CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



Our Vegetable Seed Department contains all the good standard varieties 



also many novelties introduced by ourselves and others in recent years, and we 

 flatter ourselves that none better can be obtained anywhere. By comparison with, 

 the prices of other reliable dealers, ours -will be found exceedingly reasonable. 



IfVIl ISB"I PUFPI ALI ' SEEDS OFFERED ON THIS PAGE TO ANY POST OFFICE OR EXPRESS OFFICE 

 ME SIELlWCli THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED. 



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ASPARAGUS. 



German, Spargel. 



French, Asperge. 



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 fre- 

 quently, to keep the soil loose and weeds down. The second 

 year the plants will be ready for planting in permanent beds. 

 Prepare the ground by working in a liberal quantity of barn- 

 yard 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; 34 lb. 20c; 1 lb 



Palmetto — An earlier and more productive variety than 

 the preceding. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 20c; 1 lb 



Columbian Mammoth White — A distinct variety furnish- 

 ing white shoots. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 14 lb. 25c; 1 lb.... 



.45 



.50 



.75 



ARTICHOKE— Globe. 



German. Artischoke. 



French, Artichaut. 



Sow in April in hot-bed, and 

 when the ground is ready, 

 transplant in hills 3 feet apart, 

 and the rows 2 feet apart. 



I.arjse Green Globe — The stan- 

 dard variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 

 30c; % lb. 80c; 1 lb.. .$3.00 

 Artichoke — Jerusalem. (See 

 Farm Seed section, page 

 37.) 



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 hoj 

 feed though not altogether unpalatable as human food. 



GBEEN GLOBE ARTICHOKE. 



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 for 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. 



BROCCOLI. 



German, Sparprel- 

 kohl, French, 

 Chou Brocolis. 



Allied to and 

 closely resembling 

 Cauliflower, btA», 

 much more hardy. 

 Sow the Seed in 

 the early part of 

 May and trans- 

 plant in June. 

 Purple Cape — A 

 hardy and very 

 popular variety. 

 Pkt. 5c; oz. 30c: 14 

 lb. $1.00; 1 lb. $3.50 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



German, Gruencr Ivopfkohl. 



French, Chou de Bruxelles. 



Bonavallct's Giant — A remarkable Asparagus, its chief characte 

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

 old roots by express, per 100 $1.50; per 1 000 



• T il e s P r .? uts - resembling miniature cabbages, are produced 

 in the axils of the leaves. To promote a perfect %?owtn of 



fo P the stem 6 iTrhS =f h ° Ul t d be C , Ut 0fC as cl ° se as ^nvenient 

 to tne stem, as the Sprouts are forming. 



Dwarf Improved — An excellent variety. Pkt 5c; 



M lb. 35c; 1 lb. 



oz. 10c; 



"ASPARAGUS CULTURE"- 



r whpn !^fJ n f f r ? edom fr ° m rust, great productiveness and 

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



$1.25 



-An authoritative, up-to-date book 

 F. M. lloxamer. 



sriyinsr tbe most practical methods of cultivating Asparagus, by 

 oOc, postpaid. ' ■: 



