GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Classified Descriptive List of Vegetable Seed 

 Suitable for the Southern States. 



ARTICHOKE. 



Por Price List See Red Pages in Back 

 of Book. 



Artichaut (Fr.), Artischoke (Ger.), 

 Alcachofa (Sp.), Articocca (Ital. ) 



CUIsTUEE. — Sow in drills during' 

 v.inter or early spring-, three inches 

 apart and one foot from row to row; 

 co^ er with about one-half inch of earth. 

 The seeds we offer are imported by us 

 from Italy and France, and are of 

 superior quality. One ounce will plant 

 500 plants; i/4 pound to the acre. 



XiABGB GBBEN GltOBB. — Very popu- 

 lar in the South, and much esteemed. 

 'We can also furnish sprouts or plants 

 in the fall of the year at 50c. per doz., 

 by mail 60c.; $2.00 per 100; |15.00 per 

 1,000. 



Asperge (Fr. ), 



Green Globe Artichoke. 



ASPARAGUS. 



Por Price List See Red Pag-es in Back of Book, fij 



Sparg-el (Ger.), Esperagos (Sp.), 

 Sparag-io (Ital.) 



CUZiTURB. — Sow earlj' in spring- 2 inches deep 

 in rows 18 inches apart. When one or two 

 years old transplant into permanent bed, in fur- 

 rows 4 to 5 feet apart and 2 feet between the 

 plants. Deep loamy soil, thoroughly cultivated 

 and heavily manured, is required for permanent 

 bed. One ounce of seed will produce about 200 

 plants; 5 pounds to the acre. Send for Book on 

 Asparagus Culture, 80c. postpaid. 



COLUMBLA. MAMMOTH. — Large, clear white 

 stalks until 6 inches above the ground. 



CONOVER'S COIiOSSAIi. — The most approved 

 and standard variety. 



PAIiMBTTO. — Another good variety, especially 

 adapted to the South. The sprouts are strong, 

 of vigorous growth, very tender and not bitter. 



Columbia Mammotli. 



C A UTI O N. 



Many seedsmen and farmers are not careful enoug"li in growing' Wax Beans; 

 tbey frequently grow tliem side by side with other varieties, and do not even 

 trouble themselves in weeding- out the plants producing" green pods. A crop grown 

 in this manner will become entirely mixed in a single season, and there are hun- 

 dreds of such crops grown every year and sold to dealers and inexperienced 

 seedsmen, and supplied by them very innocently to their customers as pure seed 

 (their purity cannot be distinguished when the bean is matured); therefore, be 

 careful in purchasing. Our stock is pedigreed and thoroughbred, and our cus- 

 tomers will always find same strictly pure and reliable in every respect. 



The Quality is Remembered Long After the Price is Forgotten. 



