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Artichoke 
One package of seed will produce 100 
. plants; 1 ounce will make 500 plants. 
A perennial producing flower buds, used for 
food, the second year after sowing. Protect in 
winter in the North. Sow seeds early in spring. 
If sown in hotbeds in February can be grown 
to bud the first year. 
Large Green Globe. Most popular variety. 
Large, globular, dark green. 
Pkg. 15c¢; oz. 85c¢; 14 Ib. $2.50 
ASPARAGUS 
A leaflet on “The Planting and Care of 
Asparagus” sent with every order. 
One ounce of seed will produce 800 
plants; 5 Ibs. will sow an acre. 
The popularity of Asparagus in the home 
garden is growing rapidly, as people learn how 
easily it may be raised, and how.much better 
the flavor is when cooked immediately after 
cutting. Asparagus begins to lose flavor 20 
minutes after being taken from the ground. A 
small bed 12 feet wide and 25 feet long will 
hold 100 plants and yield sufficient Asparagus 
for the family of ordinary size. Soak the seed 
in warm water for twenty-four hours, then sow 
an inch deep in rows a foot apart. The follow- 
ing spring set the best of the plants in the 
permanent bed. 
Mary Washington. A rust-proof Asparagus 
that is very fast growing, exceedingly tender, 
of excellent flavor, and that produces heavy 
stalks 1 to 2 inches in diameter. 
Two-Year-Old Freshly Dug Asparagus Roots: 
For quickest returns plant these large roots. 
They will give you some Asparagus this season 
and a very good crop next year and for many 
years to come. 25 for 85c; 50 for $1.50; 100 
for $2.75; 200 for $5.25. Postpaid to you. 
Seed: Seed sown this spring will give you some 
Asparagus in three years. Pkg. 10c; oz. 25c; 
Wy Ib. 75c¢. 


















Just about the 
handiest tool for any 
kind of garden culti- 
vation is the Handy 
Hoe. It gets in where 
other tools fail. 75c¢ 
each. Pictured on 
page 62. 
= Asparagus Roots 
Vick's Vegetable Seeds 
Are Tested by a Famous Agricultural Experiment Station and the Results of This Test 
Appear on Every Package of Vegetable Seeds We Send Out. You Get the Same High 
Quality Seed in These Garden-Size Packages as We Furnish to the Market Gardener 
and Florist, Whose Living Depends on the Quality of Seed He Sows. 
THE BEST IN TABLE BEETS 
One pkg. of seeds planted 2 inches 
apart, will make a row about 20 feet 
long; one ounce a row 200 feet long. 
The best results are obtained on a deep, rich 
sandy loam. Sow seed 1 inch deep, in drills 16 
inches apart, as early as possible. If wanted 
very early, sow Detroit Dark Red and Crosby's 
Egyptian in hotbeds and transplant to open 
ground. Thin to stand 3 to 4 inches apart. 
Cultivate cleanly and thoroughly. For succes- 
sion, sow at intervals until middle of July. 
Crosby’s Egyptian 
This is the best kind to grow when you want to 
use Beets when very small, say up to 2 inches 
in diameter. 
Our special strain of this popular variety is 
better in many respects than the old one. It is 
globular, perfectly smooth, with short top, 
small tap root, and both skin and flesh dark 
in color. Much earlier than all other dark- 
fleshed varieties. That it is the very best early 
Beet for home or market gardens is amply 
proved by the many favorable comments that 
ccme to us. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 30c; 14 Ib. 90c; Ib. $2.75 
Detroit Dark Red Beet 
Hart & Vick Strain 
For canning either whole, sliced or cubed when 
the bulbs are over 2 inches in diameter this 
strain of Detroit is by far the best. 
The most popular table and canning Beet 
grown. As a second-early variety, we recom- 
mend it for the home and market garden. Our 
special strain is more uniform in shape and 
color than the old Detroit Dark Red. The tops 
and tap roots are small and the leaves dark 
green, shaded red. Beets are round, smooth, 
and very dark red in skin and flesh. In tender- 
ness and sweetness they are unsurpassed. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 30c; 1/4 Ib. 90c; Ib. $2.75 
Early Blood Turnip. Large dark red bulbs, 
turnip-shaped, of very good quality, with tall 
strong growing tops. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 25¢; V4 Ib. 80c; Ib. $2.45 
Dark Red 
Beets 


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Early Wonder. Tops are medium short and 
the Beet is round with skin and flesh lighter 
than Detroit. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 25c; 4 Ib. 80c; Ib. $2.45 
Good For All 
An especially fine Beet for pickling and can- 
ning whole as “‘rosebuds’’ when about 11/2 in. 
in diameter. Bulbs are smooth, round, very 
even in color, shape and size. The flesh is deep 
crimson without any white rings, fine grained 
and tender. A very good Beet for the home 
garden. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; 1/4 Ib. $1.00; Ib. $3.00 
Mangels and Sugar Beets 
No crops are more valuable for feeding 
cattle and sheep than Mangels and Sugar 
Beets. In these past few years it is hard to 
find:a dairyman who does not feed them. The 
average yield is 45 tons to the acre. They are 
easily harvested, not a particle of waste, to 
them, and may be stored in pit and root cellar 
with little trouble. Sow 8 pounds to the acre 
in May or June, in drills 2 feet apart, and thin 
to 10 inches in the row. 
Giant Double Sugar Green Top. Contains 
more sugar than any other. Large, oval; grow 
half out of ground. Heavy yielder. White, red 
tops. Oz. 25c; 4 Ib. 75c; Ib. $2.25 
Golden Tankard. Oval; yellow skin and flesh, 
smooth; grow half out of the ground. Splen- 
did food value. 
Oz. 25c; V4 tb. 75c; Ib. $2.25 
Long Red. These long giant Mangels are light 
red and smooth, and grow well out of the 
ground. Splendid for feeding and keep well. 
Oz. 25c; 1% Ib. 75c¢; Ib. $2.25 
Yellow Leviathan. Large, long, thick, 
spindle-shaped roots; light gray tinged with 
brown above the ground, yellow below. Flesh 
of good quality and high in food value. Very 
easily harvested. 
Oz. 25c; V4 Ib. 75¢; Ib. $2.25 

Sow Beet seed 
thickly in a _ broad 
row. Thin out and use 
the tops and small 
Beets as greens. Cros- 
by’s Egyptian is the 
best early Beet, De- 
troit the best for the 
fall garden. 

