GRIFFITH, TURNER & CO. BALTIMORE, MD. 



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SEEDS BY HAIL. 



Parties Ordering by Mail, Please Observe the Following: 



SEEDS in our 5 and 10 cent flat papers, ounces and H lb. packages, will be mailed Free of Postage to the 

 purchaser at catalogue prices. 



SEEDS BY MAIL on which the purchaser must pay the postage.— Peas, Beans and Corn, 8 cts. per pint; Small 

 Seeds in quantities over % lb., at the rate of 8 cts. per lb. 



Remittances.— Remit by Draft, Postal Money-order or Postal Note; or, if under One Dollar, in Postage 

 Stamps. 



Orders from Unknown Correspondents must be accompanied with the Cash. 



NOTICE —The greatest care is taken to supply every article true to name and of the very best quality ; at the 

 fame time it is understood that we do not warrant our seeds, and that we are not in any respect responsible for any 

 loss or damage arising from any failure thereof. 



OBSERVE that on account of short crops in many varieties of seeds, prices are subject to advance without 

 notice. 



SPECIAL,.— Thirteen 5-ccnt Papers Vegetable Seeds for 50 cents, or Six 10-cent Papers for 50 cents, mailed free 

 on receipt of price. 



Artichoke. 



GREEN GLOBE.— Cultivated for the flower heads, 

 which are cooked like Asparagus. 



Packet, 10 cents. Oz., 30 cent*. 



Asparagus. 



(German, Spargel.) 

 This is one of the earliest Spring vegetables, and 

 should be in universal use. Many persops think it is 

 difficult to grow, but we consider this a mistake, and 

 believe it can be produced as cheaply and easily as any 

 on the list. 



Sow the seed in the seed bed late in the fall or in the 

 early Spring, as soon as the ground can be worked, in 

 drills one foot apart, covering the seed about one inch 

 deep. When the plants are 4 to 5 inches high, great care 

 should be taken to keep the bed free of weeds. One 

 ounce of seed will sow forty feet of row. Thin to nine 

 inches in the row. 



NEW-MAMMOTH WHITE.— See specialties, p. 2. 

 Pkt,,10cts. Oz., 20 cts. % lb., 60 cts. ib., $2.00. 



B A RR'S M A MMOTH. — A new variety, highly recom- 

 mended for its many good qualities. It is very produc- 

 tive and about ten days earlier than Conover's Colossal. 

 The stalks are very large and retain their thickness 

 completely up to the top of the shoots, very tender and 

 succulent, of delicious flavor, grow very quickly and are 

 light in color. 



Pkt.,5cts. Oz.,10cts. % lb., 25 cts. lb., 75 cts. 



NEW PALMETTO ASPARAGUS.— Thisnew Aspar- 

 agus, said to have originated in South Carolina, is now 

 quite extensively grown by Southern gardeners for New 

 York and Philadelphia markets, where it sells at very 

 high prices, owing to its mammoth size and regularity. 

 An average bunch of fifteen shoots will measure thirteen 

 to fourteen inches in circumference. For several seasons 

 this Asparagus has reached Northern markets ten days 

 ahead of allother varieties, and sold at fabulous prices, 

 even after other varieties had come in. Although of 

 Southern origin, it is equally well adapted to North and 

 South. 



Pkt.,5cts. Oz.. lO cts. l 4 lb., 25 cts. lb., 75 cts. 



CONOVER'S COLOSSAL.-The old and well known 

 variety. 



Pkts . 5 and 10 cts. % lb., 15 cts. lb., 40 c: g. 



ASPARAGVS ROOTS— A saving of one to two years 

 is effected by planting roots. A bed 12 bv 40 feet, re- 

 quiring about 100 roots, should give a sufficient supply 

 for an ordinary family. 7260 roots will plant an acre. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



BARR'S M AMMOT H.— Per 100,70 cts. Per 1000, 

 |4 50. 



PA LM ETTO. — Per 100, 60 cts. Per 1000, $4.00. 

 COLOSSAL.-Per 100, GO cts. Per 1000, $4.00. 



ASPARAGUS BUNCHER.-$2.50. 



Beans— Dwarf Green Podded Sorts. 



1 quart will plant 100 feet of drill. 

 Add 8 cents per pint or 15 cents per quart oil 

 all Beans if to be sent by mail. 



Select light, warm soil, and plant when danger from 

 frost is past in the spring, in drills 2 to 2% feet apart, 

 dropping the beans about two inches apart in the drills, 

 and cover two inches deep. A succession of sowings can 

 be made from the first week in May until August. 



EARLIEST MARKET.— This is well named, being 

 the earliest Bean in existence, and therefore very profit- 

 able to the Market Gardener, and desirable to the Private 

 Gardener as well. The pods are long, broad, green and 

 very showy, reaching maturity in thirty days from ger- 

 mination, and the habit of vine very productive. 

 Pt.,20cts. Qt., 35 cts. Peck, $1.75. Bushel. $0.00. 



LONG YELLOW SIX WEEKS —Very early, hardy 

 Bean. 



Pt.,10cts. Q,t.,20cts. Peck, 85 cts. Bush., $3.25. 



WHITE VALENTINE.— Seed white, very desirable 

 both for Private and Market Gardeners. 

 Pt.lOcts. Q,t , 20 cts. Peck, $1.15. Bush.. $4.00. 



EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE. —It is similar in every 

 respect to the ordinary Ref ugee, but is nearly two weeks 

 earlier. Itisenormously prolific, and from its earliness is 

 almost certain to produce a crop, no matter how unfavor- 

 able the season. The Extra Early Refugee is rapidly be- 

 co/aing the favorite sort with Southern truckers and 

 planters, as it matures equally early with the Red Valen- 

 tine,and has thatbeautifulsilverygreen color in the pods 

 that's so much desired. In quality it is unexcelled, being 

 exceptionally free from string, and meltingly tender at 

 aJ stages of its growth. Our stock of this variety has 

 bee/ especially selected and improved, and we recom- 

 mend it. 



Pt.,10cts. Q,t.,20cts. Peck, $1.00. Bush., $3.50. 



DWARF HORTICULTURAL.— A very fine green 

 podded sort, used as a Shell Rean, and for this purpose is 

 one of the finest in general use, long a favorite with 

 those who use a Shell Bean in a green state. 

 Pt.,10cts. O,t.,20cts. Peck, $1.00. Bush , $3.50. 



BEST OF ALL.— One of the most valuable green 

 podded sorts for family or market use. The pods arc six 

 inches long, very fleshy, succulent, stringless, and ol 

 rich flavor ; they are produced early and abundantly. 

 Q,uart, 20 cts. Peck. $100 Bushel, $3 75. 



SPECIAL PUICES TO CANNEKS, GARDENERS AND FARMERS, IN LARGli QUANTITIES. 



