DREER'S 



Reliable Vegetable Seeds. 



DREER'S SEEDS have been for over Sixty Years a Standard Among the Best Gardeners of this 



Country for Undoubted Purity and Excellence. 

 Seeds and Plants are now taken by leading Express Companies at a reduction of 20 per cent. 



from regu.ar rates of merchandise. 

 Cultural directions given are for latitude of Philadelphia. Farther South plantings should be made earlier ; in the North, later. 



Artichoke. 



The undeveloped flower-heads are used. They are boiled and served with Mayonnaise dressing. 



Sow seed early in spring, in drills 1 foot apart. The next spring transplant to permanent beds, in 



rows or hills, 3 feet apart and 2 teet between the plants. It likes a deep, rich, moist loam, and the 



plants should be protected in winter by a covering of leaves or coarse manure. 



Large Green Globe. The best for general culture. Pkt. 10 cts. ; oz. 30 cts. ; \ lb. $1.00. 



Jerusalem Artichoke. Entirely distinct from the Globe variety, and propagated by and 

 for its tubers. An excellent table vegetable ; boil, like potatoes, then rub off the skin and 

 serve with white sauce ; also used for pickling and for feeding stock ; yield about 300 bushels per 

 acre. Qt. 15 cts.; peck $1.00 ; bu. $3. 00. (2 lbs. by mail, 50 cts.) Special prices on large 



quantities. 



Asparagus Seed. 



One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill ; 5 lbs. to the acre. 



Sow in April or May, in rows 1 foot apart, and keep clean by frequent hoeing. When two years Artichoke. 



years old transplant into permanent beds, which should be well and deeply manured and trenched to 



the depth of 18 inches. On the approach of winter cover with manure or compost ; fork the beds early in spring, and apply a 

 dressing of salt or kainit at the rate of 600 lbs. an acre. Cut for use the second year after planting. 



Dreer's Eclipse. (See cut.) One of the largest and best. Stalks frequently measure 2 inches in diameter, and, even when 



12 to 15 inches long, are perfectly tender and of a delicate light green color. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; \ lb. 30 cts.; lb. $1.00. 



Barr's Mammoth. A fine, large-stemmed green variety, differing a very little from the Palmetto. 



Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts. ; \ lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. 

 Conover's Colossal. The standard variety, large and productive. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; \ lb. 20 cts.; 



lb., 60 cts. 

 Palmetto. An early, prolific and very desirable variety. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 10 cts.; \ lb. 25 cts. ; lb. 75 cts. 

 Donald's Elmira. Of mammoth size and unexcelled quality. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts. ; \ lb. 30 cts. ; 



lb. $1.00. 

 Columbian Mammoth White. A new variety, producing white stalks of large size and finest quality; 

 a valuable introduction. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; \ lb. 30 cts.; lb. $1.00. 



Dreer's Special Circular on Asparagus Culture Free. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



For field culture plant in rows 4 to 5 feet apart, and from 2 to 3/i feet apart in the row. For aa 



ordinary garden a bed of 20 x 50 feet would require from 200 to 250 plants, allowing 3 feet between the 



rows and 18 inches between the plants in the row. We recommend and offer extra strong two- 



year roots only, as these will allow cutting the following season. Our roots are extra strong and 



k reliable. For trices and list of varieties see page 47. 



BROCCOLI. 



Fr. 



Dreer's Kclipse. 



Spargel-Kohl, Ger. Chott-Brocol 

 Brocu'i, Sp. 

 White Cape. The best variety. Large, compact 

 heads of a creamy white color and of good flavor. 

 Can be grown where Cauliflower makes an uncertain 

 crop. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; \ lb. $1.50. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 



Rosen-Kohl, Ger. Chou de Bruxelles, Fr. 

 Sow the seed in the open ground in May and June> 

 even as late as July ; thin out when well established) 

 allow the strongest to remain in row. Can be trans" 

 planted, but it is preferable to let them remain where 

 sown ; cultivate same as late cabbage. The sprouts 

 are better flavored and more tender after touched by 

 frost. 



Dreer's Select Matchless. (See cut.) A free- 

 growing sort, producing well-developed sprouts the 

 entire length of the stem. Pkt. 10 cts. ; oz 25 cts. 

 \ lb. 75 cts. 



For the best 3 specimens of the above, grown from 

 our seed and exhibited at the Annual Exhibition 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, November, 1899, 

 ?cc offer a premium of $5.00. 

 Long Island Half=Dwarf. Dwarf robust habit ; 

 much freer from mildew and aphis than foreign 

 sorts. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; \ lb. 75 cts. 



Dreer's Select Matchless. 



'Asparagus Culture. 



The Best Methods Employed in England and France, 

 and William Robinson. Price, 50 cts. by mail. 



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By James Barnes 



