...ARTICHOKES... 



German, Aitisclioke. French, Aitichaut. Spanish, Alcaclwfa. Swedish, Aiiskocha 



Large Green Globe — This delicious'vegetable is grown for the 

 unripe flower heads, which should be used before beginning to 

 open. They are highly esteemed by epicures and are sure to 

 give the utmost satisfaction. Pkt. Cc, oz. 30c. 



Buckbee's Great Bonanza Artichokes— (See cut.)— The 

 greatest hog food known. Is without question the greatest root, 

 hog fattener in the world. Thousands ot my customers who have 

 given them a thorough trial the past season, report yields from 

 600 to ISOO bu. pel acre, and taking the long continued, extreme 

 drought, into consideration, which we had the past season, I 

 feel justified in adding that the yields would have been much 

 larger had the season proved more favorable. I can not too 

 strongly urge upon every farmer and planter to plant an acre or 

 more this spring. Plant the Artichokes where you can allow 

 them to remain, and your hogs, when turned into them will 

 grow fat. build up large", healthy frames with plenty of bone and 

 muscle ; they not only grow rapidly, but fatten on them, only re- 

 quiring corn for a short time in the finishing process. 



They are attracting wide spread attention, on account of their 

 great fattening properties, enormous productiveness and the 

 ease with which they can be grown. They need not be dug in the 



fall. The hogs should be turned in on them and will help them- 

 selves by rooting. One acre will keep fi-om twenty to thirty 

 head, in'fiue condition from October till April, except when the 

 ground is frozen too hard for them to root. They are an 

 acknowledged preventative of cholera and other hog diseases, 

 also an excellent food for cattle, sheep and horses. Well 

 adapted to any soil where corn or potatoes can be grown. Thite 

 bushels will seed an acre, and they should be cut the same as 

 potatoes, one ej"e to a cut being sufficient ; rows should be 

 three feet apart and the seed one to two feet apart in the rows. 

 Cover about two inches deep. To destroy them they should be 

 ploughed under when plant is about one foot high, at which 

 timeold tubers are decayed and new ones not yet formed. They 

 are not injured by freezing. As this splendid variety is of my 

 own inti-oduction', stock is limited, and I can not urge you too 

 strongly to order at once and have your complete order shipped 

 by freiVht. thus saving expensive shipping charges. Strong 

 tubers, by mail, postpaid, per lb. boc, 3 lb. Sl.OO: by freight or 

 jnBh express at the purchasers expense, }4 bu. 50c. bu. 80c, 

 W>aj }4 bu. SI. .50. 1 hu. .?2.25, or 3 bu.. enough to plant one acre, 

 l^^or only S6.00. Ko extra charge for packing. 



...ASPARAGUS... 



German, Spargel. French, A^perge. Spanish, Ei-parragos. Swedish, Sparris. 

 This is one of the most delicious spring vegetables, of very easy culture. Can > either be grown 

 Culture, ^j^g ggg^ j,g planted and the young plants transplanted when a year old to permanent beds, you 

 gus bed in three years. One ounce of seed' for sixty feet of drill. 



New Columbian Mammoth White— A grand novelty of surpassing merit, which giv es im mense yields 

 superior flavor and tenderness. The " ^ ^ 



most distinct variety of recent introduc- 

 tion. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15e, lb. 50c, K lb. 90c, 

 1 lb. ei.TS. 



New Palmetto— Grand new variety, mam- 

 moth in size. Much superior to the older 

 sorts, enormous yielder, well adapted to 

 all sections. Pkt. 4c, oz. To, }^ lb. 25c, 

 }4 lb. 40c, 1 lb. 75c. 



Conover's Colossal— A standard variety 

 of large size and delicious quality; cer- 

 tainly one of the best varieties grown. 

 Pkt. 3c, oz. 6c, X lb. 15c, K lb. 35c, lb. 40c. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



If they are sent by mail, add at the rate 

 of 5()e per hundred to the price. A saving 

 of one to two years is affected by planting 

 roots. Those offered below are strong two- 

 vear-old roots. Plant nine inches apart in 

 rows. Fertilize well in the fall. Shipped 

 by express or freight at purchaser's ex- 

 pense. 



New Columbian Mammoth White— 



Per 100 SI. 00, per 1000 .$7..50. 

 New Palmetto— 60c per 100, S5.00 per 1000. 

 Conover's Colossal— 50c per 100; S4.00 



per tOOO. C50 roots at 100 rate; 500 at 1000.) 



from the seed or roots, 

 will have a tine Aspai-a- 



of clear white shoots of 



