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ARTICHOKE. 



I^arge Greeu Globe. Pkt., lOc; oz., 25c.; lb., S2,.50. 



ARTICHOKE ROOTS. 



Three bushels will seed an acre. 



Jerusalem. This 

 variety is not pro- 

 duced from seed. 

 They are sometimes 

 used as a table vege- 

 table when pickled, 

 but their greatest 

 value is for feeding 

 stock. They are the 

 best hog-food known 

 and are now attract- 

 ing niucli attention 

 on account of their 

 great fattening prop- 

 erties, great produc- 

 tiveness (over one 

 thousand bushels 

 having been grown 

 on an acre), and ease with which they can be grown. They 

 need not be dug in the fall ; the hogs should be turned in 

 on them, and will help themselves by rooting for them. 

 One acre "will keep from twenty to thirty head in fine con- 

 dition from October until April, except when the ground is 

 frozen too hard for them to root. They are also said to be a 

 preventive of cholera and other hog diseases. They are also 

 highly recommended for milch cows, increasing the yield of 

 milk and at the same time improving their condition. They 

 are well adapted to any soil where corn or potatoes can be 

 grown. The tubers should be cut same as potatoes, one eye 

 to a cut being sutKeient, planted in April or May, in rows 

 three feet apart and t%vo feet in the rows, and covered about 

 two inches deep. To <lestroy them, they should be plowed 

 under when the plant is about a foot high, at which time the 

 old tuber has decayed and new ones are not yet formed. 

 They can be shipped at any time during the season, as they 

 are not injured by freezing. Lb., 35c.; 4 lbs., SI. 00, post-paid; 

 by freight or express, peck, Sl.OO; bush., S3.00; bbl. of 3 

 bush, S7.50. 



ASPARAGUS. 



One oz. will sow forty feet of tow; 7260 roots will plant an 

 acre. 



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F/ILMETTO. 

 Attention was first called 

 to this new asparagus by 

 Mr. John Nix, a large vege- 

 table grower, of South Caro- 

 lina, where it is supposed to 

 have originated. It is now 

 ipiiteextensively grown by a 

 few Southern gardeners for 

 New York and Philadelphia 

 markets, ^vhere itsel Is at very 

 high prices, owing to its 

 mammoth size, evenness and 

 regularity in growth and 

 appearance. An average 

 bunch of fifteen shoots will 

 measure thirteen to fourteen 

 inches in circumference, 

 tor the pa.^t two seasons this 

 a.sparagus has reached North- 

 ern markets ten days ahead 

 ot all <ither varieties and sold 

 at fabulous prices, even after 

 other varieties had come in. 

 \lthough of Southern origin 

 it is equally well adapted to 

 both Nortli and South. 



Price of seed: Pkt., lOc; 

 n?., 20c.; 3i lb., 60c.; lb., S2.00. 

 Koots: ?1..">0 per 100 (bv mail, 

 M.7.5 per 100); ST-oO per 1.000. 

 (500 roots at 1,000 rate.) 



Conover's Colossal. A 

 « ell-known good productive 

 \arietv. Seed: Pkt., 5c.; oz., 

 lOc; li lb., 20c.; lb., 60c. 

 Roots: 1 year old, 90c. per 100 

 (by mail, post-paid, SI. 15 per 

 lOO); S4.50 per 1,000; 2 years 

 old, Sl.OO per 100; $.5.00 per 

 1,000 by express or freight. 



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NEW 5EED5 



Free FOR Trial 



"We have again put 

 up this season several 

 thousand packages of 

 new and improved var- 

 ieties for trial, which 

 have never yet been 

 offered for sale by any 

 seedsmen, and shall be 

 glad to add a few pack- 

 ages, free of charge, to 

 customers whose orders 

 indicate an interest in 

 new varieties of vege- 

 tables and flowers. 



BAKR'S PHILADELPHIA BIAIUMOTH. 



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 about six years ago with Crawford Barr, of 

 Montgomery Co., Pa., a prominent market gardener. Grown 

 side by side with the Conover's Colossal, and subject to the 

 same treatment, it comes in earlier a}td g7'oirs inore than twice 

 as large. It is 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 flavor, which, together 

 •with the fact that it requires much less labor in cutting and 

 bunching, thus lessening the expense of marketing, ni'ikes it 

 much the most desirable of any kind yet introduced for the 

 market gardener. It has attracted much attention in Phila- 

 delphia markets, where it is 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. It is now 

 grown by many of the leading market gardeners of Phila- 

 delphia, Chester and Montgomery Counties with great profit. 

 Price of seed : Pkt., lOc; oz., 20c.; M lb., .50c.; lb., Jl.SU. Price 

 of roots: 1 vear old, SI. 25 per 100 (by mail. SI. .50 per 100); 

 S6.00 per 1,000: 2 years old, $1..50 per 100 ; S7.00 per 1,000. (500 

 roots at 1,000 rate.) 



BEANS, Dwarf or Bush. 



One quart will plant one hundred feet of drill, two 

 bushels will plant an acre in drills. 



Please remember that our prices on all Beans by 

 the pint or quart include prepayment of postage 

 >y us. If ordered to be sent by freight or express, 8c. 

 per pint or 15c. per qtxart may be deducted. 



BEANS, Dwarf Green Podded Sorts. 



LARG£ PACKETS OF ANT VARIETY, 10c. EACH, 

 POST-PAID. 



NETV UNION WHITE VALENTINE. A great im- 

 provement on the ord inary 'White Valentine, see Novelties. 



NE PLUS ULTRA. This bean differs from all the other 

 varietie, 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, .S5c.; qt.. COe. 



Early Red Valentine. The well-known old standard 

 sort. Pint, 20c.; qt.. -Sdc, post-paid; peck, Sl.OO; bush., $3.7-5. 



Etampes, or First of All. One of the earliest green 

 podded sorts, very desirable when young. Pint, 20c. ; qt., 3oc. 



Early Mohawk. Thehardiestof theearly varieties, and 

 will endure a liglit frost; largely planted in the South. 

 Pint, 20c.; qt., 35c.; peck, Sl.OO; bush., S3.75. 



Refugee, or Brown Valentine. Very productive, and 

 willstand a slightfrost; a fine string or pickling bean. Pint, 

 2()c.; qt..40c.; peck, Sl.OO; bush.,S3.75. 



"VATBCITE VALENTINE. A very early and prolific 

 bearer, resembling the Red Valentine, except in color of the 

 bean it.=elf, which, being white, also makes a fine shell bean. 

 Pint, 20c.; qt., 40c.; peck, S1.25; bush., $4.50. 



