J. MANNS & CO.'S CHOICE SEEDS. 



Asparagus. 



-Jpargei, 



1 oz. for 50 feet drill; 500 plants. 1 lb. produces plants to set one acre. 



To grow plants from seed, sow ia April or May, in drills about one inch deep, in rows 

 a foot apart. Keep the soil mellow and free from weeds. During- the summer "thin out," 

 and the followinsf spring the plants maybe set out in beds, 6.x;(5 feet wide, with a path two 

 feet wide on each side; set the plants about a foot apart each way, with the plants four 

 inches below the surface. 



Asparagus is very easily grown and has proved very profitable and satisfactory to the 

 trucker and market srardener. It should be in every private garden, and when it is once well 

 established, will, with proper care, last for twenty years or more. Asparagus will succeed 

 well in any good, rich soil, but a light, warm soil, which has been heavily manured for previous 

 crops, is best. 



Tlie Palmetto. — This variety is not only much earlier, but is also a better 

 yielder, and is more even than the Old Favorite. The Palmetto has now been 

 planted in all parts of the country, and the reports we hear indicate that it is equally 

 v?ell adapted for all sections. North and South. Package, 5c.; X lb., l''c ; lb., 30c. 



Couover's Collossal. — An old standard and more largely grown than any 

 other sort. It is unsurpassed in productiveness and flavor. Oz., 5c.; ^ lb., lOc; 1 

 lb., 30c.; 5 lbs. and over at 35c. per lb. 



Columbian Mammoth White. — A distinct and valuable variety, produc- 

 ing immense clear white shoots, very tender and of excellent quality. Package, 5c.; 

 X lb., lOc; lb., 3oc. 



ytsparagus I^oots, 



100 2-year old roots plant a bed 15x50 feet, sufficient for medium garden. An acre requires 4000 to 6000. 



CUIiTDKE. — The quickest way of getting an Asparagus bed is to purchase the roots, which we can supply at very reasonable prices, 

 •sspecially in large quantities. Two-year old roots are the kini usually set out. To prepare permanent beds for Asparagus, plow or dig 

 •out trenches eighteen inches wide and ten to twelve inches deep, making the trenches four or eiirht feet apart. In the bottom of the fur- 

 row scatter bone fertilizer and an application of well rotted manure, which dig lightly in and mix with the soil, and then set the plants 

 fifteen inches ap^irt in the rows. Spread out the roots carefully and cover with soil and manure, care being used not to cover the crowns 

 more than two or three inches at first, as the first shoots from the j'oung roots are not strong enough to force through a deep mass of 

 soil. On the approach of winter cover with manure, which fork In early in the spring, and apply a dressing of salt or kainlt — kainlt is 

 probably best— and an application of half a ton per acre every other year will be very beneficial. If white Asparagus is desired, the 

 second springaf ter planting, earth up in beds eighteen inches above the roots, to blanch the Asparagus as it grows. If green Asparagus 

 ia desired, it is not necessary to earth up so deeply or to make the rows mure than three feet apart. Care should be used not to cut too 

 late in the spring, as it is liable to exhaust the plants. During the winter or earl.y spring, cut or burn otf the growth, run the plow over 

 the bed to throw the earth down, and apply manure or Potato fertilizer, or both, mixing same in with the soil. To make white Asparagus, 

 the beds must he freshly and lightly earthed up each spring just before the growing season commences. 



Insect Remedy. — For the Asparagus beetle use Slug Shot, or freshly slacked lime dusted on before the dew has disappeared. 

 Any of the above varieties, 2-year old roots, per 100, 7oc.; by mail, $1.00; per 1000, $4.00. 



Artichokes, 



Jerusalem. — The tubers roasted, or boiled, served with butter, salt and pepper, makes a dish some think superior 

 "to Potatoes. They are most excellent feed for cows and will cause an increase in quantity and quality of milk. Peck, 

 75c.; bushel, $3.00. 



Dear Sirs:— The crops produced from your seeds have been very satisfactory, 

 nodded. 



Baltimore County. October 15. 1901. 

 Your Valentine Beans are strictly pure and round 

 J. B. RITTENHOUSE. 



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SClgmS — V^arf or ^ush Varieties. 



>ne quart will plant 100 feet of drill; 1 to l}4 bushels to the acre. We supply '4 peck at peck rates. 



New Stringltss (ireen Pod. 



Plant as soon as the ground is warm and dry in drills two and one-half feet 

 apart, and drop the beans three inches apart. For a succession sow every three 

 weeks until the loth of August. Hoe often, but never when wet with dew or rain, 

 as earth will rust the leaves and injure the crop. 



New Stringless Green Pod. — This Bean, of recent introduc- 

 tion, has already found first place in the list of Short Snap varieties. 

 The pods are a rich green, very round and straight, five inches long, 

 solidly meaty and broad, deeply saddle-backed, or creased along the 

 back, caused by the rounded swell of the fleshy sides. The pods are 

 tender, brittle, and of finest flavor; always entirely stringless even when 

 fully matured. It combines in itself the chief merits of all the other 

 varieties, viz.: unusual hardiness, extreme earliness and productiveness. 

 Qt., 20c.; peck, |1.40; bush., $5.00. 



Giant String-less Green Pod. — This new variety should not 

 be compared with New Stringless Green Pod, from which It is entirely 

 distinct, resembling more closely the Valentine; the pods averaging 

 one-third larger than the latter variety; it is nearly a week later than 

 Extra Early Valentine if planted at the same time. The plants are of a 

 strong growth, very productive, pods 5 to 6 inches long, light green, 

 slightlv curved and very meaty. The very round puds are brittle and 

 stringless at all stages, and of mild flavor. Qt., 3Uc., peck, $1.25; bus., 

 $4.50. 



