GENERAL LIST OF STANDARD VEGETABLES. 



ARTICHOKES. 



ASPARAGUS. 



There are two distinct types of articholies, kno 

 respectively as Jerusalem and Globe. The Ion 

 is a tuberous rooted sunflower; the latter a mem 

 of the same botanic family, but grown exclusively for its flower buds. 



JERUSAIiEM.— Hardy perennial. Culture same as potatoes. Fit for pi 

 ling, etc., but grown largely for swine. Hogs root the tubers out of the soil. (J 

 large even on poor soil. Seed tubers per pound, 40 cents; 3 pounds, 81.00, po 

 paid. By express or freight, peck, $1.00; bushel, S3.00. 



GREEIV GliOBE. — A table vegetable of very high merit. Perennial, 

 flower buds before development. Start seed in border and set plants 4x4 ft 

 Protect with winter mulch north of Delaware. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cts. 



The best vegetable for early money. 



CULTUKE.— 1 ounce of seed sown in drills will j 

 duce 400 plants. Soak the seed. Select strong < 

 year plants for making a plantation. Set deeply in rows 5 feet apart, 13^ feel 

 more apart in row. This will require 6,000 plants per acre. Rich soil with g( 

 under-drainage is best. Set roots in Spring. Top-dress annually with mam 

 fertilizer, salt, etc. Gather the shoots in Spring (up to July) only when 

 plants have come to full development. 



MAUIiE'S MAMMOTH.— This giant type excels all others within my kn' 

 ledge in tenderness, flavor, productiveness and good appearance. It thr< 

 strong, well-developed shoots the entire season, and always commands top 

 notch prices in the discriminating Philadelphia market. At three years old 

 Maule's Mammoth has yielded at rate of $500 per acre. Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.50. Roots,! -year-old, 100 by mail, 

 postpaid, 81.50; by express, 1-year-old, $4.50 per 1,000; 2-year-old, $6.50 per 1,000. 



COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE A comparatively new variety, 



with white shoots which stay while. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 

 \^ pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00. Roots, 1-year, 100 by mail, $1.50, 

 postpaid. By express, 1-year, $4.50 per 1,000; 2-year, $6.50 per 1,000. 



CONOVER'S COIiOSSAl. Old and reliable; green in coloi-. 



Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts., ^ lb., 20 cts.; lb., 50 cts. Roots, 1-year, 100 by 

 mail, $1.25. By express, 1-year $4 per 1,000; 2-year, $5.00 per 1,000. 

 PALMETTO.— Earlier than Conover's. Of Southern origin, but suitable for North also. Large 

 and productive. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; J^ pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00. Roots, 1-year, 100 

 by mail, postpaid, $1.25. By express, 1-year, $4.00 per 1,000; 2-year, $5.00 per 1,000. 



MAULE'S MAMMOTH. 



BUSH BEANS.-GREEN POD. 



IMPROVED EARLY YELLOW SIX WEEKS. 



Culture. — Beans are rather tender, and should 

 not go into the open ground until danger of frost 

 is over. Of bush beans use 1 quart to 275 feet of 

 drill; V-ii bushels to acre. Of pole beans use 1 quart to 200 hills; 10 to 16 quarts per acre. Cover bush 

 beans 2 inches; pole beans 1 inch. Sow bush beans in drills 2 to 4 feet apart; pole beans in hills 4 feet 

 each way. Good corn land is also in good condition for growing a crop of beans. Limas delight in 

 soil that is made very rich by liberal manuring, especially with rotted stable manure. 



EARLIEST IMPROVED ROUND POD VAL- 

 ENTINE.— Although 1 can honestly endorse sev- 

 eral green pod bush beans, and am familiar with 

 all the new introductions, there Is nothing on the 

 market superior to the improved strain of Valen- 

 tine, which I ofl"er the public. I have been breeding 

 up this old favorite for a half-score of years. It was 

 a grand thing when I began; but it is now ten days 

 earlier, and under good conditions is ready for the 

 basket in 32 to 35 days from the seed. My Earliest 

 Improved Round Pod Valentine, as now perfected, 

 has full, meaty pods, which possess beauty, tender- 

 ness and superior flavor, and are in all respects ideal 

 snap shorts. The Valentine bean is old, but my im- 

 proved stock Is new. It is a good thing made better 

 by continued careful selection and high culture, and 

 is now the most prolific and profitable bean of its 

 kind on the American market. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 

 cts.; qt., 40 cts., postpaid. Peck, S1.75. 



IMPROVED EARLY YELLOW SIX 

 WEEKS.— This is an old variety. The name is 

 somewhat misleading, as It is a green podded sort. The seed 

 when fully ripe is yellow, and hence the name. It is string- 

 less until it attains full size. It makes a good, thick, meaty 

 pod. Very productive. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; 

 quart, 35 cents, postpaid. Peck, $1.25; bushel, $4.25. 



DAVARF HORTICULTURAL — 

 A bush form of the old Horticultural 

 or Speckled Cranberry bean. An ex- 

 cellent green podded sort, good as a 

 snap short In the green state, or for 

 use shelled. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; 

 qt., 40 cts., postpaid. 



NEAV STRINGLESS GREEN 

 POD.— Absolutely stringless and ex- 

 tremely early. (See specialties.) 



WHITE KIDNEY. — A popular 

 sort of well established merit. May 

 be used as a green pod snap bean or 

 allowed to ripen. One of the very 

 best for winter use. Pkt., lOc; pt., 20c.; 

 qt., 35c., postpaid. Pk., $1.25; bu., $4.50. 

 LARGE AVHITE MARROW- 

 FAT. — This has always been a pop- 

 ular variety in field culture, j-nd a 

 most profitable market sort. Green 

 podded. Pkt., lOc; pt., 20c., qt., 35c., 

 postpaid. Pk., $1.25; bu., $4.25. 



EARLY MOHAAVK. — Hardiest 

 of the early varieties of green pod 

 bush beans. An old and well known 

 sort of established merit. May be 

 planted rather early, as it will with- 

 stand a slight frost. Packet, 10 cts.; 

 pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 cents, post- 

 paid. Peck, $1.25; bushel, $4.25. 



DWARF HORTICULTURAL. 



BEST OF ALL. 



EARLY MOHAWK. 



BEST OP ALL This deservedly popular green pod bean is of foreign origin. It is very largely 



grown in the South in the vicinity of New Orleans and elsewhere, and is in high favor there. It is also , 

 grown with success and profit in more northern latitudes, and is worthy of trial everywhere. It has 

 very long, glossy pods, almost twice the length of the old Valentine. The pods are fleshy, succulent, 

 stringless and of good flavor. It is medium early and very prolific. A good bean for either market or, 

 family use. Many of my customers testify that the name of the bean is well chosen. Packet, 10 cents; 

 pint, 25 cents; quart, 40 cents, postpaid. Peck, $1.25; bushel, $4.25. 



When beans by the pint or quart are ordered by express or freight, 8 cents per pint, or 15 cents per quart 

 may be deducted from prices quoted. Pecks and bushels sent by freight or express at purchaser's expense. 



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