Good Seed, Full Weight mid a Fair Price. 3 
1888. 
IdSCRIPTIYE fHTALOGUE * 
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. ptJICH IJST OF ^EHlDS. 
In the following list I have briefly described the different 
varieties, so that their characteristics and value may be known, 
and given such simple instructions for their cultivation that with 
reasonable care success will be assured. 
Remember that the prices given include the Postage 
or Express Charges in all cases except by the peck, bushel 
and barrel, or where specified. If ordered by Express and charges^ 
paid by purchaser, 16 cents per pound may be deducted from the 
price of all seeds sold by the pound, 25 cents per quart from the 
price of corn, and 30 cents per quart from the price of beans and 
peas. 
Half pounds at pound rates, pints at quart rates, four 
quarts at peck rates, and half bushels at bushel rates. 
ASPARAGUS. 
This is one of my principal crops, having 
over four acres in cultivation. The seed 
should be sown early in the spring in good, 
strong soil. Thin out the plants and keep 
free from weeds. The plants, if good care 
is taken, will be ready to set in a perma- 
nent bed the following spring. The ground 
for the permanent bed should be heavily 
manured and worked in deep. Make 
trenches 3f feet apart with a plow or spade, 
eight inches deep, and set the plants in the 
-bottom of the trenches, eighteen inches 
apart, and cover the roots lightly with earth. When the plants 
are a foot or more high, hoe the earth into the trenches, filling 
them about one-third full. Afterwards fill the trenches nearly 
full of rotted manure, or give a liberal application of phosphate 
and cover with earth. When leveled off, the top of the roots or 
crown should be about six inches below the surface of the 
ground. Every spring give a heavy coat of manure and culti- 
vate thoroughly. Cut lightly the first two years; after that 
keep the bed cu^. clean so long as you want asparagus. When 
well established, it can be cut for six weeks without injury. Let 
the brush or tops remain on the bed during the winter to protect 
the roots. The falling seed can do no harm as the young plants 
from the seed always die out. 
I raise and keep on hand a supply of choice roote. 
Coiiover's Colossal is the largest and best variety, if 
indeed there is more than one varietv, which many doubt, Seed, 
per packet, 5 cents ; oz., 10 cents ; i lb., 20 cents ; lb., 60 cents. 
Roots— 2 years old, per doz., prepaid | 50 
2 years old, per 100, 1 25 
2 years old, per K'O, not prepaid 75 
2 years old, per 1,000, " 5 00 
The roots are quite hardy and may be set at any time from 
the middle of April to the first of June, but by setting quite- 
early, a larger growth will be obtained the first year. 
