Best-Grade Vegetable Seeds 
FOR FARM, MARKET, AND KITCHEN GARDENS 
Best Adapted to this Climate 
We Will Furnish Accurate Germination Tests on All Our Vegetable Seeds 
Mary Washington Asparagus 
Artichoke 
Globe Artichoke. Matures second year. A perennial culti¬ 
vated for its flower-buds, which are cooked like asparagus. 
Sow seed in the greenhouse or hotbed in March, and when 
all danger of frost is over, set plants out about 3 feet apart. 
Mulch over winter, so that the crowns are not choked. 
Requires warm weather to grow to perfection. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
3^oz. 30 cts.; oz. 50 cts. 
Asparagus 
This is one of the first and finest spring relishes which come 
to the table from the garden, and it really requires very little 
trouble in cultivation, since a bed once properly made and 
planted will last for years. The soil for the bed can hardly be 
made too rich, and the fertilizer should be well trenched in to 
the depth of 2 feet or more. The roots should be planted as 
early in spring as the ground can be prepared, setting them a 
loot apart in rows 3 or 4 feet apart, with the crowns from 4 to 
6 inches below the surface of the bed. Asparagus seed may be 
sown directly in the permanent bed and the plants thinned as 
they grow; or it may be sown elsewhere, and the seedlings 
transplanted the second year. Fair crops may be expected 
the third year. 
One ounce of seed will produce 100 plants; 4 pounds will sow an acre 
Giant Argenteuil. A popular variety, with large thick 
stalks; very productive. 
Mary Washington. A variety of recent introduction. Very 
large and free from blight. 
Palmetto. One of the earliest; of large and fine growth. 
Asparagus Roots 
5,000 to 8,000 roots will plant an acre 
Mary Washington. 2 years old. 
PRICES OF ASPARAGUS 
pkt. 
Oz. 
141b. 
Lb. 
Giant Argenteuil. 
..$0 10 
$0 15 
$0 35 
$1 00 
Mary Washington. 
10 
15 
35 
1 00 
Palmetto. 
10 
15 
35 
1 00 
Roots of Asparagus, 2 years old. 
$1.50 per 
100, $ 12 per 
.000. 
20 Vegetable Seeds 
W. E. BARRETT CO., Providence, R. I. 
