VEGETABLE PLANTS AND ROOTS 



We have made special effort to supply plants that are true to name, and at prices that are 

 sure to suit all. They are grown for us by a SPECIAL GROWER, from true strains of seeds 



furnished by us, and we shall always have them in their proper seasons in splendid condition. By our 

 system of packing, we can safely guarantee their safe arrival when sent by express. We make no charge for 

 either packing or boxes. 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 



The preparation of the Asparagus bed should be made with more care than for most vegetables, from the fact that it Is 

 a permanent crop, which ought to yield as well at the end of twenty-five as of five years, if the soil has been well prepared. 

 To start with, it should be on ground thoroughly drained, either naturally or artificially, and, if choice can be had, on a 

 light, sandy loam. This should be trenched, and mixed with sufficient manure to form a coating of at least six inches 

 thick over the bed; this manure should be worked into the soil, by trenching to the depth of two feet, as the roots of the 

 plants will reach quite that depth in a few years. In setting, the crowns of the plants should be placed at least eight inches 

 below the surface. It makes but little difference whether it is planted in spring or fall; if in spring, it should be done as 

 early as the ground is dry enough to work; and if in fall, just as soon as the plants can be had, which is usually in the 

 early part of October. For an ordinary family, a bed of six rows, fifty or sixty feet in length, and three feet apart, will 

 be sufficient, the plants in the rows being set nine inches apart. 



Moore's Crossbred, $1.50 per hundred; $10.00 per I Moore's Giant, $1.50 per hundred; $8.00 per thousand, 

 thousand. 



Conover's Colossal. One-year-old roots, by mail, price $1.25 per hundred; two-year old roots, by express ot 

 Id the store, price $1.00 per hundred; $7.00 per thousand. 



CABBAGE AND CAULIFLOWER PLANTS. - 



Hotbed plants, which can be planted out from the last of March to the end of April, according to the season. 

 Cabbage, Jersey Wakefield. I Cabbage, Fottler's Drumhead. 



— Henderson's Summer. | — Stone Drumhead. 



Price 25 cents per dozen; $1.00 per hundred; $8.00 per thousand. If by mail , add 25 cents to hundred price. 

 Cauliflower, Snowball. I Cauliflower, Early Paris. 



— Dwarf Erfurt. j 



Price 40 cents per dozen; $2.00 per hundred; $8.00 per thousand. If by mail, add 23 cents to hundred price. 



CABBAGE PLANTS. For fall and winter crops. Ready July I. 

 Cabbage, Savoy, American Improved. | Cabbage, Fottler's Drumhead. 



— Red Dutch, for pickling. | — Stone-Mason Drumhead. 



Price 40 cents per hundred; $4.00 per thousand. 



CELERY PLANTS. Ready about June 10. Boston Market the best variety. 

 Price 75 cents per hundred; $7.00 per thousand. 



TOMATO PLANTS. Ready May 1. 

 Acme, very popular. I Boston Market. Fine sort, 



liivingston Perfection. | Cardinal. 



Price 30 cents per dozen; $2.25 per hundred; $20.00 per thousand. 



PEPPER PLANTS. Ready June 1. 

 Squash. 10 cents each ; 50 cents per dozen. | Sweet Mountain. 10 cents each; 50 cents per dozen. 



LETTUCE PLANTS. Ready May 1. 



Boston Market, Fine Curled. | Tennisball. The standard variety. 



Price 20 cents per dozen ; 75 cents per hundred. 



EGG PLANTS. Ready May i S . 

 New-York Improved. The popular variety. | Black Pekin. A fine sort. 



Price 10 cents each; $1.00 per dozen. 



SWEET POTATO PLANTS. Ready June I. 

 Nansemond. The best sort for planting North. Price $1.00 per hundred; $7.00 per thousand. 



RHUBARB ROOTS. 



Rhubarb Roots may be planted early in spring or in fall, setting the roots three feet apart each way. If planted in 

 spring, on ground well prepared, a full crop may be gathered the succeeding season. It requires but little labor; once 

 planted, it will remain iri bearing condition for three or four years, only requiring a top dressing of manure dug in, in 

 spring or fall. 



Xannaeus. Large, early, tender, and fine. The very best of all in quality. 



Price 25 cents per root; clumps that will separate into several roots, 50 cents; $2.00 per dozen. 

 Oiant Victoria. The largest stalk of any good variety. Has grown to over two pounds per stalk. 



Price 25 cents per root; clumps that will separate into several roots, 50 cents; $2.00 per dozen. 



CRANBERRY PLANTS. 



We offer below the two leading varieties. Circular of instructions for culture will be sent to appli- 

 cants. 



Eaton's Early Black Bell. _ Ripens very early, being fully colored by Sept. 5, in the Eastern States. Color 

 very dark red, almost black; medium size, and very uniform; great bearer, good keeper, and vines perfectly hardy. 



Mansfield Creeper. This is entirely different in its growth and habit from all other varieties: it creeps on the 

 ground, and takes root at every joint, and bears shoots every two or three inches on the vine, and throws out fruit-buds 

 for a fresh start another year. It is a few days later than the Eaton Bell; both are adapted to upland culture. It is of 

 large size, and great bearer; the flesh is tender; fine keeper; color dark scarlet on one side, the other side nearly white, 

 with a mottle ; shape roundish oval. 



Price: either of the above by mail, 60 cents per hundred; by express, 45 cents per hundred; $3 50 ver thousand; 

 $15.00 per five thousand; $25.00 per ten thousand. Ten thousand is sufficient to plant an acre, at two ieet ap-rt. 



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