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FOR OVER SEVENTY YEARS IT HAS BEEN OUR AIM AND CONSTANT ENDEAVOR TO CROW AND SELL 
THE BEST SEEDS THAT CAN BE PRODUCED, and our customers and prospective customers will find listed varieties 
of proven stocks that the most successful Home and Market Gardeners have found to be “BEST BY TEST.” 
ARTICHOKE 
One ounce will produce 300 plants; one pound will 
produce sufficient plants to set an acre. 
Culture: Sow in April, % of an inch deep, and transplant, when 
large enough, to rows 3 feet apart, leaving 3 feet between the plants. 
It is a perennial, and the flower heads are produced the second 
season. 
Green Globe. 
Fkt., 10c; oz., 35c 
The standard sort. The flower heads, while 
immature, are tender and of a delicate flavor. 
; ^ Ih., $1.15; Ih., $4.00, postpaid. 
Artichoke Roots 
Jerusalem Artichokes 
are distinct from the 
Green Globe, and are 
propagated by and for 
the tubers like pota¬ 
toes. Their principal 
use is for feeding hogs, 
although they make 
splendid pickles, may 
be eaten raw or served 
boiled like new pota¬ 
toes. Plant in March or 
April, 3 inches deep in 
rows 3 feet apart, leav¬ 
ing 18 inches between 
the tubers. Lb., 25c; 5 lbs., 65c; 10 lbs., 95c, postpaid. Not postpaid, 
$1.75 per bushel. 
Jemsalexu Artichoke Boots 
ASPARAGUS 
One ounce will produce about 350 roots; 2 pounds 
will produce sufficient roots to set an acre. 
Talt’s Norfolk Calabrese Broccoli 
BROCCOLI 
One ounce will produce 1500 plants; 6 ounces will 
produce sufficient plants to set an acre. 
Mary Washington 
Asparagus 
Culture: Sow in February or March 
1 inch deep in rich soil in rows 18 
inches apart. Thin the young plants 
to 3 inches apart, and cultivate fre¬ 
quently. When a year old, dig and 
replant as suggested under culture 
for “Asparagus Roots." 
Washington Rust-Resistant. 
A rust-resistant strain with large 
stalks and the best variety to grow 
either for market or the home garden. 
Fkt., 5c; oz., 10c; ^ lb., 25c; lb., 75c; 
5 lbs., $3.00, postpaid. 
Asparagus Roots 
Seventy-five roots will set 
a row 100 feet long; 6000 
roots will set an acre. 
Culture: Plant in 3-ft. rows 18 inches 
apart. Plow or dig a trench 15 inches 
deep and 12 inches wide. Put in the 
bottom of the trench 3 inches of well- 
rotted manure, and cover the manure 
with 3 inches of rich soil. Care must 
be taken to see that the roots are 
well spread, and the crowns in up¬ 
right position. Cover with 3 inches of 
soil and as the plants grow. All in the 
trench with rich compost until level 
with the surface. Asparagus should 
never be allowed to go to seed and 
the plants should have two full sea¬ 
son’s growth before cutting. An occa¬ 
sional top dressing of salt is beneficial. 
Washington Rust-Resistant. 
25 roots, 60c; $1.50 per 100, postpaid. 
Not postpaid, $8.50 per 1,000. 
Tait's Thorobred Norfolk Calabrese. 2L^n^?f Sds 
Italian Broccoli is earlier and larger than most strains of Cala¬ 
brese, and is preferred by the truckers along the Atlantic Sea¬ 
board, producing large green heads that are of superior equality. 
In the vicinity of Norfolk the seed is sown in July and August in 
drills 30 inches wide, and thinned out to 18 inches in the row. 
Two pounds of Norfolk and Calabrese Broccoli are required to 
drill an acre. After the central head has been cut, n'umerous 
sturdy shoots develop, each shoot terminating in a small green 
head. Cultivation same as for cabbage. Fkt., 10c; oz., 20c; liJ-i 
60c; lb., $2.00; 5 lbs., $8.25, postpaid. 
R!•«/•/■«Ii Rnnn days). This type of Broccoli differs from 
DiOCCOII l\apa. tjjg Calabrese in that it produces numerous 
small green florets or heads instead of one large central head. 
When grown for market the small heads, while green, are cut with 
6 or 7 inches of stalk, and bunched like asparagus, or may be 
packed loose in bushel baskets. The seed of this variety is sown in 
August and September, and cut in the late fall. The seed should 
be drilled in rows 30 inches apart at the rate of 2 pounds per acre. 
Cultivation the same as for turnip. Fkt., 10c; oz., 15c; ^ lb., 35c; 
lb., $1.25; 5 lbs., $5.00, postpaid. 
Salad or Turnip Leaf Broccoli. ™V“ «s"e,?bi2 ‘"ti 
Seven Top Turnip, and is very popular on the eastern shore of 
Virginia. It differs from Broccoli Rapa in that it does not produce 
the numerous stalks with florets, but after the salad has been cut, 
sends out shoots that are cut when 6 or 7 inches long, and marketed 
the same way as Broccoli Rapa. Sow in rows 30 inches apart in 
August or September at the rate of 2 pounds per acre for cutting 
the following spring. Cultivate the same as for turnip. Fkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; ^ lb., 20c; lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.00, postpaid. 
Cl. Vnlpnfinp days). This variety is often called Winter 
Y aicnililc. Qa,uliflower. It is very hardy, produces large, 
solid white heads, and in some sections is grown instead of cauli¬ 
flower. Culture same as for cauliflower. See page 7. Fkt., 15c; oz., 
60c; ^ lb., $1.75; lb., $6.00; 5 lbs., $25.00, postpaid. 
REMEMBER, TAIT’S THOROBRED SEEDS have pleased the most 
particular truckers and market gardeners for over seventy years. 
Remember v/e deliver free at catalog prices—except where noted. Write for special prices in large quantities. 
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