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R. G. CHASE it CO., GENEVA, N. Y. 
STR^ WBERRIES. 
It being about impossible to ship strawberries with safety by freight, with our other 
stoclf, we do not offer them tlirough our Agents, but we can supply all the leading kinds 
by express, and solicit orders by mail for the same. The varieties are changing so 
rapidly we do not attempt descriptions of them in our Catalogue. 
ASPARAGUS. 
To prepare a bed, dig the soil deep, and incorporate in it a heavy coat of rotton ma- 
nure of well decomposed compost. Plant the roots in rows one and a half feet apart, 
and one foot between the roots, about throe or four inches deep. Cover the bed in the 
autumn with manure, and fork it in tlie spring. Salt or seaweed can be used to advan- 
tage. 
Conover's Colossal. — Highly recommended for its immense size, and being re- 
markably tender and high flavored. It can be cut off one year sooner than other va- 
rieties. 
Giaut. — The well known popular sort. 
RHUBARB. 
The large size, fine texture, and superior quality of the new varieties over the old 
cultivated "Pje Plant" cannot be conceived by those who have never grown it. 
The plants should be set four feet apart each way, and the ground heavily manured. 
The stalk will be fit for use the second season after planting. 
Myatt's Linuaeus. — This is, without doubt, the best variety in cultivation; stalk 
long and heavy, without being in the least stringy or tough, with a mild sub-acid flavor. 
