A field of our 1 year old Mary Washington Asparagus roots. Northern grown roots are larger and more vigorous. 
*MARY WASHINGTON: The best of the rust re¬ 
sistant strains developed by the United States De¬ 
partment of Agriculture. Shoots are large and grow 
more rapidly than other kinds. They are of an attrac¬ 
tive green color with purple tops and are very tender 
and of splendid quality. 
SEED: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; lb. 35 cts.; lb. 
$1.15; 10 lbs. $10.25. 1 oz. of seed will produce 
250 plants. 
ROOTS: One year No. 1 (weight about 80 lbs. per 
1000), Doz. 40 cts.; 50 roots $1.00; 100 roots 
$1.50, Prepaid. 1000 roots $8.00, Not prepaid. 
Two year No. 1 (weight about 120 lbs. per 1000), 
Doz. 60 cts.; 50 roots $1.50; 100 roots $2.50, 
Prepaid. 1000 roots $10.00, Not prepaid. 
PLANTING OF ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Asparagus does best in well drained sandy ground. 
A soil that warms up early in the spring produces an 
early crop. A lot of work will be saved if the soil is 
free from quack grass. 
For convenience in cultivation, we suggest plant¬ 
ing Asparagus Roots in rows. Dig a trench eight to 
ten inches deep and at least a foot wide. Place one 
inch of top soil in the bottom of the trench; well 
rotted manure may be mixed with this soil. Then 
pack firmly by tramping. 
We are now ready for the roots. Unpack and trim 
off all broken or bruised roots. Spread the roots out 
evenly in the bottom of the trench with crown or 
buds up. Cover and pack with top soil until the 
crowns are covered to a depth of two inches. As the 
plants grow, fill in the trench until it is level Rows 
should be 4 feet apart; roots 15 to 18 inches apart in 
the row. 
If you follow these directions it will allow you to 
work above the roots in the Spring and so control 
weeds. At the same time the roots are shallow 
enough to insure an early crop. 
PLANTING OF ASPARAGUS SEED 
Asparagus seed takes six weeks to sprout and break 
through the ground. In order to sow the seed thin 
enough and enable you to cultivate before the as¬ 
paragus comes up, we suggest that you mix the seed 
with radish seed. 
Seed should be sown as early as possible in the 
Spring so as to give the plants a long growing season. 
The roots may be transplanted the following Spring 
or may be left in the ground another year to be 
planted as two year olds. 
TABLE BEETS 
1 oz. will sow 100 ft. row 
8 to 10 lbs. will sow 1 acre 
^DETROIT DARK RED: 68 days. The outstanding 
variety for produce shippers and canners; also used 
for bunching. Roots are globular or nearly round, 
very dark, interior color blood red. Unless growing 
conditions are abnormal, the zones are so inconspicu¬ 
ous that the beets seem to be one solid color. 
Our stock has been outstanding for several years in 
field trials at the New York State Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. Many growers, producing large acreages of 
canning factory beets, find our Detroit Dark Red 
meet the requirements of the more discriminating 
canners better than other strains. The quality, tex¬ 
ture and color are uniformly good throughout the 
crop. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; X lb. 25 cts.; lb. 
85 cts.; 10 lbs. $7.50; 100 lbs. $65.00. 
CROSBY: 60 days. We have been listing both Crosby 
Egyptian and Early Wonder. These two varieties, 
we believe, came from the same stock. Good stocks 
of these are so nearly identical that we are dropping 
the Early Wonder and spending all of our effort in 
breeding a more uniform Crosby. Our ideal is a 
flattened globe shaped beet with a small tap root. 
Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; yi, lb. 25 cts.; lb. 85 cts.; 
10 lbs. $7.50. 
MANGEL BEETS. See page 14. 
Asparagus roots are first raised with the power digger and then the 
dirt shaken out with forks. Freshly dug asparagus roots retain all 
their vigor and produce strong healthy plants. We can ship roots 
about April 10th. 
A star (>k) in front of a variety indicates that the seed was grown from our own selected stock. 
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