JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 
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Johnson & Stokes’Vegetable Seeds 
DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING ON ORDER SHEET TO BE DETACHED, 
OPPOSITE PAGE 12 
I N the following pages we have endeavored to list the cream of all 
varieties known, weeding out many that are still advertised by 
other seedsmen, but which our extended tests at Floracroft Trial 
Grounds have proven to us are unworthy of cultivation. AVe take 
great pains each season to inform ourselves full}'as to the real merits 
of everything offered as new or superior, and our customers may rest 
.assured that if any much-lauded variety is not found in our Manual 
the probability is much greater that we have tested it and found it of 
little or no value, than that it is unknown to us. It is our constant aim 
thus to gain and hold the confidence of all customers. 
Asparagus is one of the earliest spring vegetables. No 
vegetable on our list can be produced so cheaply and easily. 
Directions for planting and culture will be found in our 
new LEAFLET-ESSAYS, sent free on request. A bed 
12 x '10 feet, requiring about 100 roots, will give an abundant 
supply for an ordinary family. One ounce of seed will sow 
forty feet of row; 7,200 roots will plant an acre. 
Donald’s Elmira Asparagus 
Thin new nspnrngus, first introduced by us, lias nttrnoted 
much attention throughout the country. Jt wns originated 
by Mr. A. Donald, ii prominent market gardener of Elmira, 
lie lias always realized handsome prices, and although a 
largo grower, was unable to supply half the demand. The 
delic ate green color is notably different from either the fam¬ 
ous Harr’s Philadelphia Mammoth or Palmetto, while the 
stalks are more tender and succulent. Its mammoth size 
can ho realized from tho fact that in whole crops a hunch 
of twel ve stalks will average three to four pounds in weight. 
It requires much less labor in cutting and hunching, thus 
lessoning tho expense of marketing. Price of Seed : Pkt 
Go.; oz., lf*o.; ^lb., 80c.; lb., OOo. STRONG HOOTS, i 
XKl r K °( , *y mail, postpaid,*GO for 70c.; $1.00 per 
r ( fl?.v f 'c?» £V r ii • / 00; 8 ' r ’ ,n0 pcr 1 ' f0 °; 2 years old, 75c. per 100; 
GOO for 8J.2G; 80.00 per i,000, by freight or express. 
Barr’s Philadelphia Mammoth 
This variety originated 
with Crawford Burr, a promi¬ 
nent market gardener of Penn¬ 
sylvania. Grown side by side 
with Conover’s Colossal, it 
groit'8 twice as large and more 
productive. In Philadelphia it 
is much sought after and sells 
at top-notch prices. SEED: 
Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; % lb., 20c.; 
lb., G5c. GOOD STRONG 
ROOTS, 1 year old, G5c. per 
100 (by mail, postpaid, 50 for 
50c.; 90c. |>cr 100); $-1.50 per 
1000; 2 years old, 70c. per 100; 
85.00 per 1,000 (500 roots at 1,000 
rate). 
Columbian 
Mammoth White 
This is a most distinct 
variety, discovered on Long 
Island a few years since. The 
stalks nro large, produced 
abundantly and early. They 
are clear white and remain so 
as long as fit for use, without 
earthing up or any other 
artificial blanching. There is 
a largo demand from ennners 
for this sort. Prices of Seed: 
Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; % lb., 25c.; 
lb., 75c. GOOD 
TWO-YEAR-OLD ASPARAGUS 
hoot. 
STRONG ROOTS, 
1 year old, 70c. per 100 (by mail, post¬ 
paid, 81.00 per 100); 85.50 per 1,000; 
2-year-old roots, 75c. per 100; SG.00 per 
1 , 000 . 
Palmetto Asparagus 
This asparagus is now quite ex¬ 
tensively grown for New York and Phila¬ 
delphia markets, where it sells at high 
prices, owing to its fine size and regu¬ 
larity. Although of Southern origin, it is 
equally well adapted to the North. Pkt,, 
5c.; oz., 10c.; % lb., 20c.; lb., 65c. ROOTS, 
same price ns Donald’s Elmira. 
Conover’s Colossal 
Asparagus 
A well-known old standard variety. 
Prices of Seed: Pkt.. 5c.: oz.,]0c.;K 
Donald’s klmika aspakaous. 
Showing our ; Bundy^PHco of bnneber, 
- -- oeecl: Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; % 
lb., 20c.lb., 50c. SPLENDID STRONG 
KOOTS, 1 yenr old, 50c. per 100 (by 
mml, postpaid, 75c. per 100); S4.C0 per 1,000; 
2 years old, 60c. per 100; $4.50 per 1,000. 
ARTICHOKE 
Asa table vegetable the Artichoke de¬ 
serves to be more generally cultivated, 
l ne part eaten is the flower head, which is 
used before it begins to open, and cooked 
in much the same way as asparagus. 
on n g ^ Green Globe. Pkt., 10c.; oz., 
30c.; lb., 83.00. 
Artichoke Roots for hog feed will 
u, “Jer “Farm Seeds.” Peck, 
81.00; hush., 83.00; bbl., 87.50. 
