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Superior Vegetable Seeds 



ASPARAGUS 



German. Spargel French. Asperge Spanish, Esparragos 

 One ounce for 60 feet of drill. 



CULTURE. — A convenient bed is about 6 feet wide, with 

 a path 2 feet wide on each side. This will require 6 rows 1 

 foot apart, and a bed of that width 50 feet long will be ample 

 for an ordinary family, requiring about 1 pound of seed. It 

 will require about three years from the time of sowing until 

 the bed is in full bearing, but once established it is good for 

 years. It should be sown in drills 1 foot apart, and when 

 the plants are 4 or 5 inches high they should be thinned out so 

 that the plants will be 9 inches 

 apart from each other in all the 

 rows. Great care must be taken 

 for the first year to keep down all 

 weeds as soon as they appear, else 

 they will choke up and destroy the 

 young seedling Asparagus. The 

 deeper the soil and the more ma- 

 nure used the greater will be tfc 

 crop. 



GIANT ARGENTEUI L. — New. A 

 most promising variety, nearly 

 twice the size of any other. 

 Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; »■, lb. 25c; lb. 75c. 



PALMETTO.— Large, thick, dark 

 ✓ green shoots with a distinctly 

 pointed tip. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 'i lb. 

 15c; 1 lb., 40c. 



CONOVER'S COLOSSAL. — The 



best known, and one of the most 

 desirable sorts. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 

 1 , lb., 15c; 1 lb., 50c. 



Conover's Colossal. 



BEANS 

 Dwarf or Bush 



German. Bohnen French, Haricot Spanish, Frijole nano 

 One quart to 100 feet in drills; or 150 hills, 2 bushels to the 

 acre in drills. 



A succession of sowings can be made from the first week in 

 May until September. These dates are for the latitude of New 

 York; farther south the sowing must be done earlier; farther 

 north, later. Plant in drills about 2 inches deep, and from 18 

 inches to 2 feet apart, according to the richness of the soil; 

 the poorer the soil the closer they can be planted. The seeds 

 should be dropped about 2 inches apart. 



Wax-Pod or Butter Beans 



Bush Varieties 



BLACK GERMAN WAX. (Black seed.)— Very early; round, 

 yellow pods; a well-known standard sort. Failure. 



CURRIE'S RUST-PROOF WAX. — Pods long, flat and 

 straight; very productive and rust-proof; black seed. Failure. 



DAVIS WHITE KIDNEY WAX.— Pods remarkably long, 

 straight and handsome, waxy white color; enormously pro- 

 ductive; seed white. Failure. 



GOLDEN WAX. — Very popular; well-known standard sort. 

 Pt . 30c; qt.. 50c; gal.. $1.75; pk.. $3.00; bu., $10.00. 



HODSON WAX. — New; claimed to be rust-proof and very 

 productive. Pods long, cream-yellow. Pt., 30c; qt., 50c; 

 gal.. $1.75; pk., $3.00; bu., $10.00. 



KIDNEY WAX ( Wardwell's).— Extra early; purely wax 

 pods, long, flat and remarkably free from rust. Pt., 30c; 

 qt.. 50c; gal., $1.75; pk., $3.00; bu., $10.00. 



PROLIFIC DWARF BLACK WAX. — An improved strain of 

 Black Wax of more vigorous habit and far more productive. 

 Pods waxy yellow, with slightly curled point. Failure. 



COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE.— This splendid new 

 white variety is a sprout from Conover's Colossal, and origi- 

 nated on Long Island. The shoots are pure white, and re- 

 quire no artificial blanching; brings a much higher price in 

 market than anv other sort. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; M lb., 20c; 

 1 lb., 50c. 



Asparagus Roots 



A saving of one to two years is effected by planting roots. 

 Those offered below are strong, two-year-old roots, and the 

 proper size for setting. Per 100 



Columbian Mammoth White $1 00 



Conover's Colossal 75 



Palmetto . . 1 00 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS 



(Species of Cabbage; Cultivation the Same) 



German. Rofen-Kohl French, Chou de Bruxelles 



Spanish, Berza de Brusels 

 One ounce will sow a bed of 40 square feet and produce 

 about 3.000 plants. 



CULTURE. — This is a delicious vegetable, superior to either 

 borecole or spinach. The small, cabbage-like heads which 

 grow upon the stem are much improved by a moderate frost. 

 Sow in hot-beds in March or April, and in the open ground 

 in May; cultivate same as broccoli. 



Prices: Pkt., 5c; 1 oz., 20c. 



PRICES SUBJECT TO C 



Green Pod Bush Beans 



BURPEE'S STR I NGLESS GREEN POD. — New. Extra early, 

 prolific; entirely stringless; crisp, tender; fine quality. 

 Pt., 30c; qt., 50c; gal., $1.75; pk., $3.00. 



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