1884 
SIOUX CITY SEED CO. 
1936 
PRICES SUBJECT TO MARKET FLUCTUATIONS 
ASK YOUR DEALER FOR QUANTITY PRICES 
ASPARAGUS 
One Ounce to 50 Feet of Drill; 5 Pounds to the Acre 
Washington Rust Proof 
CULTURE—Sow in March or April, in good 
mellow soil, after soaking the seed 24 hours in 
warm water, in drills one foot apart, and one 
inch deep. During the summer keep the soil 
mellow and free from weeds, thinning the plants 
to 4 inches apart. The following spring trans¬ 
plant into permanent beds that have been dug 
and highly manured. 
GIANT ARGENTEUIL —Early, large and very pro¬ 
ductive. A French sort having very thick green shoots 
with few scales and round heads. 
PALMETTO —New, early and very large. The very 
best and largest in cultivation and an enormous yielder; 
deep green. 
MARY WASHINGTON —New rust resistant aspara¬ 
gus, heavy yielder, color rich dark green. 
Prices: oz., 10c; }4 lb., 25c; Mary Washington: oz., 15c; 
14 lb., 35c. 
SWISS CHARD 
A Beet Highly Esteemed as 
Greens 
Swiss Chard is a beet grown for its leaves, 
which are large, tender, succulent and highly 
esteemed as “greens” on account of their 
agreeable flavor. The leaves are boiled like 
spinach, the stem or midrib can be removed 
before cooking and only the best leaves 
should be used as new leaves appear after 
picking. Culture is the same as for table 
beets. 
LUCULLUS— An improved type of chard. 
Of more upright growth than the Silver va¬ 
riety; leaves yellowish-green, fairly crum¬ 
pled, mid-rib and veins white; stalks thick, 
broad and flat and as large as rhubarb. 
DARK GREEN WRITE RIBBED— Color 
very dark green, leaves fleshy, thick, tender, 
not as crumpled as Lucullus but with a very 
broad white mid-rib. Ready in 55 days. 
Prices: oz., 10c; }4 lb., 30c. 
Swiss Chard 
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