PERFEGRO BRAND 
HIGH QUALITY SEEDS 
29 
Garden Roots 
Jerusalem or Artichoke Root 
400 to 500 pounds will plant an acre 
CULTURE— The Jerusalem Artichoke is distinct from 
the globe. It produces tubers like potatoes, and is cut, 
planted and cultivated the same as they are. May remain 
in ground all winter, not affected by cold weather. It is 
a most excellent table vegetable for salads, or cooked and 
served the same as new potatoes. They are grown more 
Jerusalem Artichoke 
largely for hog feed. When once planted and started it 
will not be necessary to dig and re-seed them, for if 
given an opportunity the hogs will help themselves, al¬ 
ways leaving enough roots in the ground to re-seed it the 
next year. 
Postpaid: lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c; 5 lbs.. 90c. Not post¬ 
paid: 25 lbs., $1.25; 100 lbs., $4.00. 
Rhubarb or Pie Plant 
Rhubarb should be in every garden, as it affords 
the earliest sauces and pies in spring. Set roots 
out in spring or fall, in rows 4 feet apart, so the 
crowns are an inch below the surface. Do not pull 
stalks the first season. Plants set out in the spring 
will bear quite abundantly the following season. 
Fertilizing in the fall will be of great help to the 
next season’s crop. Dressings of nitrate of soda 
in spring also produce splendid results as with As¬ 
paragus. 
STRAWBERRY- —Our Strawberry Rhubarb has won 
quite a name for itself among home gardeners. 
It is early, very juicy, tender, large-stalked and 
red all the way through. Never tough or stringy. 
Grow it anywhere in your garden, in a row along 
the fence, in corners; it will do well anywhere. 
Strong roots. Each 15c; 3 for 35c; 12 for $1.00. 
Postpaid. 
Chives—Snittlauch 
Small, hardy perennial plants, resembling the on¬ 
ion in appearance and growing in clusters. They 
are grown for the young leaves, which are produced 
from early in the spring throughout the summer. 
They give a mild onion flavor to sausages, salads 
and various dishes. Each 25c; Postpaid. 
Asparagus Roots 
Asparagus is the earliest of all vegetables ready 
for use in spring, and one of the most delicious. It 
is easily grown, and once a bed is established, ten¬ 
der, luscious asparagus may be cut each year, for a 
life-time. It is also a most profitable vegetable to 
grow for market. The soil should be deeply dug, 
and plenty of fertilizer mixed in, before the roots are 
set out. Set the roots in rows 2% to 3% feet apart, 
8 to 12 inches apart in the rows. The plants should 
be set so that the crowns are 2 inches below the 
surface. 
GIANT ARGENTEUIL- —Probably planted more than 
any other variety, both for commercial use and 
the home garden. A very early variety, produc¬ 
ing large stalks of even, regular size, of excellent 
quality. Two Year Old Roots. Postpaid: 12 for 
55c: 104) for $1.50; 1,000 for $0.50. 
WASHINGTON — A new rust-resisting variety of 
great promise that is being planted largely in this 
vicinity. The stalks are large, dark green, with 
a heavy purple over tone. The tips are tight and 
firm and do not open out until well out of the 
ground. Two Year Old Roots. Postpaid: 12 for 
55c; 100 for $1.50; 1.000 for $9.50. 
Horse Radish 
As soon as the ground can be worked in the spring 
set the roots in rows 6 inches apart, and about 6 
inches apart in the rows; very little cultivation is 
needed. Late in the fall pull as many roots as will 
be required for your winter use, cut off tops, store 
them in a barrel and fill with sand, place them in 
a cool cellar, grate as wanted. 
MALINER KREN —The variety we offer is distinct 
from the common horse radish, being of quicker 
growth, producing larger and heavier roots and 
with pure paper-white skin. Postpaid: 30c per 
iloz.; $1.00 per 100. 
Mushroom Spawn 
American Pure Culture— 
This spawn is obtained by 
selecting spores from indi¬ 
vidual specimen mushrooms, 
and is propagated and trans¬ 
ferred to bricks of manure, 
which will produce mush¬ 
rooms true to type with 
exceptional uniformity and 
regularity. Bricks weigh 
about 1% lbs.; a brick will 1 
spawn a bed 10 feet square. 
Pamphlet on mushroom cul¬ 
ture with every order. 
To grow mushrooms on the lawn, break up the 
brick of spawn into inch square pieces. Have ready 
some fresh horse manure, and place a trowel full 
under the sod at intervals about the lawn. Put a 
piece of spawn on the manure, and replace the sod. 
Do this in May. After the warm rains, the lawn 
will be full of mushrooms. Postpaid; Per brick, 
40c; 10 bricks, $3.00. 
Sage 
A hardy perennial. One of the most extensively 
used herbs for seasoning. Cut the leaves and the 
tender shoots just as the plant is coming into flower 
and dry quickly in the shade. 25c each: Postpaid. 
Rainbow Flower Collections 
COLLECTION OF CHOICE ANNUALS 
This collection contains eighteen full size packets, 
one each of the following: 
Asters (mixed), Bachelor’s Buttons (mixed), Candy-tuft 
(mixed), Cosmos (mixed), Dianthus (mixed), Marigold 
(mixed), Mignonette (sweet), Nasturtium (mixed), Pansy 
(mixed), Petunia (mixed). Phlox (mixed), Poppies (mixed), 
Portulaca (mixed), Scabiosa (mixed), Sweet Alyssum, An¬ 
tirrhinum (mixed). Sweet Peas (mixed), Zinnia (mixed). 
Value, $1.25; Postpaid, 75c. 
PERENNIAL FLOWER SEED COLLECTION 
This collection contains one 10c packet each of 
the following varieties: 
Aquilegia (mixed), Campanula (mixed), Coreopsis, 
Daisy (Shasta), Digitalis (Monstrosa), Pinks (Hardy 
Garden), Poppy (Oriental), and Sweet William. 
Value, SOc; Postpaid, 50c. 
EVERLASTING FLOWER COLLECTION 
This collection contains one 10c packet each of 
beautiful Everlasting Flowers: 
Acroclinium, Globe Amaranth, Helichrysum, Rho- 
danthe and Statice. Value, 50c; Postpaid, 35c. 
SPECIAL COLLECTION OF NOVELTY ZINNIAS 
This collection contains five full size packets, one 
each of the following: 
Scabiosa Flowered, New Crown O’Gold, Curled and 
Crested Fantasy, Double Striped or Zebra. Value, 
65c; Postpaid, 50c. 
EXPOSITION COLLECTION 
This collection contains eight full size packets, 
one each of the following: 
Alyssum (mixed), Candytuft (mixed), Aster 
(mixed), Nasturtium (mixed), Pansy (mixed), Sweet 
Peas (mixed), Phlox (mixed), Zinnia (mixed). Value, 
65c; Postpaid, 50c. 
ANNUAL CUT FLOWER COLLECTION 
This collection contains five full size packets, one 
each of the following: 
Crego Aster (mixed), Larkspur (mixed). Snap¬ 
dragon (mixed), Zinnia, Dahlia Flowered (mixed), 
Scabiosa (mixed). Value, 45c; Postpaid, 35c. 
