There is a Growing 
Demand for Good 
ASPARAGUS 
Now that canning companies have found how to can asparagus 
and retain all its delicious flavor and healthful food qualities 
they are contracting for greater supplies every year. At the 
same time there is a rapidly increasing demand from grocery 
stores and commission merchants for fresh asparagus during 
the summer season. 
$4,000.00 From 4 Acres 
That is what one local grower made from his field of aspara¬ 
gus, and shows what can be done with the present day aspara¬ 
gus market. 5,000 roots plant an acre. In this section the cutting 
season is about two months, beginning in May before any either 
cash crop. One year plants are preferred by commercial growers. 
There is a steady demand with average prices of 5 to 8 cents 
per pound. You can make money growing asparagus novv^! 
Asparagus is easy to grow and you can make big profits from 
a small space, 50 to 150 plants will supply this delicious food 
for the family. A bed lasts for 10 to 15 years, and you can de¬ 
pend on heavy regular crops from our roots. It is most important 
that you get strong, healthy true to-name plants. We grow them 
by the thousands from guaranteed tested seed on special soil maRY WASHINGTON_Rust Proof 
to give you the best planting stock possible. MARY WASHING¬ 
TON—Improved variety developed and recommended by U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. Heavy-yielding, 
pedigreed strain immune to rust; grows rapidly and produces uniformly tender shoots of excellent 
table quality; much larger, better flavored variety. 
VICTORIA RHUBARB 
12 25 50 75 100 200 300 400 1000 
1- yr„ first grade $ .25 $ .40 $ .60 $ .80 $1.00 $1.60 $2.10 $2.50 $4.95 
2- yr., first grade .40 .70 1.10 1.40 1.65 2.95 3.75 4.35 9.45 
RHUBARB 
Grow It For Home And Market 
Every garden needs Rhubarb for the wonderful pies and sauce it makes 
the first thing in the spring. You can also find a good local market and 
make good profits, even on a small space. 
MYATT’S VICTORIA 
EARLY. Attractive pink stalk, delici¬ 
ous, mild flavor. This pink stalk, tender 
variety is preferred and brings best 
prices. Our stock is carefully grown 
from guaranteed tested seed. Victoria is 
ideal for pies and sauce. Transplants 
easily; produces abundantly. 
1-yr., Yz to 1 Inch—Each 6c; 6 for 30c; 
12 for 45c; 25 for 85c; 50 for $1.45; 
100 for $2.75; 250 for $6.45; 1000 
for $18 j50. 
1-yr.v 1 Inch and up-—Each 8c; 6 for 
40c; 12 for 60c; 25 for $1.10; 50 for 
$1.90; 100 for $3.75; 250 for $8.55; 
1000 for $24.50. 
VICTORIA CLUMPS 
Large 2-year olds, ready to pro¬ 
duce this fall. Just the thing to get 
Rhubarb started quickly in your gar¬ 
den. 
PRICES—Each 20c; 3 for 45c; 6 for 
70c; 12 for $1.00. 
MacDONALD CRIMSON 
The New Red Rhubarb 
This new variety is the best of all. 
Its produces unusually large attrac¬ 
tive crimson stalks and the good 
thing is that they are very tender 
and juicy (skin and all); not tough 
or stringy as most large stalks are. 
It yields heavily over a long season 
and will last for years. Plant Mac¬ 
DONALD this spring and enjoy it. 
Ours are all strong division roots 
ready to produce quickly. 
MacDONALD CRIMSON 
PRICES—Each 49c; 3 for $1.39; 10 for 
$4.35; 25 for $9.95. 
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