VEGETABLE SEED 
Although most of our retail customers do not know it, we have an exten¬ 
sive vegetable seed business among the market gardener and canner trade. 
To serve these growers successfully requires the utmost care in the selecting 
and testing of pure-bred seed. When you buy a few pounds of Palmer’s Seed 
for your own garden you get the same technical quality we supply to critical 
growers—the purest and strongest germinating seed obtainable anywhere. 
Many Varieties Not Listed Here 
In this catalog we mention only the staple varieties for home gardens, but 
we have in stock hundreds of others that also appear in other seed catalogs. 
So if you desire some old familiar varieties or some new introductions we, 
no doubt, have it. Just add them to your list and most likely your wishes 
will be fulfilled. 
ARTICHOKE 
(An Ounce Will Produce 500 Plants) 
CULTURE: Seed may be sown indoors in February or March and transplanted out¬ 
doors after danger of frost is past, rows 3 feet apart and 2 feet in the row. 
GREEN GLOBE: A vegetable delicacy grown for its flower-heads which are cooked 
like asparagus. The heads are large, 
the scales thick and heavy.Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c; lb. $1.50 
ASPARAGUS 
(An Ounce Will Produce 700 Plants) 
SOWING SEED: To produce asparagus plants, sow the seed in a light, sandy loam 
reached by an abundance of sunshine and cultivate well. Sow the seed in the spring 
in rows 18 inches apart, using 8 to 12 seeds to each foot of row, and cover with one 
inch of soil. Roots will be ready to set in permanent bed the following spring. 
PLANTING ASPARAGUS ROOTS: Soil for asparagus should be worked to a depth 
of 15 inches and prepared with a liberal dressing of well-rotted stable manure or a 
combination of peat moss and commercial fertilizer. Then make the trenches 1 foot 
wide and 6 inches deep. Lay the roots 14 inches apart, taking care to spread well 
with the crown up. Then cover with 3 or 4 inches of soil and as the plants grow, 
gradually fill in the trenches to the surface of the bed. Two-year-old plants set out 
in the spring will yield tips for use the following spring, but it is advised to cut 
sparingly, if any, until the second spring after setting roots. 
MARY WASHINGTON RUSTPROOF. The best variety of asparagus for home use 
and market. Introduced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and has Replaced 
many old varieties. It is a vigorous, productive variety and perfectly resistant to rust. 
Produces long, straight stalks of a rich green color, running darker at the tips. Tender 
and delicious. 
SEED: We offer a selected, pure strain.Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; !4 lb. 35c; lb. $1.00 
ROOTS: Choice 2-year-old plants.Doz. 25c; 100 roots $1.50; 1,000 for $12.00 
BUSH BEANS 
(One Pound Will Plant 100 Feet of Row) 
CULTURE: Beans may be planted any time from May 1st to August 1st. They do 
not require very fertile soil, thriving well on light loam. Sow 1 lb of seed to 100 feet 
of row. Rows may be from 18 inches to 2 feet apart, the beans 4 inches apart and 
1 to 2 inches deep. A succession of plantings every two weeks will provide a constant 
supply of fresh beans for the table. Do not cultivate while wet with dew or rain as 
it may encourage rust. 
TENDERGREEN: (55 days). A new stringless green podded bean of unusual merit. 
The pods are 7 inches long, light green in color, round and absolutely stringless. Pro¬ 
duces an abundance of delicious, tender and meaty 
beans.Large Pkt. 10c; y 2 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 35c 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD: (52 days). An early round podded sort. The 
pods are fleshy, stringless and nearly straight. This is a heavy yielder and of fine 
quality, thriving on medium to heavy soils. Pods 5 to 6 
inches long.Large Pkt. 10c; y 2 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 30c 
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