ASPARAGUS 
HOW TO GROW ASPARAGUS.—One ounce of seed will produce 
about 500 plants. I will furnish a special Leaflet with full directions 
for preparing the bed, how to set the roots, etc., free to all my cus- 
tomers who ask for it. Plant in early spring. 
For your home-garden, 50 roots will plant a space 25 feet long and 
6 feet wide; 100 roots, 50 feet by 6 feet; 8,000 roots per acre, 114 feet 
apart, in rows, 3 feet between the rows. 
Mary Washington Rust-Resistant 
Now more popular and more widely grown than any other. It pro- 
duces large, beautiful, straight, dark green, tender shoots of the most 
delicious flavor. 
Large Two- Year-Old Roots of Mary Washington. Doz. roots 
65 cts. (postpaid 75 cts.); 50 roots $2.25 (postpaid $2.65); 100 roots 
$3.75 (postpaid $4.15); 1,000 roots $25; 5,000 roots $110. 
Seed of Mary Washington. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; 4lb. 75 cts.; 
Ib. $2.50; 5 lbs. at $2.35 per lb.; 10 Ibs. at $2.25 lb.; 25 lbs. at 
$2.15 per lb. : eg ; ie 
Broccoli 
SUR RACRA SE 
Mary Washington 
Asparagus 
BROCCOLI 
One ounce makes about 
2,000 plants. 
Calabrese or Italian Green 
Sprouting. Early Strain. 
70 days. You grow it as you 
do cabbage plants, starting 
indoors in February or March 
and transplanting outdoors 
later, or sow outdoors in May, 
then transplant 30 inches a- 
part each way. The plants pro- 
duce from the center small 
green heads about 4 inches across. 
These are cut out and used before the 
flower-buds open, then from the axils 
of the leaves there develops thick, 
fleshy, light green sprouts, each with 
small buds from 1 to 2 inches across. 
These are cut with 5 to 6 inches of stem 
and prepared like asparagus. It is delicious; 
try it. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 35 cts.; oz. 55 cts.; 
lb. $1.25; lb. $3.50. 
De Cicco. Extremely early strain. Ready to 
use in 60 days. Prices same as above. 
Wonderful Seeds! Mrs. BELLE M. Warp, New York 
State, writes: ‘‘Trust Iam not too late to get your Black 
Knight Beet and Lutz’s Green Leaf. Your seeds are 
wonderful and I will be sending for more right along.” 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Improved Long Island. The plants grow 20 to 24 inches 
high. The ‘‘sprouts’’ or miniature cabbage-like balls are 
about 1% inches in diameter, very solid, and so closely 
set that the stem is completely covered. More delicate 
flavor than cabbage. Sow seed in April to June; trans- 
plant to 1 14 feet in the row, and rows 3 feet apart. When 
the ‘‘sprouts”’ begin to form, break off the lower leaves 
to give the “sprouts” or ‘‘heads’”’ more room to develop. 
Prepare like cabbage. Ready to use in about 90 days. 
One ounce of seed sows 400 feet of row. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
Schell’s Kale, Dwarf Curled Blue Scotch Yoz. 40 cts.; oz. 75 cts.; }4lb. $1.75; lb. $6.75. 
A packet will sow 30 feet of row; 1 
BORECOLE or KALE. pance will sow 200 feet; 2 pounds, an 
acre. Sow from early spring until August 15; thin to stand 12 inches apart in the 
rows. Sow in July for fall use and in September for spring use. 
Schell’s Dwarf Curled Blue Scotch or Extra Curled (also known as ‘‘Jamaica”’ 
and as ‘““Bloomsdale Kale’). 55 days. This Kale is of a dark bluish green color 
without yellowing, even after several days of shipping. It grows to a large size. 
Very hardy and passes through the severest winters without being harmed. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 1b. 75 cts.; lb. $1.75; 5 lbs. $8; 10 lbs. $15. 
Dwarf Green Curled. Hardy. Grows 15 inches high and 30 inches spread. Deep 
yellowish green, finely curled. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 4b. 75 cts.; lb. $1.75; 
5 lbs. $8; 10 lbs. $15. \ ; 
Dwar? Siberian. 65 days. A dwarf grower (15 inches) with large, broad leaves 
lightly curled at the edges, deep green with bluish bloom. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 
25 cts.; lb. 75 cts.; lb. $1.75; 5 Ibs. $8; 10 lbs. $15. 
KOHLRABI 
HOW TO GROW THEM. One ounce will sow a row about 200 feet long. 
Ready in eight weeks. As early in spring as possible, sow the seed in light rich 
soil in rows 11% feet apart. When plants are well established, thin to 6 inches 
apart in the row. 
Early White Vienna. The most popular sort. Ready to use in 55 days. Pkt. . : 
1Octa:: 3 pkts, 25 cts.; oz. 35 cts.; Ylb. 85 cts.; lb. $2.50. Early White Vienna Koblrabi 
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