HELENA. MONTANA 
VEGETABLE SEEDS— Continued. 69 
General List of Vegetable Seeds 
ARTICHOKE ROOTS— (Dry Fanned). 
1 lb., postpaid 20c; 10 lbs., 80c; 100 lbs., $6.50 
Most valuable food for hogs that can be grown. Every 
hog raiser should plant them. After one acre is planted 
their value will be so appreciated that larger areas will be' 
devoted to them. They are not only very healthful, but as 
a fattening agent are unexcelled. They yield very heavily, 
300 to 350 bushels to the acre being realized on good soil. I( 
is not necessary to dig them, for if given an opportunity 
the hogs will help themselves. 
Not only are they valuable for hogs, but are an excellent 
food for cattle, sbepp and horses. Fed to milch cows, they 
are for the produc- 
tion of milk eqiial 
If not superior to 
bran. 
... Artichokes need 
planting but once 
and little or no 
culture after the 
first year. Gut as 
potatoes, only 
smaller; plant in 
rows three and 
one-half feet apart. 
Plow' deep, plant 
shallow, say two 
inches. The second 
year, break up the 
JERUMLBM ARTicHone. ground as for corn; 
they will come up thickly all over the surface. 
Those wishing to purchase should place orders very 
early, to be shipped as soon as favorable weather arrives. 
By freight or express at purchaser's expense. 
ASPARAGUS 
One of the earliest spring 
vegetables. It requires a 
deep, rich, mellow soil. Sow 
early in the spring in drills 
2 inches deep and 12 inches 
apart if to be cultivated by 
hand. One ounce of seed will 
make about , 500 plants. 
When the plants are one or 
two years old (one is best, 
as a better crown will form) 
transplant to rows 5 feet 
apart and 18 inches apari in 
the I'ow. Cover the soil i 
to 5 inches deep with well 
rotted manure and disc well 
— then plow as deep as pos- 
sible and fine with harrow. 
Turn furrows 5 feet apart, 
about C) inches deep. Place 
plants in these about 18 
inches apart, with the roots 
Aspaniflus. well spread out. Turn a 
light furrow back over them and level with the harrow 
by cross harrowing. 
ASPARAGUS— (Conovep's Colossal). Pkt. 5c; oz. 19c; lb. 75c 
The favorite in our western market, having a pink 
tinge, and very fine flavor, of vigorous growth, none 
better. 
ASPARAGUS— (Palmetto) Oz., 10c; lb., 75c 
The plants are strong and vigorous in growth, produc- 
ing large, thick, dark-green shoots, with a distinctly 
pointed head or tip, as contrasted with the rounded 
head of the other large-stalked varieties. 
(2 lbs. 
BEANS 
to'lOO ft. in drills, cSr 150 liills; 120 lbs. to the acre, 
' in dfrills). 
A succession' of sowing can' hfi made from the first week 
in May until July. Plant in drills about 2 inches deep, and 
from 18 inches to 2 feet apart, according to the richness of 
the soil; the poorer the 
soil the closer ^iiey can 
be planted. .The seed 
should be- dropped 
about 2 inches apart. 
BEANS. 
(Dwarf Wax Sorts). 
JEANS— (Refugee Wax) 
Va pint carton iOc 
I lb. postpaid 30c 
10 lbs $1.65 
Very productive, sec- 
ond early, with vines 
strong and bushy. 
Bears round, slender, 
light golden yellow 
pods, 0 inches long, 
meaty, brittle and 
stringiess; will with- 
stand a frost better 
than other wax varie- 
ties. 
Beans — (Refugee Wax). 
BEANS— (Improved Golden Wax). V2 pint carton 10c; 1 lb. 
postpaid, 25c; 10 lbs $1.65 
Probably the best known of all Wax Beans; it is the 
ideal Wax Bean. Very prolific. Thick fleshed and 
stringiess. 
BEANS— (Improved Black Wax). Vz pint carton, lOc; lb., 
30c, postpaid; 10 lbs $1.65 
An old favorite, which is universally popular. Round, 
full, fleshy pods of excellent flavor. The earliest wax 
beans.- 
BEANS— (Wardwell 
Kidney Wax) V2 
pint carton, 10c; 
1 lb. 25c postpaid; 
10 lbs. $1.65. 
For market the 
best wax bean to 
grow early is 
Wardwell's Kid- 
ney Wax. It is 
the most prolific, 
very tender and 
entirely string- 
less; also a good 
shipper. The pods 
are nearly 
straight so that 
they pack nicely 
and always look 
well. 
Beans— (Golden Wax. 
Garland, Mont. 
We received the plants In excellent condition and 
thank vou very much for the complimentary. 
MRS. H. C. GOODALE. 
Wagner. Mont., Sept. 27. 
Well pleased with plants, especially the Cyclamen. 
The Cvclamen is beautiful. 
MRS. E. M. HOWE. 
