GENERAL LIST" 
OF 
Vegetable Seeds 
While we exercise the greatest care to have all seeds pure and reliable, we do not give any warranty, express or 
implied. If the purchaser does not, accept the seeds on these terms and conditions, they must be returned at once, and 
the money that has been paid for same will be refunded — W. & D. 
"When seeds are ordered by mail Postage must be added to catalogue prices at the rate of 8 cents per pound for 
Seeds, 15 cents per quart for Peas and Beans, and 10 cents per quart for Corn. 
ARTICHOKE, Globe. 
German, Artischoke. — French, Artichaut. — Spanish, Alcachofa. 
One ounce will produce 500 plants. 
Sow in light, rich, and rather moist soil, in drills eight or ten inches 
apart ; when the plants are well up, transplant, four or five inches 
deep, in rows four feet apart, and two feet apart in the rows. Hoe 
often and water freely during the warm season. Cover with straw 
during winter. 
Large Globe. Fine large heads. Per pkt. , 10 cts. ; oz. , 30 cts. 
ARTICHOKE, Jerusalem. 
Grown for its tubers, which resemble potatoes, and are cultivated in 
a similar manner, only the rows should be at least four feet apart when 
grown in rich soils. 
Large tubers. Per qt., 25 cts. ; peck, $1.25. ; bush., $4.00. 
German, Spargel.— French, Asperge — Spanish, Esparrago. 
One ounce will sow about 50 feet of drill. 
Sow in autumn or in spring, as soon as the soil is in good working 
condition. The seed bed should be thoroughly spaded over, the surface 
leveled and raked smooth, and the 
seeds sown, not very thickly, in 
drills twelve or fourteen inches 
apart, and about an inch deep. 
When the plants are well up, thin 
them to three inches apart. _ Culti- 
vate during summer, and give the 
plants a light covering of stable- 
litter during winter. At one or two 
years, transplant to permanent beds. 
The soil should be trenched two 
feet deep, and highly manured. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 
11,000 Roots will plant one acre ; distance, 4: feet in 
drill, 1 foot in row. 
A saving of one to two years is effected by planting roots. Those 
offered below are strong- two-year-old roots. For private use or for 
marketing on a small scale, beds should be formed five feet wide with 
three rows planted in each, one in the middle and one on each side a 
foot from the edge ; distance between the plants in the rows, nine 
inches. 
THE PALMETTO. -Strong two-year-old roots, per 100, $1.25 ; per 
1,000 $10.00. 
Colossal. Strong two-year-old roots, per 100, $1.00 ; per 1,000, $7.00. 
BEANS, 
ENGLISH OK BROAD. 
German, Gartenbohne.— French, Feve de Marais.— Spanish, Haba. 
One quart will plant 100 feet of drill. 
Plant four inches apart and two inches deep, in drills four feet 
apart, as early in spring as the ground can be worked. To insure well- 
filled pods, pinch off the tops as soon as the lower pods begin to set. 
Early Maiagan. Yery early, hardy, and bears freely. Per pkt., 
10 cts.; qt.,40cts. 
Early Long Pod. The earliest and mostprolific. Per pkt., lOcts. ; 
qt.,40cts. 
Broad Windsor. The largest variety grown ; very tender and 
delicious. Per pkt., 10 cts.; qt. 40 cts. 
. PALMETTO ASPARAGUS. 
THE PALMETTO. The mer- 
its of this new variety consist 
in its earliness, productiveness 
and shipping qualities. In these 
points it surpasses any other 
sort grown. Per pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 20 cts.; M lb., 60 cts.; 1 lb., 
$2.00. 
Coaaver's Colossal. The larg- New Bush. Lima. Enormously productive, bearing continuously throughout the summer until killed by 
est and most prolific ; very ten- the frost. Its greatest merit lies in the fact that it is a true bush variety, requiring no support from 
der. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz.. 10 stakes or poles, but, at the same time, the experience of all who have grown it has been that it excels 
cts. ; M lb., 20 cts. ; lb., 5u cts. as well in quality, quantity and earliness. Per pkt., 10 cts. ; pt , 20 cts. ; qt., 40 cts 
