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Maule’s Superior Vegetable Seeds 
On the following pages you will find listed all the best varieties of vegetable seeds, plants and roots, which includes the old reliable standbys as 
well as the newer sorts. We test out hundreds of varieties of vegetable seeds every year, and add only such sorts which show special merit 
over some of the older sorts which we have since discarded. No better proof of the high quality of our vegetable seeds, plants and roots could be 
given than the enormous increase in the sales of this department, for which we wish to thank our many friends. 
Order by the correct number giyen each yaricty or by name, but if both are given, mistakes are less liable to occur. 
Asparagus Seed 
Asparagus grows easily in any good soil; a bed well cared for lasts for years 
CULTURE.—Sow in the early Spring in drills 2 to 3 feet apart, scattering about linch apart in thedrills. Cover 
with 1 inch of soil; cultivate freely. A packet will produce about 200 plants; an ounce, about 750 plants; 4 to5 
pounds to the acre. The following spring set out the rootsin a permanent bed. Fight beetle with Paris Green, 
Arsenate of Lead, Slug Shot or Bug Death. 
1 Palmetto Produces large, always green grass 
The most profitable asparagus on the market; mammoth in size, light green, heavy yielding, early producing 
and more disease resisting than any other variety. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00, postpaid. 
2 Giant Argenteuil Improved strain for home gardens 
We recommend it with great confidence to all asparagus growers; an ideal home garden sort producing 
mammoth stalks yet retaining that tender quality and beautiful green color. Always commands a high price. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00, postpaid. 
3 Barr’s Philadelphia Mammoth Large, strong growing, yet tender 
It throws strong, well developed green shoots the entire season. A favorite and leader in many markets. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents, postpaid. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Cultural directions are sent with every order of Asparagus Roots 
4 PALMETTO ASPARAGUS For a home garden, Asparagus Roots may be planted 18 inches apart in rows 2% feet apart, thereby re- 
quiring about 100 roots for a patch 20x20 feet. If your garden issmaller or larger, order accordingly 
Asparagus can be cut the following spring. Not less than 50 roots of the one kind supplied at the 100 rate. 























































. 7 By mail, postpaid By express or freight, not prepaid 
Philadelphia Asparagus 1-year old 3 2-year old l-year old >-year old 
Burneher No. perl2 per 100 per 12 per 100 perl00 per1000 perl00 per 100 
1 Palmetto $0.25 $1.00 $0.35 $1.50 $0.65 $6.00 $0.75 $7.00 
_ Animprovedasparagusbunch- | 2 Giant Argenteuil 25 1.00 35 1.50 | .65 6.00 75 7.00 
er with a movable head piece ic, | 3 Barr’sPhila,Mammoth — .25 1.00 +35 «1.50 -65 6.00 -75 7.00 
| Been and adj aenanle knife A K if Necessary for cutting asparagus and useful for removing 
guard, also automatic catch for sparagus MITC \eeds from lawns, ete. 50 cents each, postpaid. 
binding any size bunch desired; 
weighs seven pounds. If wanted 
by parcel post, add postage. 
A reliable treatise on Planting, Cultivating, Cutting, Packingand Canning. 
By express, not prepaid, $3.00 each. ASPARAGUS Tlustrated, cloth bound book, by HEXAMER. 85 Cents, postpaid 

Meo Dwarf or Bush Beans—Green Pod (pennies 

CULTURE.—Succeed best in warm, sandy loam, enriched with well rotted stable or poultry manure. Must not be sown until the ground 
is warm anddry. Sow in drills 18 to 30 inches apart, 1 to 2 inches deep, placing the beans 2 to 3 inches apart in the drills; for a sueces- 
sion sow every 2 weeks until September. A packet will sow about 25 feet of row; use 1 quart to 200 feet of drill, 1 bushel to the acre. Bush 
peans are ready for use in 80 to50 days. Cultivate frequently but shallow and never when the foliage is wet. 











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-  Stringless Green Pod Bush Bean 
One of the Earliest; Always Stringless, Tender and Crisp 
‘The Stringless Green Pod is now one of the most popular bush beans in America. In point of earliness it ranks among the first, in quality 
it 1s eecoiled by none, and in bearing ability it Siang without arival. The pods are round, fleshy and nearly straight; are borne in abundance 
through a long season, being ready for the table in about 31 days. They are five inches in length, rich green in color, very tender, and of highest 
and best flavor. They remain long in edible condition. Unexcelled for home use, or for market. Seed of medium size, yellowish brown color. 
Packet, 10c.; pint, 40c.; quart, 70c., postpaid. By exp. or frt., not prepaid, quart, 55c.; 4 quarts, $2.00; peck, §3.75; bushel, $14.00. 
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