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DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 



Tested Vegetable Seeds 



In this department we aim to list all the good Standard Varieties of Vegetables, and many nov- 

 elties of recent introduction. Every new and promising varety sent out is tested on our grounds, to 

 learn their merits before offered to our customers. Our packets are well filled with fresh seed. We 

 pay the postage at these prices, except by the % peck, peck, and bushel, or special prices on 5, 10, 

 and 100 lb. lots. 



ASPARAGUS 



Ger. Spargel. Fr. Asperge. 

 One ounce will sow fifty feet of drill. 



Sow in March or April, in rich soil. Soak the 

 seed in warm water for 24 hours. Drill it thinly 

 in rows 1 foot apart. When 1 year old trans- 

 plant into permanent beds, which should be well 

 and deeply manured. Set out the plants eighteen 

 inches apart each way and six inches deep n 

 sandy soil, and four inches deep in heavy soil, but 

 only put on 2 or 3 inches at the time of planting 

 and later gradually fill up bed. On approach of 

 winter clear off the bed and cover with a dress- 

 isng of manure of compost ; fork up the beds 

 early in the spring, and apply a dressing of salt 

 annually to the bed, after the season of cutting — 

 which is not only beneficial to the plantss, but 

 will keep the bed clear of weeds. A new bed 

 should not be cut over before the third year. 



COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE. A new va- 

 riety which is sure to be in great demand be- 

 cause it produces white shoots which stay 

 white as long as fit for use. It gives about 80 



per cent of white plants from seeds; the other 

 can be rejected before transplanting. It pro- 

 duces large, tender shoots, equal to any other 

 variety. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 20 

 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



BONVALLET GIANT. Most of the large grow- 

 ers of Asparagus around Chicago are now dis- 

 carding all other varieties for Bonvallet's be- 

 cause it is free from disease, grows larger and 

 faster than other varieties. Its favorable 

 points are rust resistance, earliness, high pro- 

 ductive power and lasting qualities. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 14 lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



WASHINGTON .RUSTPROOF. An. extremely 



vigorous and high yielding strain of American 

 Giant Asparagus. The stalk s large and ten- 

 der and they seem to be entirely immune from 

 attack of the Asparagus rust. Per pkt. 10 cts. 

 Oz. 35 cts., 1/4 lb. $1.00. 



BURPEE'S STRINGLESS GREEN POD BEANS 



paid; by express or freight, V2 pk. SI. 75; pk. $3.00. 



This remarkable 

 variety has proved 

 all the introducer 

 claims for it. It 

 surpasses all others 

 in crisp, tender flav- 

 or. The illustration 

 herewith shows the 

 width and thickness 

 of the beautiful 

 straight, green pods 

 taken from nature. 

 When we add that 

 the pods are ready 

 to market EARLIER 

 than the best stock 

 of the Early Yellow 

 Six Weeks which, as 

 all know is valuable 

 only for its extra 

 earliness, being of 

 inferor quality, we 

 are sure that the 

 Stringless Green Pod 

 will supply a long- 

 felt want. It must 

 prove of immense 

 value not only to 

 the market garden- 

 er who wants to 

 make more money 

 but also to the ama- 

 teur who seeks a 

 rare quality early 

 for the home table. 



Price per pkt. 5 

 cts., V2 pt. 20 cts., 2 

 for 35 cts., post- 



