
betical order. 
D) Urudicth Seed Ce. 
BRISTOL, PA. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
The vegetable seeds are listed in the front part of the catalogue in alpha- 
Flower seeds and grasses are in the back. A complete price list 
and handy order blanks will be found on the last twelve pages. 
seeds, unless otherwise indicated, are all Ten Cents each. 




Packets of 



Artichoke 
Two ounces of seed will sow 100 yards of row. Seed breaks ground in about 7 days. 
high in 15 days under most favorable circumstances in greenhouse. 
Large Globe Artichoke—This variety, which is so popular, is grown in California by the thousands of 
acres. Heads green, elongated, plants spiny. 
One inch 
Asparaqus— Gad: and Roots 
Sow seed in temporary location and let stand for two years. Eight ounces will plant 100 yards of 
row; or fifteen pounds per acre. 
Set 4000 two-year-old roots to the acre. 
Seed breaks ground 
in about 15 days. One inch high in 19 days under most favorable circumstances in greenhouse. 
Palmetto Seed—Karly prolific type. The As- 
paragus of the Southern Seaboard, first grown in 
South Carolina. 
Palmetto Roots—2-year-old. 
Mary Washington Seed—(Is rustproof and sur- 
prisingly superior.) Originated at the Massa- 
chusetts Experimental Station, the male plants 
bearing the name Washington and the two female 
plants Martha and Mary, these three being the 
parents of this variety wherever sold. It is highly 
resistant to rust and blight. The shoots are long 
without branching, oval in the cross-section, dark 
green, tight buds and rather late in maturing. It 
will resist hot weather without blowing out. 
Mary Washington Roots—2-year-old. 
Beets 
Native of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. 
appear above ground. Three ounces of seed will 
Ready for table use 45 to 60 days after sprouts 
sow 100 yards of row; twelve pounds per acre. 
Beets are a great acquisition to the family garden, but should be pulled young, before they age. They 
should be sown early in the Spring, as soon as the ground is tillable for a Summer garden, and in July or 
August for the Winter garden, to enable them to get sufficiently large to be in first-class condition to pit 
for Winter use. Autumn sown beets are usually much darker in color than Spring sown. 
Crimson Globe—65 Days. Deep globular in 
shape with little crown and a clean cut, small tap 
root. Skin and flesh of a dark color with zones. 
Crosby’s Improved Egyptian—55 Days. A 
choice form of Early Egyptian. Shape, however, 
much more of a globe. Bulbs when cut are raw beef 
color. Sweet, tender, of excellent quality. A great 
favorite with market gardeners. Leaves purple 
mixed with green. Purple midrib. 
Detroit Dark Red Perfected Strain—55 Days. 
Of great celebrity, because of its merit. Form oval, 
flesh dark blood with indistinet zones of lighter 
color. Skin smooth with small tap roots. <A favorite 
beet with all private and market gardeners. Ex- 
tensively used by canners because of its good dark 
red color. The most popular table variety today. 
2 
Early Wonder or Boston Crosby Strain—55 
Days. This is one of the earliest of the small table 
beets for outside culture. It has small leaves, is 
flat to globe in shape. Bright red skin. Vermillion 
red flesh with distinct zones of a lighter red. It is 
of excellent quality, being sweet, tender and free from 
fibrous roots. It is a Select Improved Crosby. 
Eclipse Extra Early—55 Days. Bulbs globed, 
early as name indicates, small tops. Roots smooth, 
round, inclined to be top shaped. Leaves light 
green, broad with broad orange midrib. An ex- 
cellent beet for the family garden. 
Egyptian Extra Early—48 Days. The roots of 
this Beet develop quicker than any other Table 
Beet. Bulbs half globular or flat. Roots smooth, 
dark red. Small tops. Flesh of a purplish red. 
DD Vanduth Seed Ce. 
