Farquhar's Reliable Vegetable Seeds. 



ARTICHOKE. Artischoke, (Ger.) Alcachofa, (Sp.) 

 A most delicious vegetable, rapidly gaining in popularity. The heads 

 are usually boiled, and the bottom of each scale eaten with butter and salt. 

 In France they are more frequently baked with a dressing of fresh butter, 

 forming a most savory dish. 



Culture. Sow seeds in April or May, and when large enough, transplant in 

 rows 4 feet apart and 2 feet in the rows. They yield the second year, and require protection 

 during winter by earthing up and mulching In the Northern States it is better to treat 

 this plant as an annual, sowing seeds under glass and keeping the seedlings growing vigor- 

 ously until May, when they should be set out in rich soil, when they will produce fine heads 

 the first season. 



Large Globe, or Paris. The best of all Artichokes. 



Pkt., .15; oz., 1.00. 



Lapg-e Green Globe Pkt., .10; oz., .50; i lb., 1.75 



Plants of Globe Aptiehoke. May delivery Per doz., 2.00 



JePUSalem Aptiehoke. Helianthus tuberosus. Cultivated for its edible 

 tubers. Tubers Qt., .25; qt. by mail, .40; peck, 1.25 



ASPARAGUS. Spargel, (Ger.) Esparrago, (Sp.) 



Culture. Sow the seeds thinly in drills one foot apart and one inch deep. The 

 permanent bed should be trenched very deeply, and well manured with rich, thoroughly 

 decayed manure. Wide drills should then be made, 3 feet apart, and deep enough to 

 admit of the top of the plants being covered 6 inches. Set the plants, one or two years 

 old. 12 inches apart in the rows, carefully spreading out and separating the roots. For 

 the sake of convenience one drill should be made at a time, and the planting and covering 

 completed before another is commenced. In November the plants should have their 

 annual top dressing of manure after the stalks have been cleared away. The dressing 

 should be forked in as soon as the ground can be worked in spring, and the bed neatly 

 raked. One ounce of seed sows 60 feei of drill; 5 pounds sow one acre. 



ArffenteUlL The largest and finest sort in cultivation. 



Pkt., .10; oz., .20; i lb., .60; lb., 2.00 

 ConoveP'S Colossal. A standard sort, large and very prolific; green. 



Pkt., .05; oz., .10; i lb., .25; lb., .75 



Columbian Mammoth. White. Large, white stalks. 



Pkt., .05; oz., .10; i lb., ..30; lb., 1.00 

 Palmetto. Early and prolific. Pkt., .05; oz., .10; i lb., ..30; lb. 1.00 



BROCCOLI. Broculi, (Ger.) Spargd Kohl, (Sp.) 

 This vegetable resembles the Cauliflower, but is hardier. 



White Cape. Heads white, close, and compact; a standard sort. 



Pkt., .10; oz., .40; i lb., 1.25; lb., 4.00 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



Rosen-Kohl, (Ger.) Col de Bruselas, (Sp.) 



Culture. Sow the seeds under glass during April and transplant to a cold frame 

 when large enough to handle. They may be transferred to the garden in June and cul- 

 tivated like Cabbage. When the sprouts become crowded cut off .some of the lower leaves 

 so that they may develop. They will be ready for use in autumn after the early frosts. 

 One ounce of seed produces about 1600 plants. 



Farquhar's Ideal, sprouts of large size, solld and of delicious flavor, 



Pkt., .15; oz., ..50 

 Farquhar's Matchless. The surest strain, producing large solid 



sprouts Pkt., .10; oz., .35; i lb., 1.00; lb., 3.50 



AigbUPth. Compact heads, very productive. 



Pkt., .10; oz., .30; } lb., .75; lb., 2.50 

 Sepymgep's Giant Pkt., .05; oz.. .25; i lb., .75 



Artichoke, Large Globe or Paris. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



Asparagus Roots can be supplied from November 1st to 



May 1st. 



Apgenteuil. 2 years. Per 100, 1.50; per 1000, 12.00 

 Conovep'S Colossal. 2 years. Ptr 100, 1.00; per 



1000, 8.00 

 Palmetto. 2 years. Per 100, 1.25; per 1,000, 10.00 



Farquhar's Matchless Brussels Sprouts. 



Ar^eateuil Asparagus. 



