HASKELL IMPLEMENT AND SEED CO. 
LEWISTON MAINE 
SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS 
ASPARAGUS 
German,—Gpargel. 
Spanish,—Esparragos. 
A convenient bed is about six feet wide, with a path 
two feet wide on each side. This will require six rows 
one foot apart, and a bed of that width, 50 feet, will 
be ample for an ordinary family requiring about one 
pound of seed. It will require about three years from 
the time of sowing until the bed is in full bearing, but 
once established, it is good for twenty years. It should 
be sown in drills one foot apart, and when the plants 
are four or five inches high they should be thinned out 
so that the plants will be nine inches apart from each 
other in all the rows. Great care must be taken for 
the first year to keep down all weeds as soon as they 
appear, else they will choke and destroy the young 
seedling Asparagus. The deeper the soil and the 
more manure used, the greater will be the crop. 
French,—Asperge. 
One ounce for 60 feet of drill. 
Conover’s Colossal. The best 
known and one of the most de¬ 
sirable sorts. 
Pkt., .10; oz., .20; 1-4 lb., .60 
Palmetto. Shoots are very 
large and light green, also 
tender and very desirable for 
the market and home garden. 
Very quick in growth, with 
close, round-topped shoots. 
Pkt., .10; oz., .20; 1-4 lb., .60 
Asparagus Roots 
A saving of one or two years la 
effected by planting roots. These offered 
below are strong, two-year-old roots, 
and the proper size for testing. These 
roots are not carried in stock but will be 
shipped direct from the growers. Prices 
on the following varieties will be quoted 
on application. 
Columbia, Mammoth White, Conover’s 
Colossal, Barr’s Mammoth and Palmetto. 
BEANS 
Dwarf or Bush 
German,—Bohnen French,—Haricot 
Spanish,—Frijole nano 
Two pounds to 100 feet in drills or 
150 hills; two bushels to the acre in 
drills. 
A succession of sowing can be made 
from the first week in May until August. 
Plant in drills about two inches deep, 
and from eighteen inches to two feet 
apart, according to the richness of the 
soil; the poorer the soil the closer they 
can be planted. The seeds should be 
dropped about two inches apart. 
Add .08 per Lb.; each additional 
pound add .01 if to be sent by mail. 
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Improved Golden Wax Beans 
