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ASPARAGUS. 
_ Asparagus is one of the earliest Spring vegetables, and 
svould be in universal use were it not for the pr evalent. idea 
that it is difficult to grow it. We think this is a mistake, and 
that there is no vegetable on our list that ean be produced so 
cheaply and easily : asthis. Directions for planting and ecul- 
ture will be found in our book of $100 Prize Essays, sent free 
with all orders of $3 and over from this catalogue. A bed 
12 x 40 feet, requiring about 100 roots or plants, should give 
an abundant supply for an ordinary family. One oz. seed 
will sow forty feet of row; 7,260 roots will plant an acre. 
.. STOKES 
\.. podded sorts, very desirable when young. 
BARR’S PHILADELPHIA MAMMOTH. 
Since our introduction of this grand variety a few years 
since it has been almost impossible for us to grow sufficient 
seed and roots to fill orders, so great has been the demand. 
it originated pome years ago with Crawford Barr, of Mont- 
gomery Co., a prominent market gardener. Grown’side 
by side with the Conover’s Colossal, and subject to the same 
treatment, it comes in earlier and grows more than twice as 
large. Itis very productive, throwing up a great number of 
strong, well-developed shoots throughout the entire season. 
It is tender to the stem and of delicious flayor, which, together 
with the fact that it requires much less labor in cutting and 
bunching, thus lessening the expense of marketing, makes it 
much the most desirable of any kind yet introduced for the 
market gardener. It has attracted much attention in Phila- 
delphia markets, where itis much sought after and sells at 
double the price of any other sort. We have seen a bunch of 
twenty-five edible shoots weigh thirteen pounds. Itis now 
grown by many of the leading market gardeners of Philadel- 
phia, Chester and Montgomery Counties with great profit. 
Price of seed: Pkt.,10c.; oz., 20¢.; 14 Ib., 40c.; Ib., $1.25. Price 
of good strong roots: 1 year old, $1. 95 per 100 (by m ail, $1.50 
per 100); 36. 00 per 1,000; 2 vears old, $1.50 per 100; $7.00 per 
1,000, (500 roots at 1,000 rate). 
PALMETTO ASPARAGUS. 
Attention was first 
ealled to this new aspara- 
gus by Mr. John Nix, a 
large vegetable grower 
of South Carolina, where 
it is supposed to have 
originated. It is now 
quite extensively grown 
by a few Southern gar- 
deners for New York and 
Philadelphia markets, 
where it sells at very 
high prices, owing to its 
mammoth size, evenness 
and regularity in growth 
and appearance. An 
average bunch of fifteen 
shoots will measure thir- 
teen to fourteen inches 
in circumference. For 
the past three seasons 
this asparagus has 
reached Northern mar- 
kets ten days ahead of 
all other varieties and 
sold at fabulous prices, 
even after other varieties had come in. Although of South- 
ern origin it is equally well adapted to both North and South. 
Price of seed: Pkt., 10c.; 0z., 20c.; 44 Ib., 50c.; 1b., $1.50, 
Splendid strong roots: $1.50 per ‘100 (by mail, $1.75 per 100); 
$7.50 per 1,000. (500 roots at 1,000 rate. 
Conover’s Colossal. A well-known, good, productive 
variety. Seed: Pkt., 5¢.; 0z., 10¢c.; 14 1b., 20c.; 1b., 50e. Roots: 
1 year old, 90c. per 100 (by mail, post- paid, $1.15 per 100); $4.50 
per 1,000; 2 years old, $1.00 per 100; $5.00 per $1,000 by express 
or freight. 
NEW PALMETTO ASPARAGUS, 
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ARTICHOKE. 
Large Green Globe. Pikt., 10c.; oz., 25c.; Ib., $2.50. 
ARTICHOKE ROOTS for hog feed will be found under 
Farm Seeds. Peck, $1.00; bush., $3.00; bbi., $7.50. 
BEANS, Dwarf or Bush. 
One quart will plant 100 feet of drill; 
plant an acre in drills. 
Please remember that our prices on all Beans by 
the pint or quart include prepayment of postage by us. 
If ordered to be sent by express or freight, 8c. per pint 
or 15c. per quart may be deducted. 
BEANS, Dwarf Green Podded Sorts. 
LARGE PACKETS OF ANY VARIETY 10c. EACH, 
POST-PAID. 
NE PLUS ULTRA. This bean differs from all the other 
varieties in both seed and habit of growth. It is very early, 
growing very dwarf and compact, and producing its magnifi- 
cent long pods in such great profusion as to completely hide 
the bush. It is very hardy, of fine delicate flavor, most pro- 
ductive and excellent for forcing. Pint, 35c.; qt., 60e. 
Early Red Speckled Valentine. "The well-known old 
standard sort. Pint, 20c.; qt., 40c., post-paid; peck, $1.25; 
bush., $4.75. 
Etampes, or First of All. 
two bushels will 
One of the earliest green 
Pint, 20e.; qt., 40c. 
Early Mohawk. The hardiest of the early varieties, and 
will endure a light frost; largely planted in the South. Pint, 
20e.; qt., 35¢.; peck, $1. 00; bush., $4.00 
Refugee, or Brown pe pies Very productive and 
will stand a slight frost; a finestring or pickling bean. Pint, 
20c.; qt., 40¢c.; peck, $1.25; bush., $4.50. 
WHITE VALENTINE. A very early and prolific 
bearer, resembling the Red Valentine, except in color of the 
bean itself, which, being white, also makes a fine shell bean. 
Pint., 20e., qt., 40c.; peek, $1.25.; bush., $4.50. 
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NEW UNION WHITE VALENTINE. 
Perhaps no greater impr’ ovement in dwarf beans has ever 
been accomplished than in this variety. It originated in 
Jefferson County, N. Y., with one of our largest bean 
growers, and, as its name implies, is a complete union of all 
good qualities necessary to make a dwarf green-pod bean 
perfect. It is much earlier and of a dwarfer habit than the 
old White Valentine, the pods being rounder, smoother, 
plumper and more meaty and entirely stringless. Among 
many others it possesses the peculiar and valuable quality of 
remaining in a tender cooking condition longer than any 
other green-podded variety. This, together withits extreme 
earliness—being fit to pick in thirty days from time of ger- 
mination—makes it an exceedingly ‘valuable sort for spring 
or fall planting. The beans, when ripe, are pure white, thus 
enabling the grower to sell them as shelled beans at a profit- 
able figure in case he cannot sell them in the green state. 
We do not hesitate to reeommend this new sort as one of the 
best in our entire list. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 25c.; qt., 50c.; peck, 
$1.75; bush., $6.00. 
BEAN 
