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We supply Yi bushel at bushel rate ; y z peck at peck rate ; '/£ lb, at lb. rate. 



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



Yz lb. and upwards postage must be added to Catalogue prices at the rate of 



8c. per lb. For Peas and Beans add 15c. per quart, and Corn 10c. 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 until 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., $1.75. 



Asparagus. 



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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, buta light, warm soil, which has been heavily manured for previous 

 crops, is best. 



' r ; t^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 and South. Package, 5c; % lb., 10c; lb., 30c. 

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

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

 1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs. and over at 30c per lb. 



Columbian Mammoth White. — A distinct and valuable variety, produc- 

 ing immense clear white shoots, very tender and of excellent quality. Package, 

 6c; J<lb., 10c; lb., 35c 



Asparagus 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 fur- 

 row 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, orboth, 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 Keraedy.- 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, 75c; by mail, $1.00. Special prices in quantities. 



