Johnson's Vegetable Seeds 



The 'Best Seeds that Grow, and a 

 List of Varieties it Pays to Grow 



SPECIALTIES AND STANDARDS 



IN the interest of our customers we have endeavored to list in the 

 following pages the cream of all varieties known, weeding out many 

 that are still advertised by other seedsmen. We take great 

 pains each season to inform ourselves fully, by actual tests, as to the 

 real merits of everything offered as new or superior, and our customers 

 may rest assured that if any much-lauded variety is not fonnd in our 

 Manual, the probability is much greater that we have tested it and 

 found it of little or no value, than that it is unknown to us. Some of the 

 older varieties have been left out on account of their being very similar 

 or inferior to some of the newer sorts. Any variety which lias appeared 

 in former catalogues, although not here listed, can be furnished. It is 

 our constant aim thus to accommodate, gain and hold the confidence 

 of all customers. 



Asparagus is one of the earliest spring vegetables. No vegetable 



^|,f C1.2TUS on our '' st can be produced bo cheaply and easily. Directions for 



O planting and culture will be found in our new LEAFLET-ESSAYS, 



sent free on request. A bed 12 x 40 feet, requiring 100 roots, will 



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supply an ordinary family. One ounce of seed will sow 40 feet of row; 7,260 roots will plant an acre. 



NEW EARLY FRENCH GIANT ASPARAGUS 



This new sort is the earliest, largest and most prolific, being 

 a great improvement on the popular Palmetto or French Argen- 

 teuil Asparagus, which was first brought to this country by Mr. 

 John Nix, the largest asparagus grower of South Carolina. The 

 roots were imported from Mr. Louis Le"rault de Argenteuil, of 

 France, and we have improved the original strain season by 

 season, so that it is much superior to the first importation, and 

 thoroughly acclimated to our northern climate. It is not only 

 ten days earlier than Palmetto, but of larger size and superior 

 in flavor and color. 



Prices of Seed: Pkt, 6c.; oz., 10c; J- lb., 30c; lb., 90c 

 Good, Strong One-year-old Roots, 50 for 60c; 100 for $1.00, by 

 mail, postage paid; by express or freight, 85c per 100; $6.25 per 

 1,000. Two-year-old Roots, $1.00 per 100; $6.50 per 1,000, 

 by freight or express (500 roots at 1,000 rate). 



DONALD'S ELMIRA ASPARAGUS 



The delicate green color is notahly different from either 

 the famous Barr's Mammoth or Palmetto, while the stalks are 

 more tender and succulent. Owing to the large size, it requires 

 much less labor in cutting and bunching, thus lessening the 

 expense of marketing. Price of Seed: Pkt., 6c ; oz., 10c ; i lb., 

 25c; lb., 80c Strong Roots, 1 year old. 70c. per 100; (bv mail, 

 postpaid, 50 for 60c ; 90c per 100) ; $5.5 per 1,000; 2 years old, 

 75c per 100; $5.75 per 1,000, by freight 

 or express (500 roots at 1,000 rate). 



BARR'S MAMMOTH 



In Philadelphia is much sought 

 after, and sells at top-notch prices on 

 account of its large size and fine ap- 



fearance. Seed: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 

 lb., 20c; lb., 60c Good, Strong 

 Roots, 1 year old, 66c per 100 (by 

 mail, postpaid, 60 for 50c; 85c per 

 100); $4.25 per 1,000; 2 years old, 70c 

 per 100; $4.75 per 1,000 (500 roots at 1,000 rate). 



PALMETTO ASPARAGUS 



Extensively grown for New York and Philadelphia markets, where it sella 

 at high prices, owing to its fine size and regularity. Seed and Roots, same 

 prices as Barr's Mammoth. 



CONOVER'S COLOSSAL ASPARAGUS 



A well-known old standard variety. Prices of Seed: Pkt.. 5c ; oz., 10c- 

 k lb., 20c; lb., 60c Splendid Strong Roots, 1 year old, 60c per 10o'(by'niaii' 

 postpaid, 70c per 100); $4.00 per 1,000; 2 years old, 60o. per 100; $450 per 1,000. * wo '™^J 





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