SPECIAL NOTICE—The D. Landreth Seed Company gives no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, 
or any other matter of seeds (Bulbs or Plants) it sells and will not be responsible for the crop. All sales subject to loss or damage 
by fire or other contingencies beyond our control. 
ASPARAGUS (SEED AND ROOTS) 
Sow seed in temporary location and let stand for two years; Eight Ounces will plant 100 Yards of Row; 
or Fifteen Pounds per Acre. Set 5000 two-year-old Roots to the Acre. 
Asparagus requires about 5000 roots to the acre. 
If plants are purchased, be sure and get large two- 
year-old roots. Do not waste time or money on 
small one-year-old roots. 
Set them in trenches about 12 to 16 inches deep; 
rows 4 to 5 feet apart, at your discretion; put in 
manure with two inches of earth on top of the 
manure, so that it will not burn the plants in any 
way. Then set the plants 18 inches apart in the 
row and cover them with about 3 inches of earth, 
and gradually work in earth during the Summer so 
that by Fall the trench will be level with the ground. 
When well planted, fertilized, and limed, a cutting 
of shoots can be made about three times the second 
year after planting; cutting oftener than this is 
injurious. 
If seed is planted, it will take at least three years 
to obtain the first cutting, and then only a small 
one the first year. While, if two year old roots are 
planted, the same result will be obtained in one 
full year. Asparagus beds if well cared for are good 
from twelve to fifteen years from first cutting. 
Argenteuil Seed or Early Giant Seed 
That variety so much admired by tourists visiting 
Paris. It is early, stems thick with purple heads, 
slightly pointed, scales overlapping. A continuous 
producer, as good here as in France. 
Pkt., .05; oz., .10; J lb., .25; lb., .75. 
Argenteuil Roots 
By planting roots as compared with seed, the gar¬ 
dener saves two or three years time. 
Per 100, 1.50; per 1000, 9.00. 
Colossal Seed 
One of the leading varieties in the American Market. 
Early, thick stalked, continuously sprouting. 
Pkt., .05; oz., .10; i lb., .25; lb., .75. 
Colossal Roots —2 year old. 
Per 100, 1.50; per 1000, 9.00. 
Palmetto Seed 
Early prolific type. The Asparagus of the Southern 
Seaboard, first grown in South Carolina. 
Pkt., .05; oz., .10; J lb., .25; lb., .75. 
Palmetto Roots —2 year old. 
Per 100, 1.50; per 1000, 9.00. 
Mary Washington Seed—(Is rustproof and sur¬ 
prisingly superior.) 
Originated at the Massachusetts Experimental 
Station, the male plants bearing the name Wash¬ 
ington and the two female plants Martha and Mary, 
Mary Washington 
these three being the parents of this variety wher¬ 
ever sold. It is claimed that both are highly resistant 
to rust or blight. The shoots are long without 
branching, oval in the cross-section, dark green, 
tight buds and rather late in maturing. It will 
resist hot weather without blowing out. It is un¬ 
questionably the best Asparagus ever sold; a very 
large producer of extraordinarily good shoots. 
Pkt., .05; oz., .15; J lb., .30; lb., .90. 
Mary Washington Roots —2 year old. 
Per 100, 1.60; per 1000, 10.00. 
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