SEED — •** J 





FOR EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS WE HAVE WON CONFIDENCE. 



NOT by chance, not by luck, but by honest, untiring efforts. Our undivided time and attention is given to growing the choicest and most 

 reliable Seeds We carefully select all the highest grade stocks, and eliminate those which our test gardens prove would be unprofitable for 

 the trucker or gardener to grow. We never recommend any article unless we are certain, by actual test, it possesses merits superior to any- 

 thing the trucker already has. We watch for improvment ill character, shape, form, color, attractiveness and best selling qualities. Theseimprove- 

 ments we quicklv note and encourage. Remember, as you read through this Catalogue, what we say about each article has been gathered from 

 our actual experience, together with the experience of the most up-to-date and successful practical market gardeners and truckers in every part 

 of the world. 



ASPARAGUS, sparoei. 



I Raspberg, Baltimore Co., Md., Aug. 15, 1902. 



/, Gentlemen: — Your Early Fortune Cucumber is doing splendidly. We planted % lb. 



), this year and never saw a more perfect or better Cucumber in our country. Size and 



\\ color is the greatest ever seen. We are well pleased with it. Your Seeds are always O. K. 



(J We wish you success in your work. J. MILCHLING & SON. 



ONE OUNCE TO 50 FEET OF 

 DRILL. 4 POUNDS TO ACKE. 



NO effort put forth in the garden will bring more pleasure and satisfaction than an established 

 Asparagus bed, if this is thoroughly prepared according to the following directions. Abed 

 20 feet by 50 feet, set with two-year old roots, will fast for years and furnish abundance of 

 Asparagus for any family. 



NEW PALMETTO.— Is very early, large yielder, and very regular and even in its growth. 

 Average bunches contain 15 shoots, measuring 13^ ins. in circumference; weighs 2 pounds. It is 

 equally well adapted for all sections. Its quality is unequaled. Seed Pkt., 5c. Oz., 10c. 1/4 

 Lb., 15c. Lb., 35c. 5 Lbs., SSI. 50. 10 Lbs., $2.50. Two-Year-Old Boots, per 100, 75c; 

 by mail, $1.00. Per 1000 Roots, $4.00. 



CONOTEK'S COLOSSAL.— A well, known standard variety. Two-Year-Old Roots, 75c. 

 per 100 ; by mail, $1.00. Seed Pkt., 5c. Oz., 10c. 1/4 Lb., 15c. 1/3 Lb., 35c. Lb., 

 35c. 5 Lbs., $1.50. 10 Lbs., $3.50. 



DIRECTIONS.— Select a good sandy loam, plow the ground as deep as possible, dig out 12 

 inches deep, put in a layer of 4 inches of good, strong stable manure, and press down; then fill in 

 with good, rich, black loam to the top of the bed. Sow on top of the bed 100 pounds kainit to 

 every 1000 square feet of bed; incorporate this thoroughly to the depth of 3 inches. After leveling 

 your bed off even, stretch a line the length of the bed 9 inches from the edge, and with a spade cut 

 a furrow 8 inches deep, set a row of plants along the trench 9 inches apart, with the crowns of the 

 roots 2 inches below the surface; then cover up, make even and plant other rows 9 inches apart. 



BEANS. 



(CROP VERY SHORT.) 



JBuscbOruene JBobnen. 



Dwarf Green, Podded, 



Bush or Snap. 



Add 15c. per Quart Extra 



if to be Sent by Mail. 



ONE OUART TO 100 FEET 



OF DRILL. 3 BUSHELS 



TO THE ACRE. 



HOPKIN'S 



Earliest Red 

 Valentine Beans 





A 



RE the earliest and most prolific round green podded Beans that have ever 

 been placed in the growers' hands. We secured this very superior stock 

 from a farmer in the State of New York, by name of Hopkins, who, after 

 years of greatest effort and determination, produced whatne has since termed 

 Hopkins' Valentines. It comes into bearing earlier than the old stock of Val- 

 entines, is a wonderful producer and a perfect shipper. It will remain in a 

 perfect condition for nearly two weeks after picking. We have secured almost 

 the entire stock of this wonderful Bean, which we offer-you at very reasonable 

 prices in order to introduce and advertise it in your locality. Pt., 15c. Qt., 

 35c. Gal., 75c. Peck, $1.35. Bus., $4.00.. 



The recommendations we /) 

 are daily receiving from J 

 our friends spur us on to f) 

 greater efforts. ) 



September 15, 1902. 

 Your Hopkins Earliest Red Valentine 

 Beans are by far the best green pod beans 

 )) I have ever grown. 1 



1 J. WINDISH, N E. Market, Balto., Md. , 



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HOPKINS EARLIEST RED VALENTINE BEANS. 



