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remove a part of it when spring conies and leave the rest of it to keep the berries off 
the soil. Now dig enough of these new plants to start a new bed, which treat as be- 
fore, and as soon as the crop is off plow the old bed under. Keep this up year after 
year and you will have the finest fruit that can be produced. 
Our plants are strictly nursery grown and will give far greater satisfaction than 
can possibly be obtained with plants taken from an old fruiting bed. Such plants are 
not worth the digging.. 
Out of a long list of more than thirty varieties which we used to catalogue we now 
retain but one, the Senator Dunlap — a product of the Mississippi Valley and especially 
adapted to it. Probably no other variety of any fruit was ever introduced which gave 
as universal satisfaction as this one. Every claim made for it has been more than 
met. Some of the claims that were made for it, and which have been tested are: 
(1.) A clean, healthy and vigorous plant, capable of resisting intense cold, and 
severe drought, and making an abundance of good and strong plants when almost 
every other variety fails. 
(2.) A long-blooming season, with an abundance of pollen, making it one of the 
best self-fertilizers, and also the best for fertilizing pistillate varieties. 
(3.) A long-fruiting season — coming in with the medium early, and holding out 
when most others are gone, developing and ripening all of its berries. 
(4.) Uniformly large, well-shaped, dark bright red, glossy berries with a very 
large bright green calyx. Berries of the finest quality and flavor. 
(S.) A good keeper with long-keeping qualities, and attractive appearance, mak- 
ing it more salable than most others. 
(6.) A good canner, retaining its bright red color in the cans. We obtained our 
breeding stock direct from the introducer. Our plants are pure, no other variety be- 
ing grown upon our grounds, and the best than can be produced. 25c per dozen; $1.00 
per 100; $3.00 per 500; $5.00 per 1,000. 
Asparagus 
Asparagus is one of the earliest and finest of spring vegetables; so easy of culture, 
profitable and wholesome, that every family garden should have a very liberal supply. 
Choose well-drained fertile soil, work it up fine and deep, and place the plants in 
rows 4 feet apart and 8 inches apart in the row; spread out the roots in a trench made 
deep enough to permit their crowns to be covered with 3 or 4 inches of mellow soil; 
give the rows a liberal dressing'of well rotted manure at least once each year, and 
fifteen pounds of salt per rod length early every spring. Do no cutting the first season. 
Any or all of the following described varieties will give entire satisfaction if managed 
as above. 
Columbian Mammoth White. A distinct variety of strong, vigorous growth, pro- 
ducing very large white shoots that in favorable weather remain white until 3 or 4 
inches high, or as long as fit for use. Market gardeners and those growing for can- 
ners will find this a very profitable variety. 2-year roots, 50c per dozen; 75c per 25; 
$1.25 per 50; $2.00 per 100. 
Palmetto. A very early variety extensively grown for early markets; even, regular 
size, of excellent quality, and considered by many as the best variety in cultivation. 
Prices same as above. 
Conover's Colossal. A mammoth variet of vigorous growth; tender and excellent 
quality; sends up fifteen to twenty sprouts each year, one inch in diameter; color deep 
green, and crown very close. Prices same as above. 
Barr's Mammoth. A variety that comes highly praised. Said to be nearly double 
the size, and much more productive than Conover's Colossal. Prices same as above. 
'Rhubarb or Pie Plant 
Linnaeus. Large, early, tender and fine. 10c each; $1.00 per dozen; $6.00 per 100. 
Victoria. A large variety of excellent quality. Same price as Linnaeus. 
