FARQUHARS _ 
Reliable Vegetable Seeds. 
NOVELTIES WILL BE FOUND ON COLORED INSERT. 
ARTICHOKE. «4 rtischoke.) 
The Globe Artichoke is cultivated for its flower-heads, which, when cooked in a young state, are delicious. 
They are generally baked although there are many methods of cooking them. 
Culture.— The seeds should be sown in April or May and the plants, when large enough, transplanted 
into rows four feet apart and two feet distant in the rows. They bear the second year and continue as long as 
they are nourished and cultivated. They require protection during the winter; the simplest means being to bank 
them up like Celery, cutting away the very tall tops and covering exposed foliage with any coarse mulch which 
will not readily rot. 
They may be fruited the first season if sown under glass in February and the seedlings transplanted in May. 
They succeed best in a light, sandy loam, well-enriched. 
Pkt-g*Oz; Lb. 
Large Green Globe. The best variety; heads large, and scales tender and excellent . . . .05 .30 $3.00 
Jerusalem Artichoke. (Helianthus tuberosus). Cultivated for its tubers. Qt., .20; peck, $1.00. 
ASPARAGUS.  (S¢arse7.) 
This is one of our most delicious vegetables, and when proper care is 
taken in making the beds and setting the plants, they will continue produc- 
tive for many years. 
Culture. The permanent bed should be trenched or ploughed very 
deeply, and well manured with rich, thoroughly decayed manure. Wide 
drills should then be made three feet apart, and deep enough to admit of the 
top of the plants being covered six inches. Plants, either one or two years 
old, may be purchased in spring, or may be produced from seed sown in 
drills one inch deep anda foot apart. Set the plants eighteen 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 sixty 
Jeet of drill. 
MOORE’S GIANT CROSS-BRED ASPARAGUS. Pkt. Oz. Lb. 
Moore’s Giant Cross-Bred. Stalks frequently an inch in diameter; productive, tender and 
excellent Pe areal eee pr ook nN Ps eal On eee yh ae A SES ISS 
Conover’s Colossal. <A standard sort; early; large, and very prolific .. -....+ ++ .05 .I0  .50 
Columbian Mammoth White. Stalks clear white; large; distinct. . .. .... ..+ +. .05 .10 1.00 
The Hub. A favorite sort in the vicinity of Boston... - 1 + ee ee ee ee ee ee 6605) «TS «1-00 
Palmetto. One of the earliest; of large and fine growth . .. ~~. ©. se 2 + e+ + + «© + “05 «10 1.00 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 
Moore’s Giant Cross-Bred. One year old, per 100, $0.75; two years, per 100, $1.00. 
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Conover’s Colossal. es i a7 ys 1,00; 
The Hub. t 4 : 1.00 ; ss ss 1.2. 
Palmetto. &“ “ “ is ‘“c “6 1225 
BEANS, ENGLISH. (42éc.) 
Plant six inches deep as early in spring as the ground can be worked. The rows should be three feet apart and the seed deposited four 
inches apart in the rows. Pkt > Ota Peck: 
Broad Windsor. The best variety; very hardy; height three feet .. .. .- .- ++ ++ -10 .30 $1.25 
Mrs. E. A. D., 137 Hawthorn Street, New Bedford, Mass., writes March 11, 1898. 
‘< T bought my vegetable and flower seeds of you last year and they were most satisfactory and I shall sena 
my order for this year’s seeds shortly.” 
J. S., Brunswick, Cumberland Co., Me., writes March 20, 1898 : 
‘‘T wish to speak in praise of your seeds; Ihave had wonderful success with them. Last year I did not 
receive your catalogue so I sent to New York for seed and had bad luck.” 
