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TUCKERS' SEED HOUSE, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI 
Tuckers* Quality Vegetable Seeds 
TUCKERS’ QUALITY means the best that can 
he produced in Vegetable Seeds. It means trueness 
to variety and high germination, and these mean 
satisfaction to you in your garden. We test each 
variety before sending it out to our customers, and 
the Germination must be strictly up to standard or 
we do not send it out. 
NEW VARIETIES FOR THIS YEAR. In looking 
our Seed Annual over you will find listed new varie¬ 
ties in both Garden and Flower Seeds. These new 
varieties are those that have been introduced during 
the past three years and have proven to be greatly 
improved over some of the old standard sorts. We 
especially recommend these new varieties to you 
as being the best and finest of any so far brought 
out. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS will be found at the 
heading of each class of vegetables, and also on 
most of our packets. These directions, while re¬ 
liable, will not apply in every detail to the extreme 
sections of the United States, and therefore some 
allowance must be made for difference of latitude. 
ASPARAGUS 
Can be grown in any good garden soil, but does best in sunny, moist soil. To grow plants from seed, sow in drills 
about one inch deep in rows one foot apart._ Keep the soil mellow and free from weeds; during the summer thin out 
and the following spring plants may be set in the permanent bed. Set the plants one foot apart each way, spreading the 
roots well apart. Cover with about three inches of soil. 
COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE —The immense shoots are clear white, and in 
favorable weather remain so until three or four inches above the surface. The 
crown or bud of the young stalk is considerably smaller than the part below it. 
Postpaid, pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; V 4 lbs. 30c; lb. $1.00. 
NEW WASHINGTON —The rust-resistant variety. This variety originated with 
the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., after years of careful hybrid¬ 
izing and selection. Only vigorous-growing plants, free from rust, were used. 
Should be used on account of its disease resistant quality. It should prove a boon 
to market gardeners. Postpaid, pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; V 4 lb. 30c; lb. $1.00. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Dig or plow a trench 15 to 18 inches deep, put in plenty of well rotted manure, covering it 
with a few inches of soil, then set the roots 1 % to 2 feet apart and cover with 4 inches of 
soil. In the fall, cut off and burn the top growth, and give a good application of stable manure. 
Early in the spring fork this in, and as the asparagus begins to grow, earth up to blanch the 
stalks as they grow. 
FOR FIELD CULTURE —The rows may be from 4 to 6 feet apart and the roots 
set one foot apart in the rows. A subsoil plow should be used to break the soil 
as deeply as possible. 
New Washington 
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COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE— Good, strong 
roots. Postpaid, dozen 35c; 25 for 60c; 50 for 
$1.00; 100 for $1.75. 
NEW WASHINGTON —A new giant variety, devel¬ 
oped by the U. S. Department of Agriculture; ex¬ 
tremely vigorous, high yielding and free from rust. 
Postpaid, dozen 35c; 25 for 65c. Not prepaid, 50 for 
$1.15; 100 for $2.00. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
A species of the Cabbage family, which produces 
miniature heads from the sides of the stalk. These 
heads are a great delicacy, boiled in the same way 
as Cauliflower. The seed should be sown about the 
middle of May, in a seed bed, and the plants after¬ 
wards set in rows, 2 feet or more apart, and culti¬ 
vated like Cabbage. 
IMPROVED DWARF —Produces compact sprouts of 
the finest quality; a good keeper. Postpaid, pkt. 10c; 
oz. 15c; *4 lb. 50c; lb. $1.75. 
BORECOLE or KALE 
Kale, or German Greens, do not form heads, but 
furnish an abundance of pretty curled leaves that 
are highly prized as food. Sow from the middle of 
April to the beginning of May; transplant and culti¬ 
vate like Cabbage. Will endure considerable frost 
without injury. 
DWARF GREEN CURLED —Is very dwarf and 
spreading. The leaves are beautifully curled and 
of a bright green color; quite hardy. Postpaid, pkt, 
10c; oz. 15c; V 4 lb- 50c; lb. $1.75. 
Brussels Sprouts 
