Tested Vegetable Seeds 



In this department we aim to list all the good Standard Varieties of Vegetables, 

 and many Novelties of recent introduction. Every new and promising variety sent 

 out is tested on our trial grounds, to learn their merits before offered to our cus- 

 tomers. Our packets are well filled with fresh seed. We pay the postage at these 

 price.^, except by the peck and bushel, or special prices on 5, 10 and 100 tb. lots. 



ASPARAGUS 



Ger. Sparer/. Fr. . hpcrge. One 

 Sow in Maieli or April, in ricl> soil. Soak the 

 seed in warm water for 24 hours. Drill it thinly in 

 rows 1 foot apart. When 1 year old, transplant into 

 permanent beds, which should be well and deeply 

 manured. Set out the plants eighteen inches apart 

 each way and six inches deep in sandy soil, and 

 four inches deep in heavy soil, but only put on 2 or 

 3 inches at the time of planting and later gradually 

 fill up bed. On approach of winter clear off the bed 

 and cover with a dressing of manure or compost; fork 

 up tlie beds early in the spring, (uid apply a dress- 

 ing of salt annually to the J0ta, after the season 

 of cutting— which is not onjj^beneficial to the plants, 

 but will keep the bed^Wcar of weeds. A new bed 

 sliould not be cut Sj^t before the third year. 



ounce Tvi/l soui 50 feet of ilri/I. 



THE PALMETTO. One of the largest 

 and finest varieties. Stalks frequently measure two 

 inches in diameter, and twelve inches long, per- 

 fectly tender when cooked. Per pkt. 4 cts., oz. 8 

 cts., Vx lb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. 



COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE. A 



new variety which is sure to be in great demand 

 because it produces white shoots which stay white 

 as long as fit for use. It gives about 80 per cent 

 of white plants from seeds; the other can be re- 

 jected before transplanting. It produces large, ten- 

 der shoots, equal to any other variety. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 14 lb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



COLUMBIAN WHITE ROOTS. Two 



joars old, by mail, $1.25 per 100; by express 75 

 cts. per 100. 



PALMETTO ROOTS. Two year old, by 

 mail, $1.25 per 100; by express, 75 cts. per 100; 

 $C.00 per 1,000. 



Jcwles* Slringless White Wax Bean 



Jones' Strlngless White Wax Bean 



This grand absolute- 

 ly stringless bean will 

 become one of the most 

 popular of all our wax 

 varieties now grown, 

 combining points nev- 

 er before obtained in a 

 true stringless wax 

 pod. It is of true 

 bush type, of strong 

 growth, with medium 

 tall, stocky footstalk, 

 and compact bushy 

 tops which are a com- 

 plete mat of whito 

 blossoms from the' 

 ground to tip, is ab- 

 solutely rust proof on 

 all soils and in the 

 most unfavorable sea- 

 sons. It is an extra 

 early variety, the pods 

 forming very quickly, 

 and are long, perfectly 

 round and exceptional- 

 Iv solid, of a delicate 

 light yellow color, 

 I)erfectly stringless at 

 all stages of growth, 

 showing no coarseness 

 even when past their 

 prime. In summing up 

 its good qualities the 

 originator claims that 

 more bushels per acre 

 of green pods can be 

 picked from an acre 

 than from any other 

 wax bean known; also 

 can be planted later 

 in the season virith the 

 certainty of a crop. 

 Price per pkt. 10 cts., 

 2 pkts. 15 cts , pt. 25 

 cts., qt. 50 cts., pk. 

 $1.75, bu. $6.00. 



