IN the following pages we have eudeaVored to list the cream of all varieties known, weeding ot 

 many that are still advertised by other seedsmen, but which our extended tests and experienc 

 have proven to us are unworthy of cultivation. We take great pains each season to inform oui 

 selves fully as to the real merits of everj-thing offered as new or superior, and our customers ma 

 rest assured that if any much-lauded variety is not found in our Manual, the probability is muc 

 greater that we have tested it and found it of little or no value, than that it is unknown to us. It is on 

 constant aim thus to gain and hold the confidence of all customers, and insure them against disappoini 

 ment. 



Under this head we also illustrate and describe many of our choice SPECIALTIES. Among these wi' 

 be found many valuable novelties recently introduced, to the growing of which we have given specis 

 attention. The varieties which we have printed in CAPITALS are highly recommended, many of thet 

 being improved sorts of great merit. 



Our prices include prepayment of postage by us on all seeds ordered by th 

 packet, ounce, quarter pound, pound, pint or quart. Thus you bay 

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



SEEDS POSTPAID BY MAIL. 



.Seeds, by mail, all postage prepaid. 



LIBERAL PREMIDMS ON SEEDS IN PACKETS. SsS^'BSEiES 



of seeds in packets, to select 25 cents' worth extra for each Si. 00 sent us. Thus, purchasers remitting $1.00 may selef 

 seeds, in packets only, to the amount of SI. 35; those retnttting. '$2.00, to the amount of S>3. 50; those remittin; 

 S.3.00, to the amount of !*3.75, and so on. In addition every purchaser of S2.00 and over, in one order, is entitled t 

 select a book premium, us otlered on the preceding page. 



ASPARAGUS. 



ASPARAGUS is one of the earliest spring vegetables, and 

 would be in universal use were it not for the prevalent 

 idea that it is difficult to grow. We think this is a mis- 

 take, and that no vegetable on our list can be produced so 

 cheaply and easily as this. (Directions for planting and cul- 

 ture will be found inour book o( SlOO Prize ISssays, whichuiay 

 be selected free as a premium with all orders of 82 and 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 forty feet of row ; 7,260 roots will plant an acre. 



DONALD'S ELTTTRA ASPABAGUS. A magnificent 

 new asparagus. (See JS'ovellies, page 3.) 



CONOVEK'S COI-OSSAL. A well-known, good, stand- 

 ard variety. Seed pkt., 5c.: oz., lOc; ]4. lb., 20c.; lb., 50c. 

 Roots : 1 vear old, 90c. per 100 (by mail, postpaid, SI. 15 per 

 100); S4.50 per 1,000; 2 years old, Sl.OO per 100; gS.OOper 1,000, 

 by express or freight. 



NEW P,\LMETTO ASPARAGUS. This new aspara- 

 gus, supposed to have originated in South Carolina, is now 

 quite extensively grown by Southern gardeners for New York 

 and Philadelphia markets, where it sells at very high prices, 

 owing to its mammoth size and regularity. An aVeragebunch 

 of fifteen shoots ■kv\11 measure thirteen to fourteen inches in 

 circumference. For the past four seasons this asparagus has 

 reached Northern markets ten days ahead of all other varie- 

 ties, and sold at fabulous prices, even after other varieties 

 had come in. Although of Southern origin, it is equally well 

 adapted to North and South, 



Pkt., oc; oz., lOc; % lb., 30c.; lb., $1.00. Splendid strong 

 roots, 2 years old, S1.50 per 100 (bv mail, SI. 75 per 100); S7.00 per 

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



W^h^ 



ASPARAGUS CUtTUKE-Best 



Barnes and William Robinson. Price, 

 free. {See Book Premiians, page 25.) 



Methods. By Jas. 

 50c., or may be had 



E.4JIR'S PHILADELPHIA MAMMOTH. ThisgrarK 

 variety originated with Crawford Barr, a prominent marke 

 gardener of Pennsylvania. Grown side by side with Cone 

 ver's Colossal, it comes in earlier and grons more than ttvice a 

 large. It is very productive, throwing up a great number o 

 strong, well-developed shoots throughout the entire season 

 It is tender to the stem, of delicious flavor, and require 

 much less labor in cutting and bunching, making it the mos 

 desirable kind yet introduced for the market gardener. I 

 has attracted much attention in Philadelphia, where it i 

 much sought after, and sells at double the price of any otlie 

 sort. Pkt.,5c.; oz., lOe.; 1^ Ib.,30c.; lb., Jl.OO. Good stron( 

 roots, 1 year old, $1.00 per 100 (by mail, S1.25 per 100); 86.0 

 per 1,000; 2 years old, S1.25 per 100; $7.00 per 1,000 (500 root 

 at 1,000 rate.) 



