CULINARY ROOTS AND PLANTS 
Asparagus. 
Globe Artichoke Heads 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. 
Asparagus Roots should be planted in their beds directly they 
are received, as they deteriorate by being kept out of the ground. 
Extra strong forcing roots can be supplied in December, and 
planting roots the end of March if the season is warm and 
forward ; otherwise early in April. 
Per joo — s. d . 
Carters Giant. 3 years old strong roots, -for 
planting 9 o 
Carters Giant.— 2 years old roots, for planting ... 5 9 
Carters Giant.— 1 year old roots, for planting ... 3 9 
Carters Giant.— Extra strong, for forcing 21 o 
Carters Mammoth Emperor.— 1 year old roots, 
for planting 3 9 
Carters Mammoth Emperor.— Strong 2 years old 
roots, for planting 59 
Carters Mammoth Emperor. Strong 3 years old 9 o 
ASPARAGUS SEED. 
Sow in April in drills ; thin out and transplant from one to two 
years old. 
Carters Mammoth Emperor. Superior in size. 
In large sealed packets, Is. ; is 6d. per ounce. 
Per lb. 
Per 
0/. 
.v. d. 
s. 
,t. 
Batavian 
4 O 
O 
4 
Conover’s Colossal. —Large 
4 0 
O 
4 
Reading Giant 
6 0 
O 
6 
GLOBE ARTICHOKE PLANTS. 
J. d. 
Crown or Globe Earliest Drumhead. -The host strong 
plants, per dozen ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 0 
SEED. 
Crown Artichoke, Earliest Drumhead.— The finest strain 
in cultivation per packet Is. ; per oz. 2 6 
ARTICHOKE TUBERS. 
Jerusalem, Silver-Skinned, per peck of 14 lbs., 2s. 6d. ; per 
bushel of 56 lbs ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 0 
Jerusalem, Red-Skinned, per peck of 14 lbs., 2s. ; per bushel 
of 56 lbs, ... ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 7 0 
Chinese Artichoke (Stachys tuberifem ).— A delicious vegetable of 
distinct flavour, per lb., Is. 6d. ; 3 lbs., 3s. 6d. ; 7 lbs 7 6 
Seedsmen by Appointment to His Majesty the King— High Holborn, London. 
