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RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS OF QUALITY 



ARTICHOKES 



-that is, 



Globe or French Artichoke. 



This is a very nice vegetable to eat. Some prefer it cooked like aspaiagus- 

 take the flower head before it begins to open and cook much the same way. 



Sow in March in hotbed and when danger of frost is over transplant in very rich, 

 well-drained soil in rows four feet apart and two feet apart in tlie row. The plants 

 can be raised in seed beds out of doors, but in that case will not be lil<ely to produce 

 heads the first year. Late in the fall cut off the old tops and thoroughly protect the 

 crowns with leaves or straw to prevent severe freezing. 



The second year thin the starting shoots to three of the best, which will commence 

 to form he;uis about June 1st. The plants may also be blanched by cutting back the 

 stems close to the ground in June, the rapidly growing shoots which then start up 

 may be tied and blanched like celery. As artichoke plants do not yield satisfactorily 

 after three or four years, it is best to start a new plantation every three years. 



IiAJtGJl G-REEN GIiOBE. — A favorite French vegetable of medium height with 

 rather deep green leaves. The buds or flower-heads are green, nearly round or some- 

 what elongated. S»kt., 5c. Oz., 40c. 



JEBUSAIiEM ARTICHOKE ROOTS. — Used for table and stock feeding. The tubers 

 roasted or boiled and served with butter, well seasoned, make a dish, some think, 

 greater than Potatoes. However, their greatest value is for hogs. Plant and culti- 

 vate like potatoes. Peck, 75c. Bushel, $2.50. 



ASPARAGUS 



GERMAN, SPARGEL 



This is one of the earliest spring vegetables, and should be in universal use. 

 Many persons 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 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 four or five inches high, great care should be taken to keep the bed 

 free of weeds. One ounce of seed will sow forty feet of row. 



FAZiMETTO. — A very early maturing variety, producing an abundance of very 

 large, deep green shoots. 



Seed — Fkt., 5c. Oz., 10c. ^ lb., 20c. lib., 60c. 5 lbs., $2.00. 



MAMiaOTH WHITE. 



face; line quality. Fkt. 



-Produces large, white shoots six inches above the sur- 

 5c. Oz., 10c. 1/4 lb., 20c. I.b., 60c. 



BARB'S MAMMOTH. — The stalks are very large, and retain their thickness com- 

 pletely up to the top of the shoots; light in color. 



Fkt., 5c. Cz., 10c. 14 lb., 20c. Lb., 60c. 5 lbs., $2.50. 



CONOVER'S COZiOSSAIi. — A mammoth, gieen sort of the largest size and of 

 good (luality. One of the best known and most generally cultivated varieties. 

 Fkt., 5c. Oz., 10c. Yi Xb., 20c. lib., 60c. 5 Zibs., $2.50. 



GIANT ARGENTEUIIi. — A French variety. Stalks large and thick. Fkt., 5c. 

 Oz., lOc 14 lb., 20c. Xib., 60c. 



Palmetto Asparagus. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. — A saving of one to two years is effected by plant- 

 ing roots. A bed 12x40 feet, requiring about 100 roots, should give a suffi- 

 cient supply for an ordinary family. 7260 roots will plant an acre. Select 

 good loamy soil, plow deep, put in good quantity of manure and 100 pounds 

 kainit to 1000 square feet of bed. Incorporate thoroughly, make a trench 

 eight inches deep, set plants nine inches apart. In field culture rows are 

 placed four feet apart. 



Barr's Mammoth. 

 Colossal (Green). 



Per ino Per 1000 



...$ .75 $5.50 Palmetto (Green) 

 .70 5.00 Mammoth White 

 Prices, by Express, Not Prepaid. 



Per 100 Per 1000 

 ... $ .70 $5.00 

 ... .75 5.50 



ASPARAGUS KNIFE 



Jlnde of solid steel; see the cut- 

 ting point. Price, 30c. each. 



RAFFIA 



The best material for tying plants, 

 vines, etc. Per pound, 20c. 10 lbs., 

 $1.50. 



ASPARAGUS BUNCHER 



This Asparagus Buncher is ad- 

 justable with patented clamp. Price 

 $2.00 each. 



AXl PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. 



