Farquhar's Reliable Vegetable Seeds. 



ARTICHOKE. Alcachofa. 



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 savorj' dish. 



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

 plant in rows 4 feet apart and 2 feet in the rows. They j-ield 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 vigorously until May, 

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

 the first season. 



Large Globe of Paris. The^best of all Artichokes. Pkt., .1.5; o/., 1.00 

 Large Green Globe Pkt., .10; oz., .35; per lb., 3.50 



Plants of Globe AFtiehoke. Spring delivcFy . . . Per doz., 2.00 



JeFUSalem Artiehoke. Helianthus tuberosus. Cultivated for its edible 

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



ASPARAGUS. Esparrago Spargel. 



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 cov- 

 ered 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 cov- 

 ering 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 

 feet of drill; 5 pounds sow one acre. 

 APgenteuiL The largest and finest sort in cultivation. 



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

 Conover'S Colossal. A standard sort, large and very prolific. 



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

 Columbian Mammoth. White. Large, white stalks. 



Pkt., .05; oz., .10; \ lb., ..30: lb., 1.00 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



Argenteuil. 2 vears 



ApFil DeliveFy. 



Per 100, 1.50; 

 ConovcF's 



vears 

 iper 1,000, 

 Columbian 



per 1,000, 12.00 

 Colossal. 2 

 Per 100, 1.00; 

 8.00. 

 Mammoth 

 White. 2 vears Per 100, 

 1.25; per 1,000, 10.00. 



BROCCOLI. 



_ Broculi. Spargel Kohl. 



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. 



Farquhar't Matchless Brussels Sprouts. 



Berza de Brusels. Sprossen Kohl. 



Cultivate like Cabbage. It is ready 

 for use late in autumn, after the 

 early frosts. One ounce of seed pro- 

 duces about 1,500 plants. 



Fapquhap's Matchless. The 



surest strain, producing large, solid 

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

 1.00; lb., 3.50. 

 AigbUFth. Compact heads, very pro- 

 ductive. Pkt., .05; oz., .25; { lb., 

 .75; lb., 2.50. 



Selected English. Tender and of 



rich flavor. Pkt., .05; oz., .20; J lb.. 



.60; lb., 2.00. 



Scpymgep's Giant. Large 



compact sprouts. Pkt., .05; 



oz...20;ilb.. .50; lb., 1.75. 



Artichoke, Large Globe or Paris. 



R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. JANUARY 1st, 1909. 



Argenteuil Asparagus. 



Copyright 1908 by R. & J. Farquhar & Ca 



