SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED 



Asparagus 



THESE PRICES 

 INCLUDE POSTAGE. 



Of Seed, Sow Eight Ounces to 100 Yards of Row. Fifteen Pounds to the Acre. 



old Roots, Set 5000 to the Acre. 



Of Two-year- 



If the rows be six feet apart, about 5,000 plants are required to plant an acre. 



Two-3^ear-old roots are better than one-year-old ones. When well planted and fertilized, a cutting 

 of stalks can be made about three times the second year after planting. Cutting should not be continued 

 too late in the Spring, or the roots will become exhausted if the shoots are not allowed to develop fully, 

 for of course it must be understood the leaves are the lungs of the plants. After cutting has ceased, the 

 ground should be worked by plowing away from the rows and manuring alongside, after which the earth 

 should be thrown back. Twenty bushels of salt to the acre, sown broadcast, may be used to advantage 

 annually. 



' PALMETTO. — An early prolific, regularly developed type of Asparagus of the Southern 

 seaboard. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c. ; I lb. 20c.; lb. 65c. 

 COLOSSAL. — The leading variety in the American markets. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c. ; I lb. 

 SEED 20c.; lb. 65c. 



COLUMBIAN WHITE.— Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c. ; I lb. 25c.; lb. 80c. 

 BARR'S MAMMOTH.— Pkt. 5c.; oz. lOc; J lb. 25c.; lb. 80c. 



ARGENTEUIL. — The favorite variety used in France. Pkt. 5c. ; oz. 10c. ; | lb. 25c. ; lb. 75c. 



ROOTS 



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PALMETTO.— Two years old, per 100, 75c.; 1000, $5.50. 

 COLOSSAL,— Two years old, per 100, 75c.; 1000, S5.00. 

 COLUMBIAN WHITE.— Per 100, $1.00; 1000, $6.00 

 ARGENTEUIL.— Per 100, 75c.; per 1000, $5.50. 



One-year-old roots one dollar per thousand less in each case. 



Beady for Table 40 to 75 

 Days from Sowing 



Beets for Table 



Under a system of 

 horse cultivation, drill in 

 I'ows at 2^ feet 'apart and 

 thin to 3 inches. If the 

 culture is by hand, the 

 I'ows may be drawn 18 

 inches apart. The seed 

 may be drilled in the 

 [spring when the Apple 

 iV in bloom. Yield 200 . 

 to 500 bushels per acre. 



Extra Early /i 

 Egyptian Tur- ^1 

 nip, 40 days. — | 



Roots for table use ^ 

 developing in forty 

 days. Bulbs half glob- 

 ular, or flattened at 

 the poles; roots verj^ 

 slim, skin smooth, 

 leaves red and green. 

 Lb. M Lb. Oz. Pkt. 

 90 30 15 5 



Extra Early 

 Eclipse, 42 

 days. — This 



variety has to a great extent superseded the Egyptian. The 

 bulbs are perfect globes,^ blood-colored and develop with 



astonishing rapidity. Foliage longer and more vigorous than the Egyptian 90 



Five Ounces of Seed to 

 100 Yards of How 



Extra Early Egyptian 



Extra Early Eclipse 



M Lb. 

 30 



Lb. 



Oz. Pkt. 

 15 5 



For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see inside of cover. 



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