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SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Selected from improved strains having true commercial merit, offered at lowest possible prices 



consistent with highest quality. FOR MARKET GARDENERS and other 



judicious and careful growers who sow the best. 



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. 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 1st. 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. 



If you wish to grow plants from the seed yourself, sow in spring in drills 

 about eighteen inches apart and two inches deep in light, rich soil, plant- 

 ing 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 thorough 

 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 fer- 

 tilizer; a moist, sandy soil is best. 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 season 

 an abundant supply for an ordinary family and continue productive for 

 eight or ten years. 



(~, . . .. Famous French variety noted for its earli- 



*J«*"t iVrgeillcUll ness an( j s ; ze j t rcs | s ts rust better than 

 some domestic sorts and is also very prolific, producing an abundance of 

 light green, tender shoots. Pkt., 5c; M lb., 30c; lb., $1.00. 



■j-) i This is one of the most popular varieties grown for gen- 



" Iue *■ '•'-' era] garden purposes, being early, prolific and very uni- 

 form. Shoots are light green but frequently deep green when allowed 

 to grow above ground. Pkt., 5c; % lb., 20c; lb., 60c. 



Martha Washington Rustproof u.T De P t. ofAgru 



culture for resistance agains "rust" and other Asparagus diseases. Pro- 

 duces an abundant crop of large, tender stalks. The finest strain of 

 Asparagus available. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25; H lb., 85; per lb., $2.50. 

 Roots, 2 yr. Old, $2.00 per 100. Special price on quantities. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



From one to two years may be saved by planting 

 Asparagus roots instead of seed. Choice, 2-yr. old 

 roots, all leading varieties. $1.75 per 1C0. Special 

 price on large quantities. 



ARTICHOKE (Jerusalem of Tuberous Rooted) 



Grown exclusively for their large potato-like roots .which are valuable 

 for feeding hogs. Price, 1/4 pk., 35c; pk., $1.00; bu., $3.50. Express- 

 age extra. 



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