the farm method 



THE GARDEN METHOD 



£^- Half pounds supplied at pound rates ; half bushels at bushel rates. Market Gardeners or other large planters 

 requiring larger quantities of seeds than are here offered are invited to write to us for special prices, particularly purchasers 

 of PEAS, BEANS, CORN, ONION, SPINACH, CABBAGE and TURNIP. 



POSTAGE must be added to Catalogue prices at the rate of 8 cts. per lb. when Seeds are ordered in quantities of half lb. and 

 upward. Add postage for Beans and Peas at the rate of 15 cts. per quart, and to Corn 10 cts. per quart to Catalogue prices. (See remarks, 

 page 3.) See our " Novelty Premium " offered on page 4 ; and for Book Premiums see page 146. 



WWe offer the following - inducements to those who wish to purchase PACKETS in quantity; these low rates apply only to Seeds 

 hy the PACKET, not by the oz., ' 4 lb., lb., pints or quarts; and Seeds ordered in this way will be forwarded free by Mail 

 to any address in the United States or Canada: 



Purchasers remitting $1.00 may select Vegetable Seeds in packets, to value of $1.15 



" 2.00 " " " " " 2.30 



3.00 " " " " " 3.50 



4.00 •' " " ■' " 4.75 



" 5.00 " " " " " (also our Book, "Garden and Farm Topics," or the Thermometrical Calendar 



offered on page 4.) 6.00 



10.00 " " ■' " " (and our Book " Practical Floriculture" or both of the above) 13.00 



Varieties in heavy type are such as we have found to be the best for general cultivation. 



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 or small, of HENDER- 

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whether obtained from 

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 other dealers. Reject 

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ARTICHOKE, Globe. 



German, Artischoke. — French, Artichaut. — Spanish, 

 Alcachofa. 



Sow in April in rich soil, and transplant the following spring to 

 permanent beds, in rows (or hills) three feet apart, and two feet be- 

 tween the plants. They only give a partial crop the first season, but 

 the beds will remain in bearing for years. Protect in winter by a 

 covering of leaves or coarse manure. 



Large Globe, grown for the unripe flower heads, which 

 are highly esteemed by epicures. 10 cts. perpkt. ; 

 30 cts. per oz. 



ARTICHOKE, Jerusalem. 



Grown exclusively for its tubers, which somewhat resemble 

 potatoes, and are cultivated in a similar manner, only that the rows 

 should be at least four feet apart when grown in strong soils. It is 

 enormously productive, producing 1,500 bushels per acre. It is 

 used mostly in feeding sheep and hogs. In some parts of the 

 Southern States the tops are cut and dried as hay. 



Strong tubers, 25 cts. per qt. ; $1.25 per peck; $4.00 

 per bushel. A 3-lb. package by mail for 75 cts. 



ASPARAGUS. 



German, Spargel. — French, Asperge. — Spanish, 

 Esparragos. 1 oz. for QOfeet of drill. 

 A convenient bed is about six feet wide, with a path two feet on 

 each side. This will require six rows one foot apart, and a bed of 

 that width fifty feet long will be ample for an ordinary family, re- 

 quiring about one pound of seed. It will require about three years 

 from the time of sowing until the bed is in full bearing, but once 

 established is good for twenty years. It should be sown in drills 

 one foot apart, and when the plants are four or five inches high 



PALMETTO ASPARAGUS. 



they should be thinned out so that the plants will be one foot apart 

 from each other in all the rows. Great care must be taken for the 

 first year to keep down all weeds as soon as they appear, else they 

 will choke up and destroy the young seedling Asparagus. The 

 deeper the soil and greater abundance of manure that is used, the 

 greater will be the crop. 



THE PALMETTO. We first offered this new Aspar- 

 agus in 1886. Until we found this new Palmetto 

 Asparagus, Conover's Colossal had always been 

 the leading sort, and justly so ; but when we state 

 that the Palmetto is not only much earlier, but is 

 also a better yielder, and is more even and regular 

 in its growth, it will be seen, we think, that it 

 must eventually supplant the old favorite. Aver- 

 age bunches, containing fifteen shoots, measure 

 13J^ inches in circumference, and weigh about 

 two pounds. The Palmetto has now been planted 

 in all parts of the country, and the reports we have 

 indicate that it is equally well adapted for all 

 sections North and South, although it was origin- 

 ally a variety of Southern origin. Its quality is 

 unequaled. (See cut.) The following note from 

 the "American Garden" shows what the Pal- 

 metto Asparagus will do under good cultivation : 

 Truly Giant Asparagus. — We recently saw a bunch of the Pal- 

 metto Asparagus grown by Robert Nichols, a Philadelphiagardener, 

 that beats anything of the sort we ever heard of. The bunch, com- 

 posed of about fifty shoots, weighed 31)2 pounds. It stood 2 feet 

 high and was 27 inches in girth around the middle of the bunch. 

 One might imagine from the length that it was past its best, but 

 such was not the case, as it was just in condition to use. The 

 grower states that it was a growth of only three days. — Ed. Am. G. 



15 cts. per pkt.; 30 cts. per oz. ; $1.00 per i^ lb. ; 

 S2.50 per lb. 

 Colossal. The standard variety. The shoots are of 



the largest size ; very productive and of the best 



quality. 5 cts. per pkt. ; 10 cts. per oz. ; 20 cts. 



per J£ lb. ; 60 cts. per lb. 



Asparagus Roots. 



If the roots are purchased a year or more is saved in time of 

 coming into bearing. 



THE PALMETTO. Splendid roots, $2.00 per 100 ; 



$15.00 per 1,000. (50 roots at 100 rate ; 500 afl,000 



rate.) 

 Colossal. Fine two-year-old roots at $1.00 per 100; 



S7.00 per 1,000. (50 roots at 100 rate ; 500 at 1,000 



rate.) 

 If Asparagus roots are to be sent by mail, add 30c. per 100 

 to above prices. 



I would like to add a word about Henderson's Palmetto Asparagus. I planted a bed of one thousand roots in the spring of 1887. 

 factory. I do not know of any better Asparagus in this section.— James McCutcheon, ''Tighnabruaich," Greenwich, Ct., Nov. 4th, 1889. 



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This, too, proved highly satis- 



