ALEXANDER FORBES & CO., NEWARK, N. J. 
ARTICHOKE 
One ounce will produce 300 plants 
Large Green Globe. Plant of medium growth, with deep 
green leaves; buds or flower-heads green, slightly elongated; 
scales rather narrow and spiny, moderately thick at the 
base. Will flower first year if sown before March 15. 
ASPARAGUS 
One pound will produce 5,000 roots 
Washington Rustproof. This is the result of years of plant¬ 
breeding by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. It is a 
rust-resistant, vigorous, high-yielding giant Asparagus. 
MARY WASHINGTON. The best of the several strains 
originated by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The 
shoots are larger and grow much more rapidly than the 
other varieties. Very vigorous, with thick stalks which 
grow unusually tall without branching. Deep green with 
purple tips. This is the best variety for commercial planting. 
BASIL 
One ounce will sow 150 feet of row 
Sweet. A hardy, aromatic annual. Branching plants 1^ 
feet high, with bluish white flower-spikes. Used for flavoring. 
BORAGE 
One ounce will sow 75 feet of row 
A hardy annual used for bee-food and as a pot-herb. Coarse, 
hairy plants with large oval leaves and blue flower-racemes. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
One ounce will produce 1,500 plants; 6 ounces will plant an acre 
Long Island-grown Half-Dwarf Improved. A very uni¬ 
form strain that has proved more productive of firm, dark 
green sprouts than can be grown from imported seed. The 
plants do not grow very tall but are compact and hardy 
and covered from the ground up with solid sprouts. This is 
the most profitable variety of all to grow. 
BROCCOLI 
One ounce will produce 2,500 plants 
ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING CALABRESI. For many years this has been known in Italy and since its recent introduction 
to this country it has become extremely popular. It can be grown wherever cabbage will grow, and can be wintered through 
just as cabbage is, in favored latitudes. It is adapted to spring, summer, and fall growing in the North and succeeds under 
conditions where cauliflower will 
fail. If planted in hotbeds on 
April 1, it will mature about July 1. Later plantings will give a 
succession from then until hard freezing. The rapid-growing plants 
produce a large head at the center in about 90 days. This head, 
something like a cauliflower in form, is really a compact cluster of 
tightly closed bluish green flower-buds, and is used without blanch¬ 
ing. Alter the head is cut the plant produces many side shoots, 
each one bearing a small head over an inch in diameter. The shoots, 
when about 6 inches long, are cut 
and bunched. If they are gathered 
as they become ready, the plant 
will continue to produce for 8 to 
10 weeks. They are ten¬ 
der and have a delicate, 
pleasing flavor. We of¬ 
fer the best strain of 
this now-popular and 
profitable delicacy. On 
this page we illustrate 
bunches of the side 
sprouts. 
ARTICHOKE 
Large Green Globe. 
ASPARAGUS 
Washington Rustproof. 
Mary Washington.... 
BASIL 
Sweet. 
BORAGE. 
BROCCOLI 
Italian Green Sprouting 
Calabresi. . J^oz. 25c. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Long Island Half-Dwf.. 
Oz. 
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$2 00 
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