ASPARAGUS 
Cultivation of Asparagus. — Sow the seeds thinly in drills about 1 foot 
apart and 1 inch deep; any good, loamy, not too weedy soil is good for 
growing the plants and the seed can be sown as early as the ground can be 
cultivated in the spring. When the plants have made a showing thin out 
to 2 or 3 inches apart. For the permanent bed deep, warm, rich, loamy 
soil is required. Use stable manures and fertilizers freely. Make trenches 
6 to 8 feet apart and 8 to 10 inches deep. Set the one or two year old 
roots about 2 feet apart in the trench and cover lightly at first, gradually 
filling in with soil and old compost. Every fall a liberal dressing of coarse 
manure should be spread over the rows after the tops have been cut, and 
this should be forked or spaded in in the spring. Keep well cultivated. 
The second year, after the roots have been transplanted, the bed may be 
cut once or twice, but great care should be taken not to cut too closely, 
as the roots require the benefit of some foliage. One ounce of seed will 
produce about two hundred plants; 4 to 5 lbs. to the acre. 
Carters Mammoth Emperor. — Superior in size. 
Price, .10 per pkt.; .40 per oz.; 1.50 per 34 lb. 
Per pkt. Per oz. Per lb. 
Batavian 10 .20 2.00 
Conover’s Colossal. — Large 10 .20 2.00 
Reading Giant 16 .30 3.00 
ARTICHOKE 
Cultivation of Artichoke. — The scales and bottom of the flower-head 
are eaten either boiled or raw as a salad. The young suckers are sometimes 
tied together and blanched, and served in manner the same as asparagus. 
Sow the seeds early in April or May and when large enough transplant 
into rows 4 feet apart with 2 feet between each plant. They will yield 
well the second year if they are well protected from the cold throughout 
the winter by earthing up and mulching. The artichoke may be also 
treated as an annual, sowing 
the seeds under glass and 
keeping the seedlings growing 
vigorously until May, when 
they should be set out in a 
rich soil. By this treatment 
they will produce fine heads 
the first season. One ounce 
of seed will sow 35 feet of drill. 
Globe Artichoke Heads 
Asparagus 
Price. .10 per pkt.; .40 
Crown Artichoke, Earli- 
est Drumhead. — The 
finest strain in cultivation 
Price, .25 per pkt. ; 
.75 per oz. 
Green Globe, 
per oz.; 1.25 per 34 lb. 
CARDOON 
This vegetable is grown for its edible midrib, and must be blanched in the same manner as 
Celery. The seed should be sown in the spring where the plants are to remain in drills 3 feet apart, 
covering the seed about 1 inch. When the plants make a showing thin out to 1 foot apart. 
Price, .10 per pkt. 
CORN SALAD OR LAMBS’ LETTUCE 
This is a hardy annual, and in great demand as a salad plant. In France it is preferred, and 
relished in winter and spring instead of Lettuce, but is not nearly so highly appreciated in America as 
it deserves. When Endive is scarce Corn Salad is of great service, and for early use should be 
sown in frames or in boxes and placed in slight heat. For summer use sow on the border or in lines 
in a sunny spot, amongst the ordinary low-growing vegetables. 
Price, .10 per pkt.; .20 per oz.; .75 per 34 lb. 
