SHERWOOD HALL NURSERY COMPANY’S 
Selected Seeds. 
New and Standard Vegetables, 
Embracing all the best varieties in cultivation, with directions for their culture. 
IMPOKiTANT. — Market-gardeners, public institutions and clubs who use seeds in large quantities will 
save money by writing us for special quotations. It is no trouble to give estimates or information. 
POSTAGE. — If purchasers desire their orders forwarded by mail, add to catalogue prices, for postage, 
at the rale of eight cents per pound, when ordering in quantities of half-pound and upwards. H'e prepay 
postage when the order is for ounces and packets. In cases where postage is not allowed, we shall deduct a 
sufficient quantity to cover deficiency, to avoid the necessity of opening accounts for small balances. 
French, Artichaut. German, Artichoke. Spanish, Alcaehofa. 
Culture. — One ounce will produce five hundred plants. Sow in drills one foot apart and two inches deep, 
in moist, rich soil, and transplant to permanent beds, allow- 
itig a space of three feet between the rows and four feet 
between each plant. Liberal treatment will insure those fine 
heads so greatly prized. 
Oz. Ji-lb. Lb. 
Ijarge Green Globe. The best for gen- 
eral cultivation So 30 $0 90 $3 00 
Strong, two-year-old roots of this va- 
riety per doz., $2 . 
.Jei’usalem Arliehoke. (Helianthus 
•tuberosus.) Not produced from seed ; 
very productive, the yield often e.x- 
ceeding one thousand bushels per 
acre. Valuable for stock feeding . . 
per too lbs., $15 . 20 
French, Asherge. German, Spargel. Spanish, Esparrago. 
Culture. — O ne ounce will produce six hundred plants, 
and sow sixty feet of drill. Beds are usually formed by setting 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. out two or threc-ycar-old roots, but if you wish to raise from 
seed, sow in drills eighteen inches apart and one and a-half 
inches deep ; thin early, leaving fifteen inches between the plants. At one or two years old transplant to per- 
manent beds, well manured and thoroughly trenched to the depth of two feet. Set the plants in rows three to 
four feet apart and two feet distant in the rows, carefully spreading out the roots and covering from six to 
eight inches. Every fall apjily a good dressing of thoroughly decomposed manure, and in spring fork this 
in thoroughly. A dressing of coarse salt, given once a year at the rate of two pounds to the square yard, will 
be beneficial. Cutting may commence the third year from sowing. 
Oz. yf-lb. Lb. 
Conover’.s Colossal. A large, early variety ; the best for general use $0 10 25 $0 60 
Two-year old roots ' per 100, $2 ; per 1,000, $10 . 
Palmetto. A recent introduction ; more productive than the preceding, and of a bright 
green color 10 30 gr 
Two-year old roots per 100, $2.25 ; per 1,000, $12.50 . 
If root* are ordered by mail, addyo cents per hundred for postage. 
All packets in this Catalogue are 5 cents, except where noted. 
