FARQUHAR’S RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
ARTICHOKE. Artischoke, (GmrR.) 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. 
Large Green Globe ea haa kt O07 Osi lbs, la 
Plants of Globe Artichoke. Maydelivery ..._... Per doz.,2.00 
Jerusalem Artichoke. Helianthus tuberosus. Cultivated for its edible 
tubers. Tubers ... ...  Qt.,.25; qt. by mail, .40; peck, 1.25 
ASPARAGUS. Spargel, (Gpr.) LEsparrago, (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 feet of drill; 5 pounds sow one acre. 
Argenteuil. The largest and finest sort in cultivation. 
_ Pkt., .10; oz., .20; } lb., .60; lb., 2.00 
Conover’s Colossal. A standard sort, large and very prolific; green. 
Pkt., .05; 0z., .10;4Ib., .25;1b., .75 
Columbian Mammoth. White. Large, white stalks. 
Pkt., .05; oz., .10; + Ib., .30; Ib., 1.00 
Palmetto. Early and prolific. Pkt., .05; 0z., .10; ¢ lb., .30; lb. 1.00 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 
Asparagus roots can be supplied from November Ist to May 1st. 
Argenteuil. 2years ... ... ... Per 100, 1.50; per 1000, 12.00 
Conover’s Colossal. 2years .. ... Per 100, 1.00; per 1000, 8.00 
Palmetto. 2 years Per 100, 1.25; per 1000, 10.00 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 
Rosen-Kohl, (GrrR.) Col de Bruselas, (Sp.) 
i 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 1500 plants. 
Farquhar’s Ideal. Sprouts of large size, solid and of delicious flavor, 
Pkt., .15;02., .50 
Farquhar’s Matchless. The surest strain, producing large solid 
sprouts bie Keri ee Pkt., .10; oz., .85; + lb., 1.00; lb., 3.50 
Aigburth. Compact heads, very productive. 
ber Pkt., .10; oz., .80; 4 lb., .75; lb., 2.50 
Serymger’s Giant abba Sp oe oeas Pkt., .05; oz., .25; ¢ lb., .75 
Farquhar’s Matchless Brussels Sprouts. 
Artichoke, Large Globe or Paris. 
BROCCOLI. Broculi, (GurR.) Spargel Kohl, (Sp.) 
This vegetable resembles the Cauliflower, but is hardier. 
White Cape. Heads white, close, and compact; a stand- 
ardsort ... Pkt.,.10; oz.,.40; 11b., 1.25; lb., 4.00 
Italian Purple Sprouting. An early maturing 
variety yielding a profusion of purple sprouts of de- 
licious flavor i he eae ae 
Pkt., .15 
i Argenteuil Asparagus. 
