GENERAL LIST OF 



Dreer's Reliable Vegetable Seeds. 



DREER'S SEEDS have been for Seventy=three years a Standard Among the Best Gardeners of this 



Country, for Undoubted Purity and Excellence. 



The Cultural Directions given in this book for growing Vegetables have been thoroughly revised and brought to date by the 

 well-known authority, fir. T. Ureiner, and are for the latitude of Philadelphia. Persons living in a more southern latitude should 

 start earlier, while those living farther north should begin to plant later. 



ARTICHOKE. 



Artischoke, Ger. 



Artichaut, Fr. 



Alcachofa, Sp. 



CULTURE. — The scales and bottom of flower head are eaten 

 either boiled or raw as a salad. The young suckers are some- 

 times tied together and blanched, and served in same manner as 

 Asparagus. The plants thrive best in deep, rich soil, where the 

 water will not lodge about them in winter. Plants are set in 

 rows 3 feet apart and 2 to 3 feet apart in the row. The crowns 

 should be covered with coal ashes in winter to shed the water, 

 and over these a good covering of leaves, held in place by a little 

 earth or litter. When spring arrives remove the leaves, but do 

 not disturb the ashes until signs of growth appear, after which 

 the ashes should be spread out a little over the ground. Seeds may 

 be sown indoors and plants potted same as the Tomato and set 

 out in May, or can be sown in hills outside, and thinned out to 

 one plant in hill. It makes a good growth the first year, and 

 some may be obtained during August and September; but the 

 next year all plants will flower and continue to do so for years. 

 In two or three years the crowns may get too large, in which 

 case they should be divided into two or four pieces to a hill. This 

 work should be done when growth is about to start in the 

 spring, and they will make good plants and flower the first year. 



ARTICHOKE SEEDS. 



One ounce will produce about 500 plants. 



Large Green Globe. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; \ lb., $1.00. 



ARTICHOKE PLANTS. 



Plants of Dreer's Selected Large Green Artichokes. 



Artichokes are not always satisfactory when grown from seed, 

 owing to the numerous and undesirable types thus produced. 

 We have arranged to furnish plants of Dreer's Selected Large 

 Green Artichoke, which is the best kind sold in the Paris market. 

 These plants will be ready for shipment after March 1st. Per 

 doz., $1.50; per 100, $10.00, by express. . 



ARTICHOKE ROOTS. 



Jerusalem Artichoke. Distinct from the Globe, and pro- 

 pagated by and for its tubers. Plant in rows 3 feet apart and 

 12 to 14 inches apart in the row, and cultivate occasionally. 

 Let tubers remain in the ground until needed. Used for 

 pickling and for feeding stock. Price of tubers: Qt., 25 cts.; 

 peck, $1.25; bu., $4.00. (2 lbs., by mail, 50 cts.) 



ASPARAGUS SEED. 



Spargel, Ger. Asperge, Fr. Esparrago, Sp. 



One ounce will produce about 200 plants; 4 to 5 lbs. to the acre. 



CULTURE. — Any good loamy, not too weedy, garden land 

 is good for growing the plants. Sow in rows 12 to 15 inches 

 . apart, as early in spring as the ground is in fit condition, and 

 give good cultivation; also thin the plants to stand 2 or 3 inches 

 apart. Deep, warm, rich, loamy soil, deeply and thoroughly 

 stirred, is required for permanent bed. Use manure and fertil- 

 izers freely. Make furrows 2 or 4 feet apart and 8 to 10 inches 

 deep. Set the two-year-old seedlings 18 to 24 inches apart in the 

 bottom of furrows and cover lightly at first. Gradually fill in 

 with soil and old compost. In early spring fork or plow the bed 

 shallow and carefully, or pulverize the surface by harrowing. 

 Give clean cultivation until fall; then cover with manure or com- 

 post. Second season after planting hill up the rows, especially 

 for blanched "grass," and cut sparingly for use. After that the 

 bed will give full crops. 



Dreer's Special Circular on Asparagus Culture Free. 



DREER'S Eclipse Asparagus. (See cut. ) This variety 

 is the result of a most careful selection and "breeding up" to 

 the large type, yet retaining that delicate light green color and 

 tender quality desired. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz. , 15 cts.; \ lb. s 

 30 cts. 



Argenteuil. This variety is largely grown in France for the 

 Paris market. The stalks grow to a mammoth size, some- 

 times weighing as much as 4 ounces each. Pkt. 10 cts. ; 

 oz., 15 cts.; \ lb., 30 cts. 



Barr's Mammoth. A fine, large-stemmed green variety. 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts. 



Conover's Colossal. Large and productive. Pkt., 5 cts.; 

 oz.,- 10 cts. ; \ lb., 20 cts. 



Palmetto. An early, prolific and ,very desirable variety, 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; $ lb., 25 cts. 



Donald's Elmira. Of mammoth size, fine quality. Pkt., 5 

 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; * lb., 25 cts. 



Columbian Mammoth White. Large white stalks. Pkt., 

 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; A lb., 25 cts. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



Strong two-year=o!d roots of our own growing, 

 from selected seed. Add 50 cts. per 100 if by mail. 



DREER'S Eclipse, Argenteuil. Palmetto, Barr's 

 Hammoth, Columbian Mammoth White and Con= 

 over's Collossal. Each 75 cts. per 100; $6.00 per 1000. 



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