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VEGETABLE SEED SPECIALTIES^ 



H ENDERSON'S PM MFTTO ASPARAGUS 



ASPARAGUS, the most appreciated of early spring vege- 

 /-X tables, has been grown and prized for its succulent ten- 

 derness and delicious flavor from time immemorial. In 

 various countries various types and strains are extolled and of- 

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

 in the American climate at least — Henderson's Palmetto is the 

 king of all Asparagus. It is superior in every way: larger, 

 earlier, a strong quick grower, a more prolific and continuous 

 yielder, the stalks large and uniform under ordinarv culture, 

 average nearly an inch in diameter, retaining their thickness up 

 to their plump tips. The usual bunches of 15 shoots measure 

 13i inches in circumference and weigh about 2 pounds. For 

 quality Henderson's Palmetto is peerless, meltingly tender and 

 full of delicious flavor. 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 pro- 

 fitable 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 thor- 

 oughly enriched, deeply dug sandy loam. Beds cared for im- 

 prove 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. 



Henderson's Palmetto Asparagus Seed, 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 

 30c. J lb., 80c. lb. 



HENDERSON'S PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



Can be supplied from A' ay. 1st. to May 1st. but the best time for planting 

 in the North is in the Spring. 



PRICES (buyer paying transit) Per 1 00 | Per 1,000 



Two-year-old roots, $7750 $10.00 



Three-year-old roots 2.00 16.00 



Add to above prices for free delivery in U. S. — SOc. per 100 to 2-year-old roots; 

 76c. per 100 to S-year-old. 



"I bought Palmetto Asparagus roots of you six years ago. Set them out in 

 accordance with your directions and the bed has borne steadily and increasingly 

 ever since. Tlie 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 Asparagus roots and now 

 I am cutting some of tlie finest stalks I have ever seen, some of them nearly j inches 

 in circumference. " F. O. FOSTER, Atlanta, Ga. 



An Exhaustive Test of Asparagus 



COVERING EIGHT YEARS 

 Conducted by the N. j. State Experiment Station 



Proved Henderson's PALMETTO THE BEST 



IN an exhaustive test covering eight years, conducted by the 

 New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Palmetto was 

 proven superior to all other varieties tried, eight in all, viz. : 

 Palmetto, Barr's Mammoth, Donald's Elmira, Columbian Mam- 

 moth White, Conover's Colossal, Giant Brunswick, Moore's Cross- 

 bred and Giant Argenteuil. Full details are printed in their 

 Bulletin Xo. 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 ivith 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 82% in total average yield 

 {covering six years of cutting) and by nearly 36% in total yield of 

 1.903. 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, Palmetto gives an average cash return of SI 10.00 per 

 acre more than the Elmira. The yield and value the last year re- 

 ported 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 $221.88, and 

 over Barr's Mammoth, $333.12." 



BOOKS ON ASPARAGUS CULTURE 



Asparagus. By F.M. Hexamer. A practical new treatise on the best 

 methods of raising, cultivating, harvesting, marketing, forcing and can- 

 ning asparagus post paid, 50c. 



Asparagus Culture. By Jas. Barnes and Wm. Robinson. (Imported.) 



The best methods employed in England and France post paid, 50c. 



HENDERSON'S Leaflet "ASPARAGUS CULTURE," Free to Customers When Asked For. 



