HOME AND AMATEUR GARDENERS will find most satisfactory those vegetables printed in 
heavy letter capitals. These seeds are recommended for their superior quality and productiveness. 
“But the gardener and I understand each other 
as soon as we go to the back of the house, and get 
among the vegetables. On that ground he finds 
me perfectly sane. And indeed I am not sure that 
the kitchen garden does not give me more pleasure 
than the domain of flowers. Every morning I step 
round before breakfast to see how things are 
' 'coming on. ” It is happiness to note the swelling 
of pods, the healthy vigour of potato plants, aye, 
even the shooting up of radishes and cress. This 
year I have a grove of Jerusalem artichokes; they 
are seven or eight feet high, and I seem to get 
vigour as I look at the stems which are all but 
trunks, at the great beautiful leaves. 
“ Delightful, too, are the scarlet runners, which 
have to be propped again and again, or they would 
break down under the abundance of their yield. 
It is a treat to me to go among them with a basket, 
gathering; I feel as though Nature herself showed 
kindness to me, in giving me such abundant food. 
How fresh and wholesotne are the odours — 
especially if a shower has fallen not long ago! 
"I have some magnificent carrots this year — 
straight, clean, tapering, the colour a joy to look 
upon." 
—George Gissing 
(The Private Papers of Henry Kyecroft ) 
ARTICHOKE 
Culture. — An ounce will produce 500 
plants. Seed may be sown indoors or in 
hot-bed and transplanted outdoors after 
danger of frost is past. If sowed in May 
and protected from cold during the winter, 
the plants will produce heads the following 
year. Sow 3 feet apart in 3-foot rows. 
GREEN GLOBE. The standard and 
best variety. Pkt. 5c; oz. 75c; 34 lb. $2.50. 
A perennial. Heads large and tender. Not 
usually productive after 3 years. 
ASPARAGUS SEED 
Culture. — An ounce will produce about 
700 plants. Sow in spring in drills about 
one inch deep in rows 2 feet apart. In 
fall or succeeding spring plants may be 
set out in beds about 2 feet apart. Cover 
beds with a dressing of manure before 
winter. Weed thoroughly each summer 
and keep roots well covered. 
MARY WASHINGTON 
An early and improved variety. Popular 
because of its rust-resisting qualities. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 15c; 34 lb. 40c. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Culture. — On well drained soil dig 
trenches 1 foot in depth and 3 feet apart. 
Set roots approximately 18 inches apart 
and with a good fork full of manure to 
each planting. Cover to a depth of several 
inches adding more soil until trenches are 
filled in by fall. 
MARY WASHINGTON 
The most popular and satisfactory variety 
and one of the easiest to grow in your 
garden. Vigorous 1-year old roots. $2.00 
per 100. 
BEANS — Dwarf or Bush Varieties 
Culture. — Plant along the first of May 
and in warm dry soil. Sow in drills 2 
inches deep and 18 inches apart, dropping 
beans 3 inches apart in the drills. Cover with soil not over 2 inches deep. Successive plantings 
every 2 weeks up to the end of August will give you a constant supply for the table. Beans do 
best on a light well-drained soil. In the case of BUSH BEANS, plant 2 or 3 beans 15 inches 
apart, in rows 3 feet apart, covering to an inch depth, at the rate of 1 lb. to 100 feet of row. 
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