Farquhar's Reliable Vegetable Seeds. 



ARTICHOKE. Alcachofa, (Sp.) 



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 early in Feb- 

 ruary and keeping the seedlings growing vigorously until May, when they should 

 be set out in rich soil, when they will produce fine heads the first season. 



LaPffe Globe, op PaPiS. The best of all Artichokes. 



Pkt., 25cts.;oz., $1.50 



Large Green Globe Pkt., 20 cts.; oz., $1.00 



Jerusalem Artichoke. {Helianthus tuberosus.) Cultivated for 

 its edible tubers Tubers, qt., 40 cts.; peck, $2.50 



Farquhar's 

 Evergreen 

 Lawn Grass 



See page 37 



Martha Washington Asparagus. 



Artichoke Large Globe or Paris. 



ASPARAGUS. 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 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. 



MaPtha Washington. One of the finest varieties in cultivation; stalks large, 

 dark green in color, and of fine flavor. Pkt., 25 cts.; oz., $1.50 



Argenteuil. Popular French variety. Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; j lb., $1.00 



Conover's Colossal. Large and prolific. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; j lb., 35 cts. 



Reading Giant. Large, succulent stalks. Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; i lb., $1.00 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



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



100 1000 



Maptha Washington. 2 years $3.50 $32.00 



Argenteuil. 2 years 2 .00 18 .00 



Reading Giant. 2 years 2.50 20.00 



BROCCOLI. Broculi, (Sp.) 



Culture. This vegetable resembles the Cauliflower and the method of cul- 

 ture is the same. For early use sow in a hotbed in February or March and trans- 

 plant into cold frames 2 or 3 inches each way. Set out in open ground early in 

 Spring in rows 2i feet apart and 18 inches between the plants. I^or late use sow 

 in a prepared bed in May. Broccoli should be cooked soon after being cut. 



White Cape. Heads, white, close and compact; a standard sort. 



Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., $1.00 



Italian Purple SpPOUting. An early maturing variety yield- 

 ing a profusion of purple sprouts of delicious flavor. Pkt., 25 cts. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Bretones 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 cultivated like Cabbage. When the plants become crowded cut otf 

 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 \oOO plants. 



Farquhar's IdeaL 



Ucious flavor. 



Sprouts of large size, solid and of de- 

 Pkt., 25 cts.; oz., $1.00 



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

 soUdsprouts Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; Jib., $2.50 



Long Island ImpPO ved . a tail growing variety producing an 

 abundance of very large sprouts, soUd and of delicious flavor. 



Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 75 cts. 



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Farquhar's Ideal Brussels Sprouts. 



