atts Ohorobred Vegetable Seeds 
FOR OVER SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS IT HAS BEEN OUR AIM AND CONSTANT ENDEAVOR TO GROW AND SELL 
THE BEST SEEDS THAT CAN BE PRODUCED, and our customers and prospective customers will find listed varieties 
of proven stocks that the most successful Home and Market Gardeners have found to be “BEST BY TEST.” 
ARTICHOKE 
One ounce will produce 300 plants; one pound will 
produce sufficient plants to set an acre. 
Culture: Sow in April, % of an inch deep, 
The standard sort. 
Green Globe. 
15c; oz., 75c; 1%4 1b., $2.00; 1b., $7.50, postpaid. 
Artichoke Roots 

cipal use 
pickles, 
; paid. 
Jerusalem Artichoke Roots 
ASPARAGUS 
One ounce will produce about 350 roots; 2 pounds 
will produce sufficient roots to set an acre. 
Culture: Sow in February or 
March 1 inch deep in rich soil in 
rows 18 inches apart. Thin the 
young’ plants to 3 inches apart, 
and cultivate frequently. When 
.a year old, dig and replant as sug- 
gested under culture for “Aspara- 
gus Roots.” 
Mary Washington 
Rust-Resistant. 
A rust-resistant strain with large 
stalks and the best variety to 
grow either for market or the 
home garden. Pkt. 10c; oz., 15c; 
14 lb., 45c; 1b., $1.50; 5 lbs., $6.25, 
postpaid. 
Asparagus Roots 
Seventy-five roots will set 
a row 100 feet long; 6000 
roots will set an acre. 
Culture: Plant in 3-ft. rows 18 
inches apart. Plow or dig a trench 
15 inches deep and 12 inches wide. 
Put in the bottom of the trench 
38 inches of well-rotted manure, 
and cover the manure with 3 
inches of rich soil. Care must be 
taken to see that the roots are 
well spread, and the crowns in up- 
right position. Cover with 3 inches 
of soil and as the plants grow, fill 
in the trench with rich compost 
until level with the _ surface. 
Asparagus should never be allowed 
to go to seed and the plants 
should have two full season’s 
growth before cutting. An occa- 
sional top dressing of salt is 
beneficial. 
Mary Washington 
Rust-Resistant. 33.50 te. too 
postpaid. Not prepaid, $15.00 per 
1,000. 

Mary Washington 
Asparagus 
and transplant, when 
large enough, to rows 8 feet apart, leaving 3 feet between the plants. 
It is a perennial, and the flower heads are produced the second season. 
The flower heads, 
mature, are tender and of a delicate flavor. Pkt., 
Jerusalem Artichokes are dis- 
tinct from the Green Globe, and 
are propagated by and for the 
tubers like potatoes. Their prin- 
is for feeding hogs, 
although they make 
may be eaten raw or 
served boiled like new potatoes. 
Plant in March or April, 3 inches 
deep in rows 38 feet apart, leav- 
ing 18 inches between the tubers. 
5 or 6 bushels per acre. Lhb., 35c; 
5 Ibs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $1.75, post- 
Not prepaid, 
bushel of 50 pounds. 
while im- 
splendid 

$3.75 per y 
Tait’s Norfolk Calabrese Broccoli 
BROCCOLI 
One ounce will produce 1500 plants; 6 ounces will 
produce sufficient plants to set an acre. 
Tait’s Thorobred Norfolk Calabrese. 6%). oi. 
Our strain 
of this Italian Broccoli is earlier and larger than most 
strains of Calabrese, and is preferred by the truckers 
along the Atlantic Seaboard, producing medium size green 
heads that are of superior quality. In the vicinity of 
Norfolk the seed is sown in July and August in drills 
30 inches wide, and thinned out to 18 inches in the row. 
Two pounds of Norfolk and Calabrese Broccoli are re- 
quired to drill an acre. After the central head has been 
cut, numerous sturdy shoots develop, each shoot ter- 
minating in a small green head. Cultivation same as for 
cabbage. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 1% 1lb., 90c; lb., $3.00; 5 lbs., 
$13.75, postpaid. 
. (90 days). This type of Broccoli dif- 
Broccoli Rapa. fers from the Calabrese in that it 
produces numerous small green florets or heads instead 
of one large central head. When grown for market the 
small heads, while green, are cut with 6 or 7 inches of 
stalk, and bunched like asparagus, or may be packed 
loose in bushel baskets. The seed of this variety is sown 
in August and September, and cut in the late fall. The 
seed should be drilled in rows 30 inches apart at the 
rate of 2 pounds per acre. Cultivation the same as for 
turnip. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; 1% l1b., 65c; lb., $1.75; 5 Ilbs., 
$7.50, postpaid. 
(95 days). This 
Salad or Turnip Leaf Broccoli. (27568 Pits carly 
stage resembles the Seven Top Turnip, and is very popu- 
lar on the eastern shore of Virginia. It differs from 
Broccoli Rapa in that it does not produce the numerous 
stalks with florets, but after the salad has been cut, sends 
out shoots that are cut when 6 or 7 inches long, and 
marketed the same way as Broccoli Rapa. Sow in rows 
30 inches apart in August or September at the rate of 2 
pounds per acre for cutting the following spring. Culti- 
vate the same as for turnip. PKt., 10c; 0z., 15c; 14 l1b., 35c; 
Ib., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.25, postpaid. 
O (75 days). This variety is often called 
St. Valentine. Winter Cauliflower. It is very hardy, 
produces large, solid white heads, and in some sections 
is grown instead of cauliflower. Culture same as for 
cauliflower. See page 7. Pkt., 15c; oz., 75c; 14 lb., $2.25; 
lb., $9.00; 5 lbs., $40.00, postpaid. (Crop failed) 

Remember, Tait’s Thorobred Seeds have pleased 
the most particular truckers and market garden- 
ers for over 75 years and will please you. 


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