STEVENSVILLE, MICHIGAN. 
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ASPARAGUS 
No garden is too small to have a bed of this earliest and finest of spring 
vegetables. Prepare ground by trenching to depth of two feet, mixing each 
layer of soil as turned over with two or three inches of well rotted manure. 
This is one of the most profitable crops to grow, and one that is easily handled. 
A field well planted will last a life time. Plant rows from three to four feet 
apart, 12 to 15 inches apart in a row. Do not cut for use until the plants have 
grown two seasons. 
CONOVER'S COLOSSAL. — A standard variety of large size, tender and of 
excellent quality. 
PALMETTO. — This is a new sort, which is becoming quite popular. It 
produces shoots of the very largest size. It is very early, which makes it very 
valuable for market or home use. 
per 12 per 100 per 1000 
2 year, $0.30 $1.00 $6.00 
1 year, 25 .75 5.00 
Send for special prices in large lots of several thousand. 
RHUBARB OR PIE PLANT 
A deep, rich soil is indispensible to secure large, heavy stalks. Plant in 
rows four feet apart, with the plant three feet distant. Set so that the crowns 
are an inch below the surface. Top-dress annually in the fall with stable 
manure and fork under in the spring. 
QUEEN. — Strong, vigorous grower, producing extra large stalks of finest 
quality, of a decided pink color. For canning or cooking in any way, its quali- 
ty is unsurpassed. 
MYATT’S LINNAEUS. — Popular, and the best for general use. Early, 
very large, productive, tender, and delicately flavored. Requires less sugar than 
other sorts. Price each, 10c; dozen 75c; one hundred $4.00. 
ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT 
NUT TREES 
AMERICAN SWEET CHESTNUT. — This is a valuable native tree, both use- 
ful and ornamental. Timber is very durable, and possesses a fine grain for oil 
finish. Nut srveet, of delicious flavor, and are a valuable article of commerce, 
Each, 6 to 8 ft., trees, 50c. dozen, $5.00. 
Each, 3 to 4 ft., trees, 26c. dozen, 2.50. 
EILBERTS. — Of easy culture. Growing 6 to 8 ft. Entirely hardy, and one 
of the most profitable and satisfactory nuts to grow. Succeeds on almost all 
soils, bearing early and abundantly. Nuts nearly round. Rich and excellent 
flavor. Admirable for dessert. Price, 6 to 8 ft., each 40c. dozen, $4.00. 
BUTTERNUTS. — A fine native tree, producing a large longish nut, which 
is prized for its sweet, oily, nutritious kernel. 
6 to 8 ft., each, 50c. Dozen, $5.00 
3 to 4 ft., each, 30c. Dozen, 3.00 
WALNUT, BLACK. — A native tree of large size and majestic form. Beauti- 
ful foliage, and most valuable of all trees for its timber, which enters largely 
into manufacture of fine furniture and cabinet ware, and brings the highest 
price in market. Tree a rapid grower, producing a large round nut of excellent 
quality. 
6 to 8 ft., 50c each, dozen, $5.00. 
3 to 4 ft., 30c. each, dozen, 3.00. 
WALNUT, JAPAN SIEBOLDI. — Perfectly hardy, rapid grower, handsome 
form immense leaves; bears young and abundantly; one of the finest ornamen- 
tal trees Nuts produced in clusters; resembles butter-nut in shape and quali- 
ty; smaller, with smooth and thinner shell. Worthy of extensive planting. 
Price, 4 to 6 ft., each 50c. Dozen, $5.00. 
