ASPARAGUS 
HOW TO GROW ASPARAGUS. 
—One ounce of seed will produce 
about 500 plants. I will furnish a 
special Leaflet with full directions 
for preparing the bed, how to set 
the roots, etc., free to all my cus- 
tomers who ask for it. Plant in 
early spring. 
For your home-garden, 50 roots 
will plant a space 25 feet long and 
6 feet wide; 100 roots, 50 feet by 
6 feet; 8,000 roots per acre, 116 feet 
apart, in rows, 3 feet between the 
rows. 
Mary Washington 
Rust-Resistant 
Now more popular and more widely grown than any 
other. It produces large, beautiful, straight, dark green 
tender shoots of the most delicious flavor. 
Large Two-Year-Old Roots of Mary Washington, 
(only half a crop). Doz. 65 cts. (postpaid 75 cts.); 
50 roots $1.85 (postpaid $2.25); 100 roots $3.25 (post- 
paid $3.75); 1,000 for $18; 5,000 for $85. 
Seed of Mary Washington. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; 
Mlb. 40 cts.; Ib. $1.25; 5 Ibs. at $1.20 per lb.; 10 Ibs. at 
$1.15 per lb.; 25 Ibs. at $1.10 per lb. 
BROCCOLI 
One ounce makes about 2,000 plants 
Calabrese or Italian Green Sprouting. Early Strain. 
70 days. You grow it as you do cabbage plants, starting 
indoors in February or March and transplanting out- 
doors later, or sow outdoors in May, then transplant 
30 inches apart each way. The plants produce from the 
center small green heads about 4 inches across. These 
are cut out and used before the flower-buds open, then 
from the axils of the leaves there develops thick, fleshy, 
light green sprouts, each with small buds from 1 to 2 
inches across. These are cut with 5 to 6 inches of stem 
and prepared like asparagus. It is delicious; try it. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 140z. 40 cts.; oz. 65 cts.; 141b. $1.85; lb. $6.50. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Improved Long Island. The plants grow 20 to 24 inches 
high. The ‘‘sprouts’’ or miniature cabbage-like balls are 
about 11% inches in diameter, very solid, and so closely 
set that the stem is completely covered. More delicate 
flavor than cabbage. Sow seed in April to June; trans- 
plant to 114 feet in the row, and rows 3 feet apart. When 
the “sprouts” begin to form, break off the lower leaves 
to give the “‘sprouts”’ or ‘“‘heads’’ more room to develop. 
Prepare like cabbage. One ounce of seed sows 400 feet 
of row. Pkt. 15 cts.; goz. $1; oz. $2; 14lb. $7. 
KOHLRABI 
One ounce will sow a row about 200 feet long. Ready 
in eight weeks. 
HOW TO GROW THEM. As early ia spring as possible, 
sow the seed in light rich soil in rows 11/4 feet apart. When 
plants are well established, thin to 6 inches apart in the row. 


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Mary Washington 
Asparagus 
Early White Vienna. The most popular 
sort.) Pkt L5scts.; 440z. 50) cts.5 (OZ. 
Scheil’s Brussels 90 cts.; 14lb. $3; lb. $10. 
Sprouts 
BORECOLE or KALE 
Sow from early spring until August 15; thin to stand 12 inches apart 
in the rows. Sow in July for fall use and in September for spring use. 
A packet will sow 30 feet of row; 1 ounce will sow 200 feet; 2 pounds, 
an acre. 
Schell’s Dwarf Curled Blue Scotch or Extra Curled (also known 
as ‘Jamaica’ and as ‘‘Bloomsdale Kale’’). 55 days. This Kale 
is of a dark bluish green color without yellowing, even after several 
days of shipping. it grows to a large size. Very hardy and passes 
through the severest winters without being harmed. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
oz. 25 cts.; 141b. 70 cts.; lb. $2.25; 5 lbs. at $2.15 per lb.; 10 lbs. $20. 
Dwarf Siberian. 65 days. A dwarf grower, with large, broad leaves, 
lightly curled at the edges. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 4lb. 65 cts.; 



lb. $2; 10 Ibs, $18. Schell’s Dwarf Curled Blue Scotch Kale 

WALTER S. SCHELL, Inc., Quality Seeds, HARRISBURG, PA. 
