PETE$ HEfitDE^SO^ 8t CO., fiUVst YOt^.— VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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p&- Half-pounds supplied at pound rates ; half-pecks at peck rates ; half-bushels at bushel rates. Market Gardeners or 

 other large planters requiring larger quantities of seeds than are here offered are invited to write to us for special prices. 



We mail seeds and pay the postage on all seeds in packets, ounces and quarter-pounds purchased from this catalogue. 



We only charge postage on bulk quantities, at the rate of 8 cts. per lb. to catalogue prices, for seeds purchased in quantities of % lb. 

 and upward of one variety, and to Peas and Beans at the rate of 15 cts. per quart, and to Corn at the rate of 10 cts. per quart. We are 

 obliged to require postage on the bulk quantities just mentioned, for we not only have an enormous counter trade, but a large proportion of our cus- 

 tomers have their goods shipped by freight or express, consequently we could not, in equity, base our prices to include postage. 



German, Spargel. — French, Asperge. — Spanish, Esparragos. 1 oz. for 60 feet of drill. 

 A convenient bed is about six feet wide, with a path two feet on each side. This will require six rows one foot apart, and a bed of that width fifty feet long will be 

 ample for an ordinary family, requiring about one pound of seed. It will require about three years from the time of sowing until the bed is in full bearing, but once 

 established is good for twenty years. It should be sown in drills one foot apart, and when the plants are four or five inches high they should be thinned out so that the 

 plants will be nine inches apart from each other in all the rows. Great care must be taken for the first year to keep down all weeds as soon as they appear, else they will 

 choke up and destroy the young seedling Asparagus. The deeper the soil and greater abundance of manure that is used the greater will be the crop. 

 THE PALMETTO. Until we found this new Palmetto Asparagus, Conover's Colossal was the leading sort, and justly so; but the 

 Palmetto is not only much earlier, but is also a better yielder, and is more even and regular in its growth and must eventually sup- 

 plant the old favorite. Average bunches, containing fifteen shoots, measure 13}£ inches in circumference, and weigh about two 

 pounds. The Palmetto has 

 now been planted in all parts 

 of the country, and the re- 

 ports we have indicate that it 

 is equally well adapted for all 

 sections North and South. Its 

 quality is unequaled. (See 

 cut.) 



10c. pkt., 25c. oz., 75c. % lb., 

 $2.00 lb. 



Colossal. The standard variety. 

 The shoots are of the largest 

 size; very productive and of 

 the best quality. 5c. pkt., 

 10c. oz., 20c. y± lb., 50c. lb. 



*« ASPARAGUS ROOTS. > 



If to be sent by mail add 40 cts. per 

 100 to the prices. 



A saving of one to two years is effected 

 by planting roots. Those offered below 

 are strong two-year-old roots. For pri- 

 vate use or for marketing on a small 

 scale, beds should be formed five feet 

 wide with three rows planted in each, 

 one in the middle and one on each side 

 a foot from the edge; distance between 

 the plants in the rows, nine inches. 



THE PALMETTO. Splendid 



roots. (See cut.) $1.50 per 100, 



$12.00 per 1,000. (50 roots at 



100 rate ; 500 at 1,000 rate.) 

 Colossal. Fine two-year-old 



roots at $1.00 per 100, $7.00 



per 1,000. (50 roots at 100 



rate ; 500 at 1,000 rate.) 



I wish to say that the seeds I purchased of you every one grew, and the packets contained nearly twice aa many as those I bought from any other firm. 



Helen M. Lamb, Ladoga, Wis. 



