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vegetable: seed specialties 
Palmetto 
SPARAGUS 
Henderson s Palmetto Asparagus 
In an Exhaustive Asparagus Test 
covering eight years conducted by the New Jersey Agri¬ 
cultural Experiment Station, Henderson’s Palmetto was 
proven superior to all other varieties tried, eight in all, 
viz.: Palmetto, Barr’s Mammoth, Donald's Elmira, 
Columbia Mammoth White, Conover’s Colossal, Giant 
Brunswick, Moore’s Crossbred and Giant Argenteuil. Full 
details are printed in their Bulletin No. 173, extracts from 
which are as follows: 
“ The question of varieties for selling new plantations is a 
very important one. Palmetto is by far the most productive 
sort; its productiveness, coupled with its power of resisting 
diseases, makes it one of the most, if not the most, desirable 
variety of Asparagus. Donald's Elmira is second in order of 
yield, but it is exceeded by Palmetto by 2/ t % in early yield and 
32% in total average yield (covering six years of cutting) and by 
nearly 36% in total yield of 1903. It is thus evident that the 
cash return in Asparagus growing depends’much upon the 
variety. In the six annual crops taken from the field. Pal¬ 
metto gives an average cash return of S111.00 per acre more than 
the Elmira. The yield arid value the last year reported on, 
1903, was even more pronounced in favor of Palmetto, the yield 
being 7,123 lbs. per acre; the r turns for which were $839.87 per 
acre, an excess over Elmira that year of $221.88 and over Barr's 
Mammoth, $333.12.” 
“7 bought Palmetto Asparagus roots of you six years aeo. 
Set them out in accordance with rour directions and the bed 
has borne steadily and increasingly ever since. The largest 
and most delicious Asparagus we ever ate.” 
W. F. WOODWARD, Portland, Oregon. 
Larger, Earlier, More Uniform in Size and More Prolific 
than any Other Asparagus Grown. Disease-Resisting. 
ASPARAGUS, the most appreciated of early spring vegetables, has been 
grown and prized for its succulent tenderness and delicious flavor from 
time immemorial. In various countries various types and strains are 
extolled and offered, all of which we have grown and thoroughly tested, but— 
in the American climate at least—Henderson's Palmetto is the king of all Asparagus. It 
is superior in every way; larger, earlier, a strong, quick grower, a more pro¬ 
lific and continuous yielder, the stalks large and uniform under ordinary cul¬ 
ture, average nearly an inch in diameter, retaining their thickness up to their 
plump tips. The usual bunches of 15 shoots measure 13A inches in circum¬ 
ference and weigh about 2 pounds. For quality Henderson’s Palmetto is 
peerless, meltingly tender and full of delicious flavor. The Palmetto is equally 
adapted to all sections North and South; it is less susceptible to the Asparagus 
disease than any other variety, and has continued to yield profitable crops in 
sections where plantations of other varieties have been entirely devastated. 
Asparagus may be grown in almost any soil or situation, but special success 
is attained in thoroughly enriched, deeply dug sandy loam. Beds cared for 
improve with age lasting for many years. Asparagus may be grown from 
seed, but as it should not be cut before two or three years old, that time is 
saved by buying and planting roots. (See cut.) 
Henderson's Palmetto Asparagus Seed, 10c. pkt., 15c. oz., 30c. } lb., 80c. lb., but a saving of 
one to two years is effected by planting 
HENDERSON'S PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Can be supplied from Nov. 1st to May 1st but the best time for planting 
in the North is in the Spring. 
Per 100 
Per 1,000 
$1.50 
$10.00 
2.00 
16.00 
Add to above prices for free delivery in U. S. — 30c. per 100 to 2-year-old roots; 75c. per 100 to S-year-old. 
BOOKS ON ASPARAGUS CULTURE 
“ Last year I put out some of your 2 -year-old Palmetto As¬ 
paragus roots and noiv l am cutting some of the finest stalks I 
have ever seen, some of them nearly ? inches in circumference.” 
/• C. !■ OSTF. A‘. Atlant'i. Ga. 
Asparagus. By F. M. Hexamer. A practical new treatise on the best methods of raising, 
cultivating, harvesting, marketing, forcing and canning Asparagus.postpaid, 
Asparagus Culture. By Jas. Barnes and Wm. Robinson (Imported;. The best meth- 
ods employed in England and France ..postpaid. 
50c. 
50c. 
HENDERSON'S LEAFLET “ASPARAGUS CULTURE," FREE TO CUSTOMERS WHEN ASKED FOR 
