ARTICHOKE 
GREEN GLOBE -— Tender perennial producing edible 
flower buds the second year. 
ASPARAGUS 
loz. to 60 ft.; 1 Ib. per acre; 3,000 plants per acre 
Sow in drills about 18 in. apart and two in. deep in 
light, rich soil. Thin fo about one inch apart and give 
frequent and thorough cultivation during the summer. 
Next season transplant roots to 4 in. deep and 18 in. 
apart in rows four feet apart. The following season the 
bed may be cut over two or three times. After the final 
cutting, give a good dressing of manure, or fertilizer. 
Home gardeners are advised to snap off the shoots 
rather than cut them. A top dressing of nitrate of soda 
about March ist promotes growth and increases yield. 
MARY WASHINGTON—Resistant to disease, large, 
early and produces remarkably tender dark green stalks. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
From one to two years may be saved by planting roots. 
MARY WASHINGTON—Choice, 2-year-old roots. 
25 for 85c; $2.75 per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 
Broccoli Calabrese Heading 
Broccoli 
1 oz. to 2,000 plants 
. (60 days) An extra early strain capable 
De Cicco of producing large heads followed by 
quantities of side shoots excellent for bunching or freez- 
ing. Highly recommended as the earliest maturing 
Broccoli obtainable. 
- (80 days) Popular market 
Calabrese Heading gardenerg variety making 
a good large central head and a fairly good crop of side 
shoots. Can be grown in the east as perfectly as any 
shipped into this section. There is now greater public 
demand for this delicious vegetable making it more than 
ever a profitable local crop. 
40 Da ' Extra early foliage type used for spring crop 
Y “greens.” Extensively grown in New Jersey 
for New York markets. 
7 - (Turnip Salad Broc- 
Italian Green Sprouting ye et 
South as Salad Broccoli, grows more “greens” than seven 
top turnip and is fairly hardy in Maryland, making a 
profitable cover crop. Sow in August broadcasting two 
to three pounds per acre and the sprouts will be ready 
for market during February or early March. 
Brussels Sprouts 
1 oz. will sow 500 ft. of drills or 3,000 plants 
Sow in April for early crop or in early June for a late 
fall crop. Transplant to rows which are 3 to 4 feet apart, 
18 to 24 inches apart in the rows. Will stand consider- 
able frost without protection. 
(90 days) Found to be the best variety 
Early Morn both in quality and productiveness. 
The sprouts develop very evenly over the entire stem, the 
lower sprouts being as tightly folded and as solid as 
those higher up. 
PRICES 
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ARTICHOKE Pkt. Oz. % Lb. 
Green Globe ............$ .10 $ .85 
ASPARAGUS 
Mary Washington ....... .10 15 
BROCCOLI 
Calabrese Heading 
Oe ayeks .30 85 
De Cicco (ex. early 
Calabrese) ............ 50 
Green Sprouting (Turnip 
Balad ) Pa focrsss wate ous 15 40 
AOR D AY meretorerster cilelonetersrehcis is .20 -60 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
DAALLY GC ILOTTL ote cteieic cleneic ove 255 
1.50 
Superior Seeds ® 
J. MANNS & CO., BALTIMORE 2, MD. 3 
