Tested Vegetable Seeds 



In this department we aim to list all the good Standard Varieties of Veg-etables, and many 



novelties of recent introduction. Every new and promising variety sent out is tested on our 

 grounds, to learn their merits before offered to our customers. Our packets are well filled 

 with fresh seed. We pay the postage at these prices, except by the. peck, peck, and bushel, 

 or special prices on 5, 10, and 100 lb. lots. 



ASPARAGUS 



Ger. Spargel. Fr. Asper'ge. 

 One ounce will sow fifty feet of drill. 



Sow in March or April, in rich soil. Soak 

 the seed in warm water for 24 hours. Drill 

 it thinly in rows 1 foot apart. When 1 year 

 old transplant into permanent beds, which 

 should be well and deeply manured. Set out 

 the plants eighteen inches apart each way 

 and six inches deep in sandy soil, and four 

 inches deep in heavy soil, but only put on 

 2 or 8 inches at the time of planting and later 

 gradually fill up bed. On approach of winter 

 clear off the bed and cover with a dressing 

 of manure or compost; fork up the beds early 

 In the spring, and apply a dressing of salt 

 annually to the bed, after the season of cut- 

 ting — which is not only beneficial to the 

 plants, but will keep the bed clear of weeds. 

 A new bed should not be cut over before the 

 third year. 



THE FAZrJVIETTO. One of the largest and 

 finest varieties. Stalks frequently measure 

 two inches in diameter, and twelve inches 



long, perfectly tender when cooked. Per 

 pkt. 4 cts., oz. 8 cts., % lb. 15 cts., lb. 60 

 cts. 



COI.XJMBIAia- MAMMOTE WHITE. A new 



variety which is sure to be in great de- 

 mand because it produces white shoots 

 which stay white as long as fit for use. It 

 gives about 80 per cent of white plants 

 from seeds; the other can be rejected be- 

 fore transplanting. It produces large, ten- 

 der shoots, equal to any other variety. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 1/4 lb. 20 cts., lb. 75 

 cts. 



A 5c packet of Asparagus Seed, if sown 

 early in spring, will give you all the plants 

 you need for a bed; select the strongest 

 plants and transplant the following spring. 

 This is tlie cheapest way to start a bed. You 

 will have fresh plants to put out and not 

 dried up roots. 



ASPARAGUS-BONVALLET'S GIANT 



A novelty of which the introducer says: This variety is the quickest yielding, heaviest 

 producing, finest quality, and most disease-resisting of any variety now sold in America. 

 Most of the large growers of Asparagus around Chicago are now discarding all other varie- 

 ties for Bonvallet's, because it is free from disease, grows larger and faster than the other 

 p-arieties. Its favorable points are rust resistant, earliness, high productive power and last- 

 ing qualities. 



Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., ^4 lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



WHITE TEPARY DWARF BEAN 



A New Bean from the Southwest that may revolutionize the Bean growing industry. A 

 drouth resisting Bean raised by the Indians of Arizona, they have been growing them for 

 hundreds of years without irrigation with an annual rainfall of about nine inches. 



Tepary Beans will make a fair crop in seventy-five days and a good crop if they have 

 ninety days. If it is struck by a drouth it will ripen the pods already set and when drouth 

 breaks it will set and ripen a new crop. 



Under ordinary dry farming conditions they yield from 500 to 700 lbs. per acre. The beans 

 are white, cook well, have a delicious flavor. 



Professor Clothier of the University of Arizona, says: After three years experimenting 

 with the Tepary Bean I am prepared to say it is one of the most wonderful plants ever pre- 

 sented to the dry farming public. It is worthy of a trial by every one to try it out in dif- 

 ferent localities where it is dry and warm. 



Per pkt 5 cts., Vz pt. 20 cts., 2 for 35 cts., postpaid, by express, V2 pk. $1-25, pk. $2.25. 



