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. 
Carter’s Mammoth Emperor. — Superior in size. 
Price, .10 per pkt. ; .40 per oz. ; 1.50 per 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 A rtichoke. — 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. 
Crown Artichoke, Earli- 
est Drumhead. — The 
finest strain in cultivation 
Price, .25 per pkt. ; 
.75 per oz. 
Green Globe. 
Asparagus 
Globe Artichoke Heads 
Price, .10 per pkt.; .40 per oz.; 1.25 per % lb. 
SEAKALE 
Cultivation of Seakale. — These tasty shoots are blanched and used similarly to asparagus. They should be sown in 
drills early in the spring, after the ground is thoroughly warm, covering the seed about 1 inch in depth. Thin to 0 inches, 
and the following spring transplant to rows, leaving about 3 feet between each plant. One ounce of seed will plant 75 feet 
of drill. 
Lily White. Price, .25 per pkt. 
Ordinary Seakale. Price, .10 per pkt.; .30 per oz. 
RHUBARB 
Cultivation of Rhubarb. — Any good garden soil will grow these roots. The seed should be sown in the spring, in drills 
about 1 foot apart, and the plants thinned to 5 inches apart. In the fall, or better the spring following, transplant to their 
permanent bed 4 feet apart each way, cultivate well, using manure freely. The resulting growths may be propagated by 
taking up, dividing, and replacing either in the fall or the early spring. One ounce of seed will produce about one thousand 
plants. 
Myatt’s Linnaeus. Price, .10 per pkt.; .30 per oz. 
Mixed varieties. Price, .10 per pkt. 
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