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ASPARAGUS 
One of the most delicious of all vegetables, and the earliest 
to be taken from the garden. Every garden, large or small, 
should have a bed of asparagus. A bed properly planted and 
cared for should last 8 or 10 years and 50 roots should supply 
the average family. 
Plant seeds, preferably in a sandy loam, well mixed with 
stable manure. Rows should be from 3 to 6 feet apart and 
slightly below the surrounding ground. Cover seeds 1 to 2 
inches. Sow thinly. One packet of seeds will sow about 20 
feet of row and yield over 100 plants. If roots are planted. 
make trenches 18 inches deep and 38 to 6 feet apart and work 
in plenty of well-rotted manure or leaf mould or both. Set 
plants 12 to 16 inches apart in the trench and crowns 12 
inches below the surface. Each fall top dress with a heavy 
coat of manure and work it into the soil in the spring. Keep 
the earth soft and loose over the crowns of the plants. The 
young shoots may be cut freely up to the green pea season 
and then left to grow. In the fall cut all the stalks close to 
the ground before applying the manure. Our asparagus roots 
are all strong, vigorous stock which will give quick results. 
Mary Washington Asparagus Seed. This asparagus which has 
been selected by the United States Department of Agriculture 
has proven to be nearly rust free. The shoots are thick and 
heavy. They are long and straight, with closely folded tips. The 
color is rich, dark green, tinted darker at the tips. Pkt. 10ce. 
Asparagus Roots. Ready in January. Two-year-old roots. 
Ask for prices. 
ARTICHOKES 
The best way to get a good artichoke is to secure plants 
from old stalks of some good strain, as seeds cannot be de- 
pended upon to produce any certain variety. One-half dozen 
is enough for a family garden. 
Transplant 5 feet apart in rows 7 feet apart. When the 
young plants are attacked by aphis spray with “Black Leaf 
40’. About the time the buds are well advanced the under 
leaves become a harbor for flies and aphis and ants. When 
this occurs break off all the under leaves, clear the ground 
of all rubbish and spray with ‘“‘Black Leaf 40”’ and use ant 
poison. You will then have a long season of large, clean buds 
Improved Large Green Globe. Produces large, globular heads, 
thick, succulent scales, the bottom of which is the edible part. 
Boiled till tender, it makes a delicious dish. Pkt. 10c. 
Artichoke Roots. Artichoke roots when one year old will pro- 
duce an abundance of large delicious artichokes soon after 
transplanting. They are ready in January and can be planted 
as late as May. Save a year by planting vigorous roots a year 
or more old. Ask for prices. 
BEANS 
Dwarf beans, 1 lb. to 100 ft., 50 to 60 Ibs. per acre. 
1 Ib. to 100 ft., 30 to 35 Ibs. per acre. 
Lima beans, 1 lb.to 100 ft., 30 to 50 Ibs. per acre. 
QUALITY DISTINGUISHES OUR 
BEANS, DWARF OR BUSH 
One pound will sow 100 feet of drill; 40 pounds are required 
for an acre. They will thrive in any good soil. Plant the 
seeds 2 inches deep and 3 inches apart, in rows 2 feet apart. 
Keep well cultivated, as no crop better repays extra labor in 
this direction. Write for special prices on larger quantities. 
Dwarf or Bush, Green Podded Varieties 
Baccicia. 55 days. A heavy producer with pods up to 6 inches 
in length, stringless. An excellent canner. Fkt. 10c. 
Bountiful. 48 days. Very desirable home and market garden 
sort; particularly valuable for early shipping. Plant large, 
thrifty, prolific. Pods clear light green; 61% to 7 in. long, over 
% in. wide, flat, % in. thick; fleshy, very slightly fibrous, 
strictly stringless, brittle and tender. Seeds 65 per oz.; solid 
straw yellow. Fkt. 10e. 
Black Valentine. 53 days. Splendidly adapted for shipping. 
but too tough and fibrous to be recommended generally for 
home gardens. In California this bean is usually called 
“French string’ and is grown by the market gardeners for 
the earliest bean and used when the pod is about the size of a 
thick shoestring. Plant medium large, thrifty, hardy, prolific. 
Pods dark green, very uniform, symmetrical and attractive; 
nearly % in. wide and almost round; tough, stringy and 
fibrous; retain handsome color and firm texture long after 
picking. ‘Seeds 105 per oz.; solid black. Pkt. 10e. 
Broad Windsor Long Pod. (Also known as Fava Bean and as 
Horse Bean; not a kidney bean.) Late. Valuable for green 
shell use. Plant very large and erect, strictly bush. Pods 
glossy green: 5 in. long; 1% in. broad, stout; 3 seeded; smooth. 
Green shell beans large, broad, flat, light green. Dry seeds 
very large; circular, flat; pale reddish-brown with black eye 
Pkt. 10c. 


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