Vegetable Seeds. 
013°" Please notice that our prices are quoted at the lowest New York figures, and do not include the pre- 
•payment of express or postage charges. If postage is to be prepaid, add 8 cents per pound. 
^S3"See inside front eover of this Catalogue for complete assortments of VegetahU J3eeds of approved and 
choice sorts for from S5 to SS5. 
ASPARAGUS. 
AsPERGE. Esparrago. S^argef. 
Culture — Sow the seed thinly in rows 1 foot apart in April or May (4 to 5 lbs. to the acre), and keep down 
all weeds. To secure strong, healthy plants, thin out the 
seedlings to 3 or 4 inches in the rows, saving only the strong- 
est. The 1-year-old plants should be set out in spring, in a 
rich, sandy loam, dug 18 inches deep, into which has been 
worked plenty of well-rotted manure. If a stiff clay soil is 
all that can be had, add plenty of sand and sifted coal ashes 
to loosen it up, and also see that it is well under-drained. In 
planting for private use, set out iu beds 5 feet wide, three 
rows in a bed, the outer being each 1 foot from the edge, and 
allow 12 inches in the rows ; set the plants at least 6 inches 
below the surface. If set out iu autumn, top-dress with 6 
inches of manure. For market on a large scale, set out 4 by 
iVi feet. 
Every fall a good dressing of coarse manure should be 
applied after the tops have been cut, and in the spring forked 
in. Never cut too closely. The roots need the benefit of some 
foliage during the year, else they will weaken and die. 
ASPAKAGUS. 
15 
10 
17 
18 
Per oz. 
Colossal. The most approved and standard sort. The famous Argenteuil of the French 
is identical with it ^0 10 
Two-year-old roots per 100, 75 cts. ; per l",000, $6 ." .' 
Palmetto. Of southern origin; a very desirable bright green Asparagus 
Two-year-old roots per 100, 75 cts.; per 1,000, $6.. 
Barr Mammoth. Two-year-old roots. Has very large, tender stalks of a very light color, 
per 100, 75 cts. ; per 1,000, $6. . 
Columbian Mammoth White. A variety producing large white shoots 
Two-year-old roots ; per 100, $1; per 1,000, $7. . 
ARTICHOKE. 
10 
10 
$0 20 
20 
25 
Ub. 
$0 50 
50 
75 
Aktichaut. Alcachofa. 2lrtifd;ocEe. 
Culture.— Deep, rich, sandy loam, with plenty of well- 
rotted manure. Sow seeds in April and May, and when 
large enough transplant into rows 3 to 4 feet apart and 2 
feet in the rows. Thoy reach maturity the second year. 
When cold weather sets in bank the earth to the top, first 
cutting off and tying up the leaves so that they will occupy 
less space, and in spring fork in a dressing of manure. 
Artichoke may also bo treated as an annual by sowing the 
seed in hotbed during February and transplanting in May. 
The heads should be cut off and used as they get ready. If 
left to ripen on the plant they will exhaust it, and no more g*^ 
will bo produced that season. Heads are unfit for culinary f 
purposes after the flowers expand. 
Per oz. 341b. 
^1 French Globe. The standard and 
best variety pkt., 10 cts.. .$0 35 $1 00 
22 Laon, or Paris Creen 
pkt., 10 cts... 40 1 00 4 00 
23 Early Purple, or Violet 
pkt., 10 cts... 40 1 00 4 00 
24 Jerusalem Artichoke 
qt., 20 cts.; bus., .$4.. 
Lb. 2 
$3 50- 
FBENCH AKTIOHOKB. 
