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Reliability 

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Vitality 

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We solicit 

 your orders 

 which will 

 have our 

 personal 

 attention 

 and liberal 

 treatment. 



We supply J A bushel at bushel rate; j4 peck at peck rale; }i lb. at lb. rale. 



Seeds by packet, ounce and % lb. will be mailed free. In quantities of 



y 2 lh. and upwards, postage must be added to Catalogue prices at the rate of 



8c. per lb. For Peas and Beans add 1 5c. per quart, and Com I Oc. per quart, 



ARTICHOKES. 



Jerusalem. — This variety is grown from tubers only (three bushel to the acre, cut to one eye;) plant similar to potatoes, 

 in rows three feet apart and two feet in the row; cover two inches deep. They are planted from March to April and are 

 well adapted to soil where corn and potatoes can be planted. The tubers roasted or boiled, served with butter, salt and 

 pepper, makes a dish something superior to potatoes, but are principally grown for stock feeding. One acre will keep twenty 

 to thirty head of hogs in fine condition from October to April, except when the ground is frozen too hard for them to root, as 

 they should not be dug in the fall, but the hogs turned into the field to help themselves by rooting for them. They are 

 most excellent feed for cows and will cause an increase in quantity and quality of milk. Peck, 60c; bush. $2.00. 



i^$parague = Spargel. 



1 oz. for 50 feet drill; 500 plants. 1 lb. produces plants to set one acre. 



To grow plants from seed, sow in April or May, in drills about one inch deep, in rows a foot apart. 

 Keep the soil mellow and free from weeds. During the summer "thin out," and the following spring 

 the plants may be set out in beds 6x6 feet wide, with a path two feet wide on each;side; set the plants 

 about a foot apart each way, with the plants four inches below the surface. 



Asparagus is very easily grown and has proved very profitable and satisfactory to the trucker and 

 market gardener. It should be in every private garden, and when it is once well established, will, 

 with proper care, last for twenty years or more. Asparagus will succeed well in any good, rich soil, 

 but a light, warm soil, which has been heavily manured for previous crops, is best. 



The Palmetto. — This variety is not only much earlier, but is also a better yielder, 

 and is more even than the Old Favorite. The Palmetto has now been planted in all 

 parts of the country, and the reports we hear indicate that it is equally well adapted 

 for all sections, North or South. Package 5c; % lb., 10c; lb., 35c 



Conover's Colossal. — An old standard and more largely grown than any other 

 sort. It is unsurpassed in productiveness and flavor. Oz., 5c; X lb., 10c; 1 lb., 

 30c; 5 lbs. and over at 35c per lb. 



Columbian Mammoth White. — A distinct and valuable variety, producing 

 immense clear white shoots, very tender and of excellent quality. Package, 5c; 

 % lb., 10c; 1 lb., 35c 



Asparaqus Roots. 



100 2-year old roots plant a bed 15x50 feet, sufficient for medium garden. An acre requires 4000 to 6000 roots. 



CULTURE.— The quickest way of getting an Asparagus bed is to purchase the roots, which we can supply at very reasonable prices, especially 

 in large quantities. Two-year old roots are the kind usually set out. To prepare permanent beds for Asparagus, plow or dig out trenches eighteen 

 inches wide and ten to twelve inches deep, making the trenches four or eight feet apart. In the bottom of the furrow scatter bone fertilizer and an 

 application of well-rotted manure, which dig lightly in and mix with the soil, and then set the plants fifteen inches apart in the rows. Spread out 

 the roots carefully and cover with soil and manure, care being used not to cover the crowns more than two or three inches at first, as the first shoots 

 from the young roots are not strong enough to force through a deep mass of soil. On the approach of winter cover with manure, which fork in 

 early in the spring, and apply a dressing of salt or kainit — kainit is probably best— and an application of half a ton per acre every other year will 

 be very beneficial. If white Asparagus is desired, the second spring after planting, earth up in beds eighteen inches above the roots, to blanch the 

 Asparagus as it grows. If green Asparagus is desired, it is not necessary to earth up so deeply or to make the rows more than three feet apart 

 Care should be used not to cut too late in the spring, as it is liable to exhaust the plants. During the winter or early spring, cut or burn off the 

 growth, run the plow over the bed to throw the earth down, and apply manure, or potato fertilizer, or both, mixing same in with the soil. To make 

 white Asparagus, the beds must be freshly and lightly earthed up each spring just before the growing season commences. 



Insect Remedy.— For the Asparagus beetle use Slug Shot, or freshly slacked lime dusted on before the dew has disappeared. 

 Any of the above varieties, 2-year old roots, per 100, 50c; by mail, 75c Special prices in quantities. 



