WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Vegetable Seeds—3 
the early Spring in 
than returns from 
origin, but suitable 
Asparagus 
CuULTURE.—The seed before sowing should be well soaked in water. Sowin 
drills. Coyer with 1 inch of soil, cultivate freely. One ounce will produce about 
400 plants; 4 to 5 pounds to the acre. The following Spring set out the roots to 
a permanent bed, in rows 2 to 5 feet apart, 18 inches apart in the rows. Spread 
out the roots as much as possible, covering with 2 inches of soil. 
iy trade in Asparagus Roots has grown at a tremendous rate for the last 
five years. I have in mind one customer in New York State who started 
some years ago with an order for 5,000 roots, two years afterwards he ordered 
10,000 more, the next year was followed with an order for 30,000 or 40,000, and I 
recently had another order from him for almost 50,000 roots. The reason for 
this extensive planting of asparagus is undoubtedly from the fact that there 
has been shipped into the New York market every year for the past five or six 
years almost double the quantity each year that had been shipped the previous 
year, and notwithstanding this enormous increase in the production, it does 
not make any difference where the market may be, whether Chicago, New 
York, Philadelphia or Boston, the price has not depreciated. In other words, 
the growers secured in the spring of 1910 in almost every case as high prices for 
their increased crops as they received five years ago. This means only one 
thing, and that is that the consumption has increased as fast as the production, 
and if anything the profit per acre is today larger than it was five or six years 
} the most profitable asparagus on the 
| the New Jersey Agricultural Experi- 
\ eight varieties planted; the cash returns 
kt., 5 cents; oz., 10 cents; 14 lb., 20 cemts; lb., 60 cents. 
ROOTS. i-year-old, 100 by mail, $1.00; 2-year-old, 
100 by mail, $2.00, postpaid. By express or freight, 
not prepaid, l-year-old, 45 cents per 100; $4.00 per 
1,000; $35.00 per 10,000; 2-year-old, $4.50 per 1,000. 
2 Giant Argenteuil 
The seed which I offer is a selection from imported French 
drills 2 to 3 feet apart, scattering about 1 inch apart in the 
ago, when a grower who had an asparagus patch of five or 
ten acres was thought to be a big man in the business, while 
today a patch of anywhere from 50 to 100 acres is not uncom- 
mon. This increase has not only occurred in the East; but BARR’S PHILADELPHIA MAMMOTH. 
on the Pacific Slope, especially in the Sacramento Valley, more and more people are every year 
becoming interested in growing asparagus, and are making big money by doing so. The thing 
that deters many people is the fact that when they plant good strong one-year-old roots it takes 
two or three years waiting before returns begin to come in; but when they do begin to come in 
they invariably pay a big return on the money invested. In this connection I would say that the 
size and consequent market value of the stalks is influenced more by the amount of space alloted 
to each plant than by any other single circumstance, and for this reason I consider wide planting 
the only sensible and safe course for the market grower. Some of my most successful growers 
make the rows six feet apart, with three or four feet distance between the plants. Even then the 
roots completely fill the soil, and interlock between the wide rows. Planting at this distance 
admits of cultivation both ways. The least distance that should be given in a bed expected to 
yield fine, large stalks for many years, is five feet by two, requiring between 4,000and 5,000 plants to 
the acre; nothing can be gained by planting closer. One hundred plants thus set in good soil will 
furnish an abundant supply of ‘grass’ for a large family. 
The two varieties I particularly recommend are my Giant Argenteuil and Palmetto. But at 
the same time, Barr’s Philadelphia Mammoth is also a most excellent sort. 
1 Palmetto 
A great many people consider this 
market; one reason is that it seems to 
be disease proof, and where other vari- 
eties have been susceptible to the aspar- 
agus disease, Palmetto has continued to 
yield big paying crops. This variety at 
ment station proved to be the best out of 
one year being over $300 more per acre 
Barr’s Mammoth. It is of Southern 
for North also. Earlier than Conover’s. 
Stock. My strain isan improvement upon the original. In 
the South it is regarded as superior to Palmetto, and I 
recommend it with great confidence to Northern growers. 
One experienced grower says that Argenteuil is as much 
larger than Palmetto as Palmetto is larger than Conover’s. 
It has a place of its own in the New York and Boston 
markets, and sells for $1.00 to $2.00 more per dozen bunches 
than the best of old sorts. The illustration herewith is taken 
from an average bunch prepared for selling in the market. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 14 Ih., 30 cts,; 1b., $1.00. 
ROOTS. i-year-old, 100 by mail, $1.00; 2-year-old, 
100 by mail, $2.00, postpaid. By express or freight, 
not prepaid, l-year-old, 45 cents per 100; $4.00 per 
1,000; $35.00 per 10,000. 2-year-old, $4.50 per 1,000. 
3 Barr’s Philadelphia Mammoth 
It throws strong, well developed shoots the entire season, 
and always commands top notch prices in the discriminat- 
/\) ing Philadelphia market. Atthree years old Barr’s Mam- 
} moth has yielded at the rate of $500 per acre. 
Pkt., 5 cts;. oz., 10 cts.; 14 Ib., 20 cts.; lb., 60 cts. 
ROOTS. i-year-old, 100 by mail, $1.00; 2-year-old, 
100 by mail, $2.00, postpaid. By express or freight, 
not prepaid, 1-year-old, 45 cents per 100; 94.00 per 
1,000; $35.00 per 10,000; 2-year-old, $4.50 per 1,000. 
4 Columbian Mammoth White 
A valuable variety because of its whiteness, there being 
very few green sprouts. The immense white stalks stay 
clear as long as fit for use without blanchin g,and areas fine 
flavored as the best green stalked. They are quick growing, 
tender and succulent; elegant for canning. 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; Y4 Ib., 20 cts.; Ib., 60 ats. 
ROOTS. 1-year-old, 100 by matl, $1.00; 2-year-old, 
100 by mail, $2.00, postpaid. By express or freight, 
not prepaid; 1-year-old, 45 cents per 100;.$4.00_per. 
1,000; 2-year-old, $4.50 per 1,000. 
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GIANT ARGENTEUIL ASPARAGUS, 
