ONIONS 
1/3 oz. to 100-ft. row. 4 to 5 lbs. to acre. 
THE SOIL. Soft, dark, sandy loam, not too fine. This is 
much better if it has been cultivated with hoed crops, 
kept clean from weeds and well manured for two years 
previous, because if a sufficient quantity of manure to 
raise an ordinary soil to a proper degree of fertility is 
applied at once, it is likely to make the onions soft. 
SOWING THE SEED. This should be done as soon as 
the ground can be made ready and can be done best by a 
hand seed drill. This should be carefully adjusted to sow 
the desired quantity of seed about one-half inch deep. 
The quantity depends on the soil and kind of onions de- 
sired. Four to five pounds is the quantity used for an acre 
to grow large onions. 
Pkt. Oz 
Crystal Whites Waren. ).. eae dhe oek % .15 3 .65 
pouthport Red Glober.. a. .¢. saga ees akoths Lo 65 
Southport White-Globes. .) wcaat.-27acs<- 15 65 
Yellow Globe.Danvers bei, fe nan ee 15 -65 
Sweet Spanish Yellow.................. 15 65 
White Sweet Spanish................... LS 65 
WV ellowsDermiicia =. tnt. cit war ree tee Seng. ollie) 65 
PARSLEY 
Y% oz. to 100-ft. row. 3 lbs. to acre. 
CULTURE. The seed is very slow to germinate and 
should be sown very early in the spring, previously 
soaking the seed for a few hours in warm water. Sow 
in drills 1 foot apart, and when the plants are well up 
thin to 1 foot in the row. When the plants are about 3 
inches high cut off all the leaves; the plant will be 
brighter and better curled; every cutting will result in 
improvement. One ounce to 150 feet of drill. 
Pkt. Oz. Yq Lb. 
Champion Moss Curled........ $ .10 $ .20 $ .60 
PARSNIPS 
Y% oz. to 100-ft. row. 3 lbs. to acre. 
CULTURE. Plant as early in the spring as the weather 
will permit till the middle of June. Plant 4% inch deep in 
a rich, deeply worked, sandy loam, in rows 18 inches 
apart, cover lightly, and when 2 inches high thin out to 
4 to 5 inches apart. Parsnips germinate slowly, especially 
in dry weather; plant a few radish seeds with them to 
mark the row for early cultivation. Parsnips are improved 
by frost, so they can be dug as wanted, or stored for win- 
ter use. 
Pkt. Oz. V4 Lb. 
Improved Hollow Crown...... $ .10 $ .30 $ .90 
PEPPERS 
Y% oz. to 100-ft. row. 1 oz. to 1500 plants. 2 lbs. to acre. 
CULTURE. Peppers should be started in a hotbed or 
cold frame and transplanted about the end of May into a 
sunny comer of the garden, in rows about 2 feet apart, 
with the plants about the same distance between them 
in the rows. In warmer sections they can also be sown 
in open ground in a prepared seedbed when all danger 
from frost has passed, the weather has become settled 
and the soil warm. When the little plants are about 3 
inches in height, transplant as above into the rows where 
they are to remain. Some very rich fertilizer stirred into 
the soil when the plants are about 6 inches high, will be 
found very beneficial to the crop. The peppers intended 
for mangoes should not be grown near the hot varieties, 
or they will partake of their fiery nature. 
Pkt. Oz 
LonggRedsCayenne envi: cities aance . $ .15 S$ .80 
SmallehedeChil 6 kqerre demir ne dtcanvensss 15 95 
PimentOmer ail crip yA sees Gia ne 15 95 
Califomllamaw Ond Crameyaaiarke tee ace actenr-ae8s 15 95 
Hungarianwy ellowasWiaxien serie rele): 15 95 
SmallgheduCayenncmarrat a sie ree a... 15 .95 
SL = LC T11Cy eR wep act visu ar skeyau sinbasipsMadnesnodn. stisiods 15 95 
TOBACCO 
1 oz. to 5,000 plarits. 
CULTURE. Sow seed for plants early in spring in 
frames or seed bed, using soil well enriched with wood 
ashes, etc. Transplant to open ground when weather 
has become warm and settled, in rows 4 feet apart, and 
give cultivation as for corn. 
WHITE BURLEY—This variety is especially valuable to 
manufacturers, either for cut or plug tobacco. It is 
sometimes used for wrappers. Pkt., 15c; oz., 90c. 
GARDEN PEAS 
1 Ib. to 100-ft. row. 60 lbs. to acre. 
CULTURE. For early peas the soil should be light and 
warm, but for general crop a moderately heavy soil is 
better. Fresh manure and very rich or mucky soil should 
be avoided as they cause a rank growth of vine at the 
cost of the quality of the peas. Sow as early as possible 
a few of some early variety on warm, quick soil, prepared 
the fall before, planting in double rows 6 to 8 inches apart 
and 242 to 4 feet between the double rows. Larger pods 
and more of them will be produced if the seed be planted 
in trenches 3 to 6 inches deep and covered with only 
1 or 2 inches of soil; when the plants are 5 to 6 inches 
high fill the trench level with the surface. If the peas be 
covered to the full depth at first, or if water be allowed to 
stand in the trenches, they will not germinate or grow 
well. All varieties growing more than 12 feet do better 
if staked up or brushed when 4 to 6 inches high. The 
support is usually given by sharpened branches of trees 
set between the double rows. 
PEAS (Early Sorts) 
5 Lbs., 
Pkt. Lb. per lb. 
PRE EY Cee es ae ee ee $ .10 $ .45 $ .40 
iNrraterarsein Werle. 5 5 so 8 oc 10 50 45 
INOtiSBE:x Cel SIO Teena een ne ae 10 .50 45 
HN OMASs cKO lenient nena .10 45 40 
ittletG emer pre Meee ie aes 10 45 40 
iittles Marve lier e as ear 10 .50 AS 
EV.eI“D Calin G marr terrae Manan mira: .10 45 .40 
Laxtonian@ ce. eee ch oe ae 10 .50 45 
Early Bird rape ei eo 10 45 40 
DwartGrey soul clan eee 10 50 45 
Black-Eyed Gr aver cect te ee: -10 .40 39 
PEAS—Tall or Vining 
Telephone tall mermammnneicnrisi $ .10 $ .50 $ .45 
PUMPKINS 
34 oz. to 100 hills. 3 to 4 lbs. to acre. 
CULTURE. Pumpkins are not so particular in regard to 
soil as melons or cucumbers, but are cultivated the same, 
though on a larger scale. They are raised between hills 
of corn or in fields by themselves. After danger of frost 
is over plant the seed in hills 8 to 10 feet apart each way, 
dropping about a dozen seeds in each hill. Have the soil 
as rich as possible. 
Pkt. Oz. V4 Lb. 
King of the Mammoth........... $ .10 $ .20 $ .60 
Sinallesuga nee n cn eer 10 20 .60 
Connecticulslic]d aerate 10 .20 .60 
Large Cheese or 
Kentucky Eiclcameramnerietiraei .10 .20 .60 
Cuasenie (Sree) ooo poo moons woe 10 .20 60 
GARDEN MARKERS, PLANT 
STAKES at Harnden’s 
