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GRIFFITH & TURNER CO.'S 



SELECTED VEGETABLE SEEDS 



P ^ H J ^ to every purcliaser of seeds in Packets. 



The pvircliaser may select Twenty-five 

 Cents' u'orth Extra, for each One Dollnr sent %is. Thus, any 

 one sending us $lMO can select seeds in pnchets amounting- 

 to $1.23; for $2.00, seeds in packets to the value of $2.50, 

 and so on. 



ARTICHOKES. 



As a table vegetable the Artichoke deserves to be 

 more generally cultivated. The part eaten is the 

 flower head, which is used before it begins to open, 

 and cooked in much the same way as asparagus. 



liARGE GREEX GLOBE.— Pkt. 10c. Oz. 30c. 



MAMMOTH 



WHITE ASPARAGUS. 



A very valuable and entirely distinct variety of 

 this highly esteemed vegetable. 



It produces shoots which are white, and remain 

 so as long as fit for use, and from 80 to 90 per cent, 

 of the plants come true from seed. This grand re- 

 sult has not come by chance, but is the legitimate 

 outcome of years of patient work and careful selec- 

 tion by the originator. 



In addition to the marvelous advantage of its 

 white color, the Columbian Mammoth White Aspar- 

 agus is even more robust and vigorous in habit and 

 throws larger shoots, and fully as many of them, as 

 the Conover's Colossal. "When we add to these the 

 immense advantage of its needing no earthing up 

 in order to furnish the White shoots so much sought 

 after, we think it evident that it is superior to any 

 sort • now in cultivation, and that no Asparagus 

 grower can afford to plant seed of any other kind. 



Market gardeners, growers for canners and ama- 

 teurs, should give this great acquisition a thorough 

 trial. 



Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. 1-4 Ih. SOc. Lb. 60c., post- 

 paid. 



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1 ASPARAGUS BUNCHER.— $1.50. 



i ASPARAGUS KNIVES.— S5c. My mail, Hoc. 



j ASPARAGUS. 



j (German Spargel.) 



! This is one of the earliest Spring vegetables, and 



; should be in universal use. Many persons think it 



: is difficult to grow, but we consider this a mistake, 



j and believe it can be produced as cheaply and easily 



• as any on the list. 



I Sow the seed in the seed bed late in the fall or in 



j the early spring, as soon as the ground can be 



; worked, in drills one foot apart, covering the seed 



J about one inch deep. When the plants are 4 to 5 



! inches high, great care should be taken to keep the 



j bed free of weeds. One ounce of seed will sow forty 



I feet of row. Thin to nine inches in the row. 



I BARR'S MAMMOTH.— A new variety, highly 

 recommended for its many good qualities. It is very 

 productive, and about ten days earlier than Cono- 

 ver's Colossal. The stalks are very large and re- 

 tain their thickness completely up to the top of the 

 shoots; very tender and succulent; of delicious 

 flavor; grow ver^^ quickly and are light in color. 

 Pkt. oc. Oz. 10c. 1-4 lb. 20c. Lb. 50c. 

 5 lbs. ?iS.OO. 



! NEW PALMETTO ASPARAGUS.— This new As- 

 1 paragus, said to have originated in South Carolina, 

 i is now quite extensively grown by Southern garden- 

 , ers for New York and Philadelphia markets, where 

 it sells at very high prices, owing to its mammoth 

 size and regularity. An average bunch of fifteen 

 shoots will measure thirteen to fourteen inches in 

 circumference. For several seasons this Asparagus 

 has reached Northern markets ten days ahead of 

 all other varieties, and sold at fabulous prices, even 

 after other varieties had come in. Although of 

 Southern origin, it is equally well adapted to North 

 i and South. 



Pkt. 5c. Oz. 10c. 1-4 lb. 20c. Lb. 50c. 

 5 lbs. $2.00. 



CONOVER 'S COLOSSAL.— The old and well-known 



' variety. 



I Pkts. 5 and 10c. 1-4 lb. 10c. Lb. SOc. 



5 lbs. $1.'J5. 



I ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



BARR'S MAMMOTH.— Per 100, 70c. Per lOOO, 

 *5.00. 



PAL3IETTO.— Per 100, 60c. Per 1000, $3.50. 

 COLOSSAL.— Per 100, 60c. Per 1000, ?3.50. 

 MAM3IOTH WHITE.— Per 100, 75c. Per lOOO, 

 S5.00. 



A saving of one to two years is effected by plant- 

 ing roots. A bed 12 by 40 feet, requiring about 100 

 roots, should give a sufficient supply for an ordi- 

 nary family. Seven thousand two hundred and sixty 

 I roots will plant an acre. 



SPECIAL PRICES TO GARDENERS AND FARMERS, IN LARGE QUANTITIES. 



