VAUGHAN'S SEED STORE, CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, BOOK FOR FLORISTS. 



39 



32 Years 



Knowledge of the 

 Needs of 





iVc Make & ibpecisiity or oeeds tor 



Market Gardeners. 



Market Gardeners and Florists. 



The wants and needs of Market Gardeners and Florists have been the study of 

 our firm since 1877, when the President of this company personally solicited the 

 market garden trade of Chicago. Knowledge of where to buy, the ability of grow- 

 ers, localities which produce the best seeds, market demands, etc., cannot be ac- 

 quired by any seed firm in a few seasons, nor is it possible to obtain such informa- 

 tion without enormous excense. It necessitates inspections of growing crop.'; all over 

 the world, not one season, but every season, to keep in touch with the latest varieties 

 and methods of growing, field trials by the thousands, to compare our seeds with 

 those of other seedsmen, so we may know what other firms are selling, and so that if 

 there are any better strains, we may have them for our customers. 



As to germination, each season we test every lot of seed in our house, and 

 know it grows before v^'e sell it. 



Prices. Quality considered, we cannot and will not be undersold by any house 

 in the United States. 



ASPARAGUS, Bonvallet's Giant. 



This .\sparagus, a rpproduction of which is 

 on our front cover this year, is now well known 

 as the best "grass" on the Chicago market, 

 where we first introduced it some years ago. 

 Elsewhere it is doing equally well; a Texas 

 customer, after a few years' trial, putting in 

 sixty acres of this variety this season. 



Bonvallet's Giant can be cut a year earlier 

 than any other sort and longer during the sea- 

 son. Grows equally well either white or green, 

 depending on how planted. The shoots are 

 purplish in color, much preferred over lighter 

 or whitish grass. It is the most rust-resistant 

 of any variety now on the market. 



.Seed, oz.. 15c; % lb.. 40c; lb., $1.50; 2-year- 

 old plants, per 100, $1.75; per 1,000, $12.00. 



BONVALLET'S CIANT ASPARAGUS, (Cut Creen. 



BUSH BEANS 



GREEN POD VARIETIES. 



Artichoke. Green Globe. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c. 

 — Globe Artichoke Plants. £ach, 



35c; doz., $3.50, bv express only. 



JERISALE.M ARTICHOKES "(Tubers). Peck, 

 35c; bu., $1.15; bbl., $3.25. If shipped from 

 New York, add 50c per bbl. and 30c per bu. 



Asparagus Roots. Conover's Colossal; 1- 

 year-old root>, per 



1,000, $3.75; 2-year-old roots, per 1,000. $5.00; 



5,000 at $4.00 per 1.000. 



BAKR'S M.4MMOTH. 1-year-old roots, per 

 1,000, $5.00; 2-year-old roots, per 1,000, $5.50. 



COLl'MBI.^N .MA51.HOTH. White 1-year-old 

 roots, per 1.000. $5.00; 2-year-old roots, per 

 1,000, $6.00. 



BONVALLETS GI.4XT. l-.vear-old roots, per 

 1.000, $10.00: 2-year-old roots, per 1.000, $12.00. 



PALMETTO. 1-year-old roots, per 1000, $4.00; 

 2-year-old roots, per 1000, $5.00. 



AsDarasrus Seed.''^*'^ ^'?<^<J should be sown 



L. S in good rich mellow s..il 



in March or April, just as soon as the ground 

 can be worked, in drills one foot apart, then 

 covered with earth from '/2 to % inch deep. 



STANDARD KINDS. 



Bean, Black Valentine. This variety is meeting wii 



— . taking the same place as th< 



fellow. The pod.-; have as fine and handsome an appearance 

 and the vines are much more hardy and prolific. An in 

 Eating quality is lacking unless eaten when quite small 

 Qt., 30c; peek, $1.60; bu., $5.50. 





Oz. 



'i lb. 



Lb. 



Conover's Colossal 



$0.10 



$0.15 



$0.40 







.15 



.40 







.15 



.40 



Columbian Mammoth, white. 



. .10 



.15 



.45 







.25 



1.00 



Plant beans after all danger 

 from frost is past. Cultivate 

 only in fair weather; IV^ bu. of 

 Bush Beaus per acre; 10 to 12 

 qts. Pole Beans per acre. 



Longfellow. This is the bes 

 extraordinarN y 



:y Bean for the market garden. An 

 iiat piuduces a pale soft green 7 to S 

 inch long pod. which is ot good ila\ur and lair quality. Not as hardy as 

 Black Valentine. Quart, 25c; peck, $1.00; bu., $4.00. 



StringleSS Green Pod. -^n 'f'ea' Bean for market wagon trade where 

 cne s customers demand quality. The pods 

 are not long, about the same as Red Valentine, but are of excellent quality. 

 Absolutely stringlcss. Plant a little tender; however, where market de- 

 mands quality it is the best Green Pod Bean. Quart, 25c; peck, $1.15; 

 bu., $4.50. 



Mammoth StringleSS Green Pod.^ longer pod and a sUghtly later 

 strain of the above. Quart, 25c: 



peck, $1.15; l)u., $4.50. 



STANDARD SORTS. 



BLACK VALENTINE BEAN. 



Improved Earliest Valentine 



Extra Early Refugee 



Early Roimd Pod Six Weeks 20 



Early Slohawk 



Long Yellow Six Weeks 



White Marrow 



White Kidney 20 



Red Kidney 



Dwarf Horticultural 25 



English or Broad Windsor 



Improved Xary 20 



Triumph of the Frames, for forcing 



Bountiful, new 



BUSH LIMAS. 



Henderson's Bush Lima 



Burpee's Bush Lima 



Dreer's Bush Lima 



New Wonder Bush Lima. 



Qt. 



Pk. 



Bu. 



.$0.20 



$1.00 



$3.';5 



.20 



1.00 



3.';5 



.20 



1.00 





.20 



1.00 



3.-5 



.20 



1.00 





.20 



1.00 



4.00 



.20 



1.00 



4.00 



.20 



1.00 



4.00 



.25 



1.25 



5.00 



.25 



1.45 



5.75 



.20 



.85 



3.25 



.40 







.25 



1.15 



4.50 



Qt. 



\i Pk. 



Pk. 



Bu. 





$0.85 



$1.60 



$6.25 



.30 





1.65 



6.50 



.30 



.80 





7.00 



.30 



.90 





7.00 



STRINGLESS GREEN POD B 



