IMPORTERS AND GROW ERS OF ALL KINDS OF SEEDS 
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ONIONS 
SWEET SPANISH or IMPROVED VALENCIA 
Sweet Spanish 
(Riverside Strain) 
Seed very scarce. 
This is a large globe shaped brownish- 
yellow onion, weighing from 1 to 2 lbs. 
The flesh is white, of fine texture, mild 
and sweet but retains the onion flavor. 
It is a good keeper and a splendid ship¬ 
per. Has been known to yield 1200 bush¬ 
els per acre. It withstands many ad¬ 
verse weather conditions and will net 
the grower several thousand dollars per 
acre. About 2 pounds of seed are plant¬ 
ed to the acre. The seed we offer is 
the best known California strain. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 35c; Vi 11>., $1.25; V 2 lb., $2.25; 
lb., $4.00; 5 to 10 lbs., $3.75 per lb. 
EBBERT SEED COMPANY’S SEED 
COLLECTION FOR SMALL GARDENS 
These collections are already put up so we cannot change the 
varieties. 
ONE LARGE PACKET OF EACH, POSTPAID, 50c 
Ebbert’s Twenty Day Radish. 
White Icicle Radish. 
Prize Head Lettuce. 
Crimson Globe Beet. 
Danvers’ Half Long Carrot. 
Golden Bantam Sweet Corn. 
The 
resent 
Earliest of All Cucumber. 
Dwarf Telephone Peas. 
Purple Top Strap Leaf Turnip. 
Bloomsdale Spinach. 
Stringless Green Pod Beans. 
Copenhagen Market Cabbage. 
The above includes the best varieties of their kind and rep- 
real value for the small garden. 
EBBERT’S VEGETABLE SEEDS 
With general directions 
for cultivation. We prepay 
IKistage on Beans, Peas, 
Com and Onion Sets in 
pound lots. On other vege¬ 
tables or flower seeds we 
pay postage, except where 
otherwise noted. 
ASPARAGUS 
A bed of Asparagus fur¬ 
nishes the first green del¬ 
icacy of the early spring 
and calls for little care to 
make it a success. 
Culture —As early in the 
spring as the weather per¬ 
mits. spade the ground 
deeply, working in plenty 
of well rotted manure or 
fertilizer. Place the rows 
5 feet apart and get the 
roots 1 foot apart in the 
row, which should be 4 to 
<> inches deep. Cover the 
crowns of the plants with 
rich soil, and as they grow, 
give frequent cultivation. 
Asparagus seed may be sown directly in permanent beds and 
the plants thinned out as they grow. Sow thinly, about 2 
inches deep. Thin out the seedlings to H inches apart and take 
out every other one the following year, so as to get them a 
foot apart. Fair crops may be expected the third year from 
seed, but for the home garden we advise that well grown, two- 
vear-old roots be planted. 
One ounce will sow 50 feet of drill and produce alnuit 300 
plpants. 
Palmetto —The most popular variety for the home garden or 
market. The best known green variety. Equally adapted for 
North or South. Early, large, productive and of excellent qual¬ 
ity. Shoots are light green. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; V. x lb., 30c; 
lb., 80c. 
Mary Washington — The Department of Agriculture has de¬ 
veloped two strains of Washington Asparagus: That is, Martha 
Washington and Mary Washington, but the latter has proven 
to be the most highly rust resistant, and most hardy and pro¬ 
ductive of the two. The shoots are long, straight, thick and 
heavy. The color is dark green the entire length of the shoots, 
except tinted darker at the tips. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; y t lb., 45c; 
lb., $1.10, postpaid. 
Columbia Mammoth White —A new variety with white shoots, 
stays white without earthing up or blanching. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
15c; V, lb.. 30c; lb., 80c. 
Conover's Colossal —A mammoth variety of vigorous growth, 
sending up from 15 to 20 sprouts each year from 1 to 2 inches 
in diameter. Color, deep green and crown very close. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; */, lb., 20c; lb., 60c. 
Mary Washington 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Roots of above varieties, 35c per doz.; $1.25 per 100, b> ex¬ 
press, not prepaid. 
Prices for larger quantities on application. 
ARTICHOKE 
The Globe Artichoke is cultivated for its flower heads, which 
are used in an undeveloped state, cooked like asparagus. 
Culture —Sow in April in rich soil, and transplant the fol¬ 
lowing spring to permanent beds (in rows or hills) 3 feet apart 
and 2 feet between the plants. Green Artichoke gives a par¬ 
tial crop the first season if plants are started in hotbeds in 
February and March, but the beds 
will remain in bearing for years. 
Protect in winter by covering of 
leaves or coarse manure. 
Large Green Globe —Produces large 
globular heads; scales green shading 
to purple; best for general use. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 75c. 
Jerusalem Artichoke —Sometimes 
used as a table vegetable when 
pickled, but their greatest value is 
for feeding stock. Yields 500 bushels 
per acre. Plant three bushels per 
acre in rows 3 feet apart. Cultivate 
same as Irish potatoes. Greatest hog 
feed ever known. Tubers, lb., 25c; 3 
Large Green Globe lbs., 65c, postpaid. 
BEANS 
DWARF OR BUSH 
Weight of Beaus, 60 lbs. per bushel. Write for prices on 
larger quantities. We pay postage on one pound lots or better. 
Culture-*— Beans do best on light, warm soil. They do not re¬ 
quire heavy manuring. For earliest crop they should be planted 
after all danger of freezing is past. For succession they should 
be planted every two weeks. Plant 2 or 3 inches apart in rows 
or 2>/4 feet apart. Cover with 2 inches of soil. Do not cultivate 
when wet from dew or rain. 
Up to the time of blossoming they should have frequent shal¬ 
low cultivation, but any mutilation of the roots by cultivation 
after the plants come into bloom Is likely to cause the blossoms 
to blast and so cut off the crop. Beans are very sensitive to 
cold and wet before they have sprouted. 
BEANS-GREEN PODDED VARIETIES 
Full Measure —A fine stringless, early variety, of good quality, 
straight pods about 6 inches in length, fleshy, round, crease- 
backed. fine grained and of good flavor; bears about the same 
time as Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod. An excellent home gar¬ 
den variety. I*kt., 10c; y> lb., 25c; lb., 45c, postpaid. 
Burpee's Stringless Green Pod Bush (Colorado grown)— The 
earliest green podded Beans. Has absolutely stringless pods. Of 
the most superior quality, surpassing all other early Bush Beans, 
both wax and green podded, in this respect. We advise garden¬ 
ers to try this bean. It will be found profitable. Everyone who 
wants a fine flavored, tender snap Bean for home use should 
plant this variety. Pkt., lOe; lb., 35c; > lbs., 60c, postpaid. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN PODS 
Resembles the Improved Valentine in many ways, but the 
pods are very much larger, and, as a rule, are entirely free from 
strings and about a week earlier than the Improved Valentine. 
Pkt., 10c; ll>., 15 oz., 35c; 2 lbs., postpaid, 60c. 
BOUNTIFUL 
This flat, green-podded bush bean is in great demand today. 
The plant is vigorous, very productive and resistant to rust 
and other diseases. The immense pods are of rich green color, 
six to seven Inches long, thick, broad, uniform in shape, solid, 
stringless, but slightly fibrous, and make excellent snap beans. 
They are .also very palatable when used for green shell beans, 
and is a most desirable sort for home and market gardener. 
Pkt.. 5c; Vi lb., 10c; >/> lb., 20c; 1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., $1.25: 10 lbs., 
$2.25. 
