Vegetable Seeds (General List) 
The prices in this list are subject to change without notice. All items sent postpaid unless otherwise noted. For terms of shipment, remittances 
etc., please see inside front cover. 
Please order all vegetable seeds by number as well as name. 
ASPARAGUS 
One ounce of seed will sow 75 feet of row and produce about 250 plants. 




















From Seeds. Asparagus seed should be sown as early as possible in the spring. The plants 
should be set in the permanent bed either when one or two years old. The asparagus may be cut 
the third year after setting out the roots. 
204 MARY WASHINGTON. The Best Variety. This is the best of the rust resistant 
strains and is the most widely used variety for home and 
market. The shoots are larger and grow more rapidly than other kinds. The stalks are very thick 
of an attractive deep green color with purple tops and grow unusually tall without breaking. 
Even the largest and thickest shoots of this variety are tender and delicious. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 20c; 14 Lh. 45c; Lb. $1.35. 
Harris’ Fresh Dug Asparagus Roots 
No asparagus you can buy can possibly compare with the fresh succulent shoots right out of 
your garden. Anyone with a little space can have an asparagus bed. It’s not difficult to start and 
requires but little care. The thing to do is to start with good fresh dug roots. 
There is nothing so important about raising asparagus as the quality of the roots. Many roots 
sold are small and stunted. People who do not know what really good roots look like, accept these 
worthless things, and of course do not get good results. Then they think they cannot raise good 
asparagus. As a matter of fact if they got really well grown roots they would have no trouble in 
establishing a good bed which would yield an abundance of fresh asparagus every season for years. 
We sell only fresh dug asparagus roots which are selected especially for their size and vigor and 
are superior in every way. They are carefully sorted and any small or stunted roots thrown out. 
One year roots: Doz. 60c; 50 roots $1.75; 100 roots $2.75 transportation paid. Not paid: 500 roots 
$5.50; 1000 roots $10.00 (weight 500-35 lbs.; 1000-70 Ibs.). 
Two year roots: Doz. 95c; 50 roots $2.40; 100 roots $3.50 transportation paid. Not paid: 500 roots 
$8.00; 1000 roots $15.00 (weight 500-50 lbs.; 1000-100 Ibs.). 
To start a bed it is only necessary to set out the roots on good soil and give them ordinary 
care to keep weeds down, etc. The land should be plowed or spaded deep and worked down well 
and should be enriched by applying a heavy dressing of manure, which should be plowed or 
spaded in. The roots are set out 18 to 24 inches apart in the rows about 4 feet apart. 100 roots 
make a good bed, but more should be set out for a large family. Cutting may commence the 
third year after setting out the roots. A small cutting may be made the second year if not 
continued more than two weeks. 

ARTICHOKE 
201 LARGE GREEN GLOBE. (The Best Strain.) The Globe Artichoke is a perennial which 
produces the flower buds that are used for food the second year after sowing the seed. 
North of Virginia the plants require protection in winter. The seed is sown early in the 
spring. Cover the crowns of the plants with a mound of coal ashes as soon as the ground 
freezes. j 
Pkt. 15c; 1% Oz. 35c; Oz. 60c; 14 Lb. $1.75; Lb. $6.00. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
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Mary Washington Asparagus 
Fresh from your garden, it is unexcelled for flavor. 
One ounce of seed will produce about 3000 plants, a packet 300 plants. 
This delicious vegetable has long been a favorite table delicacy, but 
“sprouts” have been considered difficult to grow. Brussels Sprouts are 
not hard to grow, but it is essential to get good seed. We offer the best 
obtainable. The plants are set out like cabbage and should be given plenty 
of room (2% ft. apart each way). The sprouts that grow on the stem are 
picked off as wanted. Sprouts are of better quality after having been 
frozen, so the plants may be left in the open ground until nearly Decem- 
ber in the North and all winter south of New Jersey. 
236 CATSKILL. Harris’ Special Stock. This strain is recognized as 
the very best type by critical growers in the Catskill mountain region 
where the finest Brussels Sprouts in the country are grown. The plants 
are of medium size and produce an abundance of large firm dark green 
sprouts of the finest quality. 
Weare very sorry to advise our customers that this year we lost our 
entire seed crop of Catskill Sprouts and cannot supply any seed for 
1944. We are carrying on the strain however, and hope to have a 
good supply for another year. 
Crop Failed. 
238 LONG ISLAND IMPROVED. We offer a fine reliable strain of this 
popular variety. The plants grow about 15 to 20 inches tall and the 
stems are packed with medium size firm sprouts. It is the best 
obtainable stock and can be depended on to produce good crops of 
sprouts under a wide variety of conditions. 
Pkt. 15c; 4 Oz. 35; 4% Oz. 55c; Oz. $1.00. 
BROCCOLI 
A Delicious, Easily Grown Vegetable! 
A packet will produce about 200 plants; an ounce about 2000. 
Almost everyone is now familiar with this delicious vegetable, but 
most people do not realize how easy it is to grow. Simply sow the seed 
in the open ground in May and when the plants are large enough, trans- 
plant into the garden about 214 ft. apart each way. 
The larger center “‘head”’ is cut out when ready to use and the plant 
will then form numerous branch heads which can be used later, so a 
continuous supply may be had for a long time. A few plants set in June 
will give sufficient of this very popular delicacy for a medium sized 
family. Sprouting Broccoli is a very profitable crop both for market and 
roadside stands. The yield is large and broccoli always sells for good prices. 
Note: If a large center head is not desired (as for bunching) seed may 
be sown directly in rows 2% to 3 ft. apart and the plants thinned 3 to 6 
in. apart. This will produce a great number of small center heads and side 
shoots for bunching. Sow from the middle of May until the last of June. 
230 ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING. True Calabrese Strain. The Best 
Heading Kind. This is by far the best stock we have ever seen. It is 
early, sure-heading and uniform, each plant producing a large center 
head and many side shoots. The heads are compact, firm and of the 
highest quality. 
Pkt. 15c; 44 Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c; 44 Lb. $2.00; 1 Lb. $6.00. 
