PETER HENDERSON & CO.—VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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PALMETTO ASPARAGUS. 
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j= Half pounds supplied at pound 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, particularly purchasers of PEAS, BEANS, CORN, ONION, 
SPINACH, CABBAGE and TURNIP. 
POSTAGE must be added to Catalogue prices at the rate of 8 cts. per lb. when seeds are 
ordered in quantities of half lb. and upward. 
Add postage for Beans and Peas at the rate of 15 ets. 
per quart, and to Corn 10 cts. per quart to Catalogue prices. 
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these low rates apply only to Seeds by the PACKET, not by the oz., % lb., lb 
uarts; and Seeds ordered in this way will be forwarded free by Mail to any address in 
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Varieties in heawy type are such as we have found to be the best for general cultivation. 
ARTICHOKE, Globe. 
German, Artischoke.—French, Artichauwt.—Span- 
ish, Alcachofa. 
Sow in April in rich soil, and transplant the following 
spring to permanent beds, in rows (or hills) three feet apart, 
and two feet between the plants. They only give a partial 
crop the first season, but the beds will remain in bearing for 
years. Protect in winter by a covering of leaves or coarse 
manure, 
Large Globe, grown for the unripe flower heads, 
which are highly esteemed ky epicures. 10 
cts. per pkt.; 30 cts. per oz. 
ARTICHOKE, Jerusalem. 
Grown exclusively for its tubers, which somewhat resemble 
potatoes, and are cultivated in a similar manuer, only that 
the rows should be at least four feet apart when grown in 
strong soils. It is enormously productive, producing 1,500 
bushels per acre. It is used mostly in feeding sheep and 
hogs. 
and dried as hay. 
Strong tubers, 25 ects. per qt.; $1.25 per peck; 
$4.00 per bushel. A 3-lb. package by mail for 
75 ets. 
ASPARAGUS. 
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 sownin 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 9 inches apart from each other | 
in allthe 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 Pal- 
metto Asparagus, Conover’s Colossal was the 
leading sort, and justly so; but the Palmetto 
is not only much earlier, but is also a better 
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In some parts of the Southern States the tops are cut | 
yielder, and is more even and regular in its 
growth and must eventually supplant the 
old favorite. Average bunches, containing 
fifteen shoots, measure 1314 inches in circum- 
ference, and weigh about two pounds. The 
Palmetto has now been planted in all parts 
of the country, and the reports we have in- 
dicate that it is equally well adapted for all 
sections North and South. Its quality is 
unequaled. (See cut.) 
15 cts. per pkt.; 25 cts. per oz.; 75 cts. per 4 
Ib. ; $2.00 per Ib. 
TRULY GIANT AsSPARAGUS.—A bunch of the Palmetto; 
Asparagus grown by Robert Nichols, a Philadelphia 
gardener, beats anything of the sort ever heard of. 
The bunch, composed of about fifty shoots, weighed 
3134 pounds. It stood 2 feet high and was 27 inches in 
girth around the middle of the bunch, One might 
imagine from the length that it was past its best, but 
such was not the case, as it was just in condition to 
use. The grower states that it was a growth of only 
three days.—ED. AMERICAN GARDEN. 
Colossal. Thestandard variety. The shoots are 
of the largest size; very productive and of 
the best quality. 5 cts. per pkt.; 10 cts. per 
oz.; 20 cts per 14 lb.; 60 cts. per lb. 
Asparagus Roots. 
If to be sent by mail add 40 cts. per 100 to the prices. 
A saying 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, $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.) 
