Condon Bros., Seedsmen, Rock River Valley Seed Farm, Rockford, lUinoia 
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CONDON'S ASPARAGUS 
Delicious 
Strong, Healthy 
Two Year Old Roots 
Postpaid 
Not 
Prepaid 
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Doz. 
Per 
100 
219 Boiivallet's Giant 
50c l$2.75 
40c 1 2.25 
40c 1 2.25 
45c 1 2.50 
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List for 
Quantities 
220 Columbian Mam. White. 
Most Profitable Vegetable for Market Gardeners 
and Home Use. Everybody receiving tliis catalog 
who owns or has a lease on any land s-liould plant 
at least a hundred roots of this delicious vegetable. 
It yields llii' first returns iu the sprinfr wlien vege- 
tables are expensive and so hishly relished. $500.00 
per Acre Profit is a conjujon yield. Perfectly hardy 
and when once established lasts for years. l'"or 
innnediate returns we recommend purchasing our 
I wo-year-old thrifty roots settino in the spring 
.ind the following spring- yoti can niarlcet a g^d 
ciop and bijiger ones each succeeding year. Where 
one needs several thousand roots and don't feel 
like investing in so many at once, it is sometimes 
advisable to purchase part roots and part seed, 
■'Owing the seed in drills in early spring and in two 
years' time you will have thousands of roots at a 
very low cost. By all means start your bed this 
year. Don't put it off any longer. Our free cul- 
ture Leaflet furnished with every order gives you 
mil instructions how to grow Asparagus profit- 
al)ly. 
219 Bonvallet's 
Giant 
BONVALLET'S GIANT Asparagus is superior 
to all others. We have grown and thorouglily testeil 
every known variety of Asparagus but — in tlie 
American climate at least^ — Bonvallet's Giant is 
the king of all Asparagus. It is superior in every 
way, larger, earlier, (juicker in growth, more con- 
tinuous in bearing and more uniform in size. Tlie 
-talks average about an inch in diameter, the 
usual bunch of 14 shoots is T2;2 inches in circum- 
ference, and weighs about 3 pounds. It is delicious 
in flavor, extremely t4;nder, and equally well 
adapted to all sections of the country. It is also 
less susceptible to disease, ha ving yielded almndant 
i-rops wdiere all other varieties have entirely s>ic- 
eumbed. (See cut.) Packet, 10 cts. ; ounce, 16 
cts.; 'i lb., 42 cts.; V2 lb., 65 cts.; lb., $1.00; 
postpaid. 
222 Palmetto 
A very early maturing and prolific variety, 
producing an abundance of very large, deep 
green sl\oot.s of good quality. I'noket, 5 ct».i 
ounce-, 10 otx.s Vi l'>., 18 cts.! Vt lb., 33 ots.; lb., 
Oil etn.; poKtiHiid. 
221 Conover's Colossal 
Tlie largest and most extensively used green 
variety. Siioots briglit green, .sometimes show- 
ing a purple tinge at the top. Quality ver.v ten- 
der. Abundant yielder. I'ocket. ,% cts.; ounce, 
» vts.t Vi lb., 1«( ctH.; V: lb., 30 cts.; lb., 55 cts.; 
IMitttpald. 
220 Columbian Mammoth White 
An exceptionally large sized variety of .su- 
perior nuality, tend'Tness and flavor. Color, 
olear white until lour to six inches above the 
ground. I'ncke<. s ct».! ouuce, M cts.i V4 lb,, 
•27 ctN.i Vj lb., VJ, ctN.: lb., 78 ctx.; postpaid. 
Common Sense Culture Directions printed on all packages. 
