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Reliable Vegetable Seeds. 



NOVELTIES WILL BE FOinVD OX COLORED INSERT. 



ARTICHOKE. Artisckoke.) 



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 apatt 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. Oz. Lb. 

 Large Green Globe. The best variety ; heads large, and scales tender and excellent ... .05 .30 $3.00 

 Jerusalem Artichoke. {Heliatithus tuberosus). Cultivated for its tubers. Qt., .20; peck, $1.00. 



ASPARAGUS. {SpargeL) 



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 

 '. —M^^^^^^^i^.-- c 7; ~~ '. deeply, and well manured with rich, thoroughly decayed manure. Wide 



drills shoi'M 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, mav be purchased in spring, or may be produced from seed sown in 

 drills one inch deep and a 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 mince of seed sows sixty 

 feet 0/ drill. 



moore's giant cross-bred asparagls. Pkt. Oz. Lb. 

 Moore's Giant Cross=Bred. Stalks frequently an inch in diameter ; productive, tender and 



excellent °5 - IO >°-75 



Conover's Colossal. A standard sort; early; large, and very prolific 05 .10 .50 



Columbian Mammoth White. Stalks clear white ; large; distinct 05 .to 1.00 



The Hub. A favorite sort in the vicinity of Boston 05 .15 1.00 



Palmetto. One of the earliest ; of large and fine growth -05 .10 1.00 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



Moore's Giant Cross-Bred. One year old, per 100, $0.75; two years, per 100, $1.00. per rooo, $7.00 



Conover's Colossal. " " " -75; " " I -°°- " 7 00 



The Hub. " " " i-ooj " " 1-25. " 7-5° 



Palmetto. " " " -75; " " 1 - 2 S- " 7. 50 



BEANS, ENGLISH. {Faba.) 



Plant mx 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 - Q l> Peck 

 Broad Windsor. The best variety; very hardy; height three feet 10 .30 $1.25 



WINTER AND SPRING FLOWERING BULBS. 



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 we select our Bulbs personally in Europe, customers may rely on their excellence. 



