Artichokes 
CULTURE — Sow in Febru¬ 
ary or March, in rich soil and 
transplant to permanent beds 
(in rows or hills) four feet 
apart and two feet between 
the plants. Green Artichoke 
gives only partial crop the 
first of the season, but the 
beds will be bearing 1 for 
years. Protect in winter by 
covering- of leaves or coarse 
manure. 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE — 
Produces large, globular 
heads; scales green, shading 
to purple. 
Asparagus 
CULTURE — Drill the seed 
thinly in rows 14 inches apart 
in your seed bed during 
Mai-ch and April. Transplant 
about January, setting the 
roots 12 inches apart in fur¬ 
rows four feet apart and 12 
inches deep. Cover with two 
or three inches of soil, and on 
top of that three or four 
inches of well rotted manure 
thoroughly mixed in soil. 
This is sufficient for the first 
season and will produce a 
marketable crop the follow¬ 
ing April, possibly March. 
One ounce of seed will pro¬ 
duce about 250 plants. Four 
pounds to the acre. 
COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH 
WHITE—A magnificent va¬ 
riety. It furnishes fine white 
shoots, which stay as long as 
they are fit to use without 
any artificial means of 
blanching. 
PALMETTO — Of bright 
green appeal ance, very large 
size and even, regular 
giowth. Its immense produc¬ 
tiveness combined with earli¬ 
ness and good qualities, make 
it a fine variety for general 
use. 
A' paragus Roots—Martha 
Washington and 1 almetto. 
l)«z. 35c, postpaid. 
Special Beans 
PENCIL POD BLACK WAX 
Plant grows about 15 
inches high, very productive, 
with straight pods six to 
seven inches long, light gold¬ 
en yellow color, round, meaty 
and deeply saddlebacked; 
flesh brittle, solid and string¬ 
less; flavor fine. 
HUTH SPECIAL —Unques¬ 
tionably one of the best Wax 
Podded Beans ever intro¬ 
duced. It is a market gard¬ 
ener’s Bean, having been 
originated in one of the best 
market gardening sections of 
the West. It produces a deep 
golden colored pod of good 
length; shape semi-round, 
thick meated, stringless, and 
of exceptional quality. Vines 
strong, holding the pods well 
up, with good leaf covering 
and bearing in profusion. 
CABBAGE 
HUTH’S VOLGA — The 
quickest growing, large, 
round, variety . Uniform in 
growth, head hard and solid. 
It is two or three weeks 
earlier than other large kinds. 
The plant is nearly all head, 
having a few outside leaves. 
The quality of this cabbage 
is very fine, both for cooking 
and for kraut. 
Cucumber 
Early White Spine 
EARLY IMPROVED WHITE 
SPINE — Vines vigorous, 
bearing early and abundant¬ 
ly. Fruit uniformly straight 
and handsome, dark greenish- 
white and a few white spines. 
Flesh tender and of excellent 
flavor. Used extensively for 
forcing under glass. 
LEMON — Here is a cu¬ 
cumber in the shape of a 
lemon, and having a flavor 
that at once puts it ahead of 
the common cucumber. It 
is an excellent shipper, and 
pickled as a gherkin, is de¬ 
licious. 
K LON DYKE—An attractive 
dark green cucumber, aver¬ 
aging six to seven inches 
long and two inches thick, of 
unsurpassed quality. Excel¬ 
lent for pickling. 
JAPANESE CLIMBING—It 
climbs quickly on poles or 
trellises and is entirely dis¬ 
tinct. The quality is splendid 
and well adapted for pickling 
and salads. The greatest ad¬ 
vantage of having- a cucum¬ 
ber trained on a pole or fence 
is evidenced when harvesting. 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN— 
The fruit is very small, al¬ 
most round and closely cov¬ 
ered wtih spines. 
CHIVES — The onion that 
does not smell on your 
breath. Fine in cottage 
cheese and salads. 
CHICORY (Large Rooted or 
Coffee)—Plant much used in 
Europe for coffee. In fall 
roots may be taken up, dried 
same as apples. Roasted and 
ground like coffee. Oz. 25c. 
CORN SALAI) .Broadleaved) 
—Used as a salad. Seeds are 
sown late in August or in 
autumn in any soil. Plant 
produces leaves from October 
until spring without requir¬ 
ing any attention or protec¬ 
tion. 
GARDEN CURED CRESS— 
Sow in a moist and shaded 
position to obtain more ten¬ 
der and more abundant 
leaves. 
WATER CRESS—Prepare a 
small shallow trench for re¬ 
ceiving the seed, then mix 
the seed with some dry earth 
or sand and sow broadcast 
in the trench, and cover 
slightly. Soil must be cau- 
tionsly watered and kept 
moist until the plants show 
their first leaves, when the 
water is let in, but only so 
much as will barely cover the 
plants. 
CELERY 
CULTURE—For this climate 
sow Celery in February and 
March, in drills four to six 
inches apart and cover about 
one-fourth inch deep. When 
ready to transplant, thin out 
two or three inches apart in 
the row, and leave growing 
until April or May, when 
they should be planted in 
rows 18 to 20 inches apart 
and set six inches in the row. 
In planting press the ground 
around the plants, but do not 
let any earth get into the 
heart. 
GIANT PASCAL — A very 
vigorous and an extremely 
productive variety, with 
short, broad, thick, tender 
and fleshy green ribs, which 
blanch very readily when 
earthed up. It keeps very 
well under cover during win¬ 
ter. 
GOLDEN SELF-BLANCH¬ 
ING—A very fine variety of 
French origin. Half dwarf, 
compact with well developed 
leaves. It needs very little 
blanching to fit it for the 
table. 
WHITE PLUME—This va¬ 
riety is characterized by the 
silver white color, with which 
its leaves are partly tinged 
at first. It suffers easily 
from the cold and should be 
grown for autumn rather 
than for winter use. 
Texas Special Sweet 
Corn 
TEXAS HONEY JUNE—Re¬ 
quires 87 days. A variety 
of Sweet Corn, especially 
adapted to growing in Texas. 
Has very heavy shucks, 
which makes it resistant to 
ear worm damage. .... Stalk 
about six feet tall. Ears me¬ 
dium size, with 14 to 16 rows. 
“BLACK LEAF 40”—A con¬ 
centrated solution of nicotine 
sulphate for combating aphis 
or plant lice. 
1 Oz. Bot. 35c; 5 Oz. Bot. 
$1.00; 1 Lb. Can $2.25; 2-Lb. 
Can $3.25. 
Volga Cabbage 
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