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INTRODUCTOR 
N PRESENTING THIS OUR 1908 CATALOGUE, to our patrons and friends, we wish to thank 
| them for the very liberal support they have accorded us during the past years and trust they 
will favor us with their patronage in the future. The flattering reports received from custom- 
ers about the quality of our seeds have been very gratifying. 
While we do not set apart any part of our catalogue especially for novelties in the seed line, 
we wish to call attention to the items that are deserving exceptional mention. 
WE DELIVER FREE to any Post-office all vegetable seeds mentioned in this catalogue, if 
in packets, ounces, quarter or half pounds. Purchasers must pay charges on pounds, pints, 
quarts, pecks or bushels, and on all agricultural tools and fertilizers. 
When Ordering please state whether you want goods shipped by mail, express or freight. 
When this is omitted we use our best judgment. Remittances may be made by sending Post-office 
Order, Express Money Order, Registered Letter, or Draft. For small amounts postage stamps are 
acceptable. Catalogues are sent free to all who want them. 
DISCLAIMER—While we exercise the greatest care to have all seeds pure and reliable, we do 
not give any warranty, expressed or implied. If the purchaser does not accept the seeds on these 
conditions they must be at once returned. 
Yours truly, 
P. MANN & CO., 
Washington, D. C. 
ARTICHOKE «rtitenate.) 
The seed should be sown in April, in a good soil, in drills Io to 12 inches apart, and about one 
inch deep. Protect the plants from freezing during the winter, and the following spring separate 
and transplant, setting them 3 feet apart in moist soil. Upon the approach of cold weather the 
stems and leaves should be cut away and the bed covered so as to prevent freezing. With careful 
cultivation a bed should last three or four years. The suckers, or offshoots, from established 
plants, may be used for propagating, instead of sowing seed. The plant is a hardy perennial, grow- 
ing 3 to 4 feet high, with numerous branches. Just before the flower is ready to open, the head is 
in “condition to boil. 
Green Globe. Ihe best for general use, Pkt.5 cts., oz. 30 cts. Plants, 20 cts. each, $2.25 per doz. 
ASPARAGUS.— Spargel. 
t oz. for 60 feet drill; 400 plants, 
plants from seed, sow in April or May, iu 
drills Hootie one ‘inch deep, in rows a foot apart. Keep the soil 
mellow and free from weeds. During the Summer ‘‘thin out,’’ and 
the following Spring the plants may be set out in beds, 6x6 feet 
wide, with a path two feet ‘wide on each side; set the plants about 
a foot apart each way, with the plants four inches below the sur- 
face. The deeper the soil and the more manure used, the greater 
the erop. Annually after the first cutting, the bed Should be given 
a liberal top dressing of manure, ashes and salt, which should be 
well cultivated into the soil. As soon as the tops turn yellow in 
the Fall they should be cut and removed from the beds, and just 
before Winter cover the beds with four inches of strawy manure 
or leaves, which should be removed in the Spring. 
Barr’s Mammoth.—A favorite with market gardeners. 
Shoots very large, tender, quick growing and thick to the 
top. Packet, 5c. Ounce, toc. 4% pound, 20c. Pound, 5oc. 
Columbian Mammoth White.—A large, thick variety; 
very white, even above ground. Packet, 5c. Ounce, Ioc. 
™% pound, 20c. Pound, 5oc. 
New Palmetto.—This variety is not only much earlier. 
but is also a better yielder, and is more even than the Old 
Favorite. The Palmetto has now been planted in all parts 
of the country, and the reports we hear indicate that it is 
equally well adapted for all sections, North and South. 
Package, 5c. ™ pound, 15c. Pound, 50c. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Any variety, two-year-old, per 100, 75c.; by mail, $1.25; 
per 1,000, $6.00. 
ASPARAGUS KNIVES.—3o0c. each; by mail, 35c. each, postpaid. Dozen, $3. 
