Tender, Fresh 
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From Your Own Plantings 
Year After Year 
Asparagus is one of the first vegetables to make 
appearance in the Spring and its succulent, green 
stalks are a welcome change to the table. Because 
of its earliness, asparagus can be depended upon to 
realize a profit and there is an ever increasing de- 
mand for canning and freezing, 
Any home gardener can enjoy delicious, health- 
ful asparagus fresh from his garden six to ten 
weeks each spring. Cooked, frozen or canned im- 
mediately after it is cut is the way to really enjoy 
asparagus. You won’t believe the difference until 
you try it from your own plantings. 
Plant This Great Strain of 
Mary Washington Roots 
Favorite heavy yielder developed by the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture. The best you can plant 
for high production and quality. Our MARY 
WASHINGTON is from the ‘Roberts’ seed selec- 
tions, very early, a strong grower, and produces 
shoots of finest quality, more uniform in size, shape 
and color than others. Healthy green color, rich 
flavor and juicy tenderness. 
50 to 100 roots suppHes an average family. 200 
roots will take care of canning, freezing needs, too. 
TRY THIS EASY MULCH METHOD IN YOUR GARDEN — set plants 16 to 18 inches apart each 
way and deep enough to have crowns 1% inch below surface. Keep cultivated for six weeks or until 
srowth starts. Apply a fine manure mulch up to 2 inches deep all over bed. Discontinue cultivating, 
pulling weeds by hand until mulch stops weed growth. Spread fertilizer and some lime on mulch each 
spring. To control annual weeds in muleh spread a little salt on them on a dewy morning. Will not 
hurt asparagus. Add a bit of muleh each year. 
ASPARAGUS PRICES — ORDER EARLY FOR SPRING PLANTING 
Big three year roots will produce stalks large enough for cutting the second year and a big 
crop each year thereafter. Produces 15 to 20 years. Complete planting instructions with order. 
See Page 21 For Pestal Rates. 95 50 100 250 DOD 1000 
3 year Jumbo ........ RE Re og nae $4.10 $6.85 $11.00 $22.00 $34.56 $55.00 
2 year No. 1 Roots 2026. 662 2 3095 3.05 6.00 12.00 18.75 30.00 
year No. 1 Roots: 20 es Se 6 2.50 4.00 8.09 12.50 20.00 
MacDonald § 
Red 
plants well tended make an excellent 
supply of sauce and pies. 
iority. Matures earlier. sweeter, and 
one planting lasts a lifetime. Plant in 
Spring. 3 to 4 feet apart. 
PRICES 
85e each - 3 for $2.40 - 10 for $7.00. 
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We offer only the McDonald Red- 
variety because of its marked super- | 
RHUBARB is a very popular peren- jj 
nial where winters are sufficiently cold | 
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