VEGETABLE SEEDS — General List 
Long Island Improved Brussels Sprouts 
Rosenkohl (Ger) Brussels Sprouts Cavolo di Brussels (It.) 
One ounce of seed will produce about 3000 plants, a packet 300 plants 
This delicious vegetable has become very 
popular in this country. It should be more 
largely grown in home gardens, as it affords fresh 
green sprouts in the late fall and winter when 
other vegetables are gone. It is easy to grow, 
being cultivated like cabbage. The sprouts 
that grow along the stem are picked off and 
cooked like cabbage or cauliflower and are of 
very delicate flavor. The sprouts are of better 
quality after having been frozen, so the plants 
may be left in the open ground until December 
in the north and all winter south of New Jersey. 
Plants. We can furnish Brussels Sprouts 
plants at proper time for transplanting. See 
under “Vegetable Plants,” page 47. 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED DWARF, Spe¬ 
cial Stock. It is usually hard to get a strain 
of Brussels Sprouts that yield well in this 
country. The growers on Long Island have 
bred up a strain that yields more than three 
times as many large solid sprouts as any other 
strain or variety we have grown. The plants 
of the Long Island strain do not grow very tall 
but they are covered from the ground up with 
large solid sprouts. Our special stock is 
superior to most strains sold even at much 
higher prices. 
Pkt. 15c; Oz. 65c; V 4 Lb. $2.00; Lb. $7.00. 
The prices in this list are subject to change without notice and include 
delivery by parcel post or otherwise, except as noted. See also page 3. 
Half ounces of seed priced at 30 cents or more per ounce are supplied at 
the ounce rate. No half ounces of seed priced under 30 cts. per ounce can 
be supplied. 
Directions for Cultivation. In order to help you make your garden 
a success, we have issued a pamphlet called “ Cultivation of Vegetables and 
Flowers,” which will be sent free with all orders amounting to $1.00 or 
more, if requested. 
Spargel (Gcr.) 
ASPARAGUS 
One ounce of seed will sow 75 feet of roiv and produce about 250 plants. 
Sparagio (It.) 
From Seeds. To raise asparagus from seed, 
the seed should be sown early in the spring. The 
plants should be set in the permanent bed when 
one or two years old. The asparagus may be cut 
the third year after setting out the roots. 
MARY WASHINGTON. This is the best of 
several disease resistant strains originated a 
number of years ago by the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture at Washington. The shoots are 
larger and grow more rapidly than the other 
kinds. This variety is so vigorous that seed¬ 
lings grow considerably larger the first year 
and can easily be distinguished when growing 
by the side of other varieties by their taller 
growth. The stalks are very thick and grow 
unusually tall without branching. The color 
is deep green with purple tips. This variety is 
rust resistant to a considerable extent. 
This is decidedly the best variety for either the 
home garden or commercial planting. 
Asp 
There is nothing so important about raising 
asparagus as the quality of the roots. The 
majority of roots sold are small and stunted. 
People who do not know what really good roots 
look like, accept these worthless things, and of 
course do not get good results, and think they 
cannot raise asparagus. As a matter of fact if 
they got really well grown roots they would have 
no trouble in establishing a good bed which 
would yield an abundance of large shoots every 
year. 
To start a bed it is only necessary to set out 
the roots on good soil and give them ordinary 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 15c; V 4 Lb. 45c; Lb. $1.40. 
aragus Roots 
care to keep weeds down, etc. No special 
preparation of the land is necessary. It should 
be prepared as for planting potatoes and should 
be made rich by applying a heavy dressing of 
manure, which should be plowed or spaded in. 
The roots are set out 18 to 24 inches apart in the 
rows which should be 4 feet apart. 100 roots 
make a good bed, but more should be set out for 
a large family. Cutting may commence the 
third year after setting out the roots. A small 
cutting may be made the second year if not 
continued more than two weeks. 
MARY WASHINGTON. The best strain of “Washington” asparagus. 
One year roots: Doz. 50c; 50 roots, $1.75; 100 roots, $2.50; Transportation paid. 
Not paid: 100 roots, $2.00 (weight9 lbs.); 1000 roots $8.50 (weight 70 lbs.). 
Two year roots: Doz. 65c; 50 roots $2.65; 100 roots $4.00; Transportation paid. 
Not paid: 100 roots $2.25 (weight 14 lbs.); 1000 roots $13.50 (weight 125 lbs.). 
We recommend one year asparagus roots. They are usually more healthy and 
vigorous, and will make a better bed. 
Artichoke (Ger.) Artichoke Carciofo (It.) 
Large Green Globe. (The Best Strain.) The year after sowing the seed. North of Virginia 
French or Globe Artichoke is largely used as a the plants require protection in winter. The 
vegetable and is entirely different from the seed is sown early in the spring. Cover the 
tuberous or Jerusalem Artichoke. The Globe crowns of the plants with a mound of coal 
Artichoke is a perennial and produces the ashes as soon as the ground freezes, 
flower buds which are used for food the second Pkt. 12c; Oz. 55c; l / 4 Lb. $1.60; Lb. $5.50. 
Eat BROCCOLI for Health 
Broccoli contains more protein and more 
fuel value than Spinach or Cauliflower. 
See page 19 
Mary Washington Asparagus 
HARRIS’ FARM SEEDS 
Harris’ Farm and Field Seeds are unsurpassed for vitality and high quality. They are 
sold at the lowest possible price for such high grade seed. 
See pages 50 to 53 of this catalogue. 
HARRIS' SEEDS —1934 
JOSEPH HARRIS CO., Inc., COLDWATER, N. Y. 
