MANNS’ SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Representing varieties 
which are known to our 
customers and ourselves 
as being the best 
obtainable. 
Artichoke 
Jerusalem or Tuberous Rooted. 
Grown exclusively for their large potato- 
like roots which are valuable for feeding 
hogs and for table use, often yielding over 
two tons per acre, Plant in March or April, 
two feet apart in 3 foot rows and cover 2 
inches deep, 3 bushels per acre or 1 quart 
to 60 feet of row. They should not be dug 
in the fall but allowed to remain in the 
ground to be gathered as needed. An ex- 
cellent hog feed, preventing cholera, and 
exceedingly nutritious, When once planted 
they will continuously come up afterwards, 
hence for a field crop» it is best to select a 
piece of land which is to be devoted to 
Artichokes exclusively and an annual crop 
will be produced for years. Price, %4 pk., 
35e; pk., $1.00; bu., $3.50. 
Palmetto Asparagus. 
Offered at lowest possible prices con- 
sistent with the high quality of our 
tested and proven 
strains 
Asparagus 
1 ounce to 60 feet of drill; 1 lb. per acre; 3,000 plants per acre. 
Asparagus grows easily in almost any good soil, but best results are 
obtained in well-enriched, deeply dug, sandy loam. A well cared for bed 
improves with age, and lasts for many years. It may be grown from 
seed, but much time is saved by planting roots. 
The Asparagus plant is slow to die down in the fall, so that the roots 
cannot safely be dug until about November ist. By this time the soil 
is so cool that the plants do not root readily, consequently many are 
winter killed. For this reason, We advise only spring planting for any 
point north of Washington, D. C. 
We strongly urge all those having enough available space to put in 
a bed for their own use, following carefully the cultural directions 
given below. 
If you wish to grow plants from the secd yourself, pour warm water 
on the seed and allow it to stand until cool; pour it off and repeat 
two or three times with fresh warm water. Sow in spring in drills 
about eighteen inches apart and two inches deep in light, rich soil, 
planting fifteen to twenty seeds to each foot of row. When the plants 
are well up, thin to about one inch apart and give frequent and thor- 
ough cultivation during the summer. If this has been well done, the 
plants will be fit to set the next spring. 
The permanent bed should be prepared by deep plowing or spading 
and thoroughly enriching the ground with stable manure or other 
fertilizer; a moist, sandy soil is best. If the sub-soil is not naturally 
loose and friable, it should be made so by thoroughly stirring with a 
sub-soil plow or spade. Set the plants about four inches deep and one 
to two feet apart in rows four to six feet apart. After the plants are 
well started, give frequent and thorough cultivation. Early the next 
spring spade in a heavy dressing of manure and about one quart of 
salt and double the quantity of fresh wood ashes to each square rod 
and cultivate well as long as the size of plants will permit, or until 
they begin to die down. The next season the bed may be cut over two 
or three times, but if this is done, all the shoots, no matter how small, 
should be cut. After the final cutting, give a good dressing of manure, 
ashes and salt. Cultivate frequently until the plants meet in the rows. 
In autumn after the tops are fully ripe and yellow, they should be cut 
and burned. A bed fifteen by fifty feet, requiring about one hundred 
plants, if well cultivated and manured, should give the following sea- 
son an abundant supply for an ordinary family and continue productive 
for eight or ten years. 3 
p s Famous French variety noted for its earliness and 
Giant Argenteuil size. It resists rust better than some domestic 
sorts and is also very prolific, producing an abundance of light green, 
tender shoots. Pkt., 5¢; 44 lb., 30c; Ib., $1.00. 
P | tt This is the most popular variety grown for general garden 
almetto purposes, being more prolific than any other and very 
uniform, Shoots are light green and tinted slightly with pink. They 
are not so thick as the Colossal or other white types and are fre- 
quently deep green when allowed to grow above ground. This gives 
a really splendid flaver. FPkt., 5c; % Ib., 20c; lb., 60c. 
A sport from Conover’s Colossal. This 
Columbian Mammoth White splendid, large stalked variety produces 
white shoots above the surface and requires little if any blanching, 
Does not always come true from seed, but the green sorts can readily 
be discarded. Pkt., 5c; %4 Ib., 20c; lb., 60c. 
p) One of the largest and most popular green var- 
Conover S Colossal ieties; stalks are bright green, often tinged 
purple at the top; very tender and of fine quality. Pkt., 5c; %4 Ib., 
20c; Ib., 60c. 
Asparagus Roots 
From one to two years may be saved by planting Asparagus roots 
instead of seed. We have found the demand for roots to be greater 
than the quantities obtainable, and therefore suggest that orders be 
paced early. Choice, 2-yr. old roots, all leading varieties, $2.00 per 
100. Special price on large quantities. 
