

Our SOth Year 

Eighty years of Seed Service Way back since 1867. That’s a long, long time, and we can offer 
no better recommendation for the quality of Barteldes Seeds. 
They have definitely stood the test of time. 
You, too, will be pleased with them. 
ASPARAGUS 
Packet, 5c; 0z., 20c; 1% Ib., 65c. 
Planting Instructions *Can be grown in any soil which is not too wet. The 
seed should be sown in March or April, in rows 14 inches apart, and lightly cov- 
ered with a layer of soil % to 34-inch deep. When the seed is up the plants 
should be thinned out. The permanent bed should be prepared by digging a trench 
18 inches wide and 20 inches deep. Fill this one-third full of well-rotted manure. 
Half fill the remaining space with good soil and transplant the clumps one foot 
apart. Cover to surface. The stalks should not be cut until a year after planting 
and then but lightly. Full harvest may be taken after this. 
MARTHA WASHINGTON 
*More vigorous than the Mary Washington, being bred to resist rust diseases. 
Productive, uniform type. Shoots large, of extra good quality, rich green color 
tinted with purple at tips. 
MARY WASHINGTON 
The most extensively grown variety. Also rust-resistant. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
One Year Old. We can furnish WASHINGTON roots at 40c per doz., $1.75 per 
100. 



PLANTING DATES FOR KANSAS 
Radishes, Lettuce, Spinach, Peas, Turnips—as soon as ground can be worked 
after February 20. Onion Sets, Beets, Carrots, Potatoes, Parsnips, Cabbage Plants 
—Oat-Planting time—March 1 to 31. Tomato Plants, Pepper Plants, Beans (Snap), 
Okra—Corn-Planting time—or frost-free date. Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Beans— 
after soil is warm, week to 10 days after frost-free date. 
PLANTING DATES FOR OKLAHOMA will be about a week or two earlier. 
AND FOR COLORADO about three weeks later. 

Martha Washington Asparagus 
