2 SEED CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. IVT A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
'Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
OUR VARIETIES IN VEGETABLE SEED ARE SELECTED WITH ALL 
POSSIBLE CARE. WE ARE LISTING IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES 
ONLY THOSE VARIETIES WHICH HAVE PROVEN, BY TEST, TO BE 
OF STRONG VITALITY AND EXCEPTIONAL MERIT. YOU WILL 
NOTE THAT OUR DESCRIPTIONS ARE BRIEF. WE ARE TRYING 
TO AVOID EXAGGERATION AND STRICTLY ADHERE TO FACTS 
May's Facts and Knowledge of Vegetables 
As A PAYING PROPOSITION US Well as a delightful pastime, a vegetable garden is to be considered, for 25c worth of seed will not only 
supply a good sized family with vegetables for the entire summer and a part of the winter but leave a surplus that may be sold 
at a good market price. The ordinary back yard can be made a profitable place, one boy having cleared between $30 and $40 in 
one season from his, which was only the size of the average city lot. 
IN PLANNING A GARDEN it is Well to work for a rotation of crops and to lay out the beds in symmetrical form. Where irrigation 
cannot be practiced have the celery and late cabbage on a moist soil, but for all general purposes a porous clay soil overlaid with 
sandy loam or a good clay loam will do for any average crop that the average gardener may wish to raise. 
IF YOU DESIRE EARLY VEGETABLES it is Well to begin with kotheds and cold frames 
in March. These consist of frames filled with soil to about 6 or 8 inches of 
the top and covered with sash or window glass. The cold frame has no other 
means of heating save the sun's rays striking on the glass while the hotbed is 
Hke the cold frame, except that it is heated by a depth of fermenting manure 
under the soil, the temperature never being allowed to go below 50° at night or 
above 70° in the day time. As the plants come up and grow strong and the 
weather becomes warmer the sash may be removed during the day, being re- 
placed at night or in inclement weather and when the plants are big enough they 
should be transplanted to the open garden. In this way egg plant, peppers, 
tomatoes, melons, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radishes, etc., are all brought in 
much earlier than would be the case were the seeds planted directly in the open, 
though it is by no means necessary to the success of your garden. 
MAY'S Artichoke 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE. A dcHcious Vegetable of French origin of which the 
J heads are boiled as are asparagus tips. Packet Sc., oz. 20c., }:^-lb. 7Sc., 
lb. $2.75. Cultivate as for Asparagus. 
Artichoke Roots. (See farm seed folio). 
ASPARAGUS CULTURE 
ALMOST any good loamy garden land is good for Asparagus. One 
. ounce of seed will produce about 200 plants. Sow in rows 12 
to 15 inches apart as early in the spring as the ground permits and 
give it good cultivation. Thin the plants to 2 or 3 inches apart. 
I"or the permanent bed a deep, warm, rich, loamy soil is necessary, 
deeply and thoroughly worked, manured and fertilized. When 
the seedlings are two years old set them 18 to 24 inches apart in 
furrows 8 to 10 inches deep and separated by a distance of 2 to 3 
feet and cover lightly at first then gradually fill in with soil. In 
the early spring plow the bed shallowly or pulverize with a harrow, 
and i n the fall cover with manure or compost. The second season 
after planting hill up the rows and cut sparingly for use the young 
shoots which appear above the ground. After that the bed will 
give good crops. The two years given to growing the seedlings 
may be saved by procuring the two year old roots and planting 
them, which is a very satisfactory arrangement. 
MAY'S Palmetto Asparagus 
Asparagus is one of the most delightful and the earliest of the 
XJL spring vegetables, and May's Palmetto is the earliest variety 
of Asparagus. It is very prolific, a strong, quick grower and 
continuous yieldcr. The stalks are large and uniform, often 
measuring an inch in diameter and retaining this thickness nearly 
to the tips. The flavor is delicious and it is tender to the melting 
point. It is adapted to all parts of the North and South, is less 
susceptible to disease than any other variety and has yielded prof- 
itable crops where other varieties have entirely failed. The beds 
improve with age and last many years. We feel we cannot rec- 
ommend this variety too highly. Packet lOc., Ounce 15c., 
J4 -pound 2Sc., potind 75c. 
Columbian mammoth white. Shoots large, white, self-blanch- 
ing. Packet Sc., oz. lOc, M-lb. 15c., lb. 50c. 
Conover's colossal, a standard variety. Packet Sc., oz. 
10c., }i-lb. ISc, lb. SOc. 
ho is it that does not 
with expectancy 
await the 
coming of 
this deli- 
cious veg- 
etable in 
the early 
spring? 
There is 
none so appre- 
ciatedand uni- 
versally liked, 
and M ay's 
Palmetto 
Asparagus- 
outranks them 
alias to tender- 
ness of body 
and richnes 
of flavor. 
Notice 
the 
beauty in 
the cut as 
photo- 
graphed 
just after 
being cut. 
PALMETTO 
