2 J. MANNS & CO.’S CHOICE SEEDS. 
SF SPALAQUS. -s 
1 oz. for 50 feet drill; 500 plants. 1 1b. produces plants to set one acre. 
To grow plants from seed, sow in 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 following spring the plants may be set out in beds, 6x6 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 gardener. 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 
a Aas soil, but a light.warm soil,which has been heavily manured for previous crops, is best. 
‘’ The 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 well 
adapted for all sections, North and South. Package, 5c.; ¥ lb., 10c., 1b., 30c. 
<« Conover’s Colossal.—An old standard and more largely grown than any 
other sort. It is unsurpassed in productiveness and flavor. O2z., 5c; \% lb., 10c.; 
1 1b., 30c.; 5 lbs. and over at 25c. per lb. 
=< Columbian Mammoth White.—A distinct and valuable variety, produc- 
ing immense clear white shoots, very tender and of excellent quality. Package, 5c ; 
¥ Ib., 10c.; 1b., 85c. 
/tsparagus Roots. 
100 2-year old roots plant a bed 15x50 feet, sufficient for medium garden. An acre requires 4000 to 6000. 
CULTURE.—The quickest way of getting an Asparagus bed is to purchase the roots, which we can supply at very reasonable prices, 
especially in large quantities. Two-year old roots are the kind 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 eight 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 apartin 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 young roots are not strong enough to force through a deep mass of 
). 5. @ approach of winter cover with manure, which fork in early in the spring, and apply a dressing of salt or kainit—kainit 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 
spring after planting, earth up in beds eighteen inches above the roots, to blanch the Asparagus as it grows. If green Asparagus is de- 
sired, it is not necessary to earth up so deeply or to make the rows more 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 early spring, cut or burn off 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 be 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, 75c.; by mail, $1.00; per 1000, $4.00. 
Airtichokes. 
———~ 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, $2.00. 
B ean S e —Dwarf or Bush Varieties. 
One quart will plant 100 feet of drill; 1 to 1% bushels to the acre. Wesupply % peck at peck rates. 
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 151h 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.—tThis 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 
varieti¢s, viz.: unusual hardiness, extreme earliness and productiveness. 
Ot.,20c.; peck, $1.25; bush., $4.25. 
\f Giant Stringless Green Pod.—This new variety should not 
e 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, 
slightly curved and very meaty. The very round pods are brittle and 
stringless at all stages, and of mild flavor. QOt., 20c.; peck, $1.00; 
New Stringless Green Pod. bush , $4.00. 
