D. V. Burrell Seed Growers Co., Rocky Ford, Colo. 
REGARDING NUMBER OF DAYS 
TO MATURITY 
The number of days required by any particular variety 
to produce garden stuff ready for table use varies from 
year to year and depends upon growing and seasonal con¬ 
ditions. In our description of most varieties we are giving 
the average number of days from seed to edible stage. Time 
given for broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, pepper and tomato is 
days from setting plants to marketing fruits. Figures are 
based on growing conditions here and are meant only for 
convenience in comparing earliness of varieties. 
Less time to maturity is required in the South and for 
late planted crops. 
WHAT ABOUT THE PRICE 
OF SEED? 
One of the leading European seedsmen has to say about 
prices and quality of seeds as follows: “No Seedsman can 
afford to go to the expense of producing a superior, highly 
bred strain, and then go out and sell it on the market in 
a price competition with the man who takes little or no 
pains to keep his stocks pure. That road leads to ruin 
sooner or later. If he feels compelled to meet prices with 
irreputable dealers, he should not attempt to waste any 
time or money in breeding up better stocks, and incidentally, 
he may not expect to secure and hold the better class of 
market garden trade.” 
Our policy has always been to grow the finest seeds we 
know how and to secure from growers who specialize in 
their line, items that we do not produce ourselves. Our seed 
prices are as low as is consistent with the quality we have 
to offer. Send us your orders. 
ASPARAGUS 
Culture. —Asparagus will produce well in practically all sections 
of the country, and it should be in every garden. Plant the seeds 
15 to 20 to the foot in rows 16 to 20 inches apart. Thin to about 
3 inches apart when small. It is best to plant a little radish seed 
with the asparagus seed, as it comes up quickly and marks the rows 
so you can cultivate before the asparagus comes up. Keep free from 
weeds and cultivate well to get the best possible growth of plants. 
Transplant to permanent bed when the plants are either one or two 
years old. The soil for the permanent bed should be well drained 
and made very rich by covering with a heavy coat of barnyard 
manure. Disc the manure in and plow deep. Harrow several times 
as soon as plowed. Plow furrows 6 to 8 inches deep, 4 to 6 feet 
apart, and set the plants 2 feet apart in the furrows, spreading the 
roots out well. Cover with 2 to 3 inches of earth, and after the 
shoots begin to come up cover more, until the furrows are leveled. 
Fertilize well each year with well-rotted manure. Do not cut any 
the first year and only a part of the crop the next year. You should 
not cut a full crop until 4 years old, and if well cared for, the bed 
will continue to produce for twelve to twenty years. 
An ounce of seed produces about 500 plants. To be safe allow 
iy 2 pounds of seed for each acre of permanent bed you wish to set; 
5,500 plants set an acre; $400 to $600 per acre is a very common 
return from asparagus. 
A This highly improved strain is the 
W asnmgton Asparagus result of selection since 1910 under 
the direction of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States 
Department of Agriculture. Washington Asparagus is highly rust 
resistant and produces a heavy crop of large tender stalks. This is 
pedigreed seed. 
(Pkt., 5e) (ok., IOc) (14 lb., 25c) (lb., 80 c) prepaid. Wholesale 
price, not prepaid—(10 lbs. @ 55c per lb.) (100 lbs. @ 50c per lb.). 
Mary Washington Asparagus “ r A a n ’’ a theT e &5f 
ton selection. Our stock is all from fields grown from pedigreed 
stock seed. 
(Pkt., 5c) ( ox ., 15c) (14 lb., 40c) (1 lb., $1.40) 
sale price, not prepaid—(10 lbs. @ $1.10 per 11».) 
per lb.). 
prepaid Whole- 
(lOO lbs. @ $1.00 
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