Asparagus 
Johnson’s Vegetable Seeds 
The 'Best Seeds that Grott), and a 
List of Varieties it “Pays to Grow 
SPECIALTIES AND STANDARDS 
I N the interest of our customers we have endeavored to list in the 
following pages the cream of all varieties known, weeding out many 
that are still advertised by other seedsmen. We take great 
pains each season to inform ourselves fully, by actual tests, 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. Some of the 
older varieties have been left out on account of their being very similar 
or inferior to some of the newer sorts. Any variety which has appeared 
in former catalogues, although not here listed, can be furnished. It is 
our constant aim thus to accommodate, 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 40 feet, requiring 100 roots, will 
supply an ordinary family. One ounce of seed will sow 40 feet of row; 7,260 roots will plant an acre. 
NEW EARLY FRENCH GIANT ASPARAGUS 
This new sort is the earliest, largest and most prolific, being 
a great improvement on the popular Palmetto or French Argen- 
teuil Asparagus, which was first brought to this country by Mr. 
John Nix, the largest asparagus grower of South Carolina. The 
roots were imported from Mr. Louis L 4 rault de Argenteuil, of 
France, and we have improved the original strain season by 
season, so that it is much superior to the first importation, and 
thoroughly acclimated to our northern climate. It is not only 
ten days earlier than Palmetto, but of larger size and superior 
in flavor and color. 
Prices of Seed: Pkt., 6c.; oz., 10 c.; $ lb., 25 c.; lb., 75 c. 
Good, Strong One-year-old Roots, 60 for 60 c.; 100 for $ 1 . 00 , by 
mail, postage paid; by express or freight, 85 c. per 100 ; $ 5.76 per 
1 , 000 . Two-year-old Roots, $ 1.00 per 100 ; $ 6.00 per 1 , 000 , 
by freight or express (500 roots at 1,000 rate). 
DONALD’S ELMIRA ASPARAGUS 
The delicate green color is notably different from either 
the famous Barr’s Mammoth or Palmetto, while the stalks are 
more tender and succulent. Owing to the large size, it requires 
much less labor in cutting and bunching, thus lessening the 
expense of marketing. Price of Seed: Pkt., 6c.; oz., 10 c.; $ lb., 
20 c.; lb., 60 c. Strong Roots, 1 year old, 70 c. per 100 ; (by mail, 
postpaid, 50 for 50 c.; 90 c. per 100 ); $ 5.5 0 per 1 , 000 ; 2 years old . 
75 c. per 100 ; $ 5.75 per 1 , 000 , by freight 
or express (500 roots at 1,000 rate). 
BARR’S MAMMOTH 
In Philadelphia is much sought 
after, and sells at top-notch prices on 
account of its large size and fine ap- 
f earance. Seed : Pkt, 5 c.; oz., 10 c.; 
lb., 20 c.; lb., 50 c. Good, Strong 
Roots, 1 year old, 65 c. per 100 (by 
mail, postpaid, 60 for 50 c.; 85 c. per 
100 ); $ 4.25 per 1 , 000 ; 2 years old, 70 c. 
per 100 ; $ 4.75 per 1,000 (500 roots at 1,000 rate). 
PALMETTO ASPARAGUS 
Extensively grown for New York and Philadelphia markets, where it sells 
at high prices, owing to its fine size and regularity. Seed and Roots, same 
prices as Barr’s Mammoth. 
CONOVER’S COLOSSAL ASPARAGUS 
A well-known old standard variety. Prices of Seed: Pkt., 5 c.; oz., 10 c ■ 
k lb., 20 c.; lb., 45 c. Splendid Strong Roots, 1 year old, 50 c. per 100 (by mail, TWO _ OIn A8PAHAOlJ - 
postpaid, 70 c. per 100 ); $ 4.00 per 1 , 000 ; 2 years old, 60 c. per 100 ; $ 4.50 per 1 , 000 . hoot. 
