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Henderson's Palmetto Asparagus 



In an Exhaustive Asparagus Test 



covering eight years conducted by the Xew Jersey Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station. Henderson's Palmetto was 

 proven superior to all other varieties tried, eight in all, 

 viz.: Palmetto. Barr's Mammoth, Donald's Elmira, 

 Columbia Mammoth White, Conover's Colossal, Giant 

 Brunswick, Moore's Crossbred and Giant Argenteuil. Full 

 details are printed in their Bulletin No. 173, extracts from 

 which are as follows: 



" The question of varieties for setting new plantations is a 

 very important one. Palmetto is by far the most productive 

 sort; its productiveness, coupled with its power of resisting 

 diseases, makes it one of the most, if not the most, desirable 

 variety of Asparagus. Donald's Elmira is second in order of 

 yield, but it is exceeded by Palmetto by 24% in early yield and 

 3Z% in total average yield (covering six years of cutting) and by 

 nearly 36% in total yield of 1903. It is thus evident that the 

 cash return in .Asparagus growing depends much upon the 

 variety. In the six annual crops taken from the field. Pal- 

 metto gives an average cash return of Slll.OO per acre more than 

 the Elmira. The yield and value the last year reported on, 

 1903, was even more pronounced in favor of Palmetto, the yield 

 being 7,123 lbs. per acre; the returns for which were $839.87 per 

 acre, an excess over Elmira that year of $221.38 and over Barr's 

 Mammoth, $333.12. " 



"I bought Palmetto Asparaeus roots of you six years ago. 

 Set them out in accordance with your directions and the bed 

 has borne steadily and increasingly ever since. TJie largest 

 and most delicious Asparagus we ever ate." 



W. F. WOODWARD. Portland, Oregon. 



" Last year I put out some of your 2-year-old Palmetto As- 

 paragus roots and now I am cutting some of the finest stalks I 

 have ever seen, some of them nearlv j inches in circumference." 

 F. 0. FOSTER. Atlanta. Ga. 



Larger, Earlier, More Uniform in Size and More Prolific 

 than any Other Asparagus Grown. Disease-Resisting. 



yySPARAGUS, the most appreciated of early spring vegetables, has been 

 yl\ grown and prized for its succulent tenderness and delicious flavor from 

 ■* time immemorial. In various countries various types and strains are 



extolled and offered, all of which we have grown and thoroughly tested, but — 

 in the American climate at least — Henderson's Palmetto is the king of ail Asparagus. It 

 is superior in every way; larger, earlier, a strong, quick grower, a more pro- 

 lific and continuous yielder, the stalks large and uniform under ordinary cul- 

 ture, average nearly an inch in diameter, retaining their thickness up to their 

 plump tips. The usual bunches of 15 shoots measure 13i inches in circum- 

 ference and weigh about 2 pounds. For quality Henderson's Palmetto is 

 peerless, meltingly tender and full of delicious fla\ or. The Palmetto is equally 

 adapted to all sections North and South; it is less susceptible to the Asparagus 

 disease than any other variety, and has continued to yield profitable crops in 

 sections where plantations of other varieties have been entirely devastated. 

 Asparagus may be grown in almost any soil or situation, but special success 

 is attained in thoroughly enriched, deeply dug sandy loam. Beds cared for 

 improve with age lasting for many years. Asparagus may be grown from 

 seed, but as it 'should not be cut before two or three years old, that time is 

 saved by buying and planting roots. {See cut.) 



Henderson's Palmetto Asparagus Seed, lOc. pkt., !5c. oz., 30c. \\b., 80c. lb., but a saving of 

 one to two years is effected by planting 



HENDERSON'S PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



Can be supplied from Nov. 1st to May 1st but the best time for planting 

 in the North is in the Spring. 



PRICES (buyer paying transit) Per 100 I Per 1,000 



Two-year-old roots . . $1.50 $10.00 



Three-year-old roots 2.00 ' 16.00 



Add to above prices for free delivery in U. S. — 30c. per 100 to 2-s/car-old roots; 76c. per 100 to S-year-old. 



BOOKS ON ASPARAGUS CULTURE 



Asparagus. By F. M. Hexamer. A practical new treatise on the best methods of raising, 



cultivating, harvesting, marketing, forcing and canning Asparagus postpaid, 50c. 



Asparagus Culture. Bv Jas. Barnes and Wm. Robinson (Imported). The best meth- 



ods employed in England and France postpaid. .SOc, 



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