


& ASPARAGUS ox Profiz 
REGULAR CROPS YEAR AFTER YEAR 
Asparagus is easy to grow and you can make big profits from a small space. 50 to 150 plants 
will supply this delicious food for the family. A bed lasts for 10 to 15 years, and you can 
depend on heavy regular crops from our roots. It is most important that you get strong, 
healthy true-to-name plants. We grow them by the thousands from guaranteed tested seed on 
special soil to give you the best planting stock. 
Mary Washington 
Developed and recommended by U. S. Dept. 
of Agriculture. Heavy yielding, pedigreed 
strain immune to rust; grows rapidly and 
produces uniformly tender shoots of excellent 
table quality. 
Now that canning companies have found 
how to can asparagus and retain all its delic- 
ious flavor and healthful food qualities they 
are contracting for greater supplies every 
year. At the same time there is a rapidly in- 
creasing demand from grocery stores and 
commission merchants for fresh asparagus 
during the summer season. 
$4,000.00 from 4 acres—That is what one 
local grower made from his field of asparagus, 
and shows what can be done with the present 
day asparagus market. 5,000 roots plant an 
acre. Here the cutting season begins in May, 
before any other cash crop. 
There is a steady demand with average 
prices of 7 to 10 cents per pound. You can 
make money growing asparagus now! 
Mary Washington Prices 12 S29 50 =: 100 3 200 »3s 3300 3 400 ~=— 1000 
1-yr.—First grade....$0.65 $0.95 $1.55 $2.55 $4.55 $6.45 $8.15 17.50 
2-yr.—First grade... .85 1.20 1.95 3.40 5.90 7.95 8.45 22.75 
3-yr.—Jumbo Size... 1.35 2.40 3.85 6.25 
New / Paradise 
« Asparagus 
Bears a Big Crop in Only One Year 
That tells the story of this remarkable new 
Asparagus. It comes into full production 
quickly—no need to wait 2 or 3 years to begin 
cutting. PARADISE was bred and developed 
to do just that. 
Paradise Makes Profits Quicker 
The rapidly increasing demand for both its 
plants and stalks as Paradise becomes more 
widely grown, shows that here is a popular 
asparagus variety. It is rust resistant and 
produces great, wonderful appearing stalks of 
delicious flavor. Paradise is a most excellent 
asparagus for home use and profitable mar- 
ket sale. We are glad to offer this new, early 
producing, deliciously flavored variety at these 
low prices: 
l-yr. No. 1 roots: 12 for 80c; 25 for $1.10; 
50 for $1.90; 100 for $2.95; 250 for $6.50; 
500 for $11.75; 1000 for $19.75. 
2 yr. No. 1 roots: 12 for 95c; 25 for $1.50; 
50 for $2.55; 100 for $4.35; 200 for $7.90; 
300 for $11.00; 400 for $13.45; 500 for $15.75. 
3 yr. Jumbo Size: 12 for $1.45; 25 for $2.60; 
50 for $4.25; 100 for $7.25. 
Mary Washington 


