EARLIEST ARTICHOKE . 
This delicious vegetable is a peren¬ 
nial and is cultivated for its flower- 
heads, which are cooked and prepared 
like asparagus. 
I I—Pkg., 10c; oz., 35c, EARJJ&S 
postpaid. ART1CH . 
Sow the seed early in the spring in drills, 
afterwards thinning to three inches apart. The 
drills should be spaced 12 to 14 inches apart 
and after plants have grown two full seasons, 
transplant into rows about four feet apart and 
about 18 inches between the roots. Use the 
richest soil you have, and fertilize well. 
RUST-PROOF MARY WASHINGTON. A rust 
resistant, fast-growing, very tender sort of 
elegant flavor and of a beautiful dark green 
color. Very hardy and yields heavily. 6—Pkg., 
10c; oz., 12c; 2 oz., 19c; *4 lb., 33c; >/a lb., 60c; 
lb., 90c, postpaid. 
MARY WASHINGTON ROOTS 
Set the roots 18 to 24 inches apart in rows 
4 feet apart, in good, rich soil. Plant 100 , 
roots to 15 by 20 foot bed. Two year old i 
roots can be cut the following year. I 
Prices: One-year-old roots: 12 for 30c; 23 f 
for 55c; 50 for 95c; lOO 1 for $1.60, postpaid. ** 
Not prepaid: 500 for $3.95; 1000 for $7.45. 
Two-year-old roots: 12 for 60c; 25 for 95c; 
50 for $1.45; 100 for $2.35, postpaid. Not 
prepaid: 500 for $5.65; 1000 for $10.95. MAR 
WHITLOOF CHICORY OR FRENCH ENDIVE. 
The plants make a delicious winter salad, and are 
as rank growers as weeds, having made large 
roots by fall. Sow seed in May. 
Lift the roots in fall and store un¬ 
til wanted for forcing. Then plant 
the roots in the cellar, upright, 2 
inches apart, and in about a 
month you may cut off the heads 
with a small portion of the neck 
and use raw for salad, or boiled. 
359—Pkg., 10c; oz., 15c; 2 oz., 28c; 
T4 lb., 49c; y s lb., 91c; lb., $1.75, 
postpaid. 
LARGE ROOTED OR COFFEE 
CHICORY. A root grown like the 
carrot when dried and roasted, if 
added to coffee, lends to it 
strength, richness and flavor. The 
young leaves make an excellent 
salad for early spring. 358— 
Pkg., 5c; oz., 11c; 2 oz., 19«; *4 lb., 
35c; y 3 lb., 65c; lb., $1.10', postpaid, 
WHITLOOF CHICORY 
, LONG ISLAND IMPROVED DWARF —A re¬ 
cent introduction, undoubtedly the best and 
most dependable. The plant is earlier, more 
dwarf and more compact, and is completely 
covered from the ground up, with large, solid 
sprouts, about 1% to iy 2 inches in 
diameter, which mature in succession. 
The. quality is of the finest and the $■, Vj 
sprouts are tender and delicious. It is J|' 
a sure yielder and yields JdE 
much more heavily than 
any other variety. 208— jar r* 
Pkg., 5c; oz., 19c; 3 oz., 34c; JPliikl 
% ib., 6oc. ,fM * mmm Twtm 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED f < 1ft 
DIVARF, Salzer’s Cliff wood Farm vl wtr l® 
TRIPLE-A-TESTED — A special JgF 
r 209-Pk £ !, U io"', o,„ 28c; LOM6 IStANO BRU 
2 oz., 54c; *4 lb., $1.00. 
..This, is a type of cabbage widely 
the soil is too poor to grow cabh-Tsr, 
quickly and produces a large quant 
foliage on a tall stem. Not in its h 
until touched by frost, and is del 
boiled like cabbage or in cold slaw 
used for winter greens in the South. ' 
cn 364 ~r k ?;’ ° C5 OZ ” 9cs a wz » 13c; y 
60c, postpaid. 7 
CORN SALAD « FETTICUS 
UPLAND CRESS —A perennial 
plant that is ahead of all other 
early greens in the spring by 
fully three weeks. 435—Pkg., 
10c; oz., 19c; 2 oz., 32c; *4 lb.» 
57c; y 3 lb., $1.10, lb., $2.00, post¬ 
paid. 
FINE CURLED CRESS —Also 
known as Pepper Grass. Leaves 
are finely curled and it is grown 
extensively for salad. Crisp, 
pungent flavor. 433—Pkg., 5c; 
oz., 15c; 2 oz., 25c; *4 lb., 3Sc; % 
lb., 65c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS, IM¬ 
PROVED HALF-DWARF 1 —The 
plants grow from 2 to 3 feet 
high. The main stem is well cov¬ 
ered with three or four dozen 
small cabbage heads, about 1 inch 
in diameter, which are tightly 
folded, solid and of exquisite 
quality. The sprouts resemble 
miniature cabbages growing 
closely on the stalk of the plant. 
They are more tender and de¬ 
licious than any cabbage. 207— 
Pkg.., 10c; oz., 24c; 2 oz., 40c; 
14 lb., 73c; y 2 lb., $1.35; lb., $2.25, 
postpaid. 
Used as a substitute for lettuce in 
early spring and in fall. It is quite 
hardy and of very rapid growth, pro¬ 
ducing tender lettuce-like leaves. Does 
best in cool weather. Sow thinly in 
rows 10 to 12 inches apart. 
43 1—Pkg., 10c; oz., 19c; 2 oz., 32c; 
*4, lb., 51c; y s lb., 90c; lb., $1.50, post¬ 
paid. 
1500— A special collection of vegetable 
seed and flower seed, which is one of our best • ' "'g 
values! All the packets are regular size and -<| t - 
are filled with the finest seeds. Contains one ; 
package each of Golden Wax Beans, Crosby's 
Egyptian Beet, Lightning Cabbage, Danver’s ^ 
Carrot, Early Minn. Sweet Corn, Black Seeded 'raws 
Simpson Lettuce. Yellow Danver’s Onion, Tpl 1 
Moss Curled Parsley. Earliest and Best Peas, 
Earliest White Radish, Sparkler Radish, Savoy Spinach 
and one packet each Alyssum. Asters, Calliopsis, Cen- 
taurea, Cosmos, Gaillardia. Marigold, 
Nasturtium, Pansy, Poppy, Snapdragon, 
AJUiSweet Peas, and Zinnia. 
Your Asparagus Roots did exceptionally well.—Mr. G. F. Hausche, Clayton, 
Wisconsin. 
