LIST OP TESTED GARDEN SEEDS FOR 1912. 



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ASPARAGUS. 



German, Spargel. French, Asperse. 



As early in the spring- as the ground can be worked, sow the 

 Seeds— previously soaked in water for about 24 hours— in rows 

 about a foot apart. Cultivate between the rows frequently, 

 to keep the soil loose and the weeds down. The second year 

 the plants will be ready for planting- in permanent beds. Pre- 

 pare the ground by working in a liberal quantity of barnyard 

 manure. Set the plants from 15 to 18 inches apart, or when 

 large quantities are grown for market, set 3 or 4 feet apart, 

 which permits horse cultivation. In planting spread out the 



roots carefully and cover 

 with about 6 or 8 inches of 

 soil. A rather sandy soil is 

 best. Sow 1 ounce to 60 feet 

 of drill. 



Colossal — A well-known and 

 excellent variety. Pkt. 5c; 

 oz. 10c; Vi lb. 20c; 1 lb. 50c. 

 Palmetto — An earlier and 

 more productive variety 

 than the preceding. Pkt. 5c; 

 oz. 10c; Vi lb. 20c; 1 lb. 50c. 

 Columbian Mammoth White 

 — A distinct variety fur- 

 nishing white shoots. Pkt. 

 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; 1 lb. 

 75c. 

 Giant Argenteuil — A favor- 

 ite market sort; grows to 

 a very large size. Pkt. 5c; 

 oz. 15c; % lb. 30c; 1 lb. 85c. 



ASPARAGUS 

 ROOTS. 



If desired by Mail, add 40c 

 per 100 lor Postage. 



Barr's Mammoth — A large 

 green sort, 2-year-old 

 roots by express, per 100 

 $1.00; per 1,000 $6.50. 



Colossal ■ — ■ 2-year-old roots, 

 by express, per 100 60c; 

 per 1,000 $5.00. 



Palmetto — 2-year-old roots, 

 by express, per 100 75c; 

 per 1,000 $6.00. 



Giant Argenteuil — 2-year-old 

 roots, by express, per 100 

 $1.00; per 1,000 $6.50. 



Columbian Mammoth White 

 — 2-year-old roots, by ex- 

 press, per 100 $1.00; per 

 1,000 $6.50. 



Bonavallet's Giant — A remarkable Asparagus, its chief charact 

 earliness. The shoots are purplish-green, or blanch-white 

 old roots, by express, per 100 $1.25; per 1.000 



GliEEN GLOBE ARTICHOKE. 



ARTICHOKE-eiobe. 



German, Artischoke. 

 French, Artiohaut. 



Sow in April in hot-bed, and 

 when the ground is ready, 

 transplant in hills 3 feet apart, 

 and the rows 2 feet apart. 

 Large Green Globe — The stan- 

 dard variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 

 40c; \i lb. $1.40; 1 lb. $5.00. 

 Artichoke — Jerusalem. (See 



Farm Seed Section, page I 

 41.) 



The Globe Artichoke is 

 grown for its flower heads, 

 the fleshy scales and bot- 

 toms of which are used for 



food; the Jerusalem or 



French for its tubers which are most commonly used for hog- 

 feed though not altogether unpalatable as human food. 



BROCCOLI. 



German, Spargel- 

 kohl, French, 

 Chou Brocolis. 



Allied to and 

 closely resembling 

 Cauliflower, but 

 much more hardy. 

 Sow the Seed in 

 the early part of 

 May and trans- 

 - plant in June. 



S5 Purple Cape — A 



; hardy and very 

 popular variety. 

 Pkt. 5c; oz. 35c; Vi 

 lb. $1.00; 1 lb. $3.50 



• BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



German, Gruener Kopfkohl. French, Chou de Bruxelles. 



The Sprouts resembling miniature cabbages, are produced 

 in the axils of the leaves. To promote a perfect growth of 

 Sprouts, the leaves should be cut off as close as convenient 

 to the stem, as the Sprouts are forming. 

 Dwarf Improved — An excellent variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 



Vt, lb. 45c; 1 lb $1- 50 



eristics being freedom from rust, great productiveness and 

 when planted deep, and grow to an immense size. 2-year- 



.$8.50 



"ASPARAGUS CULTURE" — An authoritative, up-to-date book 



F. M. Hexamer 



giving the most practical methods of cultivating Asparagus, by 

 50c, postpaid. 



