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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



Johnson & Stokes' Vegetable Seeds 



DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING ON ORDER SHEET TO BE DETACHED, OPPOSITE PAGE 12 



IN the following pages we have endeavored to list the cream of all varieties known, weeding out 

 many that are still advertised by other seedsmen, but which our extended tests at Floracroft Trial 

 Grounds have proven to us are unworthy of cultivation. We take great pains each season to 

 inform ourselves fully as to the real merits of everything offered as new or superior, and onr 

 customers may rest assured that if any much-lauded variety is not found in our Manual, the proba- 

 bility is much greater that we have tested it and found it of little or no value, than that it is unknown 

 to us. It is our constant aim thus to gain and hold the confidence of all customers. 



With our very liberal premiums, as offered on pages 1, 2 and 3, and our low prices on seeds in bulk, 

 we say, without fear of contradiction, that "seeds of equal high quality can nowhere be obtained for as Utile 

 money." 



The Best Seeds that Grow and a List of Varieties it Pays to Grow 



Artichoke '^ Donald's Elmira Asparas:us 



As a table vegetable the Artichoke deserves to be more 

 generally cultivated. The part eaten is the flower head, 

 'which is used before it begins to open, and cooked in much 

 the same way as asparagus. 



•XLarge Green Globe. Pkt., lOc; oz., 30c.; lb., S3. 00. 



^Artichoke Roots for hog feed will be found under 

 "Farm Seeds." Peck, $1.00; buBh.,S3.00; bbl., $7.50. 



^ Asparagus 



Asparagus is one of the earliest spring vegetables. No 

 vegetable on our list can be produced so cheaply and easily. 

 (Directions for planting and culture will be found in our 

 new LTIATLET-ESSAYS, sent free on request. A bed 

 12x40feet, requiring about 100 roots, will give an abundant 

 supply for an ordinary family. One ounce of seed will sow 

 40 feet of row; 7,2C0 roots will plant an acre. 



SIX STALKS OF DONALD'S EL1IIE.\, WEIGHING 30 OUNCES. 



This new asparagus, first 

 introduced by us, has attracted 

 much attention throughout 

 the country. It was originated 

 by Mr. A. Donald, a prominent 

 market gardener of Elmira. 

 He has always realized hand- 

 some prices, and although a 

 large grower, was unable to 

 supply half the demand. The 

 delicate green color is notably 

 different from either the fam- 

 ous Barr's Philadelphia Mam- 

 moth or Palmetto, while the 

 stalks are more tender and 

 succulent. Its mammoth size 

 can be realized from the fact 

 that in whole crops a bunch 

 of twelve stalks will average 

 three to four pounds in weight. 

 It requires much le-«s labor in 

 cutting and bunching, thus 

 lessening the expense of mar- 

 keting. The seed we offer is 

 saved for us by Mr. Donald 

 from his choicest beds, and 

 our roots are grown b.v us 

 from the same high-class seed. 

 Price of seed: Pkt., 6c.; oz., 

 10c. ; U lb., 30c,; lb., 90c. 

 STRONG ROOTS, 1 year 

 old, 70c. per 100 (by mail, post- 

 paid, 50 for 70c.; 81.00 per 100); 

 500 for 83.00; 85.50 per 1,000; 



2 years old, 75c. per 100; 500 for 83.25; 86.00 per 1,000, by- 

 freight or express. 



TWO-YEAB-OLD ASPABAGUS 

 BOOT. 



I^B 



arr's Philadelphia Mammoth 



This variety originated with Crawford Barr, a promi- 

 nent market gardener of Pennsylvania. Grown side b.v 

 side with Conover's Colossal, it grows tuice as large and 

 more productive. In Philadelphia it is much sought after 

 and sells at top-notch prices. Seed: Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. ; ^ 

 lb., 20c.; lb., 65c. GOOD STRONG ROOTS, 1 year old, 

 65c. per 100 (by mail, postpaid, 50 for 50c.; 90c. per 100); 

 84.50 per 1,000; 2 years old, 70c. per 100; $5.00 per 1,000 (500 

 roots flt 1,000 rate). 



t/cOl.XJMmAH BIAMMOTH WHITE. This is a most 

 aistinet variety, discovered on Long Island a few years, 

 since. The stalks are large, produced abundantly and 

 early. They are clear white and remain so as long as fit 

 for use, without earthing up or any other artificial blanch- 

 ing. There Is a large demand from canners for this sort. 

 Prices of seed: Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; ^ lb., 2oc.; lb., 75c. 

 GOOD STRONG ROOTS, 1 year old, 70c. per 100 (bv 

 mail, postpaid, 81.00 per 100); S.i.50 per 1,000: 2 year old 

 roots, 75c. per 100; 86.00 per 1,000 (500 roots furnished at 1,000 

 rat^' 



'PAXMETTO. This asparagus is now quite extensively- 

 grown for New York and Pliiladelphi;i markets, where it 

 sells at high prices, owing to its fine size and regularity. 

 Although of Southern origin, it is equally well adapted to 

 the North. Pkt., 5c.; oz.,10c.; 1411>., 2(lc.; lb., 65c. ROOTS, 

 same Brice as Barr's Philadelphia Mammoth. 



LCONOVER'S COLOSSAL. A well-known old stanrr- 

 aravarietv. Prices of Seed : Pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; I41b.,20c.; 

 lb., 50o. SPLENDID STRONG ROOTS, 1 year old, 50c. 

 per 100 (by mail, postpaid, 75c. per 100); $4.00 per 1,000; 2: 

 vears old, 60c. per 100 ; 84.50 per 1,000. 



