Farquhar's Reliable Vegetable Seeds 



ARTICHOKE. Alcachofa (Sp.) 



Ooi/rtTBE. Sow seeds in April or May, and when large enough, transplant in 

 rows 4 feet apart and 2 feet apart in the rows. They yield the second year, and re- 

 quire protection during winter by earthing up and mulching. In the Northern States 

 it is better to treat this plant as an annual, sowing seeds under glass early in Feb- 

 ruary and keeping the seedlings growing vigorously until May; then they should 

 be set out in rich soil, when they will produce fine heads the first season, 



Pkt. 

 Large Globe Ol* Paris. Thebestof all Artichokes, .oz. $1.50. .$0 25 



Large Green Globe oz. $1.00. . 20 



Jerusalem {Helianthus tuherosus). Cultivated for its edible tubers. April 

 delivery only Tubers, qt. 40c. ; pk. $2.50 . . 



ASPARAGUS. Esparrago 



(Sp.) 



Culture. Sow the seeds thinly in drills, 1 foot apart and 1 inch deep. The per- 

 manent bed should be trenched very deeply and well manured with rich, thorouglily 

 decayed manure. Wide drills should then be rnade, 3 feet apart, and deep enough to 

 admit of the top of the plants being covered 6 inches. Set the plants one or two years 

 old 1 foot apart in the rows, carefully spreading out and separating the roots. For 

 the sake of convenience one drill should be made at a time, and the planting and cov- 

 ering completed before another is commenced. In November the plants should have 

 their annual top-dressing of manure after the stalks have been cleared away. The 

 dressing should be forked in as soon as the ground can be worked in spring, and the 



bed neatly raked. One ounce of seed sows 60 feet of drill ; 5 pounds, one acre. 



Large Globe or Paris Artichoke 



Pkt. 



Mary Washington. A selection from the original Martha Washington or Ped- 

 igreed Washington, the result of years of plant-breeding by the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, also further selected and improved. The plants are vigorous in growth, 

 producing a heavy yield, and have proven to be nearly rust-free. Shoots are large, 

 straight, dark green in color, with a heavy purple overtone oz. $1.50. .$0 25 



Martha Washington or Pedigreed Washington. One of the finest varieties. Stalks 

 large, dark green in color, and of fine flavor oz. $1.50. . 25 



Early Giant Argenteuil. Popular French variety oz. 30c.; }ilh. $1.00. . 15 



Reading Giant. Large, succulent stalks oz. 30c.; }|lb. $1.00. . 15 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



Asparagus Roots can be supplied from November 1 to May 1. 



For top-dressing an Asparagus-bed, use Farquhar's Garden Fertilizer. The quantity required 

 per acre is 1,500 pounds for heavy land, 2,000 pounds for light sandy land — half to be applied very 

 earlyin the spring, the remainder after cutting. If the manure used for winter covering has been 



dug in, half of the above quantities would be sufficient. 



Mary Washington . 



Martha Washington or Pedigreed Washington . 



Early Giant Argenteuil 



Reading Giant 



100 



.$3 50 

 . 3 50 

 . 2 00 

 . 2 50 



1,000 

 $32 00 

 32 00 

 18 00 

 20 00 



Mary Washington Asparagus 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Bretones de Bruselas (Sp.) 



Culture. Sow the seeds under glass during April and transplant to a coldframe when large 

 enough to handle. The plants may be transferred to the garden in June and cultivated Uke 

 cabbage. When the plants become crowded, cut 

 off some of the lower leaves so that they may de- 

 velop. They will be ready for use in autumn 

 after the early frosts. One ounce of seed pro- 

 duces about 1,500 plants. 



Farquhar's Exhibi- Pkt 



tion. Sprouts of large size, 

 solid, and of dehcious flavor 



oz. $1.00. .$0 

 Farquhar's Matchless. Pro- 

 duces large, sohd sprouts 



oz. 75c.; i^lb. $2.50.. 



Long Island Im- 

 proved. A tall-growing 

 variety producing an abun- 

 dance of very large, solid 

 sprouts of dehcious flavor .... 



oz. 75c. . 15 Farquhar's Exhibition Brussels Sprouts 



