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3iJ(^ JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



Vegetable. Seeds •?• General List 



The Best Seeds that Grow, and a List of Varieties it Pays to Grow 



X the following pages we have endeavored to list the cream of all varieties known, 

 weeding out mauy that are still advertised by other seedsmen, but which our extended 

 tests at Floracroft Trial Grounds have proven to us are unworthy of cultivation. 

 We take great pains each season to inform ourselves fully as to the real merits of every- 

 thing offered as new or superior, and our customers may rest assured that if any much- 

 lauded variety is not found 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. It is 

 our constant aim thus to gain and hold the confidence of all customers. 



Customers frequently write us that our packets contain 

 twice as much seed as those obtained from other houses ; 

 yet, notwithstanding our increased liberal premiums on seeds in packets and ounces, as announced 

 on the .preceding page, we shall still continue to put up, with our standard gauges, the same liberal- 

 sized packets of seed for which our house has always been noted. AVe have always found the 

 liberal treatment of our customers to be one of the best paying features of our business. 



Large-Sized Packets 



Asparagus 



Asparagus is one of the earliest spring vegetables, and would be in 

 universal use were imot 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 pro- 

 duced so cheaplv and easilv. (Directions for planting and culture will 

 be found in our new book, entitled. "FARM G-ARDEXrXG," which 

 may be selected free as a premium with all orders of S3. 00 and over.) A 

 bed 12 X 40 feet, requiring about 100 roots, will give an abundant supply 

 for an ordinary family. One ounce of seed will sow 40 feet of row; 

 7,260 roots will plant an acre. 



DOX.ALD'S EL^riRA ASPARAGUS. This new asparagus, first 

 introduced by us, has attracted much attention throughout the country; 

 it was originated by Mr. 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 demand. The deUcate 

 green color is notably different from either the famous Barrs Philadel- 

 phia Mammoth or Palmetto, "while the stalksare more tender and succu- 

 lent. Its mammoth size can be renlized from the fact that in whole 

 crops a bunch of twelve stalks will average three to four pounds in 

 weight. It requires much less labor in cutting and bunching, thus 

 lessening the expense of marketing. The seed we offer was saved this 

 season by Mr. Donald from his clioicest beds, and our roots are grown 

 bv us from the same hig h-cl ass seed. Prices of seed: pkt., 5c.; oz., 

 lOc.; % lb., 30c.; lb.. Sl.OO; STRONG ROOTS, 1 year old, Sl.OO per 100 

 (bv mail, post-paid, SI. 2.5 per lOOi; S6.00 per 1 .000 ; 2 vears old, S1.25 per 

 100 ; 57.00 per l,Ol/0 (500 roots furnished at 1,000 rate)." 



COLF^MBLAN- MA30IOTH AVHITE. This is a most distinct 

 variety, discovered on Long Island a few years since. The stalks ai'e 

 very large, produced abundantlj' and very early. They are clear white 

 and ren^ain so as long as fit for use. without earthing up or any 

 other artificial blanching. This sort has been grown by a few Long 

 Island growers, wlio have been realizing an extra price, not only on a 

 fancy market, but from eanners. who find that, when put up under a 

 special brand, it sells so readily at a high price as to warrant them 

 paying the grower an extra price for it. With probably the exception 

 of Donald's Elmira, it is the greatest advance in asparagus made for 

 manv vears. Prices of seed: pkt., 5c. : oz., lOc: \i lb., 25c.: lb., 7.3c. 

 GOOD STRONG ROOTS, 1 vear old, 75c. per 100 (bv mail, post- 

 paid. Sl.OO per 100); t.5.00 per 1.000 ; 2-vear-old roots, 80c. per 100; S5.50 

 per 1,000 (500 roots furnished at 1,000 rate). 



BARR'S PTTTT . \ DELFHIA MA>E\IOTH. This variety origin- 

 ated with Crawford Barr, a prominent market gardener of Pennsyl- 

 vania. Grown side by side with Conovers Colossal, it com« in earlier 

 and groirs tuiee as large. It is very productive, throwing up a great 

 number of strong, well-developed shoots throughout tlie entire season. 

 It is tender to the stem, of delicious flavor. It has attracted much atten- 

 tion in Philadelphia, where it is much sought after and sells at top- 

 notch prices. Pkt., 5c.: oz., lOc: 5>4 lb., 20c.: lb., 60c. GOOD .STRONG 

 ROOTS, 1 vear old, 65c. per 100 (bv mail. 90c. per 100); S4. 50 per 1,000 ; 

 2 years old, bOc. per 100 ; S5.o0 per 1,000 (500 roots at 1,000 rate). 



PAX,3IETTO. This new asparagus, originated in South Carolina, 

 is now quite extensively gro^vn for New York and Philadelphia 

 markets, where it sells at very high prices, owing to its mammoth 

 size and regularity. Although of Southern origin, it is equallv "well 

 adaoted to the North. Pkt., oc: oz., lOc; Ji lb., 20c.: lb., 60c. Splendid 

 STRONG ROOTS, 2 vears old, Sl.OO per 100 ibv mail, SI. 25 per 100); 

 S5.50 per 1,000 (.500 roots at 1.000 rate). 



CONOTER'S COLOSS.AL. A well-known standard variety. Seed 

 pkt.. 5c.; oz., lOc; ^i lb., 15c.; lb , 40c. ROOTS, 1 year old, 50c. per 

 100 (bv mail, post-p.iid, 75e. per 100) ; $4.00 per 1000; 2 years old, 60e. per 

 100; £4.50 per IOOj. 



A>" A.VEKAGE BC>CH OF I>OSAU>S ELillEA. 



