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 February 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. 
Large Globe, or Pairs. The best of all Artichokes. 
Pkt., 25 cts.; 0z.; $1.25 
... Pkt., 20 cts.; oz., $1.00 
May delivery. 
Cultivated for its edible 
Tubers, qt., 40 cts.; peck, $2.50 
Large Green Globe. 
Plants of Globe Artichoke. 
Jerusalem. (Helianthus tuberosus.) 
tubers. 
Argenteuil Asparagus. 
BROCCOLI. 
This vegetable resembles the Cauliflower, but is hardier. 
White Cape. Heads, white, close and compact; a standard sort. 
Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., $1.00 
Italian Purple Sprouting. An early maturing variety yield- 
ing a profusion of purple sprouts of delicious flavor Pkt., 25 cts. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 
Culture. Sow the seeds under glass during April and transplant 
to a cold frame when large enough to handle. 
ferred to the garden in June and cultivated like Cabbage. When the 
plants 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 
licious flavor. 
Farquhar’s Matchless. 
solid sprouts 
Broculi, (Sp.) 
Col de Bruselas, (SP.) 
They may be trans- 
size, solid and of de- 
Pkt., 25 cts.; oz., $1.00 
The surest strain, producing large, 
Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; $1b., $1.50 
Aigburth. Compact heads, very productive. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; $ lb., $1.25 
Per doz., $3.00 
Farquhat’s 
Evergreen 
Lawn Grass 
Artichoke Large Globe or Paris 
ASPARAGUS. § Esparrago, (Sr.) 
Culture. Sow theseeds thinly in drills one foot apart and oneinch deep. The per- 
manent bed should be trenched very deeply, and well manured with rich, thoroughly de- 
cayed 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. 
Arg enteuil. The largest and finest sort in cultivation. 
Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; + lb., $1.00. 
Conover’s Colossal. A standard sort, large and very prolific; green. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.;  lb., 35 cts. 
Reading Giant. Large, succulent stalks. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 ets.; ¢ lb., 75 cts. 
Palmetto. Early and prolific. ... Ree Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; ¢ lb., 50 cts. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 
Asparagus roots can be supplied from November 1st to May Ist. 
See page 37 
: 100 1000 
Argenteuil. 2years ... es fale seu wets sie 2.00 $18.00 
Martha Washington. 2years_ ... ay Sts eee 350 
Conover’s Colossal. 2years ... as ba0 Jue Re 200 18.00 
Reading Giant. 2 years. eth ee nee van Pega oe OO) 24.00 
Serymger’s Giant. ... Pkt., 10 cts.; 0oz., 50 cts.; $ lb., $1.50 Farquhar’s Matchless Brussels Sprouts 
