and pleasurable occupation. There is no food 
in all the world that can compare with the 
fresh vegetables from your own garden. Our prices 
are the lowest, consistent with the production of 
\V (Sia see GARDENING 
quality seeds. 
Soil is really the controlling factor in your whole 
garden operation. If the soil does not contain approxi- 
mately the right proportions, the labor will be lost, 
no matter how well seeds are planted. Soil test kits 
Vegetable Seeds 
is a_ profitable 
will not give you all the answers about soil, but they 
will tell you more about it ten minutes than you 
can guess in a lifetime 
Vegetables have a natural preference for soils 
of varying degrees of acidity and alkalinity. We 
have tried to help our customers with this problem 
by indicating after the cultural directions for each 
vegetable the kind of soil suitable for best results. 
Soil A indicates alkaline; B slightly alkaline; C 
neutral and D slightly acid. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS ARE SALES TAX EXEMPT 
ARTICHOKE SEEDS, 
Globe. Pkt. 15c; 
Yéoz. 75c. 
Asparagus Seeds 
and Roots 
Roots ready after 
March 1 
Sow one ounce of 
seed to 40 feet of drill; 
5 pounds per acre. 
7300 Asparagus plants 
are needed to plant an 
acre. 
CutturE. Sow seed 
as early in spring as soil 
; ; can be worked, 2 oe 
1 foot apart, and when 
Asparagus well started, thin out 
to 3 inches apart. When 1 to 2 years old, 
transplant into permanent beds, which should 
be well and deeply manured and trenched to 
a depth of 11% feet. Set plants in rows 3 feet 
apart, not less than 114 feet apart in the row. 
See that roots are well spread and set at a 
depth of 6 tnches below level of bed. Cover 
only 2 or 3 inches, and fill in gradually as the 
plants grow. Very little, if any, should be cut 
the first year after transplanting, but a farr 
crop can be cut the second year. Every fall 
after the tops have been cut down, apply a 
dressing of coarse manure, and in the spring, 
fork it in. An occasional top-dressing of salt 
at the rate of one-half pound per square yard 
is also beneficial. Soil A. Vitamins A, B, C, 
G. 
Mary Washington. This Asparagus, se- 
lected by the U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture, has proved to be nearly rust-free. 
The shoots are thick, heavy, long, straight, 
rich dark green, with closely folded tips 
tinted darker. An early, heavy yielder. 
Shoots of exceptionally fine flavor. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. Two-year-Old. 
See page 25. 
Sudbury Soil Test Kits 
Acid-Alkaline Kit. $1.49. 
Home Gardener, Model D. Makes 20 
tests. $2.98. 
New Club Model, Model C. $5.89. 
The Horticultural Kit, Model B. 
$14.95. 
DeLuxe Model, Model A. $29.95. 
Testing Fluid for refill. Specify element 
—Lime, Nitrogen, Phosphorus or Pot- 
ash. 2 ozs. $1.35; 6 ozs. $2.50. 
Accessories for Asparagus Culture 
Asparagus Buncher. Even where one has a 
limited amount of Asparagus to market it 
pays to use a buncher. The Asparagus is 
quickly tied and looks uniform. With 
knife-guard, $6.00. Parcel Post weight, 
8 pounds. 
Asparagus No. 2500. V-shaped 
blade. 75c. 
Asparagus Salt. Apply in the spring, 600 to 
800 pounds per acre. For destroying weeds. 
Knife, 
10 Ibs. 35c; 50 Ibs. $1.35; 100 Ibs. $2.25. 
Raffia. The ideal material for tving Aspar- 
agus. Hanks (about 1 Ib.) 75c; 5 Ibs. at 
65c per Ib. 
Jute Twine. Very 
soft and_ pliable; 
two or three ply. 
Ball 50c. Special 
price in quantities 
on application. 
Red Tape, No. 13 
For tying Aspar- 
agus. 1000 yds. 
$3.25. 
Prices subject 
to change 
Brussels Sprouts 
A species of the 
Cabbage family 
which produces min- 
iature heads from 
the sides of the stalk. 
Heads are a great 
delicacy, cooked in 
the same way as 
cauliflower. Sowseed, 
about the middle 
of May, mm a seed 
bed, and afterwards 
set the plants in rows 
2 feet or more apart. 
Cultivate Itke cab- 
bage. Soil A. Vita- 
mins A, B, C. 
Improved Dwarf. 
(100 days.) Grows 
18 to 30 inches 
high, producing 
compact sprouts 1 
to 2 meches in 
diameter. Gray- 
ish green in color. 
Hardy; early. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS PLANTS. 
See page 25. 
Brussels Sprouts 
Broccoli 
Sow one ounce of seed to 200 feet of row 
CuLture. Sow seed in open ground April 1. 
Set plants out May 15 to June, like late 
cabbage. Resembles cauliflower but requires 
a longer season to develop. Soil A. Vitamins 
ARB AGG. 
De Cicco. (60 days.) An extremely early 
strain, producing large heads. Excellent 
for bunching or freezing. Plants medium 
tall, light green and very productive. 
Early Green Sprouting (Calabrese). (70 
days.) Second-early type, forming large, 
compact central heads and very few lat- 
erals. Plants medium tall, attractive dark 
bluish green color. 
CALABRESE PLANTS. See page 25. 
Rapa or Italian Salad. (100 days.) Sow 
about middle of August, in rows 32 inches 
apart, well fertilized, using 2 pounds of 
to the acre covering the seed 4% inch. Cul- 
tivate twice before freezing weather. As 
soon as it gets a little warm in February, 
put on a top-dressing of nitrate of soda 
or some quick-acting fertilizer, and culti- 
vate. About the middleof March it will 
commence to stalk up, with several shoots 
per stalk, with green blossoms. When stalks 
are about 8 inches high, cutting may com- 
mence, Served like asparagus or greens, it 
makes a delicious and wholesome dish. 
Calabrese Broccoli 
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1% POUNDS OF SEEDS. FOR LARGER QUANTITIES, 
CONSULT CHART ON PAGE 1 
ALL PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE 
WITHOUT NOTICE 
Pkt. Oz. Alb. Lb. 
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BROCCOLI 
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