EGETABLE SEEDS 
For over Eighty Years it has been our aim and constant endeavor to grow and sell the best seeds that 
can be produced, and our customers and prospective customers will find listed varieties of proven 
stocks that the most successful Home and Market Gardeners have found to be “‘BEST BY TEST.” 
ARTICHOKE 
Jerusalem Artichokes are propogated by and for tubers like 
potatoes. They are principally grown for feeding hogs, sheep and 
cattle. They are also nice to grow in the garden, as they make 
splendid pickles, may be boiled like new Potatoes, or eaten raw. 
Plant in March or April, 3 ins. deep, in rows 3 ft. apart, leaving 
15 ins. between the 
cut pieces, which 
should have at least 2 
eyes. | Ib. would pro- 
duce sufficient tubers 
for an average family. 
5 to 6 bus. per acre. 
Tubers. 1 Ib. 40c; 
5 Ibs., $1.75; 10 Ibs., 
$3.00, postpaid. Write 
for prices in larger 
quantities. 
Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers 
ASPARAGUS 
One ounce will produce about 350 roots; 2 pounds 
will produce sufficient roots to set an acre. 
Culture: Sow in February or March 1 inch deep in rich soil in 
rows 18 inches apart. Thin the young plants to 3 inches apart, 
and cultivate frequently. When a year old, dig and replant as 
suggested under culture for ‘’Asparagus Roots.” 
MARY WASHINGTON RUST- 
RESISTANT. A ‘ust-resistant 
strain with large 
stalks and the best variety to grow 
either for market or the home garden. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25¢; 1% Ib., 60c; Ib., 
$1.50, postpaid. 
Asparagus Roots 
Seventy-five roots will set 
a row 100 feet long; 7000 
roots will set an acre. 
Culture: Plant in 3-ft. rows 18 
inches apart. Plow or dig a trench 
15 inches deep and 12 inches wide. 
Put in the bottom of the trench 3 
inches of well-rotted manure, and 
cover the manure with 3 inches of 
rich soil. Care must be taken to see 
that the roots are well spread and the 
crowns in upright position. Cover with 
3 inches of soil and as the plants 
grow, fill in the trench with rich com- 
post until level with the surface. 
Asparagus should never be allowed to 
go to seed and the plants should have 
two full season’s growth before cut- 
ting. An occasional top dressing of 
salt is beneficial. 
MARY WASHINGTON RUST- 
RESISTANT. 25 "ots, $1.25; $3.25 
per 100, postpaid. 
Mary Washington 
Asparagus 
oo ee eee ee a a a a ae 
Norfolk 10, Virginia 
Write for special market gardener’s prices 
BROCCOLI 
1 oz. will produce 2,000 plants; 4 ozs. will produce 
sufficient plants to set an acre. 
A delicious, easily grown and popular vegetable. The large, 
green central heads develop rather rapidly, and after the head is 
cut, the plant produces several shoots with small heads. It is 
usually cut and bunched as per illustration. It can be sown in 
hotbed in February, or in the open in April, but our truckers sow 
the seed in July and August, using 3 Ibs. of seed to the acre, and 
drilling it 1% inch deep in rows 3 ft. apart, and thinning the 
plants to 2 ft. apart in the row. 
DeCICCO. (75 days.) A splendid early strain of this delicious 
vegetable. It produces a large central head, with 
numerous shoots or sprouts, and is adapted to freezing. Cultiva- 
tion same as for cabbage. 
$3.25, postpaid. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; 1% Ib., $1.30; Ib., 
EARLY GREEN 
SPROUTING 
CALABRESE. 
(85 days.) Our special 
strain of this variety is 
very sure heading, pro- 
ducing a central head 
with a liberal supply of 
shoots or sprouts. It 
is ten days later in 
heading than DeCicco, 
and is excellent for 
freezing. Cultivation 
same as for cabbage. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 50¢; V4 
Ib., $1.10; Ib., $2.75, 
postpaid. 
(75 days.) An outstanding variety with blu- 
WALTHAM 29. ish green foliage. The head is very compact, 
and free of leaflets, with almost no tendency for uneven develop- 
ment, and is of good color. Very productive and apparently is 
more cold resistant than other varieties. Pkt., 15¢; V2 o0z., 50¢; 
oz., 95¢; V4 Ib., $2.40; Ib., $6.00, postpaid. 
Early Green Sprouting Calabrese Broccoll 
BROCCOLI RAAB OR RAPA (Italian Turnip). 
A popular vegetable on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, which is 
grown for early “greens’’ and its tender shoots. The seed is 
usually sown in September, and the plants grow 15 to 18 ins. in 
height, with sfrap leaves of a medium green color. If there is 
any market for early “greens” it is cut for “greens” but if there 
is no market it is allowed to shoot up and the tender stalks with 
the small florets or heads, when 8 or 9 ins. long, are cut and 
bunched as Asparagus, or packed in baskets for market. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 25¢; Vq Ib., 60c; Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
Remember, Tait's Thorobred Seeds have 
pleased the most particular truckers, market 
and home gardeners for over 80 years. 
They have been found to be ‘Best by Test.”’ 
[3] 
in larger quantities. 
