ASPARAGUS PLANTS 
MARY WASHINGTON VARIETY — We have some very 
large and fine asparagus plants for this spring’s sales. These 
plants were grown here on our own farm and were fertilized 
heavily with both commercial and chicken manure. 
Home-grown asparagus is one of the easiest to grow and 
yet one of the most delicious treats available to the small gar- 
dener. Cut fresh in your own garden, it is unexcelled in flavor 
and quality. Start now to have a bed of your own. 
Our plants, if heavily fertilized in your garden, will pro- 
duce some asparagus for you the next spring. The second 
spring, you can cut it for about one month and after that, if 
you continue heavy fertilization, you can cut it up to the 1st 
of July each year. A bed, once started, will last as long as 
you take care of it. 
The Mary Washington variety is generally recognized as 
the outstanding yielder of all varieties of asparagus and more 
rust resistant than other varieties. 
We are grading asparagus to size this year. Our light 
grade are 4-5 inches in length. Our heavy grade are 8-10 inches 
in length and weigh about 2% lbs. per 100 plants. 
Prices: Light Grade, 50 for $1.00; 100 for $1.50; 1,000 for 
$10.00. 
Heavy Grade, 25 for $1.00; 50 for $1.75; 100 for $3.00; 500 
for $12.50; 1,000 for $20.00. 
Asparagus Culture 
Set asparagus in rich soil a foot apart in a furrow 6 inches 
deep. Cover 3 inches and tramp. In hoeing, work soil towards 
plant so that by mid-summer the ground is level. Do not 
cover 6 inches at first or plant will be smothered. Cut sparing- 
ly the second year, after that cut all shoots 6 or 8 inches high 
until about the middle of June, then let tops grow. Fertilize 
asparague liberally with stable or hen manure any time in 
summer or fall after cutting season is over. 
THORNLESS BOYSENBERRIES 
We are offering the best of the varieties of boysenberries. 
This is an extra large blackberry-type of berry. For best re- 
sults they should be grown on wires or small trellises.. In this 
part of the country, it is best to lie the vines on the ground 
during the winter and cover with hay or straw, as with straw- 
berry plants, to avoid winter-killing. 
Because of this handling, it is wise to plant only the 
thornless type of boysenberry. 
Prices: 6 for 75c; 12 for $1.50; 25 for $3.00; 100 for $10.00. 
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