PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— VEGETABLE SEEDS. 23 
they bear this 
Trade-[lark Label. 
je 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, 
particularly purchasers of PEAS, BEANS, CORN, ONION, SPINACH, CABBAGE and TURNIP. 
POSTAGE wust be added to Catalogue prices at the rate of 8 cts. perlb., when seeds are ordered in quantities of haif lb. and 
upward. Add postage for Beans and Peas at the rate of 15c. per quart, and to Corn 10 cts. per quart, to Catalogue prices. 
Varieties in heavy type are such as we have found to be the best for general cultivation. 
+= ASPARAGUS -.S==+# 
German, Spargel.—French, Asperge.—Spanish, Hsparragos. 1 oz. for 60 feet of drill. 
A conyenient bed is about six feet wide, with a path two feet oneach 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 willrequire 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 allthe rows. Great care must be taken for the first year to keep down all weeds as soonas 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 1314 inches in circumference, and weigh about two 
pounds. The Palmetto has 
now been planted in all parts See scare i GAN 
of the country, and the re- A ff : : NP We ' 
ports we have indicate that it ANTI NAN AMM ENN Ai i, ANT iL NI 
is equally well adapted for all , Dr | ill ih 
sections Northand South. Its 
quality is unequaled. (See 
cut.) 
10c. per pkt., 25c. per oz., 75c. 
per 44 |b., $2.00 lb. 
Colossal. The standard variety. 
The shoots are of the largest 
size ; very productive and of 
the best quality. 5 cts. per 
pkt., 10c. per oz., 20c. per 14 
lb., 50c. per lb. 
J ASPARAGUS ROOQTS.be 
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 ior 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 tue edge; distance between § 
the plants in the rows, nine inches. b 
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 p&% 
per 1,000. (50 roots at 100 - 
rate; 500 at 1,000 rate.) aS f 
Our Prices this Season are lower than ever. Read what we say on this subject on pages 7 and 2. 
