Large, Tender Spears Are Easily Grown 

 With Our Strong:, Vigorous Roots. 



Hayner 9 s Vigorous 



ASPARAGUS 



QUICK PROFITS 



Asparagus is one of the most profitable of the early vege- 

 tables and there is an ever increasing demand for this delic- 

 ious and healthful vegetable. Rayner's asparagus roots are 

 grown from selected seed on rich, deep soils and have heavy 

 crowns with long, thick roots. Good asparagus roots, with 

 proper care are productive for as long as twenty years. So 

 why not plant the best, Rayner's Vigorous Roots. 



The big two year roots will produce stalks large enough for 

 a cutting the second year, and a big crop each year thereafter. 

 Asparagus grows best on light, loamy soil, but is successful on 

 practically any soil that has adequate drainage. Before plant- 

 ing the soil should be thoroughly prepared and in good me- 

 chanical condition. Furrows are run out eight to twelve inches 

 deep, every twelve feet apart, and roots are set down the fur- 

 rows every twelve to eighteen inches, with the roots well 

 spread out. The crowns are covered three inches when first 

 set and Avhen cultivating the soil is gradually worked into the 

 furrow until it is level. Cultivation should be thorough and at 

 intervals frequent enough to keep down weeds and to conserve 

 moisture. Right after the cutting season the field should be 

 given a heavy application of stable manure if available, or a 

 complete commercial fertilier which is high in nitrogen, ap- 

 plied at rate of 1,000 to 1,800 lbs. per acre. 



MARY WASHINGTON %Sr I 2& 1 £& a %2&£ 



ton asparagus by the U.S.D.A., the Mary Washington strain 

 has consistently been the most productive and dependable, 

 and is considered by commercial growers as the best and most 

 profitable. Mary Washington is very early, vigorous and very 

 productive of large shoots of the finest quality, and are more 

 uniform in size, shape and color than any of the older sorts. 



MPTX/ PflRflT^TCp This new variety is creating quite a sensation among the commercial aspar- 

 iiJ-j vv rfiiini/iuLi agus growers and is reported by the introducer to be the greatest advance 

 made in asparagus since the introduction of the Washington Strains. Is very vigorous, producing a pay- 

 ing crop a year earlier than the Washington, the stalks larger, to cut more per acre than Washington, 

 and to have a more delightful flavor. Certainly seems promising. 



PRICES OF RAYNER'S ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



25 50 100 250 



Paradise, 2 yr., No. 1 $ .85 $1.15 $1.90 $3.45 



Mary Washington, 2 yr., No. 1 85 1.00 1.70 2.95 



500 



$5.35 



4.90 



1,000 5,000 



$10.00 $47.50 



9.00 42.50 



Sweet Potato Seed and Plants 



MARYLAND GOLDEN Skin and flesn of golden color, one of the most attractive and most productive 

 sweet potatoes. Matures very early, . we usually begin digging in August. 

 Satisfactory for storage until mid-winter. Widely grown and very popular. 



PRICES OF SEED 



1 Bu. 5 Bus. 



Maryland Golden $3.50 $15.00 



PRICES OF PLANTS 



Ready by May 25th 

 250 500 1000 



$1.50 $2.25 $3.50 



A Field of Rayner's Sweet Potatoes Harvesting 439 Bu. No. l's Per Acre 



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