Farquhar's Reliable Vegetable Seeds. 



ARTICHOKE. Artischoke, (Ger.) 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 aU Artichokes. 



Pkt., .15; oz., 1.00 



Large Green Globe Pkt , .10; oz., .50; i lb., 1.75 



Plants of Globe Artichoke. May delivery ... Per doz., 2.00 



Jerusalem Artichoke. Helianlhus tubewsus. Cultivated for its edible 



tubers. Tubers ... ... Qt., . 25 ; qt. by mail, .40; peck, 1 .25 



ASPARAGUS. Spargel, (Ger.) Esparrago, (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 tiie 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. 



ArgenteUll. The largest and finest sort in cultivation. 



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

 Conover's Colossal. A standard sort, large and very prolific; green. 



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

 Columbian Mammoth. White. Large, white stalks. 



Pkt., .05; oz., .10; i lb., .30; lb., 1.00 

 Palmetto. Early and prolific. Pkt., .05; oz., . 10; i lb., .30; lb., 1 .00 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



Asparagus roots can be supphed from November 1st to May 1st. 



Argenteuil. 2 years Per 100, 1 .50; per 1000, 12.00 



Conover's Colossal. 2 years ... Per 100, 1.00; per 1000, 8.00 



Palmetto. 2 years Per 100, 1.25; per 1000, 10.00 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



Rosen-Kohl, (Ger.) Col de Bruselas, (Sp.) 



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, soUd and of deUcious flavor. 



Pkt., .15;oz., .50 

 Farquhar's Matchless. The surest strain, producing large, sohd 



.sprouts Pkt., .10; oz., .35; i lb., 1.00; lb., 3,50 



Aigburth. Compact heads, very productive. 



Pkt., .10; oz., .30; i lb., .75; lb., 2.50 

 Scrymger's Giant Pkt., .05; oz., .25; i lb., .75 



Artichoke, Large Globe or Paris. 



BROCCOLI. Broculi, (Ger.) Spargel Kohl (Sp.) 



This vegetable resembles the Cauhflower, but is hardier. 



White Cape. Heads white, close, and compact; a stand- 

 ard sort ... Pkt., .10; oz., .40; i lb., 1.25; lb., 4.00 



Italian Purple Sprouting-. An early maturing 

 variety yielding a profusion of purple sprouts of de- 

 licious flavor ... ... ... Pkt., . 15 



Farquhar's Matchless Brussels Sprouts. 



Argentuuil Asparagus 



