GENERAL LIST OF STANDARD VEGETABLES, 



ARTICHOKES. 



ASPARAGUS. 



There are two distinct types of artichokes, known 

 respectively as Jerusalem and Globe. The former 

 is a tuberous rooted sunflower; the latter a member 

 of the same botanic family, but grown exclusively for its flower buas. 



JERUSALEM.- Hardy perennial. Culture same as potatoes. Fit for pick- 

 ling, etc., but grown largely for swine. Hogs root the tubers out of the soil. Crop 

 large even on poor soil. .Seed tubers per pound, -10 cents; 3 pounds, £1.00, post- 

 paid. By express or freight, peck, S1.00; bushel, S3.00. 



GREEJI GLOBE. — A table vegetable of very high merit. Perennial. Use 

 flower buds before development. Start seed in border and set plants 4x4 feet. 

 Protect with winter mulch north of Delaware. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cts. 



The best vegetable for early money. 



Ccltuke.— 1 ounce of seed sown in drills will pro- 

 duce 400 plants. Soak the seed. Select strong one 

 year plants for making a plantation. Set deeply in rows 5 feet apart, iy 2 feet or 

 more apart in row. This will require 6,000 plants per acre. Rich soil with good 

 under-drainage is best. Set roots in Spring. Top-dress annually with manure, 

 fertilizer, salt, etc. Gather the 6hoots in Spring (up to July; only when the 

 plants have come to full development. 



MAULE'S MAMMOTH.— This giant type excels all others within my know- 

 ledge in tenderness, flavor, productiveness and good appearance. It throws 

 strong, well-developed shoots the entire season, and always commands top 

 notch prices in the discriminating Philadelphia market. At three years old 

 Maule'6 Mammoth has yielded at rate of S500 per acre. Packet, 5 cents; 

 ounce. 15 cents; % pound, 30 cents; pound, SI. 00. Roots, 1-year-old, 100 by mail, 

 postpaid, S1.00. By express, 1-year-old, S4.00 per 1,000; 2-year-old, S6.00 per 1,000. 



COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE — A comparatively new variety, 

 with white shoots which stay white. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 54 pound, 

 25 cts.; pound, 75 cts. Roots, 1-year, 100 by mail, $1.00, post- 

 paid. By express, 1-year, S4.00 per 1,000; 2-year, So.OO per 1,000. 



CONOVER'S COLOSSAL. — Old and reliable, green in color. 

 Pkt.,5cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 20 cts.; lb., 50 cts. Roots, 1-vear, 100 by 

 mail, S1.00. By express, 1-year, S4 per 1,000; 2-year, S4.50 per 1,000, 

 PALMETTO. — Earlier than Conover's. Of Southern origin, but suitable for North also. Large 

 and productive. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cts. Roots, 1-year, 100 

 by mail, postpaid, S1.00. By express or freight, 1-year, 54.00 per 1,000; 2-year, $5.00 per 1,000. 



MAULE'S MAMMOTH. 



BUSH BEANS.— GREEN POD. 



IMPROVED EARLY YELLOW SIX WEEKS. 



Culture. — Beans are rather tender, and should 

 not go into the open ground until danger of frost 

 is over. Of bush beans use 1 quart to 275 feet of 

 drill; l 1 ^ bushels to acre. Of pole beans use 1 quart to 200 hills; 10 to 16 quarts per acre. Cover bush 

 beans 2 inches; pole beans 1 inch. Sow bush beans in drills 2 to 4 feet apart; pole beans in hills 4 feet 

 each way. Good corn land is also in good condition for growing a crop of beans. Limas delight in 

 Boil that is made very rich by liberal manuring, especially with rotted stable manure. 



EARLIEST IMP. ROUND POD VALESTIXE. 

 — My improved strain of this famous old reliable 

 green-podded bush bean cannot be excelled. It is 

 ready for the basket in 35 to 38 days. As now per- 

 fected It has full, meaty pods, which possess 

 beauty, tenderness and superior flavor. It is an 

 Ideal snap short bean, and one that always sells 

 well in the market. My Earliest Improved is a 

 good thing made better by continued careful selec- 

 tion and high culture, and is now the most prolific 

 and profitable bean of its kind on the American 

 market. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 

 35 cents, postpaid. Peck, S1.00; bushel, 53.75. 



IMPROVED EARLY YELLOW SIX 

 WEEKS — An old and favorite variety. The pods 

 are green. The seeds, when fully ripe, are yellow, 

 whence the name. It is stringless until the pod at- 

 tains full size. Pod thick and meaty. Very pro- 

 ductive and early to mature. Packet, 10 cts.;" pint, 

 25 cts.; quart, 45 cts., postpaid. Pk., 11.25; bu., S4.25. 



EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE A green-podded 



bush bean that is very widely known. It is an early form 

 Of the famous old Late Refugee or Thousand-to-One, matur- 

 ing two weeks In advance of that sort. A standard bush 

 bean for home and market. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; 

 quart, 40 cents, postpaid. Peck, SI. 25; bushel, $4.25. 



DWARF HORTICULTURAL.— 

 A bush form of the old Horticultural 

 or Speckled Cranberry bean. An ex- 

 cellent green podded sort, good as & 

 snap short in the green state, or for 

 use shelled. Pkt., 10c; pt., 25c; qt., 

 40 cts., postpaid. Pk., SI. 75; bu., $6.00. 



SEW STRINGLESS GREEN 

 POD. — Absolutely stringless and ex- 

 tremely early. (See specialties.) 



WHITE KIDNEY. — A popular 

 sort of well established merit. May 

 be used as a green pod snap bean or 

 allowed to ripen. One of the very 

 best for winter use. Pkt., 10c; pt., 20c; 

 qt., 35c, postpaid. Pk., $1.00; bu., $3.75. 

 LARGE WHITE MARROW- 

 FAT. — This has always been a pop- 

 ular variety In field culture, and a 

 most profitable market sort. Green 

 podded. Pkt., 10c; pt., 20c, qt., 35c, 

 postpaid. Pk., $1.00; bu., $3.50. 



EARLY MOHAWK. — Hardiest 

 of the early varieties of green pod 

 bush beans. An old and well known 

 sort of established merit. May be 

 planted rather early, as it will with- 

 stand a slight frost. Packet, 10 cts.; 

 pint, 25 cents; quart, 45 cents, post- 

 paid. Peck. S1.25; bushel, S4.25. 



EARLY MOHAWK. 



BEST OF ALL. 



BEST OF ALL. — This deservedly popular green pod bean Is of foreign origin. It Is very largely 

 grown in the South in the vicinity of New Orleans and elsewhere, and is in high favor there. It is also 

 grown with success and profit in more northern latitudes, and is worthy of trial everywhere. It has 

 very long, glossy pods, almost twice the length of the old Valentine. The pods are fleshy, succulent, 

 stringless and of good flavor. It Is medium early and very prolific A good bean for either market or 

 family use. Many of my customers testify that the nameof the bean Is well chosen. Packet, 10 cents; 

 pint, 25 cents; quart, 45 cents, postpaid. Peck, $1.75; bushel, S6.00. 



When beans by the pint or quart are ordered by express or freight, 8 cents per pint, or 15 cents per quart 

 may be deducted from prices quoted. Pecks and bushels sent by freight or express at purchaser's expense. 



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