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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



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Johnson & Stokes' Vegetable Seeds 



DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING ON ORDER SHEET TO BE DETACHED, 

 OPPOSITE PAGE 12 



IN the following pages we have endeavored to list the cream of all 

 varieties known, weeding out many that are still advertised by 

 other seedsmen, butNvhich 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 everything offered as new or suj^erior, and our customers may rest 

 assured that if any much-lauded variety is not found in our Maxual, 

 the probabilit}^ 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. 



Asparagus is one of the earliest spring vegetables. No 

 Tegetable on our list can be produced so cheaply and easily. 

 Directions for planting and culture will be found in our 

 new LEATLET-ESSAYS, sent free on request. A bed 

 12x40 feet, requiring about 100 roots, will give an abundant 

 Bapply for an ordinary family. One ounce of seed will sow 

 forty feet of row; 7,260 roots will plant an acre. 



Donald's Elmira Asparagus 



This new asparagus, first introduced by us, has attracted 

 much attention tlirougliout the country. It was originated 

 byMr. 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 

 delicate green color is notably different from either the fam- 

 ous Barr's Philadelphia MaiumotU or Palmetto, while the 

 stalks are more tender and succulent. Its mammoth size 

 can be realized from the fact that in whole crops a bunch 

 of twelve stalks will average three to four poundsin weight. 

 It requires much less labor in cutting and bunching, thus 

 lessening the expense of marketing. Price of Seed : Pkt., 

 5c.; oz., irc; ^4 lb., 80c.; lb., 90c. STRONG KOOTS, 1 

 year old, 70c. per HO (bv mail, po>-tpaid, 50 for 70c.; $1.00 per 

 300); 5C0 for S3. 00; So.50 per l.COO; 2 vears old, 75c. per 100; 

 600 for S3.25; $6.00 per 1,000, by freight or express. 



Barr's Philadelphia Mammoth 



This variety originated 

 wjth Crawford Barr, a promi- 

 nent market gardener of Penn- 

 sylvania. Grown side by side 

 with Conover's Colossal, it 

 grows twice as large and more 

 productive. In Philadelphia it 

 is much sought after and pells 

 at top notch prices. SEED: 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c. ; ^ lb., 20c.; 

 lb., 65c. GOOD STRONG 

 ROOTS, 1 year old, 65c. per 

 100 (bv mail, postpaid, 50 for 

 50c.; 90c. per 100); $4.-50 per 

 1000 ; 2 vears old, 70c. per 100; 

 85.00 per 1,000 (500 roots at 1,000 

 rate). 



Columbian 

 Mammoth White 



This is a most distinct 

 variety, discovered on Long 

 Island a few years since. The 

 stalks are large, produced 

 abundantly and early. They 

 are clear white and remain so 

 as long as fit for use, without 

 earthing up or any other 

 artificial blanching. There is 

 a large demand from canners 

 for this sort. Prices of Seed: 

 Pkt., 5c.; oz.,10c.; 14 lb., 25c.; 



lb., 7.5c. GOOD 



TWO-YEAK-OLD A.?PARAGL'S 

 ROOT. 



DONALD 9 ELMIEA ASPABAGUS. 



Showing our Acme Asparagus Buncher. Price of buncher, 

 $1.50 each; $15.00 per dozen. 



STRONG ROOTS, 



1 vear old, 70c. per 100 (bv mail, post- 

 paid, $1.00 per 100); $5.50 per 1,000; 

 2-vear-old roots, 75c. per 100 ; $6.00 per 

 1,600. 



Palmetto Asparagus 



This asparagus is now quite ex- 

 tensively' grown for New York and Phila- 

 delphia markets, where it sells at high 

 prices, owing to its fine size and regu- 

 larity. Although of Southern origin, it is 

 equally well adapted to the North. Pkt., 

 5c.; oz., lOc; Jilb.aOe.; lb., 65c. ROOTS, 

 same price as Donald's Elmira. 



Conover's Colossal 

 Asparagus 



A well-known old standard variety. 

 Prices of Seed : Pkt., oc; oz.lOc; J^ 

 lb., 20c.; lb., 50c. SPLENDID STRONG 



ROOTS, 1 year old, 50c. per 100 (bv 

 mail, postpaid, 75c. per 100); $4.C0 per 1,000; 



2 years old, 60c. per 100; $4.50 per 1,000. 



ARTICHOKE 



Asa table vegetable the Artichoke de- 

 serves to be more generally cultivated. 

 Thepart eaten is the flower head, which is 

 used before it begins to open, and cooked 

 in much the same way as aspaiagus. 



Large Green Globe. Pkt., lOc; oz., 

 30c.; lb., $3.00. 



Artichoke Roots for hog feed will 

 be found under "Farm .Seeds." Peck, 

 $1.00; bush., $3.00; bbl., $7.50. 



