912 —

This variety produces an enormous head measuringfrom 12 to 20 inches in diameter.
On light, well-drained well-tilled, fertile soils it yields 30 to 50 bushels per acre and
frequently more. Plant and cultivate as you would corn, though it may be planted
much earlier as the seed is not injured by slight freezing of the ground. Plant in
any waste space during the early spring up to middle of July, sowing at the rate of
8 to 10 pounds to the acre.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Not
prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 15c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 13c per
lb. ; 50-lb. lots or over, at 11c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 10c per lb. For
market prices, write for current Red Ink Price List.

DWARF ESSEX RAPE No. 876—

full value, and to which we would do well to give more attention, not only as a feed
for hogs, but as a source of green feed for all live stock, including chickens, and the
family as well. It will astonish anyone who has never planted it to see how much
grazing an acre of this plant will give. Rape makes a very acceptable dish of
“greens” and can be grown as a substitute for “turnip greens.” It belongs to the
same family as turnip and cabbage. The plants grow to a height of 1)4 to 4 feet,
depending on conditions of soil and climate. In shape and color of leaf it resembles
the rutabaga. Rape makes no bulbous roots. The leaves grow very rank and
succulent, and being sweet and tender, they are quite palatable. Fall seeding is
best, but early spring sowing is successful. The crop is not injured by ordinary
winters in the South. The earlier seedings nearly always give the largest yields, as
growth is checked when very warm weather occurs. Can be planted in rows like
turnips, four pounds per acre, or broadcasted 8 to 10 pounds to the acre. The best
depth to sow the seed is about one-half inch. Ready for grazing in 8 to 10 weeks.
Yields of 30 tons per acre, green weight, are not rare. Ten to 15 tons is a good yield,
and smaller returns are profitable. An acre of good Rape will easily supply pasture
for 20 hogs for two months. Sow some Rape as soon as the land can be prepared.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Not
prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 15c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 14c per lb.,
50-lb. lots or over, at 13c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 12c per lb. For
market prices write for current Red Ink Price List.

Dwarf Essex Rape

55

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Plant MILLETS for QUICK “CATCH” CROP

Rit-H CoaH 0ur Bir(J Seed stocks are carefully purchased, thor-

JtYCLlLvM o OCICCICU XJ1IU oCCU oughly recleaned, and prepared for a most critical
trade You do not get job lots, screenings or trash such as is frequently offered. If you value your birds,
•give them good, clean seed.

Canary Seed (Plain) — Lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 15c
per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at 14c per lb.

Canary Seed (Mixed) — Lb., 20c; 2 lbs., 35c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at
15c per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at 12c per lb.

Hemp Seed — Lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not'prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 12c per lb.;
50-lb. lots or over, at 10c per lb.

Bird Millet — Lb., 20c; 2 lbs., 35c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 8c per lb.;
50-lb. lots or over, at 5c per lb.

Sunflower Seed— Lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 12c per
lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at 10c per lb.

Tennessee Golden Millet No. 853 —

(Illustrated) — Before the big war this variety was known as
German Millet. We like the present name much better. It, is
an important large yielding and most nutritious hay crop,
quick-g-owing and easily cured. It ought to be seeded tfiickly—
not less than one bushel to the acre — and the crop should be
cut while in bloom before the seed hardens i n the head. If
the seed is allowed to form, the stalks get hard and do not
make nearly as good quality hay, and at the same time it is
more exhaustive to the soil. It can be sown any time from the
middle of April until the end of July, although some farmers
sow earlier, while others continue planting during August.

It’s a quick crop, matures in six to eight weeks after seeding.

Don't sow too early as it does not grow off well until the soil
and weather get warm.

Lots of our farmers are sowing Golden Millet with Cow-
peas for a hay crop. When planted in this way, it should be
some quick-maturing variety of cowpeas, such as the Whip-
poorwill or New Era, and should be sown at the rate of three-
quarters of a bushel of Millet and one bushel of Cowpeas to the
acre. It is necessary, when these crops are sown together, to
cut the crop at the time that the Millet is ready to cut for hay
regardless of the maturity of the Cowpeas. Sown together in
this way, they make a much larger yield than either crop alone,
and cure up and make splendid, nutritious hay.

Our Tennessee Grown Recleaned Golden Millet Seed is
worth fully 50c per bushel more than the ordinary Western
stock offered by seedsmen in the South. It will stand more
drouth andproduce bigger crops. Very little of the Millet seed
sold in the South today is true-to-name stock. It’s better to be
safe than sorry — order from Reuter this year, without fail.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c; 5 lbs..

$1.00. postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 12c
per lb.; 26-lb. lots or over, at 10c per lb.; 50-lb. lots or
over, at 8c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 7c per lb. For
market prices, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Manitoba Hog Millet No. 854 — gomv!

to 6 feet tall. Produces large heads and larger seed than any
other Millet. Seeds are large and contain a high percentage
of oil. The seeds have a higher feeding value per pound than
our common corn. This plant always produces a heavy head
of seed. The seeds furnish the best of all foods for all poultry
It has produced as high as 75 bushels of seed per acre. One great feature of this
Millet is that the seed ripens before the straw, so that it may be cut and bound
as wheat or oats, threshed, and a nice green crop of hay put up: while the seed may
be housed and be fed separately as grain. This plant is an annual, and like other
Millets, must be planted each season. By beginning to sow with early corn plant-
ing and keep up sowing first of every month up to September 1st, we can have
fine green foliage for our stock all summer.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb. , 25c; 2 lbs. , 45c; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. Not
prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 8c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or over, at 7c per lb.;
60-lb. lots or over, at 6c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or over, at 5c per lb. For
market prices, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Pearl or Cat-Tail Millet Heads

Pearl, or Cat-Tail Millet No. 855 —

(Pencillaria) — One of the best and most nutritious of con-
tinuous cutting green forage plants. Needs no introduction
to our friends who have purchased our seed for the past ten
years without a single failure. Produces as much as 100 tons
of green forage per acre. It will grow 10 to 12 feet high, but
cutting can be commenced when it has attained the height of
3 to 4 feet, when it will stool out enormously, and make rapid
growth; can be cut in this way three or four times in a season.
It is largely used by dairymen and others who have cattle for
furnishing them with green feed through the summer, as if a
sufficient quantity is sown, it can be cut as desired, "urnishing
a daily supply of green feed until killed by freezing. It can be
fed either green or cured as dry forage, making a most nutriti-
ous feed, which is relished by all kinds of stock. Sow thinly
in rows 3 feet apart at the rate of 8 to 10 pounds to the acre.
It is a tropical plant and requires warm soil and warm weather
to germinate well and grow off to best advantage.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 55c, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 20c per lb.
For market prices on larger quantities, write for current
Red Ink Price List.

Chufas, or Earth Almonds No. 815 —

The chufa is a species of ground nut, sometimes called the
earth almond. Chufas are very prolific and when properly
planted and cultivated the ground is thoroughly permeated
with the nutritious nuts. These make excellent feed for hogs.
This feed remains in the ground without rotting throughout
the winter. This is a great advantage, as then the hog can
gather his own feed. Thus, from September to April, you nave
a granary for your hogs in the ground.

Rows for chufas should be as narrow as can conveniently
be cultivated, about 2Jg or 3 feet. The distance in the drill
should be 8 to 10 inchesT The seed should be covered lightly
in well-broken and harrowed land. The amount of fertilizer
that should be used is determined by the nature and condi-
tion of the soil. For average land, 200 pounds to the acre is
sufficient. A bushel of chufa seed will easily plant 2 V2 acres.
Chufas do not require much cultivation and are easily culti-
vated, as the above-ground part of the plant stands upright.
Chufas are extremely

scarce and high. Our lim-
ited stock is exceptionallj

fine. Prices: Lb., 35c; 2
lbs., 60c, postpaid. Not
prepaid peck (11 lbs.),
$1.75; bu. (44 lbs.), $6.00
For market prices, write
for current Red Ink
Price List.

Jerusalem, or Ground Arti-
chokes No. 816—

does not have some Jerusalem Artichokes to feec
is neglecting one of the most important hog-fooc
crops. It fattens hogs quickly, and it is said bj
many hog raisers that hogsfed on Jerusalem Arti-
chokes have never been known to have cholera
Only a small quantity of seed is required to plant
an acre. Three to four bushels per acre are suffi-
cient. The tubers should be cut into small pieces,
and not more than two of these should be put in a

hill. The hills may be from 2 to 4 feet apart. Five hundred bushels have been yielded off an acre, and,
sometimes considerably more. Milk cows do well when fed on the roots and stalks. The crop is not a
bit hard to eradicate. Plant during March and April during the spring and your stock will improve
In health.

Prices: Lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 75c, postpaid. Not prepaid, peck ( 12 lbs.), $1.25 ; bu. (50 lbs.)

$4.00; bbl. (about 150 lbs.), $10.00.

Jerusalem, or Ground Artichoke

Tennessee Grown Golden Millet

Write for Special Prices on all Field Seeds— %^ToP^liu's

impossible to make close prices on Field Seed, including Cowpeas, Velvet Beans, Soy Beans, Sorghums,
Millets Seed Corn, Cotton Seed. Seed Potatoes, Peanuts, Grass Seeds, etc. When ready to buy , write
us for” our Current Red Ink Price List It gives our very l owest market prices on thoroughly re-
cleaned Field Seeds in quantity lots. A copy will be mailed to you free. Drop us a post card today.

56

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

GOOD GRASSES FOR FARMS AND LAWNS

Sudan Grass No. 825

_Sudan Grass is grown for hay and is strictly annual. It grows to a
height of 3 to 5 feet when sown broadcast for hay and 5 to 8 feet in
cultivated rows. Broadcast sowings are generally preferred for hay and the cultivated rows for seed purposes.
The best time to cut Sudan Grass for hay is when it is in full head, but the grass can be harvested somewhat
earlier or later than this with no material loss in feeding value. Sudan Grass is a good soiling crop but is of
minor value for silage. The hay is equal in feeding value to that of timothy, millet, or Johnson Grass. Feed-
ing experiments have shown Sudan Grass to be an excellent roughage for work animals and stock cattle and
only slightly less valuable than alfalfa for milk cows. For a hay crop, sow 15 to 20 pounds per acre. For
growing a seed crop, plant thinly in rows 18 inches apart, using 5 to 6 pounds of seed per acre. When
seeding in rows, an ordinary grain drill will fill all requirements. Write to the Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C., for Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1126; it contains valuable information about this important hay crop.

Prices: Package (4 oz.), 10c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 55c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over
at 12c per lb. ; 50-lb. lots or over, at 10c per lb. ; 100-lb. lots or over, at 9c per lb. For market prices
on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

par1 Tnn nr TTorH’^ (Iro CO Nn 833- a widely known hay and pasture grass. Succeeds

•I'.oU. 1 UjJ U1 IlclU a Vjrltiaa iMJ. OOO on most kinds of soils, but does best on heavy or
low, moist, stiff soils. By repeated mowing, this grass holds well during the summer, but its chief value is for
winter pastures. Will stand wet weather admirably, growing well after being covered with an overflow of water
for two or three weeks at a time. It is used largely for hay. For lawn and pasture mixtures it is invaluable

Prices: Lb., 75c; 2 lbs., $1.40, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 45c per lb. For
market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

\T D1 . , n /"’foeo Mn QTA A splendid lawn and pasture grass, succeeding best

UC.K.y mue vxl <!.!>& OJO on limestone land, but does well on stiff clay and

medium soils. Forms a compact sod and stands tramping exceptionally well. In most sections of the central
South it is largely sown for lawn purposes also, as it remains almost dormant during the hot weather, and

improves after the first year on suitable soil until you have a beautiful stand. Its principal value in pasture

seeding is for mixing with Lespedeza, Bermuda, Carpet Grass, and other summer growing grasses, clovers, etc.
Sow about 40 pounds to the acre, preferably during the early fall or spring.

Prices: Lb., 75c; 2 lbs., $1.40, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 50c per lb. For
market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

ClmViarA TCn 83K A £°°d hay and pasture grass. A coarse growmg, bunch grass,

WILIlalU VjT<Xo» mu. ooo furnishing good grazing in early spring and late fall. Throughout
Florida and in parts of other Southern States, Orchard Grass is extensively sown during the early fall and
spring for lawn purposes. Sow about 40 pounds to the acre of our extra fine, re-cleaned seed.

Prices: Lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 30c per lb. For
market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

ToEticnn cc Mn 897 While considered a pest in many parts of the South, it is now

JUIUlSUIl VJI mu. O^/ recognized as one of the most valuable hay and forage plants.

Contains more nutriment than timothy. In places where its growth can be controlled and kept from
spreading into cultivated fields, there is no other grass that makes such enormous yields of hay. Plant as

soon as frost disappears, through June, at the rate of 40 to 50 pounds to the acre. It should be cut or

mowed just when seed heads begin to form, and it furnishes 3 to 4 cuttings per season. Withstands drouth;
yields heavy crops year after year without reseeding.

Prices: Lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 20c per lb. For
market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Carpet Grass

RortYin/lo r'fdcc MVk 89Q Bermuda Grass is unquestionably

Dermuud mu. 04 7 the best summer pasture grass

known in the South. It occupies the same relative position in this section that
Blue Grass does in the North. It should be made the basis for pasture mixtures
on all soils except the very light sands. It is permanent in its existence on
fertile soils, endures long periods of drouth without much injury, is benefitted
rather than injured by the grazing and trampling of stock, and furnishes as
nutritious a feed as most other grasses. No other plant has been found that is
more suitable for gullied hillsides, to prevent washing and to cover up the scars
of erosion. It flourishes in sunshine, but will not endure much shade. For this
reason, it should not be used in woodland pasture. The seed is best sown on a
well prepared seed bed in March or April. 8 to 10 pounds of seed to the acre is
sufficient, as the seed is very small, and besides the grass spreads rapidly over the
ground by means of its aggressive root-stocks. A most valuable grass for South-
ern golf courses and summer lawns.

Prices: Package (4 oz.), 30c; lb., 80c 2 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb. For market prices on larger quan-
tities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

/■'<_ f_n£,0 XTrk 89ft This is the most important grass for per-

v-uarptJL VjIaSS FNU. Oju manent pasture in the South. Its creep-
ing habit of growth enables it to bear close grazing without injury. It is strictly
a pasture grass, seldom growing large enough to be worth cutting for hay. It
will stand close grazing and heavy trampling better than any other grass in the Gulf
region. Carpet Grass pastures are readily established by seeding at any time from
early spring to late summer on well-firmed seed bed, when moisture conditions are

favorable. The carrying capacity of good carpet grass pasture is one cow to the
acre for the five best months and one cow to two acres for three to five months
longer. Lespedeza, white clover, vetch are desirable in mixture with Carpet Grass.
Italian rye may be used as a winter mixture. To secure a full stand of the grass
promptly, seed should be sown at the rate of 10 pounds per acre. If you desire
additional information about Carpet Grass, write to the Department of Agriculture
for Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1130

Prices: Package (4 oz.), 30c ; lb. , 80c ; 2 lbs., $1.50, postpaid. Not pre-
paid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 60c per lb. For market prices on larger quan-
tities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Fndlicti Pvn XJrk 831 .Very valuable variety for permanent pas-

LV.yc i^lU. Oul ture also for lawn purposes. It makes a
very heavy leaf growth for pasture or hay. Withstands drouth to a remarkable
degree. Used extensively throughout our section for lawns. Use it in Bermuda
sod to keep the lawn green during the fall, winter and early spring, when the
Bermuda is dormant. Sow from September until March.

Prices: Lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over,
at 20c per lb. For market prices on larger quantities, write for current
Red Ink Price List.

Tf'tllicin NTr» Q39 Recommended principally for fall planting,

XL<lll£lll XV^e 1>IU. Oo* but can also be sown early in the spring.
A very quick growing grass.

Prices: Lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over,
at 20c per lb. For market prices on large! quantities, write for current
Red Ink Price List.

SUGGESTIONS

FOR

SOUTHERN

LAWNS

Bermuda and Carpet
Grass are recommended
for spring sowings, for late
spring and summer lawns,
sowing at the rate of 30
pounds of Bermuda and
15 to 20 pounds of Carpet
Grass to the acre. For
Winter Lawns, English or
Italian Rye Grass are re-
commended, sowing at the
rate of one pound to 150
square feet or 300 pounds
to the acre.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

VELVET BEANS— Wonder Crop

Osceola Velvet Beans

Forty or more years ago the Velvet Bean was a common porch vine in
Florida. First one farmer, and then another, observed that cattle sought it for
feed and planted it as a forage crop. From that unheralded beginning it has
developed into one of the great soil-building and forage crops of the South. As
a restorative crop for exhausted soils, Velvet Beans are superior to Cowpeas, Soy
Beans or Peanuts, for they not only make a greater tonnage of vegetable matter
but on account of their habits of growth, they also leave a heavier percentage of
this vegetable matter on the ground to decay and form humus.

Extra Early Speckle Velvet Beans No. 713 —

An extra early Velvet Bean that is largely planted throughout the South, and ex-
tremely popular. It is one of the quickest-growing and earliest maturing of the
Velvet Beans and is well adapted for growing in districts further North than
Velvet Beans ordinarily have been grown. You can plant these beans during
May and June, and they will mature in time for fall planting, a quick September
grazer, or for turning under to take advantage of its wonderful soil-improving
features. It is one of the most prolific of all sorts, and a dependable variety for
you to plant. There is nothing that equals our seed of this variety, being abso-
lutely new-crop (not carried-over, poor germinating seed) seed of high germination.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c, postpaid.

For market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink
Price List.

Osceola Velvet Beans No. 712^^^^^,*

come very popular throughout the Southern States, and we predict that it will very
shortly become the most largely planted of all varieties. It has been pronounced
as the greatest of all Velvet Beans by most practical farmers. A hybrid of the
100-day or Early Speckle and the Yokohama. It is larger than the Early Speckle,
more productive and earlier. Produces as much foliage, but is free of the itching
fuzz that makes other Velvet Beans so disagreeable to pick. Costs less to pick
and can be picked much easier. Commences to get ripe about September 1st,
and largely ripens before the 15th. The leaves shed about October 1st, and this
makes the bean pod and corn gathering easy. Blooms mostly purple. The beans
are speckled like the 100-day, but twice the size, producing a pod as large as the
"Chinese.” Pods are 5 inches long, carrying usually six big beans. The bunches
often carry as many as 25 pods, and are often double-jointed, in many cases having
two bunches to the joint. It is the best variety for fertilizer, crushing, or grind-
ing. It is the best yielder of seed of any variety.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c, postpaid.

For market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink
Price List.

REUTER’S RECLEANED COWPEAS

Brabham Pea No. 807-

_For hay, for shelled peas, for large yield, for disease resistance, for the best all-
Tound field or cowpea— plant the Brabham. It is early, prolific, vigorous, fast
growing, heavy bearing; will make 30 bushels of peas to the acre. They will stand in the field during bad weather,
with practically no damage. The seed is small and hard, weevil resistant. The vines do not shed their leaves like many
others do when out late for hay. It is wilt-proof. Where other peas wilt and die, it will make a big, profitable crop
of hay or seed. Grows well on all soils. One of the best varieties to plant in corn.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 26c; 2 lbs., 40c, postpaid. For market prices on larger quantities, write
for current Red Ink Price List.

of the South

IrA„ XT«, .Has all the good qualities of the Brabham

irUIl UdJVVpetl FNO. OKO except that it is not quite as early. It is
a wilt-proof sort also. It is a valuable variety under all conditions, being vigorous,
prolific, quite erect. The seed is hard and retains its vitality better than that of
most varieties.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c, postpaid. For market
prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

The Clay No. 796 It is the most popular pea in the South.

Whippoorwill No. 797 A favorite early bunch-growing variety.

Sugar Crowder Peas No. 801— ?XIni?nledsnossupPo?td

Very prolific. Earliest of all the vining varieties. It is a splendid pea for table
and'has this big advantage over many of the other varieties.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c, postpaid. For market
prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Large Black-Eye No.

good for table use. Matures in six to eight weeks. Excellent for forage.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 60c, postpaid. For market
prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Reuter’s Mung Beans

MUNG BEANS No. 710-SSfflSir.J^S‘^lS

It is upright in growth, strong and vigorous, free from disease of any sort,
makes excellent hay, retaining its leaves after being cut to a remarkable
degree. The beans are excellent for table use, the flavor being quite distinct
of the cowpeas. The beans mature in 90 to 100 days. Can be planted any
time you would plant cowpeas. A splendid soil builder. Five pounds of
seed will plant an acre with a drill in 3J4 foot rows. It does well broad-
casted also. Plant some Mung Beans this year. We have a limited supply
of good seed.

Prices: Large pkt., 20c; lb., 50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 5 lbs., $2.00, post-
paid. Not prepaid, 10-lb. lots or over, at 35c per lb.; 25-lb. lots or
over, at 33c per lb.; 50-lb. lots or over, at 32c per lb.; 100-lb. lots or
over, at 30c per lb. For market prices on Beans, write for current
Red Ink Price List.

Prices on above; Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lb., 40c, postpaid. For
market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

IVTlYPrl XJr» Large quantities of peas are mixed through handling

lvi-1ACU Ivu. OVD and will not grade as straight varieties. Just as good
for forage purposes and make fine pasture, as they mature at different times,
ually sell for less than the others.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c, postpaid. For market
ices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Notice to Planters and Farmers — various6 in-
tervals a Red Ink Price List quoting market prices on Field Seeds,
Clover and Grass Seeds, also Seed Corn, Seed Potatoes, Sorghums,
Millets, etc. Before you order any quantity lots of Farm Seeds, be
sure to get a copy of our current Red Ink Price List. It will be mailed
to you promptly, FREE.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

SOY BEANS— A SPLENDID FORAGE CROP

ril1fnrp The land should be prepared as for cowpeas, and the seed planted in drills

at sufficient distance to permit one or two cultivations. One bushel of seed will
plant two or three acres, the amount depending on the distance between the rows. The planting
should be shallow, never more than 2 inches, or many of the seeds will decay. This is a very
important point to remember. Inoculation with soil from any old Soy Bean field is not usually
necessary in the South. Rabbits are exceedingly fond of the young plants and sometimes cause
serious injury to the crop when the field is near woods. If wanted for hay the crop should
be cut when the upper leaves begin to turn yellow, but if wanted for seed the gathering should be
delayed until nearly all the leaves have fallen. The hay is easily cured and is fully as nutritious
as that from cowpeas.

TVIaw T qrpHn Rpcin "Nr* 71 1 The Laredo Soy Bean is a new variety

r\ew Udreuo ouy Dean IMO. /II that is a distinct addition to the forage
crops of the Cotton Belt. Its value, when compared to other soy beans, is in the fineness of its
stems, its yield of hay, its medium early maturity, and its heavy yield of seed. As a hay yielder,
this bean is outstanding. A heavy yield of seed means economy in producing the seed crop for the
next year. As compared with Cowpeas, the Laredo Soy Bean will yield from 2 to 3 times as much
seed per acre. It is much easier to harvest, and, in seeding, only from one-sixth to one-eighth the
amount of seed per acre required for Cowpeas, is necessary. The Laredo Soy Bean is a medium
early variety with a growing habit somewhat like the O-Too-Tan, in that its bushy growth consists
of a large number of fine stems, though unlike the O-Too-Tan, in that the stems put out at the
ground and are heavily fruited from the base to the tips of the branches. It is both wilt resistant
and nematode resistant, making it suited to a wider range of soils and farm uses than any other
variety. As a soil builder it ranks favorably with other summer legumes making equal growth.
It is a certain fruiter and a good crop is assured where it is given a fair showing. Laredo Soy Beans
may be planted from the earliest cotton planting date to the first of July with reasonable certainty
of a good crop. The larger yields may be expected on the earlier planting. The seed of the Laredo
are very small and one bushel will plant from 8 to 10 acres in 2 Yi ft. rows. The seed should be
dropped 3 to 6 inches apart in the drill for seed and somewhat closer for hay. The seed should be
covered very lightly, not more than one inch, and it is best to plant following a season. It is advis-
able to inoculate soy beans that are to be planted on land that has not grown this crop for several
years. The Central of Georgia Railway is a big factor in interesting numerous farmers in its territory
to plant liberally of this super-fine variety. We are indebted to its Agricultural Division for the
authentic description of this variety, based on their practical knowledge from actual crops produced
along its lines.

Prices: Large package, 16c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c, postpaid. For market prices
on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Mammoth Yellow No.

plant. Grows 3 to 5 feet high. Being a tender annual, it should not be planted, until all
danger of frost is past and the weather is warm and dry. Matures in 120 days. Owing to the
high prices being paid by oil mills for Soy Bean seed it looks as though prices will advance before
planting time, so I urge you to send me your order at these very reasonable prices without delay.

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 40c, postpaid. For market prices on larger
quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

■Rili-vwi C/-»T7 Roo-mo rfftQ This is no doubt the most remarkable Soy Bean

DllOXl oUy r>c«AIla LNO. /U O introduced in the South. It is a rank growing
sort. It takes longer than some to mature its grain, but it makes a “whale” of a plant. It is a
heavy yielder, and not easily shattered in harvesting. Planted in the row with corn for silage,
it usually grows 6 feet high. For grazing, for hogging down with corn, for soiling, it is unexcelled.
As a soil improver it has no equal. Grows normally 5 to 6 feet high, and broad in proportion. On
its roots are a mass of nitrogen nodules, many of them the size of marbles. It is an erect, up-
standing plant having no runners to wrap up everything in sight. This means something to the
orchardist who wants a cover crop to cover the ground only. The Biloxi will make good hay if
planted late, in 3-foot rows, and thick enough in the drill to subdue its natural growth. It does
well on all kinds of lands. Should be planted in rows from 3 to 5 feet apart, ana 10 inches apart
in the drill. 1 to 2 inches is the right depth. Use 6 to 8 pounds to the acre in 3-foot rows. Half
the quantity will usually plant an acre in com.

A Single Plant of New Laredo Soy Beans

Prices: Large pkt., 10c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 55c, postpaid. For market prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

OTrtrt Td tl Qor: Ron M "VT^-, nnfi This is the hay bean par excellence. It is a beautiful fast growing plant, growing 4 to 5 feet high, with fine

“ 1 1 <111 CM jy DkZcILL J.NLP. / U 7 stems and delicate leaves. It does not shatter in harvesting either its leaves or grain. It cures very quickly

and makes hay of fine texture, and splendid quality. For silage or forage, it runs a dead heat with the Biloxi. For hay or grain combined, it is the class of the Soy
Bean family and leads the field. The O-Too-Tan is a shiny, jet black bean, rather small and one-half peck plants an acre. Plant in rows 2 to 3 feet apart, 4 to 8
inches apart in drill, any time in this latitude from April 1st until the end of July. They can be cut when just beginning to turn, and cured in the regulation way; or

left until pods are almost ripe if wanted for grain. It is really hard to describe the
O-Too-Tan without extravagance. Compare with cowpeas, for example, one-
fourth the amount of seed will produce double the amount of hay, that can be cured
in half the time and handled with infinitely less trouble. Besides that, when
grown for seed, the O-Too-Tan will outyield cowpeas more than two to one, and
its seed is weevil-proof. Compared with velvet beans it makes a better cover
crop of greater tonnage, does not overrun trees or fence, and can be cut for hay if
wanted, which the velvet bean cannot without great difficulty.

Prices: Large pkt., 16c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c, postpaid. For market
prices on larger quantities, write for current Red Ink Price List.

Biloxi Soy Beans with Inset Showing Root Growth

FACTS WORTH KNOWING ABOUT SOY BEANS

Soy Beans having proven to be a very outstanding Legume crop through-
out the United States, variety tests were made in this country to determine
the best varieties for this section. Since these tests have been made soy
beans have grown to be one of the most important crops in the South.

Soy Beans rank higher than most any other Legume when the high con-
tent of nitrogen is taken into consideration and quickly decay in the soil.

One ton of soy bean hay will return as much nitrogen to the soil as is
contained in the grain of a 55 bushel crop of corn.

Grow on any soil. Soy bean has higher feeding value than cowpea hay.
All stock like it better. Soy bean equal to alfalfa as milk producer. Soy
beans are superior to cotton seed meal. Stand drought and excessive rain
better than cowpeas. Not affected by light frost. One of the easiest crops to
grow. Fine for hog pasture, for hogging with corn. Increase yield of follow-
ing crop. They make one of the easiest curing hays. One of the best hays
and one of the cheapest hays.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Antirrhinum

It has always been our effort to make our Flower Seed and Bulb Department the most efficient
and complete in the South. It is conducted with the sole purpose of supplying Southern gardens with
real honest-to-goodness, first class flower seeds and bulbs, varieties that will grow and make good in
the South. Located in Dixieland, we are acquainted with the climatic conditions prevailing, and our
extensive trials make it possible for us to offer to our Southern flower friends just the assortments
that will thrive in their gardens.

A good many flowers offered by Northern seed houses will not do at all in our semi-tropical
climate and will only cause disappointment. Send your order to us, and you will have the protec-
tion of getting seeds that will do right, if treated right.

The seeds we are offering you on the following pages are especially grown for us by the most
reputable European and American growers, who have made the production of quality flower seeds
their life work. You will therefore understand that we offer you nothing but the best in each
particular line. If you are not a regular customer, give us a trial this year, and we are sure you will
become a regular customer.

Even the best of us will have failures now and then. It cannot be otherwise. Still, we are
aware that a great many disappointments are caused by inexperience. As a human being must be
cared for and protected during its infancy, so it is with flowers. The seedlings cannot be left to care
for themselves. They must be given the proper caTe until they are strong enough to withstand the
variable mood of the elements.

To assist in spreading practical information about growing of flowers throughout the South, we
have prepared a brief bulletin giving careful and dependable suggestions as to planting and cultivation
of a flower garden. It is yours for asking.

Note: Flower seed prices are postpaid.

A cS 4-n m (Floss Flowerl — Hardy annual of bushy growth with woolly flowers in white

figClalUlil an(j piue shades. Fine for borders. See illustration.

Culture: The fine seed should preferably be sown in boxes during early spring. Cover lightly.
Transplant 6 to 8 inches apart when about 2 inches high.

Imperial Dwarf No. 1108 — Clear blue flowers. Very attractive. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 30c.

Mixed Colors No. 1114 — Mixture of white and blue shades. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 30c.

Alvesnm (Mad Wort) — Popular annual with flowers placed in clusters. Extensively used

rVIj' os UIII for beds, borders and rock-work.

Culture: Sow from January to May, preferably in boxes or seed beds. Cover lightly and
transplant 4 to 5 inches apart when large enough to handle. A sunny location is best.

Maritimum (Sweet Alyssum) No. 1120 — Trailing habit. Pkt., 5c; y oz., 20c; oz., 35c.
Little Gem (Snow White Carpet Plant) No. 1123 — A dwarf compact grower, thickly covered
with blossoms. Well known edging plant. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; oz., 60c.

Lilac Queen No. 1125 — Like the former a dwarf compact grower, but the flowers are of a beauti-
ful deep lavender color. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 35c; oz.. 60c.

A mdt'Cirvf'linQ Stately annuals growing about 4 feet high with brilliant foliage and

nillal <a.ll Limns curious racemes of flowers. Very useful as background for mixed borders.

Culture: Sow the seed from January to May according to latitude. Thin out or

transplant to 2 to 3 feet apart. Prefer sunny location.

Caudatus (Love Lies Bleeding) No. 1138 — Hanging crimson flowers and yellowish
green foliage. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c.

Tricolor (Joseph’s Coat) No. 1140 — Brilliant foliage in bronze, scarlet, green and
yellow colors. Pkt., 10c; J4 oz., 25c.

Anpmnnoc (Windflower) — A lovely little plant of distinct beauty that may be grown

very successfully in the South. The flowers are raised freely over the
nicely cut foliage and come in many different colors. An ornament to any garden.

Culture: Sow seeds in early Spring in protected open seed beds that you keep shaded
until the seeds start to sprout. The plants should be left in the bed until they have had time
to form tubers as they do not stand transplanting well before. This is generally after they have
had their first flower.

Coronaria (Poppy Anemone) Mixed Colors No. 1142 — Fine large single flowering varie'y.
Pkt., 10c; y oz., 25c.

St. Brigid Mixed Colors No. 1143 — An improved variety with very large Handsome
flowers ranging from semi-double to quite double. Extra fine. Pkt., 20c.

Antigonon We list and illustrate this lovely vine in natural color on page

Anti rrhirmm (Snapdragon) — One of our most popular garuen favorites. Their

n.11 Lll 1 lllll Ulll brilliantly colored flowers make a beautiful showing whether used for
cutting or left in the garden.

Culture: Sow the seed from January to April according to latitude, in prepared seed
beds. Transplant when about 3 inches high to permanent location about 1 foot apart.

Tall Soft Pink No. 1153 — Beautiful silvery pink color. Pkt., 10c.

Tall Coral Bed No. 1155 — A lovely deep rose. Pkt., 10c.

Tall Yellow No. 1156 — Beautiful clear yellow. Pkt., 10c.

Tall White (Queen Victoria) No. 1158 — Pure white with lemon colored lips. Pkt., 10c.
Tall Finest Mixed No. 1160 — A splendid mLxture of all colors. See illustration. Pkt.,
10c; M oz., 30c.

Dwarf Finest Mixed No. 1165 — The short and sturdy growth of the plants make them
admirably adapted for bedding purposes. A fine blended mixture. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 40c.

Ageratum

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CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Asparagus —

Very popular evergreen plants for growing in suspended baskets, window boxes, vases,
etc.

Culture: Sow the seed about J^-inch deep in boxes or pots filled with a light sandy soil. Keep soil moist.
Transplant to permanent location when large enough to handle.

PLUMOSUS No. 1185 — Also known as the “Lace Fern”. It is a very graceful plant with finely cut foliage.
For the best result do not expose the plants to the direct rays of the hot sun. Pkt., 15c.

Calendula Orange King

SPRENGERI (Emerald Feather) No. 1190 — With its
bright green, loose and delicate tendrils often reaching a length
of 4 to 5 feet this variety lends itself admirably for planting in
porch and window boxes between bright colored flowers. In
fall the plants are filled with small red berries. Pkt., 10c;
Vx oz., 60c.

A chprQ So widely known that a description is unneces-

rva Ivl » sary. It is one of our finest cut-flowers besides
being a splendid bedding plant.

Culture: Start the seed early indoors in boxes. Cover
lightly and transplant to the open when danger of frost is
over.

SINGLE CHINA MIXED COLORS No. 1192— Large
daisy-like flowers with yellow center borne on upright, rather
stiS stems. Excellent for cut. Pkt., 10c; J4 oz., 25c; y
oz., 40c.

QUEEN OF THE MARKET — Early asters with compact
flowers. Best double variety for the South.

White No. 1195, Pink No. 1198, Scarlet No. 1200, Blue
No. 1202. Pkt., 10c; 1 packet of each color, 36c.

Mixed Colors No. 1206. Pkt., 10c; Y oz., 40cJ

GIANT OSTRICH FEATHER— Very large asters with
curled and waved petals.

White No. 1210, Pink No. 1212, Crimson No. 1216,
Blue No. 1218. Pkt., 10c; 1 packet of each color, 35c.

Mixed Colors No. 1222. Pkt., 10c; Y oz., 60c.

Chinese Wool Flower

Rtlllnrvn Vine* (Love in a Pufi) No. 1230 — Rapid growing annual

V J.I1C climber with white flowers followed by seed vessels that

resemble miniature balloons. Splendid for porches and screens.

Culture: Start seed in open seed beds from February to May. Transplant
young plants to permanent location when large enough to handle. Prefer light
soil and warm location. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 25c.

Rnltjfim DrmVllp— (Lady Slipper) — A favorite garden flower espe-

naioain cially attractive when massed in groups or bor-

ders. They grow into bushes about 2 feet high with a mass of waxy-tinted, double
flowers in many beautiful colors and shades. See illustration.

Culture: Sow the seed thinly in open ground from February to June. Thin
out to about 1 foot apart. Prefer sunny location and require plenty of water.

RfllsutYl Artnlp No- 1238 — Curious looking climber with yellow flowers

j-xxivSiuii followed by golden yellow, round apple-shaped fruits

which open when ripe showing blood-red inside." Excellent for covering unsightly
objects.

Culture: Sow the seed in open seed beds from February to May, for later
transplanting. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 46c.

Rfllsfim Ppfir No. 1240 — This variety belongs to the same family as

uataaiu i cat the Balsam Apple and is very similar in appearance ex-
cept that the foliage is somewhat heavier and the fruits pear-shaped.

Culture: Sow the seed in open seed beds from February to May, for later
transplanting. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 45c.

Mixed Colors No. 1245 — A very fine mixture with flowers resembling
Camelias. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 35c; oz., 60c.

Separate colors: White No. 1246, Rose No. 1247, Scarlet No. 1248, Purple
No. 1249, Yellow No. 1260. Each per Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 45c.

Lovely annuals from 1 to 2 feet high with beautiful flowers

Vj<4111U[lMa in yellow and brown shades borne on long thin wiry stems.

Culture: Sow seed about Y inch deep in open ground from January to
May. Thin out to 6 to 8 inches apart. Prefer a sunny location.

Dwarf Mixture No. 1262 — Pkt., 5c; y2 oz., 20c; oz., 35c.

Ce losia

(Feathered Cockscomb)

Free flowering annual with large showy

VjillCllli Ulrt flowers, also known as “Pot Marigold.”
Fine all round garden plant.

Culture: Sow seed thinly in open ground about y2 inch
deep and thin out to 8 to 10 inches apart.

Orange King No. 1253 — Best in cultivation, with large
flowers of a bright orange color. See illustration. Pkt., 5c;
oz., 26c; oz., 40c.

Lemon Queen No. 1255 — The color is a clear lemon-yellow.
Very attractive. Pkt., 5c; y oz., 25c; oz., 40c.

Canary Bird Flower— S°JL2r^^

beautiful, small, canary-colored flowers resembling a bird with
half expanded wings. Delight in a partly shaded location. Attrac-
tive for covering trellis or making pyramids on the lawn.

Culture: Plant the seed about y inch deep and 4 to 5
inches apart in the open ground from February to May. Pkt.,
10c; y oz., 20c; oz., 35c.

Popular, small annual for general planting.

lull xt produces a profusion of flowers in clusters
in white, red and purple shades. Grows from 8 to 12 inches high
and is fine for edging or massing in beds.

Culture: Sow the seed about y inch deep from February
to May in the open ground and thin out to 8 inches apart.
Blooms in about 6 weeks.

Mixed Colors No. 1286 — Pkt., 6c; y oz., 20c; oz., 30c.
Lavender No. 1287 — Fine rosy-lavender color. Pkt. 10c; y
oz., 25c; oz., 40c.

Hyacinth Flowered White No. 1289 — Best white Candy-
tuft with hyacinth-like clusters of flowers. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 35c;
oz., 60c.

( ' o n n o Crozy Mixed No. 1292 — -Well known plants

Galllla throughout the South. Especially valuable for
groups and borders.

Culture: Sow the seed early in boxes or pots. Cover about
y inch and keep moist. When plants show 3 to 4 leaves, trans-
plant about 1 y feet apart. Before sowing, cut or file through
the hard black skin of the seed until the white flesh shows. Pkt.,
10c; y oz., 20c.

Double Balsam

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Coreopsis

Cfmfpr'hlirv Revile (Campanula)— An old garden

ijaiiiciuiuj JJCJiS favorite growing into bushes
about 2 to 3 feet high. Bears, on stately stems, large bell-shaped
flowers in white, rose and blue shades. Splendid plant for borders.

Culture: Sow seed early indoors in boxes with finely sifted soil.
Cover very lightly and press firm. Keep moist. When plants are
large enough to handle, transplant with a distance of about 1 y feet.

Finest Single Mixed No. 1300 — Pkt., 10c; y oz., 20c.

Finest Double Mixed No. 1305 — Pkt., 10c; y oz., 50c.

C,, ntjAji Well known flowers greatly admired for their

LIU 11 delightful fragrance. Should be grown in a

rich soil.

Culture: Start seed indoors in January or February in boxes
with finely prepared soil. Cover lightly and keep moist. When plants
show 5 or 6 leaves, transplant to the open about 8 inches apart.

Finest Double Mixed No. 1312 — Splendid mixture. See illustra-
tion. Pkt., 20c; y oz., 60c.

Scarlet No. 1315, White No. 1318, Rose No. 1320. Each per
pkt., 20c.

Marguerite Mixed No. 1322 — Popular amateur carnation with
large double fringed flowers. A rapid grower and will start blooming
very early. Pkt., 15c; y oz., 50c.

Giant Chabaud Mixture No. 1325 — A splendid everblooming
Carnation with extra large, fine flowers of perfect shape. It is a fast
grower and seed sown in January and February will bloom during
late Spring and early Summer. Pkt., 25c.

f 'n] nci ci (Cockscomb) — Highly decorative annual. Cristata or dwarf varieties

CclUola grow about 1 foot high and produce large crested heads of dowers resem-
bling a cockscomb. The Plumosa or feathered Cockscomb are stately plants from 2 y to
3 feet high. The long loose plume-like heads of flowers come in white, yellow and red
shades.

Chrysanthemum Double

Cobaea Scandens-

Chrysanthemum— SXrete

hardy free flowering annual summer Chrysanthe-
mums and should not be confused with those grown
by florists. They grow from 2 to 3 feet high and
produce graceful, brilliant flowers. Fine for beds
and borders. See illustration.

Culture : Sow seed from February to May
in the open at a depth of about J4 inch. Thin out
to 8 or 10 inches apart.

Single Mixed No. 1362 — Pkt., 6c; y2 oz.,
20c; oz., 30c.

Finest Double Mixed No. 1366, Double
White No. 1368, Double Yellow No. 137(1 — Pkt.,
10c; y2 oz., 25c; oz., 40c.

(Cathedral
'Bells) No. 1382.

Rapid growing climber producing an abundance of
large bell-shaped purple flowers. Fine for covering
porches.

Culture: Start seed during January or Feb-
ruary in boxes indoors. Plant on edge and cover
about y2 inch. Keep moist. Care should be taken
not to disturb the roots in transplanting. Pkt. , 10c.

pn1 njic No. 1385 — Well knowm bedding,

cuicua grouping and pot plant, with
foliage ranging through all shades of green, yellow,
pink, red, white and black.

Culture : Sow seed from January to March,
thinly in boxes filled with finely sifted sandy soil.
Cover lightly and keep moist. Transplant when
about 3 inches high setting them out about 10 to 12
inches apart. Cutting the tops of the plants when
young will tend to make them more bushy. Pkt.,
20c.

Culture: Sow seed from January to May.
For early planting, use indoor boxes. Cover seed
lightly and keep moist. Thin out or transplant 1
foot apart.

Cristata Nana Mixed No. 1328 — Splendid
mixture of dwarf growing varieties. Pkt., 10c; J4
oz., 45c.

Cristata Nana Glasgow Prize No. 1331 — Im-
mense dark crimson combs. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 65c.

Plumosa (Feathered Cockscomb) No. 1339-

Fine mixture, with waxy-tinted plumes. Illus-
trated on page 61. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 35c.

Chinese Wool Flower —

of the feathered cockscomb, with large woolly, silky
flower heads. Very decorative for beds and borders.
Illustrated on page 61.

Culture : Same as Celosia.

Pink No. 1341, Crimson No. 1342. Pkt., 15c;
y oz., 50c.

Scarlet No. 1345. Pkt., 25c.

Corn (Variegated) No. 1395 — A

II quite distinct and very decora-

tive Corn. It grows about 5 feet high with
the leaves wonderfully variegated, being
striped with bright green, silvery white, rosy
purple and sulphur yellow. Will mix har-
moniously with groups of tall ornamental
grasses but will also show up well if
in clumps by themselves. In order to pre-
serve the beauty of the plants as long as
possible the tassels and ears should be re-
moved.

Culture: Sow the seed from January
to May in the open about 2 inches deep.
Proper distance between plants iy feet.

f 1 fiWPt4 (Bachelor s Button)

HI m VV Cl Well known annual growing
about 2 feet high. The flowers are borne on long
slender stems. Show to their best advantage when
massed in beds.

Culture : Sow seed in the open from January
to April about y inch deep. Thin out to 6 to 8
inches apart.

Double Mixed No. 1350 — Splendid mixture of
all existing colors. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 25c; oz., 40c.

Culture: Sow the seeds early in pro-
tected] seed beds or boxes and transplant
when ready, 10-12 inches apart.

Pkt., 10c; y oz., 20c.

Pnrpntvik No- 1390-Hardy easi-

C'JpJSio jy grown perennial,

about 2 feet high, producing their large
bright yellow flowers in great profusion from
early spring until late in fall. Fine for
mixed borders. Also good for cutting, the
flowers lasting long in vases.

White No. 1351, Pink No. 1352, Blue No.
1353. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 30c; oz., 50c.

No. 2475

Reuter’s “Gay Bloom”
Collection

15 Packets for 50c, Postpaid

A splendid collection containing seed
enough to fill any ordinary sized garden
with amass of flowers throughout the Spring
and early Summer.

1 pkt. Alyssum Little Gem
1 pkt. Balsam Double Mixed
1 pkt. Cornflower Double Mixed
1 pkt. Cosmos Mammoth Mixed
1 pkt. Kochia (Mexican Burning Bush)

1 pkt. Marigold African Mixed
1 pkt. Petunia Single Mixed
1 pkt. Phlox Grandiflora Mixed
1 pkt. Portulaca Single Mixed
1 pkt. Scabiosa Mixed
1 pkt. Scarlet Runner Beans
1 pkt. Sunflower Stella
1 pkt. Sweet Peas Spencer Mixed
1 pkt. Verbena Mammoth Mixed
1 pkt. Zinnia Giant Double Mixed
We send you our “Home Flower Garden”
and “Sweet Peas” booklets free with this
collection.

Cosmo3

Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c. y lb. 86c.

Carnation — Finest Double Mixed

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

OrtctMrtc A common but beautiful annual, producing
artistic flowers in white, pink, crimson and
yellow shades. Grows about 4 feet high and may be used
as a background for borders. Excellent for cutting. Illus-
trated on page 62.

Culture: Sow seed thinly from January to April in open
ground about 34 inch deep. Thin out to 1 foot apart.
When 1 foot high, pinch off tops to induce a bushy growth.

Klondyke No. 1403 — Golden yellow. Very attractive.
Pkg., 10c; 34 oz., 35c.

Lady Lenox No. 1406 — Gigantic deep pink flowers.

Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 25c.

Reuter's Early Mammoth Flowered: White No.
1408, Pink No. 1410, Crimson No. 1412, Mixed Colors
No. 1415. Each per pkt., 6c; 34 oz., 25c; oz., 40c.

Note: As the seeds of Double-Flowering Cosmos are
yet very unreliable we have decided to discontinue handling
them until a more dependable strain can be developed.

African Daisy

Punrace A/tno An annual vine, very popular in

y JJl coo V lllc the South. It grows about 20 feet
high and has fern-like dark green foliage. The small star
shaped flowers come in white and red colors. Splendid for
porches and trellis. Culture: Plant seed during February
and March on permanent location two together about 14 inch
deep and 1 to 134 feet apart. Let only best plants remain.
Soak the seed in lukewarm water about 3 hours before sowing

Scarlet No. 1436, White No. 1439, Mixed Colors No.
1442— Pkt 10c; M oz., 20c;

Cardinal Climber No. 1445 — The cardinal red flowers
are borne in clusters of 6 or 7 and each flower measures about
1 }4 inch in diameter. Pkt., 15c.

Dahlia

One of our most popular flowers.
Easily grown from seed.

Note: We list Dahlia Roots on pages 72 and 80.

Culture: Sow seed thinly in boxes or pro-
tected seed beds from January to March. Cover
about )4 inch. Transplant to open when danger
of frost is over about 4 feet apart. Water when
necessary.

Single Mixed No. 1452 — Fine mixture of
single flowers. Pkt., 10c; 3 4 oz., 35c.

Double Mixed No. 1455 — Saved from a large
number of fine double varieties. Pkt., 15c; 34 oz.,
75c.

Cactus Flowered Mixed No. 1458 — Very
attractive type with long narrow petals often rolled
into tubers. Pkt., 20c.

Double English Daisy

Popular
small

perennials growing about 6 inches high. The dainty
small double flowers come in white and rose. They
are fine for edging of perennial borders or for rock
work. See illustration.

Culture : The fine seed should be started dur-
ing early spring indoors in boxes filled with finely
sifted soil. Barely cover. Transplant when ready
setting them 6 inches apart.

Double Finest Mixed No. 1462 — A high grade
mixture. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 35c; 34 oz., 65c.

Giant Flowering — A developed type produc-
ing less flowers but these are of enormous size.

White No. 1465, Rose No. 1467— Each per
pkt., 20c; 34 oz., 50c.

Double English Daisy'

Daisy Shasta — improved form

of the ordinary old Shasta Daisy. The pure white
flowers measure up to 5 inches across. Fine for
borders and cutting. See illustration.

Culture : Seed may be started in boxes in
January or February or later in open ground.
Transplant or thin out to 1 J4 feet apart. Pkt., 15c;
34 oz., 65c.

DoInliitiiiTm Reuter’s Hybrids Mix-

Deipninium ed No. 1475— The peren-
nial Larkspur. Stately plants growing about 4 or 5
feet tall. Their large flower spikes, that are raised
freely over the decorative foliage, often reach a
length of two feet or more. Fine for borders.

Culture : Start seed early in hotbeds or
indoor boxes. Cover about '4 inch. Transplant
when 2 to 3 inches high. Pkt., 15c; 34 oz., 60c.

Dianthus Or Pinks — Re^al^r

annuals in the South. Grows about 1 foot high and
produces a mass of charming fragrant single or
double flowers in all colors and shades. Fine for
borders or beds. Culture: Start seed during
January and February indoors in boxes or in pro-
jected seed beds. Transplant 6 to 8 inches apart.

Chinesis (Double Chinese Pinks) No. 1480
— Splendid mixtures of double varieties. Pkt., 10c;
34 oz., 35c; oz., 60c.

Heddewigi (Single Japanese Pinks) No.
1484 — A superb mixture of single flowering pinks.
Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 30c; oz., 50c.

Shasta Daisy, Alaska

TArvnhlo Tor»oitipc'p Pi-nlro • Fireball No. 1488 — Rich blood red. Salmon King No. 1490. Fine

DUUUlc «J JT Ixllvs . brilliant salmon-rose color. Snowball No. 1493 — Pure white. A

good pendent to the Fireball. Each per pkt., 10c., 34 oz., 40c.

PLUMARIUS MIXED COLORS No. 1495 — Commonly known as “ Grass Pink.” A hardy everblooming Pink
with sweet scented single, semi-double and double flowers in many fine colors. Fine for cu t. Pkt., 20c; 34 oz., 50c.

African New Hybrid Mixture No. 1498. A showy little annual from South Africa. It grows

/All •LJzxloj about 1 foot high and the single daisy like flowers vary in color from the purest w'hite

through all shades of yellow and orange to deep salmon all with black center. A fine border plant. See illustration.

Culture : Sow the seed from February to May in open ground about 34-inch deep and thin out to 8 inches apart.
Prefer sunny location. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 35c.

(Myosotis) No. 1516 — Hardy biennial growing about 1 foot high. The variety we offer

gCl"lYlc“iiul has azure blue flowers growing in clusters. Fine for cutting, beds or borders. Prefer
a shady location.

Culture : Start seed early in indoor boxes or protected seed beds for later transplanting. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 50c.

Pmir O’plnck (Mirabilis Jalapa) No. 1522 — Common rapid growing annual about 2 to 3 feet high.

w ” ClUt-ik The flowers open in cloudy weather and late in the evening and close again in the morning

Culture: Sow seed in the open from January to May about 1 inch deep. Proper distance between plants is
about 134 feet. Pkt., 6c; oz., 20c.

Fr>Y<SlrwP (Digitalis) No. 1526 — Stately ornamental perennial thickly set with large, tubular-shaped-

1 ”Agiuv c blotched flowers. Grows about 3 to 4 feet high. Very decorative for perennial borders.

Culture: Sow the fine seed early indoors in boxes in finely sifted soil. Barely cover, keep moist and when
ready for transplanting, set about 1 foot apart. Prefer half shady location. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 30c. Gaillardia Double

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Cfll 11 51 rfll (Blanket Flower) — Very showy about 2 feet

ui a. high with brilliant single or duuble flowers in
yellow, orange and red shades. Fine for borders. The single flow-
ering offered here is perennial; the double flowering, annual.

Culture: Seeds should preferably be sown early in protected
seed beds or boxes for later transplanting. Cover about y inch.
Do well in a poor soil.

Giant Flowering Single Mixed No. 1530 — Pkt. 10c-
34 oz., 20c.

Double Mixed No. 1533 — Illustrated on page fi3 Pkt. 10c-
y oz., 20c.

(^premium (Zonale) Mixed Colors No. 1538 — Well

vjviauium known, old-fashioned favorite. Excellent
for window boxes, pots or for massed beds.

Culture: Sow early in indoors boxes filled with well prepared
sandy soil. Transplant when large enough to handle to permanent
place. An ordinary stiff garden soil is the best for Geraniums. Too
much manure has a tendency to develop fine large plants but no
flowers. Pkt., 15c; y oz., 60c.

OlflFlP Amtlffinfll (Gomphrena) No. 1645— Ever-

VjrlUUt; /VIIiartlllLIl lasting about 2 feet high with
clover-like flower heads in different shades. Good bedding plant.
Flowers wanted for winter bouquets should be cut before fully
opened.

Culture: Sow from February to May in open ground. Cover
about 34 inch and thin out to 5 to 6 inches apart. Pkt., 10c;
34 oz., 25c.

{"ttOIIIvIq (Cucurbita) — Interesting annual plants exten-

uu sively grown for the curiously-shaped and colored

fruits. Fine for covering fences and low trellises.

Culture: Sow seed in open after last frost. Cover about
34 inch.

Dish Cloth No. 1572 — The inside may be used as a sponge.
Sugar Trough No. 1576 — Very large fruits.

Hercules’ Club No. 1578 — Green fruits measuring up to 4
feet long. They are sweet and may be eaten like squash.

Mixed Varieties No. 1582. Each per pkt., 5c; 34 oz.,
15c; oz., 25c.

Double Hollyhock

No. 2480

REUTER’S

Early Sweet Pea Collection

6 Packets for 60c, postpaid

Enough Seed to Plant a 20-foot Row

A lovely collection of Sweet Peas of the early, quick-
growing type. The best for late planting, blooming 4 to
5 weeks earlier than the ordinary late flowering.

1 pkt. Aviator, fine crimson scarlet.

1 pkt. Harmony, lovely clear lavender.

1 pkt. Meadow Lark, cream colored.

1 pkt. Snowstorm, best pure white.

1 pkt. Zvolanek’s Blue, large, bright blue.

1 pkt. Zvolanek’s Rose, giant rose pink.

Free with every collection a copy of our booklet “The
Best Way to Grow Sweet Peas in the South’’.

TTplin-f-rnno Mixed Colors No. 1605

neuuirope —An old time favorite
grown for its large clusters of delightful fragrant
flowers. The mixture offered here is a fine blend
of lavender, blue and purple shades. They are
easily raised, reach a height of about 134 feet,
and find especially use for planting in mixed
borders or for massing in beds. Also good for
growing in pots and for cut.

Culture: We recommend to start the seed
during January and Feburary in indoors boxes.
Cover lightly. When ready transplant to per-
manent place setting them 1 foot apart. De-
light in a sunny location. Pkt., 20c; 34 oz.,
60c.

U v’ n cn It i 1 - 1 (Baby's Breath) — Well

psupillld known annual about 134
feet high with small flowers in white and rose
colors borne on feathery stems.

Culture: Sow from January to April in open
ground about 34 inch deep. Thin out to 6 inches
apart.

White No. 1587, Pink No. 1590. Each
per pkt., 5c; 34 oz., 15c; oz., 25c.

Helichrysum—

ing annual about 2 l-2 feet high with large, double
straw-like flowers in white, yellow, red, violet and
brown colors. Attractive in beds and borders.

Culture: Sow seed thinly in open ground
after last frost about 34 inch deep. Thin to 1
mot apart. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 35c.

Kochia

Humulus Japonicus-

TTnllvFirir'Ir- .Well known, stately plants with single or double

TIUlljllUUV rose-like flowers. Fine for planting along fences.

Culture: Start seed early in indoor boxes and transplant when
3 to 4 leaves show. Prefer moist location.

White No. 1615, Pink No. 1618, Maroon No. 1621, Scarlet No.
1624, Yellow No. 1627. Each per pkt., 10c. No. 1628, 1 pkt. of
each color, 40c.

Finest Double Mixed No. 1630 (See illustration) — An excellent
mixture. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 36c; 34 oz., 60c.

Single Mixed Colors No. 1636 — A very fine mixture of single
Hollyhocks in many pleasing shades. Preferred by many as more free-
flowering. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 36c.

_(Japanese Hop) No. 1640 —

"Rapid growing annual climber
with beautiful mottled and blotched leaves. Fine for trellis. Never
injured by insects or heat.

Culture: Start seed early indoors in boxes and transplant when
danger of frost is over about 134 feet apart. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 20c.

Hyacinth or Jack Beans—

attractive foliage and hyacinth-like clusters of flowers. Fine for porches
and trellis. See illustration..

Culture: Plant seed from February to May in open ground about
34 inch deep and 1 foot apart.

White No. 1650, Purple No. 1662, Mixed Colors No. 1655. Each
per pkt., 5c; 34 oz., 10c; oz-> 20c.

If Ttrir No. 1660 — Trailing perennial with pretty

JVcIlllWUrill ivy foliage and small lilac flowers. Fine for
hanging baskets, pots and porch boxes.

Culture: Sow early indoors in boxes. Keep soil moist and trans-
plant to pots or boxes, or in the open after last frost. Prefer shady
location. Pkt., 15c.

1C Of* Flics (Mexican Burning Bush) No. 1665 — Easily grown

■"■'-Fdlld. annual forming a cypress-like plant of perfect symmet-
rical form. The bright green foliage changes to deep crimson in fall.
See illustration.

Culture: Sow seed thinly about y inch deep from February to
April in open ground. Pkt., 5c; 34 oz., 15c; oz., 26c.

Larkspur (Tall Mixed)

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

T arksmir Well known rapid growing annual with long erect spikes of beautiful double flowers in

many colors and shades.

Culture: Sow seed thinly from January to April in open ground,
inches apart, for the dwarf varieties, and 1 foot for the tall.

Dwarf Mixed Colors No. 1670 — Flower spikes resemble a hyacinth,
oz., 20c; oz., 35c.

Tall Mixed Colors No. 1675 — A splendid mixture of the double stock-flowering type,
page 64. Pkt., 5c; y oz., 20c; oz., 36c.

Separate Colors: White No. 1676, Pink No. 1677, Bright Bose No. 1678, Lilac No
Blue No. 1680. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 30c; oz., 50c.

Cover about y2 inch. Thin out to 6
About 1 y feet high. Pkt., 6c; y
Illustrated on

1679, Dark

T o-t-Fil/riK! .(Perennial Sweet Peas — These showy Peas differ from the annual type in that they

L/Allly l Ua produce their flowers in large clusters on long rather stiff stems. Although lacking fragrance
they are such profuse bloomers that they are well worth a place in any garden. Very decorative for planting
along high fences and fine for cut. Sea illustration.

Culture: Plant during January and February as the seeds sprout more readily in cold weather. May
otherwise be treated like the annual Sweet Peas.

White Pearl No. 1684 — Fine large pearly white flowers. Pkt., 20c.

Pink No. 1685 — -A fine shade of rose-pink. Pkt., 16c.

Bed No. 1686 — The flowers are of a reddish purple color. Pkt., 15c.

Mixed Colors No. 1687 — Mixture of above colors. Pkt., 15c; oz., 65c.

_Crystal Palace No. 1688 — Small annuals of compact growth with dark colored leaves and
deep blue flowers.

Culture: Sow seed early in indoor boxes with finely prepared soil. Barely cover and keep soil moist.
When about 2 inches high, transplant about 6 inches apart. Pkt., 10c.

Lobelia-

Well known hardy an-
nual with ball-shaped

Marigold

flowers. We offer the African and French
varieties. The former grow about 3 feet
high and have the larger flowers appearing
in yellow and orange shades. The latter
are of more bushy growth with striped flow-
ers in yellow and brown shades.

Culture : Sow thinly from January to
May in open ground. Cover about y inch
and thin out to 6 to 12 inches apart, accord-
ing to variety.

African Lemon No. 1702, African
Orange No. 1705. Each per pkt., 10c;
y oz., 40c.

African Mixed No. 1708 — See illustra-
tion. Pkt., 5c; y oz., 30c; oz., 60c.

French Dwarf Mixed No. 1710 — Pkt.,

5c; y oz., 20c; oz., 35c.

French Tall Mixed No. 1715— Pkt.,

5c; y2 oz., 20c; oz., 35c.

(Double White

lviaincaria. Feverfew) No. 1718

— The plants form straight upright bushes
about 2 feet high and are literally covered
with small white flowers throughout the
season. Good for cutting.

Culture: Start the seeds indoors in
boxes or flats during January and February.

Cover about y of an inch and keep moist.

Transplant when about 2 inches high setting
them 8 inches apart. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 25c.

Mlgnonetfe ioned, sweet scented annual,
growing into bushes about 1 foot high with reddish
flowers placed in clusters.

Culture : Sow seed from February to April in
open ground and thin out to 1 foot apart. Pkt., 10c;
y OZ., 35c.

Lathyrus

Nasturtium-

Marigold, African

The tall Nasturtium offered
here is a climber growing
about 8 feet high. The dwarf varieties make com-
pact bushes about 1 foot high. See illustration.

Culture: Sow seed thinly after last frost

about 1 inch deep. Thin out to about 8 to 10
inches apart. Do best in a rather poor sandy soil.

DWARF: Crystal Palace Gem No. 1750 —

Yellow and carmine.

Salmon Queen No. 1752 — Fine salmon rose

color.

King of Tom Thumb No. 1756 — Dark leaved
with deep scarlet flowers.

Pearl No. 1757 — Creamy white.

Queen of Tom Thumb Mixed No. 1758 — A
distinct mixture with beautiful variegated foliage.

Prices on above: Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; y
lb., 60c.

Dwarf Mixed No. 1760 — A splendid mixture
all existing colors. Pkt., 6c; oz., 15c; y lb.,
50c; lb., $1.60.

Tall Mixed No. 1765— Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; y
lb., 50c; lb., $1.50.

Nicotiana Affinis — i&Sewd To-
bacco) No. 1770 — Decorative annual about 3 feet
high with large fragrant tubular-shaped flowers
which open early in the evening and close again
in the morning.

Culture: Sow indoors in boxes in January or
February or in the open after last frost. Cover
lightly. Transplant or thin out to 1 foot apart.

Pkt., 10c; y oz., 20c.

Nasturtium

Moon flower Popular, rapid

IVUJUilllU Vv Cl growing annual

climber for porches and trellis. The large
trumpet-shaped flowers, measuring from 4
to 5 inches in diameter, open only at night
or during cloudy weather.

Culture: Start seed early indoors in
pots or boxes for transplanting when danger
of frost is over. Cut or file through the outer
shell before sowing. Require plenty of water.

Bona Nox No. 1732 — Violet blue flow-
ers. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 20c; oz., 35c.

Heavenly Blue No. 1733 — Beautiful
large sky blue flowers with yellow throat.
Pkt., 15c.

Grandiflora No. 1735 — The true white
variety. See illustration. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz.,
30c; oz., 50c.

MorningGlory—

shaped flowers in delicate and beautiful col-
ors. Close at night and during rain.

Culture: Sow seed from February to
May in open ground about y inch deep.
Prefer sunny location.

Mixed Colors No. 1740 — Old-fashioned
MorningGlory. Pkt., 5c;^oz.,10c;oz.,15c.

New Japanese Mixed No. 1743 — Im-
proved variety with gigantic flowers. Pkt.,
10c; y oz., 20c; oz., 35c.

Dwarf Mixed No. 1745 — Form bushy
plants about 1 foot tall. With their large rich
colored flowers they are fine for borders or
for massing. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c.

Moonflower Grandiflora

Exquisite Pink No. 1682 — A charming new Larkspur. The color is a beautiful soft pink, shaded
salmon. Extra fine. Pkt., 15c; M oz., 65c.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Poppy—
S uperb
Double
Mixed

■VTJrtpTto (Love in a Mist) No. 1775 — Attractive annual growing about 2 feet high with fresh green,

finely cut foliage and bright blue flowers surrounded by mossy fibers. Good for mixed
borders and for cut.

Culture: Sow seed from January to March in open ground and thin out to 6 inches apart. Pkt., 5c;
34 oz., 20c; oz., 35c.

p„ o v Few flowers rival the Pansy as a garden favorite.

JT uiloj conspicuous flowers, they are ideal bedding plants.

Cover lightly and transplant when ready

'Patnrsia These easily grown and hardy

Iti Ulila. annuals are gainingmore and more
in popularity. We have some very fine varieties to
offer you. You will find them listed and illustrated
in natural colors on page 73.

pt.i v (Drummondi Grandiflora) — Phlox

r lilOX are typical bedding plants and as such
they are known and admired by all lovers of flowers.
They are easily raised and are profuse bloomers
with a blooming season extended over several months.
Their great resistance to heat make them especially
valuable for summer planting in the South. Prefer
a sunny location. We are very particular about our
Phlox seed, which we have grown especially for us
by a French expert and we believe it to be the
best obtainable.

Culture: Sow thinly about 34 inch deep in open seed beds after last frost and transplant to about 1 foot apart.
Reuter’s Dwarf Mixture No. 1842 — A large flowering dwarf growing Phlox. Reaches a height of only about
6 to 8 inches and is of compact growth. Preferred by many. Pkt., 15c; 34 oz., 50c; 34 oz., 90c.

Star Phlox Mixed Colors No. 1844 — Quite a distinct type of Phlox with ornamental star shaped flowers.
Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 40c; J4 oz., 75c.

Reuter’s Large Flowering Mixture No. 1845 — A well balanced mixture of all shades and colors. See
illustration. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 60c; oz., $1.00.

Separate colors: White No. 1848, Pink No. 1850, Scarlet No. 1856, Yellow No. 1858, Blue No. 1859,
Pkt., 10c each; 34 oz., 40c; 1 pkt. each color, 40c.

Hardy Perennial Mixed No. 1860 — Do not confuse these with the annual Phlox. They form sturdy bushes
about 2 feet high with large clusters of flowers in many attractive colors and shades. Pkt., 20c; 3 4 oz., 75c.

T>1 o mi (Balloon Flower) No. 1862 — Hardy decorative perennial growing about 2 feet high with

ridljCUlllUl large showy bell-shaped flowers of a steel blue color. Fine for borders and beds. For the
best result choose a half shady location and have your soil well drained and rich.

Culture: Start the seed in early spring indoors in
boxes or in hotbeds. Cover lightly and when the young
plants get 2 to 3 inches high transplant to permanent
place Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 35c.

With their low, compact growth and large
They may also be grown in pots and the
flowers, when cut and placed in low bowls with water, are very decorative.

Culture: Sow seed early in protected seed beds or boxes,
setting them about 5 inches apart.

English Mixed No. 1785 — Mixture of best English varieties. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 50c.

Giant French Mixed No. 1788 — A splendid rich colored mixture of this robust and hardy strain. The
best for massing. See illustration. Pkt., 15c; 3 4 oz., 60c.

Giant Parisian Mixture No. 1790 — An improved strain of the French in large, blotched flowers of fine
keeping quality. Pkt., 15c; 34 °z-> 65c.

Reuter’s Peerless Mixed No. 1795 — A magnificent mixture with flowers of enormous size and in
wonderful w'arm and soft colors and shades. If you are a lover of fine Pansies, try this splendid mixture.
Pkt., 25c; 34 oz., $1.00.

Pansies in separate colors: For smaller beds or patches, Pansies massed in solid colors are very
effective. Pure White No. 1798, Red No. 1800, Yellow No. 1803, Blue No. 1806, Purple No. 1813.
Each per pkt., 15c; 1 pkt., of each color 65c.

Phlox-

Large

Flowering

Mixed

Dnnniac Annuals 2 to 3 feet high with large »

IT Oppico showy single or double flowers in many

colors. Especially desirable massed in beds.

Culture: Annual varieties do not stand transplanting so the seed should be planted in permanent location
from February to April. Cover lightly and thin out to 8 to 10 inches apart. Perennial varieties may be sown in
seed beds and transplanted. •

Superb Double Mixed No. 1865 — Splendid mixture. See illustration. Pkt., 5c; 34 oz., 15c;oz., 25c.
Rhoeas Shirly Mixed No. 1872 — Single poppies in beautiful colors of warm and soft shades. Pkt., 5c;
34 oz., 20c; oz.. 30c.

Iceland Poppy Mixed No. 1875 — Dwarf perennial with single flowers in white, yellow and orange colors.

Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 40c.

Oriental No. 1878 — Perennial about 3 feet high with large conspicuous flowers of deep crimson color.
Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 35c.

Dnefiilnoo .We list and illustrate them in

r Ol F UlilCtl natural colors on page 76.

T> .(Golden Feather) No. 1890 — Well known edging and bedding plant about 1 foot high

Uyretnr um With partly cut foliage of a fresh yellow color. Pinch off the flowers when they appear as
the plant is more attractive without them.

Culture: Sow early in protected seed beds or boxes. Cover lightly. Transplant when
about 3 inches high to permanent location. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 20c; 34 oz., 35c.

(Castor Oil Bean) Ornamental tropical plant with decorative leaves and fruits.

Culture: Plant seed about 1 inch deep after last frost.

Zanzibariensis No. 1898 — One of the bes*. Rieinus. Extra large with leaves ranging from
light green through darker shades to bronze. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c.

Sanguineus No. 1900 — Decorative reddish stems and leaves. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c.

^alvici A very popular and highly decorative perennial, considered one of our very best

Oitlvlfl bedding flowers. Forms compact bushes with large flower spikes raised freely
over the foliage and blooms constantly all through the summer.

Culture : Start the seed during January or February indoors in boxes. Transplant when
about 3 inches tall setting the plants about 1 foot apart.

Splendens (Scarlet Sage) No. 1905 — An improved strain of this old favorite with plants of
a more compact form. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 65c.

Bonfire No. 1906 — One of the finest Scarlet Sage grown. The plants are of a very compact
growth and the flowers stand clear above the foliage. The bright scarlet colored flowers literally
cover the plants. Pkt., 15c; J4 oz., 76c.

Azure Blue No. 1908 — A handsome and much admired variety with flo-wers of a deep azure
blue color. Illustrated on page 67. Pkt., 16c; 34 oz., 75c.

Pansy —
Giant French

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEES FOR THE SOUTH

Culture:

location about

Pkt

(Mourning Bride). Form straight upright bushes about 2J^ feet high. The large
“half-ball shaped flowers are borne on long stems and come in many lovely colors and
shades. They are well adapted for planting in mixed borders. A cut flower par excellent. See illustration.

Culture: For early planting start the seeds indoors in boxes. Transplant when ready setting
them 8 to 10 inches apart. May also be sown in the open after danger of frost is over.

Large Flowered Mixed No. 1910 — A desirable mixture of all colors and shades. Pkt., 6c; y2
oz., 30c; oz., 50c.

Separate Colors:

Azure Fairy No. 1913 — Lovely large lavender blue. A very popular color.

King of the Blacks No. 1916 — Beautiful deep soft velvety purple color.

White No. 1920 — A large pure white.

Each of the above: Pkt., 10c;

J4 oz., 20c.

Scarlet Runner Beans

No. 1922 — Ornamental climber with
bright scarlet pea-shape flowers. The
beans are delicious for eating purposes.

Plant seed after last frost on permanent
2 inches deep and 6 to 8 inches apart.

6c; lb., 20c; y2 lb., 36c; lb., 60c.

(Medeola) No. 1930 — Graceful perennial
climber with small heart-shaped glistening
leaves of a fresh green color. Fine for hanging baskets.

Culture: Sow seed about ]4 inch deep in indoor
boxes. When plants are about 3 inches high, transplant
to pots or hanging baskets. Three or four plants to each
container. Should preferably be grown in a half shady
location. Pkt., 10c; M oz., 20c.

-Well known and easy to grow.

Sunflower

Culture: Sow seed thinly from February to May
about 1 inch deep on permanent location.

Double Japanese No. 1935 — Also known as the
Chrysanthemum Flowered Sunflower, about 5 to 6 feet
high, stately, and with large golden yellow flowers. Pkt.,
10c; y2 oz., 26c; oz., 40c.

Stella No. 1938 — Branching with long stemmed,
pure yellow flowers with black centers. Fiije for planting
in mixed borders and admirably adapted for cutting. Three
feethigh. See Illustration. Pkt., 10c; oz., 26c; oz., 46c.

Sweet William Single

Salvia — Azure Blue

StOCk.S~ — We list and illustrate them in natural colors on page 76.

Qwoof- Pmc We are devoting two whole pages to this popular annual

uWccl Jr czta and y0U wi;i find them listed and illustrated partly in
natural colors on pages 69 and 74. Do not forget to plant some. If you are
inexperienced in growing of them ask for our booklet “The Best Way to
Grow Sweet Peas in the South.

Tndptpc (Signata Pumila) No. 2059. — This variety belongs to the

A uncles Marigold family. It is a low grower with finely cut foliage and

These old-fashioned flowers are really perennials but
oWGCl WllllaIIl' in the South they will bloom the first year if planted
early. They are rather stiff and formal plants producing more or less ball-shaped
clusters of flowers ranging in colors trom pure white through all shades of pink
and red to deep crimson. They grow about iy feet high and are fine for plant-
ing in mixed borders.

Culture: Start seed early in protected seed beds or boxes indoors. Cover
lightly and when ready transplant about 1 foot apart.

small single bright yellow flowers that literally cover the plant,
ding and bordering.

Culture: Same as Marigold. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 35c.

Fine for bed-

Single Mixed No. 2055. See illustration.
Each per pkt., 10c; y oz., 25c H oz., 40c.

Double Mixed No. 2058.

'Rina R/vntiaf- No. 2060 — A native annual of Texas belonging to the Lupin family.

1 elds DJUc DUllUcl It grows from 1 to iy feet high with lovely long spikes closely
set with large flowers of a fine deep blue color, blotched carmin and with white keel. A profuse bloomer
well adapted for massing in beds. Illustrated on page 68.

Culture: Sow seed early outdoors in permanent beds about y2 inch deep and thin out to 6 to 8
inches apart. Pkt., 10c; y2 oz., 35c; oz., 65c.

Thunbergia-

_(Black Eyed Susan) No. 2062 — Rapid growing annual climber with round
flower in white, yellow and deep orange, all with black centers.

Culture: Sow seed during January and Feb-
ruary indoors in boxes. Cover about y inch and
transplant about 5 to 6 inches apart. Pkt., 10c;
y oz., 30c.

Tnrptl i tl Charming small annuals of bushy

Cilia growth with funnel shaped flowers.
They are well adapted for our Southern climate
and will flower abundantly throughout late spring
and early summer. They show their full beauty
best when massed in beds or in front of dwarf ever-
green shrubberies. Will do well in any location
but prefer some shade and plenty of moisture.
May be grown very successfully during the hot
summer months.

Culture: The fine seed should be started in-
doors in boxes filled with a finely sifted, sandy soil.
Barely cover and keep moist but not wet. Give
the seedlings plenty light without exposing them to
the sun. Transplant when about 3 inches high
setting them 6 to 8 inches apart.

Fournieri No. 2066 — The color is a beautiful
velvet blue with darker spots and bright yellow
throat. A great favorite. Pkt., 15c.

Bailloni No. 2067 — A rather rare variety of
somewhat creeping growth. The flowers are yellow
with reddish purple edges. Pkt., 25c.

Scabiosa

I have used your Pansy seed now for six years
and cannot find any better.

Mrs. J. E. Bunch, Crystal Spring, Miss.

Sunflower Stella

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Tritoma

Red Hot Poker (No. 2068) — Very interesting and highly decorative
plants. Their long narrow thick leaves form a rosette from which the
showy flower stocks are raising freely. The flowers are closely set along the upper part of
the stock and are of conspicuous orange-red shades. Grow about 5 feet high and are
admirably adapted for grouping in front of taller shrubberies.

Culture: It is really a perennial but will bloom the first year if planted early. As
they are rather tender plants the seed should be started indoors in boxes or flats in January
or February and transplanted to the open when the weather becomes warm and settled.
Pkt., 15c; 34 02., 65c.

An olc^ ga-rde1! favorite and one of our best bedding plants. The large

V Cl Hit trusses of showy flowers appear in great profusion throughout the
season. Also extensively used for planting in porch and window boxes between ferns..

See illustration.

Culture: Sow early in protected seed beds or indoor boxes, or after last frost, in
the open. Cover lightly and water sparingly. Transplant 1 foot apart.

Reuter’s Mammoth Mixture No. 2070 — An excellent mixture of large flowering
Verbenas. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 60c; oz., $1.00.

Separate colors: White No. 2072, Pink No. 2073, Striped No. 2074, Purple No.
2075, Red No. 2076. Each per pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 35c.

No. 2078 — One packet each of the above 5 colors, 40c.

REUTER’S GIANT FLOWERED VERBENAS — A magnificent new strain of Ver-
benas of compact robust growth. The flowers are exceptionally large, often measuring up
to 1 inch in diameter, and come in enormous trusses. Very free-flowering.

Pure White No. 2080, Rose Cardinal No. 2081 — A fine rose pink with large white
eye; Lucifer No. 2082 — A vivid scarlet self. Each per pkt., 20c; 34 oz., 75c.

Giant Flowered Mixture No. 2084-
balanced mixture. Pkt., 15c; 14 oz., 60c.

yjnco (Periwinkle)— Showy, free-flowering shrubby

7 iXlL.il annuals growing about 1 34 feet high with

fine well

Verbena —
Mammoth
White

Texas Blue Bonnet

handsome single round flowers in white and pink shades.

They stand our hot Southern summer extremely well and
are fine for late planting in mixed borders and beds.

Culture: Sow seed in February and March about 34 inch deep. Transplant or thin out to about 1 foot apart

White No. 2086, Pink No. 2089, Mixed Colors No. 2092. Each per pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 35c; 34 oz., 60c.

(Tufted Pansies) — Lovely small perennials of the Pansy family. They are fine
for edging or rockwork and for planting in mixed borders and beds.

Culture: Start the seed early in protected seed beds or in indoor boxes. Cover lightly and when ready
set out 4 to 5 inches apart.

Admiration No. 2095 — Rich violet blue, a very attractive color. Pkt., 15c.

Lutea Splendens No. 2097 — Large flowering bright yellow. Pkt., 15c.

White Perfection No. 2099 — Fine large flowers of the purest white. Pkt., 15c.

Mixed Colors No. 2100 — Fine mixture of above and others. Pkt., 15c; J4 oz., 65c.

X7* 1 „f. No. 2102 — Lovely little perennials greatly admired for their fragrant deep blue flowers. Prefer a

VlUlcL shady position.

Culture : Sow early in open seed beds about 34 inch deep and transplant to about 4 to 5 Inches apart. Seeds
are slow to germinate, requiring sometimes 3 to 4 months, or even more. Pkt., 20c; J4 oz., 86c.

Reuter’s Wild Garden Mixture— ™'e"

Culture : Broadcast seed very thinly
over surface and work into soil with rake.

Press firmly. Pkt., 5c; oz., 16c; J4 lb.,

35c; lb., $1.00.

REUTER’S SELECTED ZINNIAS

The name of this wonderful annual is linked with summer and sunshine. They seem to delight
in our warm Southern climate and will furnish your garden with their rainbow of colors from early
spring to late in fall.

We have during the past years devoted much work and attention to the perfection of our
strain of this popular flower, and the many enthusiastic comments we are receiving every year
have been quite encouraging.

Culture : The seed may be sown at any time from February to October in this section. For
best result see our “Hints on Growing Zinnias” on page 76/

Double Finest Mixed No. 2105 — A choice mixture of all colors. Pkt., 5c; oz., 50c;
3 4 lb., $1.75.

Curled and Crested Mixed No. 2106 — A distinct type of Zinnias with twisted and curled
petals giving the flowers a graceful and artistic appearance. Fine mixture of all existing colors.

Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 60c; oz., $1.00.

Cactus Flowered Mixture No. 2107 — The leaves are rolled into tubers causing a close
resemblance to a fine petaled Cactus Dahlia. A very odd and highly decorative variety with
with large flowers in many lovely colors and shades. Pkt., 15c; 34 oz., 50c; 34 oz., 90c-

Rueter’s Giant Dahlia-Flowered Zinnias

The latest word in Zinnias. The flowers are of enormous size with the petals standing apart
giving them a more open and graceful appearance. They resemble closely a decorative Dahlia
in shape, hence the name. See illustration.

Crimson Monarch No. 2122 — Gigantic flowers of crimson-scarlet color. The best red.

Exquisite No. 2123 — Considered the finest Dahlia-flowered Zinnia yet introduced. The color
is a light rose with tyrian-rose center.

Dream No. 2124 — A lovely deep lavender turning to purple. New desirable shade.

Golden State No. 2126 — Rich orange yellow. Yellow in bud turning to attractive orange
when in full bloom.

Polar Bear No. 2126 — Pure white. The best white Zinnia yet introduced.

Purple Prince No. 2127 — Large well formed flowers of a deep rhodamine purple. New.

Each per pkt., 25c.

No. 2128 — Collection of above 6 varieties, 1 pkt. of each, $1.35.

Giant Dahlia Flowered Mixture No. 2130 — A perfect blend made up from separate colors.
Pkt., 20c; 34 oz., GOc; J4 oz., $1.10; oz., $2.00.

LILIPUT ZINNIAS — Dwarf growing plants with small perfectly double flowers appearing
in great profusion. Very fine.

Mixed Colors No. 2146 — Well balanced mixture. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 50c.

Scarlet Gem No. 2147 — A glowing scarlet red color. Very decorative. Pkt., 10c; 34 oz., 50c.

Zinnia — -Dahlia Flowered

NOTE: You will find our special strain of Giant Double Zinnias
listed and illustrated in natural color on PAGE 75.

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CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s Novelties In Sweet Peas

"^0 Other Varieties of Sweet Peas Will Be Found Illustrated in Color on Page 74

President

Harding

\ Heavenly
Blue

MARY PICKFORD
NO. 2392 A- wonderful

variety and no
doubt the outstanding novelty
of the year. The color is a
beautiful light and dainty
cream-pink with just the faint-
est suffusion of salmon, making
the combination difficult to
equal. The blooms are per-
fectly formed with both wings
and standards decidedly waved.
It is a sturdy grower producing
an abundance of four flowered
sprays on long stout stems.
Packet, containing 12 seeds,
25c each.

Gilda Gray

GILDA GRAY

No. 2385 — A" exquisite novelty of

the early blooming type.
The flowers are very large, the color a
lovely shade of salmon cerise overlaying
bright pink. The wings are a pleasing
hermosa-pink. It is a fine long stemmed
variety with far the greater percentage
of the stems carrying four large well
formed flowers. Has caused a lot of
comment wherever it has been exhibited.

No. 2395

REUTER’S
Novelty Collection

We will send you 1 packet
each of the novelties
listed on this page for

75c, postpaid

HEAVENLY BLUE

No.

2390— a new blue Sweet Pea of
the highest merit. The
color is a lovely soft tone of Delphinium
blue without the least trace of violet.
The flowers are immense with fours
invariably well placed on long stiff stems.
A magnificent blue Sweet Pea that we
believe will be hard to beat.

Packet containing 20 seeds, 25c each. Packet, 25c each.

Mary Pickford

PRESIDENT HARDING
No. 2388 One the grandest

Sweet Peas ever intro-
duced. The flowers are magnificent in
every way. They are bold and impres-
sive, yet well proportioned, and of ex-
quisite texture. Both standards and
wings are attractively waved. They are
born profusely, nearly every stem holding
four large blooms. The color is a peach-
red or salmon-cerise suffused orange, and
is an entirely new color for Sweet Peas.

Packet, 20c each.

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BULBS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

BULBS FOR THE SOUTH

REUTER’S SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS

A maryllis — J oh ns o ni

On the following pages we are listing a splendid
assortment of summer flowering bulbs adapted for planting
in the South. They are very effective and economical to
use and every garden should have a liberal amount of them.

All prices are postpaid.

(Johnsoni) No. 2149. This variety
is well known throughout the South
under the name of ‘ 'St. J oseph Lily.” The color is a fine
crimson scarlet with a broad white strip down the center
of each petal. Fine for mixed borders or for pot culture.

Large blooming size bulbs: 40c each: J4 doz.,
$2.25; doz., $4.00.

Amaryllis

Caladiums-

_We have a nice assortment of these
decorative leaf-plants. You will find
them listed on pages 71 and 78.

Cannas

We list and illustrate these on

71 and 77.

pages

Crinnm« (Southern Lilies). The sword shaped

, A m ujl.li.v3 leaves form a rosette from wdiieh very
large fragrant flowers appear in immense clusters raised
on top of the stout scapes. Fine for planting along fences.

Kirki No. 2150 — Soft delicate pink with a red stripe
down through each petal.

Capense (White Cape Lily) No. 2152 — "White striped
rose on the back of each petal.

Prices on both: 35c each; 34 doz., $1.85; doz. $3.50.

Hoi I'll See assortments listed and illustrated 011

LS ill 111 US pages 72 and 80.

Gladiolus general assortment see page 79. Do not overlook our special collection illustrated in natural

colors on the back cover of this catalog.

TllFlArnefic .Mexican Everblooming No.

J. UUcl uses 2295 — Single flowering and best
suited for the South. Very popular and easily grown,
with large flower spikes thickly set with pure white,
very fragrant flowers. Excellent for cut.

Prices: 6c each; 34 doz., 30c; doz., 56c; 100
for $4.00.

Tuberoses — Mexican Everblooming

(Fairy Lilies). Lovely
small plants with long
narrow leaves and pretty lily-like flowers placed single
on each stem. Well adapted for edging purpose;.

Rosea No. 2298 — Very large and handsome flowers
of a clear rose color. Prices: 10c each; 34 doz., 50c;
doz., 85c; 100 for $5.00.

Candida No. 2300 — Pure white flowers. Prices:
J4 doz., 20c; doz., 35c; 100 for $2.00.

Zephyranthes —

Hemerocallis

TTptn PrnfG 1 1 1 «— — (Da-y Lily) — Popular grouping
neixiei ULdlllS and border plants with large
lily-shaped flowers born on long stems. Very profuse
bloomers. Fine for planting in mixed borders or for
massing in front of shrubberies.

No. 2265 — Single yellow. No. 2266 — Double
Orange. Prices on both: 10c each; 34 doz., 65c;
doz., $1.00; 100 for $7.75.

Tumpnp (Peruvian Daffodil) No. 2267. — A fine

isuicuc Spring flowering bulb with large fragrant

amaryllis-like flowers crowned in a cluster on the strong
stem. The color is a pure white. It starts to bloom three
to four weeks after it has been planted. Fine for borders,
in front of shrubberies or for growing in pots.

Strong bulbs: 25c each; 34 doz., $1.35; doz., $2.50

No. 2385

REUTER’S

“Sunny South” Gladiolus
Collection

20 Bulbs for $1.00, Postpaid

This wonderful collection is immensely
popular with our old friends andcustomers.
All the bulbs are of strictly first size and
each collection is assembled individually
from a choice assortment of separate
varieties and colors which eliminate the
risk of getting them all more or less alike.

We are frank in saying that we do not
believe a better collection can be bought
anywhere for the money. Try one or

more and judge for yourself.

Zephyranthes

r'ollc T iliac Well known decorative pot plants.

KJtllla. Lilies in this latitude they may be
planted in the open in warm protected places.

Godfrey’s Everblooming No. 2268 — Best pure white.
Produces three times as many flowers as any of the other
varieties. Prices: 35c each; 34 doz., $1.85; doz., $3.50.

Golden Yellow No. 2270 — Large rich golden yellow
flower with dark green foliage spotted creamy white.
Extra fine. Prices: 40c each; 34 doz., $2.25; doz., $4.00.

_We list and illustrate these in
natural colors on page 77.

Butterfly Lilies No. 2280 — -uPsriagght

growing plant with large clusters of fragrant snow white
flowers. Delight in a good rich soil and require plenty
of water. Fine for planting along fences or in front of
shrubberies.

Prices: 15c each; J4 doz., 80c; doz., $1.50.

Easter Lilies

Madeira Vine No. 2282

Prices: 10c each; 34 doz., 56c; doz..

.Rapid growing popular vine with hanging clusters of small fragrant

white flowers. Hardy and good for covering fences or unsightly places.

$1.00.

Nerifie (Guernsey Lily) No. 2290 — A lily of

ACI 1UC unusual beauty. The flower petals are
long, narrow and do not close together. The stamens
are standing fully 134 to 2 inches out from the petals
giving the whole flower an odd and striking appearance.
The color is a lovely deep coral pink. Bloom in Fall.

Prices: 20c each; 34 doz., $1.10; doz., $2.00;
100 for $15.00.

BULBS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

BULBS FOR THE SOUTH

GANNAS

(Illustrated in natural colors on page 77 of
this catalog.)

Cannas are one of our most economical and effec-
tive garden plants. They are exceedingly hardy, doing
well in almost any location and in any kind of soil, al-
though they naturally will do better if given a little
care. They are profuse bloomers, producing their
large showy flowers from early spring until late fall.
Cannas find use for many different purposes. A few
stalks cut off and placed in a tall vase will show up
nicely. In the garden they do best when massed in
large beds or borders.

In some sections Cannas are very often attacked
by some kind of worms. These eat the young leaves
while still rolled into tubers. Our leaflet on Canna
culture tells how to overcome this. Free with every
order.

Eureka No. 2175 — A pure white, free flowering
Canna of great merit. 4 feet high.

Prices: 15c each; doz., 85c; doz., $1.60;
100 for $12.00.

King Humbert No. 2176 — One of the most popular
of all Cannas. The orange-scarlet flowers form a strik-
ing contrast to the bronze colored foliage. A bedding
plant par excellence. 4 feet high.

Prices: 15c each; y2 doz., 80c; doz., $1.50;
100 for $10.00.

Mrs. Alfred Conard No. 2177 — An exquisite
Canna with well formed trusses of large flowers of
a lovely salmon-pink color. One of the finest Cannas
yet introduced. 4 feet high.

Prices: 20c each; y2 doz., $1.10; doz., $2.00;
100 for $15.00.

Yellow King Humbert No. 2178 — A striking
sport of the ordinary King Humbert with golden

Sellow flowers heavily spotted Vermillion. iy feet
igh.

Prices: 15c each; y doz., 85c; doz., $1.60;

100 for $12.00.

Venus No. 2180 — A fine rosy-pink variety with
the petals bordered cream yellow. 4 feet high.

Prices: 15c each; y d°z-. ®0c; doz., $1.50;

100 for $10.00.

Wintzer’s Colossal No. 2182 — A taller growing
free flowering variety with enormous flowers of a bright
scarlet color. 5 feet high.

Prices: 15c each; y doz., 80c; doz., $1.50;

100 for $10.00.

Note : We offer a collection consisting of one root
each of the above varieties on page 77.

Reuter’s Rainbow Mixture No. 2156— up^om^^exTe^fve

assortment of choice varieties. Prices: 25c each; y2 doz., $1.35; doz., $2.50; 100 for $18.50.

SEPARATE VARIETIES

Aguape No. 2158 — One of the best of the newer introductions. The leaves are of a deep
transparent pink color with green ribs and veins. 50c each; y2 doz., $2.75; doz., $5.00.

Candidum No. 2159 — Striking white leaves with green ribs and veins. (No. 4.)

Cocoloba No. 2160 — Metallic green with red ribs, the whole center often changing into
a deep red color. (No. 7.)

Fascination No. 2161 — The center is a medley of pink, salmon and orange bordered
green. The ribs are red. Very attractive.

Fred Bause No. 2162 — A lovely and desirable variety with rosy-red center and green
border. 40c each; y2 doz., $2.25; doz., $4.00.

Heralen No. 2163 — Heavy bright red ribs and veins profusely spotted white. (No. 9.)

Hightii No. 2164 — Light green with red and white spots. A strong grower. (No. 10.)

Jennie Perkins No. 2165 — Green with red splashed center and ribs. (No. 6.)

Lord Derby No. 2166 — A delicate transparent pink with green ribs and veins. Will
lose its attractive coloring if exposed to the sun. (No. 5.)

D. C. Meruda No. 2167 — The leaves are creamy-white with large red spots. Very hand-
some and striking variety. 40c each; y2 doz., $2.25; doz., $4.00.

Octaque No. 2168 — Metallic green with white and red spots. (No. 8.)

Our Red No. 2169 — Transparent light red with crumpled green ribs. Will lose its
attractive coloring if exposed to the sun. (No. 1).

Rio Theodore No. 2170 — Dark-crimson center running smoothly over in a bright green
border. The ribs are red. Very fine. (No. 3.)

Silver Queen No. 2171 — Tall strong grower with green leaves spotted transparent silvery
pink.

Mrs. Jessie M. Thayer No. 2172 — Dark metallic green leaves with heavy deep scarlet
ribs and veins. The entire leaf often gets a reddish shade. A very desirable variety. (No. 2.)

40c each; y doz., $2.25; doz., $4.00.

Dr. Geo. Tyrrell No. 2173 — A new variety with handsone large crimson leaves profusely
spotted. 50c each; y doz., $2.75; doz., $5.00.

Prices on above varieties, except where otherwise stated: 30c each; y doz., $1.65; doz.,

$3.00.

NOTE: The varieties marked with numbers ranging from 1 to 10 we illustrate in natural
colors on page 78. On this page you will also find some very nice offerings in collections.

rtUtlHilirn Elephant’s Ear No. 2155 — This variety should not be confused with the fancy leaved

OalaUlUlll Caladiums. It grows from 5 to 6 feet tall and have immense leaves shaped like an
Elephant’s Ear, hence the name. Very decorative and fine as a solitary plant or for grouping. See illus-
tration. Large bulbs: 15c each; y2 doz., 80c; doz., $1.50; 100 for $11.00.

Caladium, Fancy
Leaved

FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS

For planting in shady and half shady places or for growing in porch boxes among ferns,
we do not know of anything more satisfactory than the Fancy Leaved Caladiums. Many an
empty looking space in the garden can be transformd into a beauty spot through use of these
decorative tropical plants. They are easily grown requiring very little attention except liberal
watering.

Full cultural direction with every order.

Note: As Fancy Leaved Caladiums are very tender to cold, we will book all orders
received for delivery in March except when otherwise requested.

Elephant's Ear

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

We are offering the Dahlias on this page as a
supplement to our general list on page 80.

The Dahlias listed here are, in part, newer
introductions, with some older varieties of
especially high merit. As the supply is still
rather limited the prices are somewhat high,
but they are well worth the money. Ask for
our “Dahlia Booklet”. It is free.

Amun Ra No. 2360 — (Decorative). A new introduction, wonderfully distinct
both in color and shape. The flowers are of immense size with the outer petals of
copper and orange tones, deepening in the center to a dark reddish brown color,
the effect as a whole being that of a gorgeous sunset. Long stemmed. Superb.

Price: $2.00 each.

Geisha No. 2363 — (Peony). Superb combination of brilliant scarlet and gold.
The dominating color is scarlet but the petals are tipped and zoned gold. Fine
strong stems. Price: 75c each.

George Walter No. 2354 — (Hybrid Cactus). Mammoth flowers borne on long
stiff stems. The color is pleasing salmon suffused with gold in the center. Price:
75c each.

Golden West No. 2356 — (Hybrid Cactus). Large flowers on strong stems.
The deep rich yellow blooms are heavily overlaid with orange. Price: 50c each.

Insulinde No. 2360 — (Decorative). One of the new introductions that has
attracted most attention. The flowers are very large, 6 to 7 inches in diameter,
and of a beautiful golden orange color suffused bronze. A fine long strong
stemmed varietj'. Price: $1.25 each.

Kalif No. 2362 — (Hybrid Cactus). Produces flowers measuring up to 8 inches
across. The color is a brilliant scarlet. Price: 76c each.

Decorative Dahlia
Dr. Tewis

Pompon Dahlias

Small double flowers of the Show Dahlia type.
Very profuse bloomers.

Little Belle No. 2370 — Clear mauve pink. Long

stems.

Dr. Jim No. 2371 — Lavender edged cerise purple.

Snowclad No. 2372 — Pure white. Fine long
stems.

Price on any of above: 25c each.

SINGLE DAHLIAS

White Century No. 2374 — The best single white Dahlia with large flowers
borne on long stems. Price: 25c each.

Rose Pink Century No. 2375 — A lovely variety for cut. The flowers measure
up to 6 inches in diameter are of a clear rosy-pink color and borne on long stiff
stems. Prolific bloomer. Price: 25c each.

Marcella Gill No. 2363 — (Decorative). One of the best cut flower Dahlias
of today. It is a free bloomer with flowers borne on long stiff stems and it keeps
exceptionally well in water. The color is a delightful soft shell pink. Extra fine.
Price: 60c each.

Millionaire No. 2364 — (Decorative). The largest Dahlia grown. The color
is a delicate lavender pink. Whenever this Dahlia has been exhibited it has
attracted great attention. Price: $1.00 each.

REUTER’S DAHLIA COLLECTION

For Southern Gardens
6 Distinct Varieties for $1.75, postpaid

A choice collection for small gardens with limited space. Will furnish a great
amount of flowers for cutting.

1. Mme. van Bystein (Peony) . Rosy lilac.

2. Reggie (Show). Cherry red.

3. Countess of Lonsdale (Cactus). Deep salmon red.

4. Chas. L. Seybold (Peony) . Crimson carmin tipped white.

5. A. D. Livoni (Shew). Delicate pink.

6. Princess Juliana (Decorative). Pure white.

A copy of our "Dahlia Booklet” is included in every collection.

Mont Blanc No. 2365 — -(Peony). A grand pure white Dahlia. The gigantic
flower often comes 8 inches across and are borne on strong stems. Extra fine.
Price: 40c each.

Patrick O’Mara No. 2366 — (Decorative). When this variety was first intro-
duced to the trade a few years back it attracted great attention. The color is a
cream yellow with salmon-red suffusion. The flowers are large, of perfect form
and are borne on long strong stems. Extra fine. Price: 75c each.

Raden Kartini No. 2367 — (Decorative) . Large flowers of salmon shade suffused
lilac and mauve. It is a fine long stemmed variety and excellent for cut. Price:
60c each.

Dr. Tewis No. 2368 — (Decorative). A strong grower with gigantic flowers of
a beautiful old rose color shading to gold. Very desirable variety. Price: 75c
each.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

PetliniaS — For generations these dependable flowers have brought
beauty and cheer to countless homes. In spite of their
delicate appearance they remain unaffected by heat and drought and
bloom on and on throughout the hottest summer. For massing in beds
or borders the old fashioned Petunias with their bushy growth and
wealth of flowers are preferable. What, for intance, is prettier than
a compact bed of Petunia Rosy Morn?

The new Giant-flowered and double varieties with .their more ranky
growth are excellent for planting in porch and window boxes between
green foliaged plants. Their large bright colored blooms will give life
to the boxes. They are also desirable for massing in large beds and
make excellent pot plants.

The seeds may be sown from January to May in the

latitude of New Orleans. We recommend, especially for
the expensive giant-flowered varieties, that the seed be started in pro-
tected seed beds or boxes, using a finely worked soil. Barely cover the
seeds and keep soil moist, but do not soak it. When the plants are
ready, transplant to about one foot apart. The less expensive varieties
are frequently sown broadcast in the beds or borders they are to occupy,
and the seeds worked a little into the groimd with a rake. This is
naturally the easiest way but there is the risk of having the seed
washed away by heavy rains, making replanting necessary.

Note: All prices are postpaid.

REUTER'S SUPERB MIXTURE No. 1820—

A grand mixture of medium sized flowers made up with
the greatest care. Special attention is given to the color
effect and all shades of white, pink, crimson, blue and
deep purple as well as many beautiful combinations
are found herein. Fine for mixed beds and hanging
baskets. Pkt., 10c; J4 oz., 35c; 14 oz., 60c; oz., $1.00.

GIANT OF CALIFORNIA MIXED COLORS
No. 1822 — A special strain of this popular Giant flowered
Petunia. The flowers measure up to six inches across
and come in many lovely shades and markings generally
beautifully veined. Not quite such profuse bloomers
as their smaller flowering sisters, but the enormous size
of the flowers more than outweigh this disadvantage.
Pkt., 25c

FLUFFY RUFFLES CHOICE MIXTURE
No. 1824 — The Fluffy Ruffles Petunias represent no
doubt the finest single flowering Petunias of today. They
are strong, robust growers and the immense flowers are
beautifully ruffled. The edges of the petals are finely
fringed giving the^flowers a light and delicate appearance.
A fine blend of pleasing shades. If you are particular
about getting only the very best in Petunias, try this
magnificent strain. Pkt., 35c.

Balcony Queen Petunia

REUTER’S GIANT FLOWERING VIOLET
(BALCONY QUEEN) No. 1835 — The true famous
German "Rathaus Petunia.” The large flowers are
of a deep violet color and measure about 5 inches
across. Extra fine for porch and window boxes as
well as for hanging baskets. Pkt., 25c.

REUTER’S GIANT DOUBLE MIXTURE
No. 1840 — No doubt the most popular of all Pe-
tunias. Their large flowers are double right to the
center and come in many lovely shades and colors.
Our seed comes to us from a famous European spe-
cialist and represents the best procurable. As you
may know, however, the best of seed cannot be ex-
pected to produce more than about 30% double
flowers, the balance will be large single flowering.
Take good care of your weaker plants, especially
those whose leaves have a yellowish tint, as they
usually produce the finest double flowers. Pkt., 30c.

TWO VALUABLE NEW GIANT PETUNIAS:

The enormous flowers are open, of perfect shape,
and have lovely tigered throat. Extra fine.
Copper Red No. 1825. — A splendid deep color.
Pkt. , 35c.

Princess of Wuerttemberg No. 1826. — Lovely

delicate shade of rose. Pkt., 35c.

HOWARD’S STAR No. 1828— A striking free-
flowering variety of fine texture. The color is a crimson
maroon with a finely rayed star of blush pink. Pkt., 10c;
y oz., 40c.

KERMESINA No. 1830 — A taller growing variety
with flowers measuring about 3 inches across. The
color is a deep crimson. Very free-flowering and fine
for large massed beds. Pkt., 10c; M oz., 45c.

ROSE OF HEAVEN No. 1831 — A dwarf compact
growing variety especially adapted for bedding purposes.
The flowers are of a brilliant rose color. Very fine
variety. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 40c.

ROSY MORN No. 1832 — Of all Petunias this is the
most extensively used for bedding purposes. Their
short and bushy growth make them admirably adapted
for massing. Tney are profuse bloomers with flowers
of a soft carmine pink turning to white in the throat.
Pkt., 10c; y oz., 40c.

SNOWBALL No. 1833 — A fine compact grower
producing its abundance of satiny-white flowers through-
out. the season. Fine for massing or for bordering beds of
tall growing bright colored flowers. Pkt., 10c; y oz., 40c.

VIOLACEA No. 1834 — A beautiful deep violet blue
Petunia with flowers measuring about 3 inches across.

Pkt., 10c; y oz., 40c.

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

SOW REUTER’S SUPERB SWEET PEAS

Choice Grandiflora Sweet Peas —

The old fashioned type with smooth flowers not quite the
size of the Spencer flowered. We have selected the follow-
ing varieties as the best in their respective colors:

Dorothy Eckford No. 1966 — Large pure white.
Hon. Mrs. E. Kenyon No. 1972 — Primrose yellow.
King Edward No. 1975 — Fine crimson scarlet. See
illustration.

Lady Grisel Hamilton No. 1980 — Fine lavender.
Navy Blue No. 1986 — Indigo blue. See illustration.
Prima Donna No. 1993 — A magnificent pure pink.
Each, per Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; % lb., 50c.
REUTER’S PEERLESS MIXTURE No. 2005 —
A fine mixture carefully blended from, a great number of
choice grandiflora varieties. Very effective for covering
long fences where it will be too expensive to use the large
Spencer flowering.

Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; H lb., 40c; lb., $1.50.

CUPIDO OR DWARF SWEET PEAS MIXTURE

Sweet Peas
Early Spencer
Zvolanek’s
Rose

Sweet Peas
Grandiflora
Navy Blue

Our Sweet Peas are produced from the finest selected stock seed and are
true-to-name and type.

For early planting, we recommend the ordinary or late flowering varieties as
they are more hardy. For later planting, it is advisable to use the early flowering, as
they are about four weeks earlier, allowing a longer time for blooming before the
heat kills the vines.

If you want to make the most out of your Sweet Pea bed, ask for our booklet:
“The Eest Way to Grow Sweet Peas in The South.”

Note: We are offering on Page 69 some of the best novelties of recent
introduction. All prices on this page are postpaid.

Reuter’s Spencer or Orchid Flowered Sweet Peas —

The latest word in the perfection of this popular annual. The flowers are of the largest size
with widespread wings beautifully waved. They are borne 3 to 4 on long strong stems. The
best for bouquets.

SPENCER OR ORCHID FLOWERED MIXTURE No. 2048 — We do not believe it is
possible to get anything more perfect in quality or better in color scheme than this wonderful
mixture. It is a blend of more than 75 prize winning varieties with just the right amount of
each to insure the highest effect. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; lb., 85c; lb., $3.00.

SPENCER OR ORCHID FLOWERED IN SEPARATE VARIETIES

Our present day assortment with its hundreds of varieties includes a great
many that are almost identical in colors and shape. Again there are others
that produce more or less inferior flowers, lacking in size and color. The
assortment offered below has been carefully selected and
vve believe it to be the best for Southern planting.

Asta Ohn No. 2010 — A great favorite wdth flowers of a
lovely pinkish lavender color.

Barbara No. 2038 — Lovely deep salmon.

Dobbie’s Cream No. 2013 — Fine deep cream color.
Enchantress No. 2016 — Magnificent large flowers of
a delicate silvery pink.

Hawlmark Scarlet No. 2040 — Very large bright
scarlet. Fine Color.

Illuminator No. 2020 — Large salmon orange over-
laid cerise. Very popular variety.

King White No. 2030 — The largest and finest pure
white Sweet Pea grown.

Rosabella No. 2033 — Beautiful large bright rose with
finely waved wings.

Royal Purple No. 2036 — Fine warm purple color.
Very distinctive.

Wedgwood No. 2043 — A bright si] very blue. Very fine.
Prices on each of the above. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c;
M lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50.

No. 2016 — For 75c we will send you 1 pkt.
each of the above 10 varieties.

No. 2050 — A dwarf growing type only reaching a height
of about 8 inches. They are profuse bloomers and are
extensively used for massing in beds and borders.

Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 60c; lb., $2.00.

Sweet Peas
Early Spencer
Harmony

Early Flowered Sweet Peas

EARLY GRANDIFLORA— This class
of Sweet Peas is also known under the name
of Christmas Flowering.

Mont Blanc No. 2131 — Pure white.

Mrs. F. J. Dolansky No. 2132 — Fine
self pink.

Lavender Nora No. 2133 — Clear lav-
ender.

Each of the above: Pkt., 10c; oz.,
25c; H lb., 85c.

Early Grandiflora Mixture No. 2134—

A fine mixture.

Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; lb., 65c; lb.,
$2.00.

EARLY FLOWERING SPENCER—

These magnificent Sweet Peas are coming
more and more to their rightful place in
popularity.

Separate Varieties

Aviator No. 2139 — A dazzling crimson-
scarlet.

Harmony No. 2136 — Large; lovely clear
lavender. See illustration.

Meadow Lark No. 2138 — Fine cream
colored.

Snowstorm No. 2140 — Improved pure
white.

Zvolanek’s Blue No. 2135 — Fine, large,
bright blue.

Zvolanek’s Rose No. 2137. — An excel-
lent giant rose-pink. See illustration.

Each of the above: Pkt., 15c; oz., 60c.

EARLY SPENCER FLOWERED
MIXTURE No. 2145 — A choice, well
balanced mixture.

Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; lb., $1.50.

Sweet Peas
Grandiflora
King Edward

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

Hints on Growing
Zinnias.

For the best results
Zinnias should be given
well drained and rich
ground. Poor soil will
always produce poor flow-
ers no matter how good
the seed you may sow.

It is our experience,
that the best flowers are
produced from seed sown
right out in the beds or
borders. Transplanting
seems to have a tendency
to dwarf the plants and
decrease the size of the
flowers.

Reuter’s Giant

Double Zinnias.

For home gardens and public
places we cannot too highly
recommend this special strain.
It produces very large and per-
fectly double flowers and is the
result of many years of pains-
taking work.

Separate colors:

No. 2108— White
No. 2109 — Blush Fink
No. 2110 — Shrimp Pink
No. 2111 — Salmon
No. 2112— Scarlet
No. 2113 — Crimson
No. 2114 — Canary Yellow
No. 2115 — Sulphur Yellow
No. 2116 — Apricot Orange
No. 2117 — Orange
No. 2118 — Lavender
No. 2119 — Purple

Each per pkt. , 10c; oz., 35c;
y2 oz., 60c; oz., $1.00, postpaid.

No. 2120 — Reuter’s Giant
Double Mixture — A superior mix-
ture in every way.

Pkt., 10c; J4 oz., 50c; oz., 85c;
y lb., $3.25, postpaid.

(For other varieties of Zinnias see
Page 68.)

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SEEDS FOR THE SOUTH

REUTER’S PEERLESS FLOWER SEEDS

The Zinnias in my yard were the talk of the
town last year. Many of them were as large
as a breakfast plate , and such dazzling colors,
thanks to Reuter's seeds.

MRS. BOB FARRELL
Greenwood, Miss.

Stocks — Mammoth Beauty of Nice

ANTIGONON (Mountain Rose) No. 1145 —

The Antigonon with its delicate and graceful growth is no doubt the
most lovely of our typical Southern vines. The foliage is of a fresh
light green color and the flower racemes reach often a length of two feet
or more. Unsurpassed for covering porches, fences, old tree stumps,
etc. Blooms in September and October. The Antigonon is a native
of Mexico, where it grows wild in the mountains. From a distance it
resembles a rambler rose, hence the nick name.

Culture: Start seed early indoors in pots or boxes. When

weather is warm and settled transplant to permanent location. The
Antigonon is a perennial vine, but not evergreen except during very mild
winters. Generally the frost kills it to the ground, but it will grow up
again next spring.

Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; 34 oz., 60c.

Stocks Few fl°wers deserve more popularity than .the stocks.

They are easily grown and well adapted for massing or for
planting in mixed borders or beds. They produce a great number of
flowers of delightful fragrance, and their lasting quality make them
especially well fitted for cutting. Our seeds come from the best speci-
alists and can be relied upon to give a large number of double flowers.

Culture: The seed should be started early indoors in flats
or boxes. Barely cover and keep soil moist. When the plants are
about 3 inches high transplant to permanent location setting them 8-12 inches apart.

LARGE-FLOWERING TEN WEEKS — Of dwarf compact growth. Best for massing.

Separate colors: White No. 1940; Pink No. 1941; Crimson No. 1942; Azure Blue
No. 1943; Canary Yellow No. 1944. Each per pkt. 15c.

Mixed Colors No. 1945 — A choice mixture. Pkt., 10c ; 34 oz., 60c.

MAMMOTH BEAUTY OF NICE — Reach a height of about 2 feet. They are of
branching growth and therefore the better for cut.

Separate colors: White No. 1946; Flesh Pink No. 1947 ; Crimson No. 1948; Light
Blue No. 1949; Canary Yellow No. 1950. Each per pkt., 20c.

Mixed Colors No. 1951 — Superb mixture. Pkt., 15c; ys oz., 50c.

Portulaca (Sun Plant) — Charming small annuals of spreading habit. They

produce throughout the season innumerable flowers of the richest colors
and are fine for massing in beds and borders or for making carpet designs. Also extensively
used for edging or rock-work. They are easily raised and their great resistance to heat and
drought make them rank as one of our very best summer flowers.

Culture : Sow thinly in shady
seed beds or boxes filled with a
finely sifted soil. Transplant when
about 3 inches high setting them
6-8 inches apart.

Single Mixed Colors No.
1880 — Fine large-flowering mixture.
Pkt., 10c ; 34 oz., 25c.

Single in separate colors: White
No. 1881; Pink No. 1882; Scarlet
No. 1883; Yellow No. 1884. Each
per pkt., 10c; H oz., 30c.

Double Mixed Colors No. 1885
— Flowers resemble small roses.
Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 65c; 34 oz., $1.25.

Double in separate col-
ors: White No. 1886; Pink
No. 1887; Scarlet No. 1888;
Yellow No. 1889. Each per
pkt., 15c.

Antigonon

Mountain

Rose)

Poitulaca

Mixed

I have never
seen a prettier
garden of flow-
ers than mine
were last year
from the seeds
I ordered from
you, I most
supplied my
neighbors with
plant ! this
Spring.

MRS.

L. D SPELL.

Georgetown,

Miss.

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BULBS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter’s Southern Canna
Collection No. 2185

Six Superb Distinct Varieties for 85 cts., postpaid.

1. EUREKA. Best pure white.

2. WINTZER’S COLOSSAL. Enormous bright scarlet

flowers.

3. MRS. ALFRED CONARD. Beautiful salmon-pink.

4. VENUS. Rosy pink, with creamy yellow border.

5. KING HUMBERT. Large orange scarlet flowers with

bronze-colored foliage.

6. YELLOW KING HUMBERT. Yellow spotted orange-

scarlet.

For complete description and prices on individual varieties, see pajfe 71.

Reuter’s Creole Easter Lily
No. 2275

The superior Lily for outdoors planting in the South. The
flowers are of the purest white color, exceptionally large and
of fine heavy texture. Wherever this native Lily has been ex-
hibited in the Northern States it has attracted wide attention.
Note: Orders received late in the season we will nil with
nicely started stock.

Prices on bulbs and started stock: 25 cts. each; doz.
$1.35; doz. $2.50; 100 for $18, postpaid or prepaid.

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BULBS FOR THE SOUTH

Reuter's Fancy-Leaved
Caladium Collections

Note: For complete list of Caladiums, as well as for
names corresponding- to varieties pictured on this page, see

Page 71.

Collection A

10 distinct varieties for $2.50 postpaid.

A very attractive collection made up from good colored
varieties after our choice. It is one of our standard collec-
tions and we are selling thousands of them every year.

Collection B

5 distinct varieties for $1.35 postpaid.

For those who do not care for the bigger assortments we
have made this splendid little collection. We have chosen
some very fine varieties which we are sure you will like.

Reuter’s “Butterfly” Collection

10 extra choice varieties for $4.00 postpaid

For fine coloring and marking this collection cannot be
surpassed. It contains some of the best varieties of newer
introduction. A bargain for the money.

(Cultural directions included in every collection)

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BULBS FOR THE SOUTH

REUTER’S GLADIOLUS

It would be impossible for us to list all the many hundred varieties of Gladiolus that are
now originated and offered to the trade by the specialists. The space here is too limited.
In the assortment offered below you will find besides the best of the older varieties some
fine and rare novelties.

All bulbs are strictly first size. Note: All prices are postpaid.

AMERICA No. 2220 — An old favorite with large soft lavender pink flowers. A fine bloomer.

Prices: 7c each; y2 doz. 35c; doz., 65c; 100 for $4.50.

BARON HULOT No. 2223 — Deep velvety purple flowers. The best of the purple.

Prices: 12c each; y2 doz., 65c; doz., $1.20; 100 for $9.00.

EVELYN KIRKLAND No. 2227 — A new rare Gladiolus with large flowers of a wonderful rosy pink at
the edge passing to shell pink in the throat. The lower petals are blotched fiery scarlet. A strong grower.

Prices: 12c each; y2 doz., 65c; doz., $1.20; 100 for $9.00.

GLORY OF HOLLAND No. 2229— Large pure white. The best white variety for the South.

Prices: 12c each, y2 doz., 65c; doz., $1.20; 100 for $9.00.

HALLEY No. 2230 — An early variety producing large open flowers of a lovely salmon pink color.

Prices: 7c each; y doz., 40c; doz., 75c; 100 for $5.00.

MARY ALICE WHITE No. 2232 — One of the best newer introduction. A tall strong grower
with large flowers of a rose pink color with a marking of lavender mauve in the throat. The well placed
flowers open 6 to 8 at one time.

Prices: 15c each; y2 doz., 80c; doz., $1.50; 100 for $11.00.

MRS. FRANCIS KING No. 2234 — Enormous open flowers of a dazzling scarlet color.

Prices: 7c each; y doz., 40c; doz., 75c; 100 for $5.00.

MRS. FRANK PENDLETON No. 2236 — One of the finest Gladiolus. The flowers are very large,
open, and of a flushed salmon pink color with deep crimson blotches on the lower petals.

Prices: 8c each; y2 doz., 45c; doz., 85c; 100 for $6.00.

NIAGARA No. 2240 — Delicate cream color lightly splashed with carmine in the throat.

Prices: 10c each; y2 doz., 55c; doz., $1.00; 100 for $7.00.

PANAMA No. 2244 — An improved America with large flowers of rich rose pink color.

Prices: 7c each; y2 doz., 40c; doz., 75c; 100 for $5.00.

SCHWABEN No. 2246 — A wonderful bloomer with canary yellow flowers shading to sulphur yellow.

Prices: 8c each; y2 doz., 45c; doz., 85c; 100 for $6.50.

WAR No. 2247 — One of the best red. The color is a deep blood red shaded crimson-black.

Prices: 12c each; y2 doz., 60c; doz., $1.10; 100 for $8.50.

No. 2249 — Collection of one bulb each of the above 12 varieties for $1.00.

Reuter’s Sunny South Gladiolus Mixture No. 2258 — Xf toebeethe

finest Gladiolus mixture ever brought on the market. It is not a ready made blend; whetheryour order
calls for half a dozen or for one thousand bulbs, it is made up individually. You can be sure of getting
beautiful shades of white, pink, yellow, scarlet, and blue colors as well as the striped and spotted varieties.
Try this great specialty of ours.

Prices: y doz., 40c; doz., 75c; 100 for $5.25; 1000 for $45.00.

Primulinus Hybrids

These Gladiolus are of a more slender growth with orchid-like
flowers. They are more resistant to heat than the ordinary
class and therefore better for late planting in the South.

ALICE TIPLADY No. 2250 — A lovelv orange-saffron. An entirely new and distinct color.

Prices: 15c each; y2 doz., 75c; doz., $1.35; 100 for $10.00.

QUEEN VICTORIA No. 2252 — A glittering pink turning to silvery rose in the throat.

Prices: 10c each; y2 doz., 55c; doz., $1.00; 100 for $7.50.

SWEET ORRA No. 2254 — Pale sulphur yellow flowers. A very nice variety.

Prices: 10c each; y2 doz., 55c; doz., $1.00; 100 for $7.00.

HYBRIDS MIXED No. 2255 — Fine mixture of all shades ranging from the lightest yellow through
orange and salmon to deep crimson.

Prices: y doz., 35c; doz., 65c; 100 for $4.50.

REUTER’S COLLECTION OF RARE GLADIOLUS

Illustrated in natural colors on Back Cover of this Catalog.

ANNA EBERIUS No. 2221 — A lovely rhodamine purple, blotched deep amaranth purple.

Prices: 20c each; y doz., $1.10; doz., $2.00.

DETROIT No. 2224 — Lovely light pink penciled and splashed crimson. Fine long spikes.

Prices: 25c each; y2 doz. $1.35; doz., $2.50.

EARLY SUNRISE No. 2225 — Large bright salmon, with center of petals striped cream.

Prices: 20c each; y2 doz., $1.10; doz., $2.00.

EUROPE No. 2226 — The largest and finest pure wdiite Gladiolus yet introduced.

Prices: 20c each; y2 doz., $1.10; doz., $2.00.

FLORENCE No. 2228 — Bright lilac with white blotches on lower petals. Fine tall spikes.

Prices: 25c each; y2 doz., $1.35; doz., $2.50.

MONA LISA No. 2237 — A delightful soft rose pink. The petals are beautifully ruffled.

Prices: 20c each; y doz., $1.10; doz., $2.00.

MURIEL No. 2238 — True lilac with Petunia violet blotches on lower petals. Straight spikes.

Prices: 25c each; y2 doz., $1.35; doz., $2.50
ORANGE GLORY No. 2242 — Fine bright orange with purple and white markings in throat.

Prices: 20c each; y2 doz., $1.10; doz., $2.00.

SCARLET GLORY No. 2245 — Very large delicate ruffled flowers of scarlet red color.

Prices: 25c each; x/2 doz., $1.35; doz., $2.50.

WOLVERINE No. 2248 — Light coral pink, mottled deep pink, with tyrian rose blotches.
Prices: 15c each; y2 doz., 80c., doz., $1.50.

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BULBS FOR THE SOUTH

CHRIS. REUTER, New Orleans

BULBS FOR THE SOUTH

DAHLIAS FOR SOUTHERN GARDENS

Dahlias may be grown very successfully in the South and splendid results obtained if the proper varieties are chosen and a little attention
is given to the most advisable time for planting. Dahlias, for Spring blooming, should be planted during February and March in this latitude,
but, as Dahlias are tender plants, care should be taken that they are protected against frost. Late planting we find to be the easiest and
most desirable. The bulbs are planted during the latter part of'May and the month of June. They will bloom during Fall and produce their
mass of flowers until checked by the frost. We have, during the last few years, tried out more than a thousand different kinds and the assorts
ment we offer for sale has been carefully selected as the best for our section. Besides the varieties below, we list some very rare sorts on page 72.

Have you our “Dahlia” booklet? If not, ask for it. It is free. Note: All prices on Dahlias in this catalog are postpaid.

SHOW DAHLIAS — Old fashioned ball-shaped
Dahlias, double right to the center.

Dreer’s White No. 2187 — Large glistening pure
white. 35c each.

A. D. Livoni No. 2188 — Beautiful delicate pink
color (See Illustration No. 5). 30c each.

Miss Helen Hollis No. 2189 — Gigantic deep
scarlet flowers (See Illustration No. 2). 45c each.

W. W. Rawson No. 2190 — White overlaid with
amethyst blue. Very fine. 50c each.

Reggie No. 2191 — Cherry red with flower borne
on long stems. 30c each.

Clara Seaton No. 2192 — Enormous flowers of
a pretty golden bronze color. 50c each.

No. 2193 — Collection of above six varieties, one
of each, $2.00.

DECORATIVE DAHLIAS — Very attractive type
resembling the Show Dahlias somewhat in
shape but more flat.

Clarabel No. 2195 — The color is a beautiful rich
rosy purple. 30c each.

Dream No. 2196 — Beautiful salmon shade with
amber glow. 50c each.

Mina Burgle No. 2197 — Excellent free flowering
variety. The color is beautiful deep glowing crim-
son. 35c each.

Simplicity No. 2198 — A delicate flesh pink over-
laid with lilac. Long stems. 40c each.

Yellow Colosse No. 2199 — Immense double
flower of primrose yellow color. 40c each.

Princess Juliana No. 2200 — Fine pure white.
Splendid for cut. 35c each.

No. 2201- -Collection of above six varieties, one
of each. $2.00.

CACTUS AND HYBRID CACTUS DAHLIAS —

Double flowers with long, narrow and curled,
petals, often rolled into tubers.

Countess of Lonsdale No. 2205 — Deep salmon
red tSee Illustration No. 6). 35c each.

Etendard de LyonNo. 2206 — Immense flowers
of a rich earmin rose. 50c each.

Evangeline No. 2207 — Large pure white tinted
creamy in the center. 35c each.

Wodan No. 2208 — Large salmon rose shaded
gold. Very attractive. 50 c each.

Golden Gate No. 2209 — Deep golden yellow
shaded fawn (See Illustration No. 3). 40c each.

Margaret Bouchon No. 2210 — Lovely large
flowers of a soft rose tipped white. 40c each.

No. 2211 — Collection of the above six varieties,
one of each, $2.25.

PEONY DAHLIAS — Large semi-double flowers
with broad, flat and loosely arranged petals.

Aurora No. 2213 — A beautiful salmon orange.
Fine long stems. 40c each.

Hi Gill No. 2214 — Immense flowers of rich
golden yellow color. Fine long stem. 5Gc each.

Mme. Van Bystein No. 2215 — Lovely rosy-
lilac changing to light blue. 35c each.

Oregon Beauty No. 2216 — Large fiery scarlet,
overlaid with a golden sheen. Long stemmed.

40c each.

Mrs. Chas. L. Seybold No. 2217 — Grimson-
carmin with each petal tipped v/hite (See Illustra-
tion No. 4). 35c each.

Queen Wilhelmina No. 2218 — The best pure
white peony-flowered dahlia (See Illustration No. 1).

40c each.

No. 2219 — Collection of the above six varieties,
one of each, $2.15.

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