Vegetable? Seeds ^^^^I^lls* 



Our prices include prepayment of postage by \is on all seeds ordered by the 

 I)acket, ounce, quarter pound, pound, pint or quart. Thus you liave 

 only to send us the list price, and we guarantee safe delivery of the 



As an inducement to our customers to get their 



neighbors and friends to club with iheni in 



sending orders, we "will allow each piu'chaser 



Thus purchasers remitting SI. 00 may select 



fN 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 and experience 

 have proven to us are unworthj' of cultivation. 

 Under this head we also illustrate and describe many of our choice Specialties. Among 

 these will be found many valuable novelties recently introduced, to the growing of which we have 

 given special attention. The varieties which we have printed in CAPITALS are highly recommended. 



SEEDS POSTPAID BY MAIL. 



Seeds, by mail, all postage prepaid. 



LIBERAL PREMIUMS ON SEEDS IN PACKETS. 



of seeds in packets, to select 25 cents' worth extra for each £1.00 sent us. 



seeds, in packets only, to the auiount of ^1.25; 



those remittinjj $2.00, to the amount of Si3.50, and 



so on. In addition, every purchaser of S2.00 and over, in 



one order, is entitled to select a book premium, as offered 



on page 25. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Aspar.igus is one of the earliest spring vegetables, and 

 would he in universal use were it not for the prevalent 

 idea that it is difficult to grow. We think this is a mistake, 

 and that no vegetable on our list can be produced so cheaply 

 and e;isily as this. (Directions for planting and cullure 

 will be found in our book of SlOO Prize Essays, which may 

 be selected free as a premium with all orders of $2.00 oiid 

 over.) A bed 12 x 40 feet, requiring about 100 roots, should 

 give an abundant supply for an ordinary family. One 

 ounce seed will sow 40 feet of row ; 7,260 roots will plant an 

 acre. 



COI.CMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE ASPARA- 

 GUS. Novelties, see page 2. 



DONALD'S ELMIRA ASPARAGUS. 



This new .asparagus, first introduced by us, has attracted 

 much attention lluoughout New York State, where it was 

 originated b.v I\Ir. A. Donald, a prominent market gardener 

 of Elmira. He has always realized handsome prices, and, 

 although a large grower, was unable to supply half the de- 

 mand. The color is notably different from either the famous 

 Barr's Philadelphia Mammoth or Palmetto, while the 

 stalks are more tender and succulent. Its mammoth size 

 can he realize I from the fact that in whole crops a bunch of 

 twelve slrtlks will average four pounds in weight. It re- 

 quires much less labor in cutting and bunching, thus lessen- 

 ing the exp'nse of marketing. The seed we offer was 

 saved this season by Mr. Donald from his choicest beds, 

 and our 1 ami 2- year-old rpots are grown by us from the 

 sime high-class .seed procured from Iiim in 1892 and 1893. 

 Prices of seed; pkt.. Inc.; oz., 2(ie.; ]4 lb.,-;5c.; lb., $1.50; 

 strong roots, 1 year old, $1.25 per 100; by mail, post-paid, 

 81.50 per 100: $7.00 per 1000: 2-year old, $1.50 per 100: $8 CO 

 per lOtK) (500 roots furnished at lOOO rate). 



BARK'S PHir..\I>ELPHIA MAMMOTH. This 

 variety originated with Crawford Barr, a prominent mar- 

 ket gardener of Pennsylvania. Grown side by side with 

 Conover's Colossal, U comes in earlier and groti-sivAceastarge. 

 It is very productive, throwing up a great number of strong, 

 well-developed shoots throughout the entii e .season. It is 

 tender to the stem, of delicious flavor. It has attracted 

 much attention in Philadelphia, where it is much sought 

 after, and sells at top notch prices. Pkt., 5c.; o?., lOc; ^ 

 lb.,2-5c.; lb., 75c. Good strong roots, 1 vear old, 90c per 

 lOO; bv mail, SI. 15 per 100; $5.50 per 1000; "2 years old $1 CO 

 per 100; So.OO per 1000 (500 roots at ICOO rate). 



CONOVER'S COLOSSAt. A well-known, good, 

 stmdard variety. Seed pkt., 5c.; oz., lOc; H lb., 20e.: lb., 

 50c. Roots, 1 year old, 75c. per 100 ; bv mail, post-paid, $1.00 

 per 100; $4.00 par 1000; 2 years old, 90c. per 100 ; $4.60 per 

 1000. 



NEW PALMETTO. This new asparagus, supposed 

 to have originated in South Carolina, is now quite exten- 

 sively grown by Southern gardeners for New York and 

 Philadelphia markets, where it sells at very high prices, 

 owing to its m;immoth size and regularity. An average 

 bunch of fifteen shoots will measure thirteen to fourteen 

 inches in circumference. For the past four seasons this 

 asparagus has reached Northern markets ten days ahead 

 of all other varieties, and sold at fabulous prices. Although 

 of Southern origin, it is equallv well adapted to North and 

 South. Pkt., oc; oz., lOc; % lb., 2ic.; lb.. 7.5c. Splendid, 

 strong roots. 2 years old, $1.00 per 100 ; by mail, $1.25 per 100 • 

 86.00 per 1000 (.500 roots at 1000 rate). 



ASPARAGUS CULTURE. Best Methods. Bv Jas 

 Barnes and William Robinson. Price, 50c , or may be h.id bunch of Donald's 



free with orders for seed. {See Book Premiums, page 25.) weight 4 lbs., height 1 



