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. 25 roots 
$1.50. (postpaid $1.75); 50 roots $2.50 (postpaid $2.85); 100 roots 
$4.25 (postpaid $4.60); 1,000 roots $25; 5,000 roots $110. 
Seed of Mary Washington. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; Ub. 75 cts.; 
Ib. $2.50; 5 Ibs. at $2.35 per lb.; 10 lbs. at $2.25 per lb.; 25 lbs. at 
$2.15 per Ib. 
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 apart 
each way. The plants produce 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. 15 cts.: 
#402. 35 cts.; oz. 65 cts.: lb. $1.25; lb. $4. 
De Cicco. Extremely early strain. Ready to 
4 use in 60 days. Prices same as above 
Improved Brussels Sprouts 
WE PAY 
THE 
POSTAGE 
Plan now fora big garden. Grow your food. Last fall, 
October 10, turnips were selling in the big ‘“‘low price’”’ (?) 
stores at 2 lbs. for 25 ects. Think of it! Why, you can 
grow more than 100 Ibs. of turnips from an ounce of our 
good seed for 25 cts. Haye a garden; save those big 
store bills! 
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BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Improved Long Island. The plants grow 20 to 24 inches 
high. The “sprouts” or miniature cabbage-like balls are 
about 114 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- 
Kale, Dwarf Curled Blue Scotch. Rich in vitamins, the leafy plant is delicious Plant to 1 72 feet in the row, and rows 3 feet apart. When 
for boiled greens and when cut up fine and used raw like lettuce, in sandwiches the ‘ sprouts’ begin to form, break off the lower leaves 
and salads. Every garden should contain Kale. p, give the “sprouts” or ‘heads’ more room to develop. 
Prepare like cabbage. Ready to use in about 90 days. 
Acpackeliwillsowicn teecict cece anes sine ees of seed sows 400 feet of row. Pkt. 15 cts.; 
> . 75 . SH . e F . . 
KALE (or Borecole.) will sow 200 feet; 2 pounds, anacre. Sow as re 2 pecis 3 zat Fg) sb ak 
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. 
Dwaxt 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. 30 cts.; M4lb. 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. 30 cts.; 14lb. 75 cts.; lb. $1.75; 
5 lbs. $8; 10 Ibs. $15. 
Dwart Siberian. 65 days. A dwarf grower (15 inches) with large, broad leaves 
lightly curled at the edges, deep green with bluish bloom. Pkt. 10 GUEHS eV: 
30 cts.; 4lb. 75 cts.; lb. $1.75; 5 lbs. $8; 10 lbs. $15. 
KOH L RABI One ounce will sow a row about 200 feet long. Sow early 
in spring, then in July for second crop. Make rows 114 
feet apart. When plants are well established, thin to 6 inches. The round bulb 
is the edible part, not theleaves. Use when 2 to 2 1 inches across; boil like cab- 
bage or turnips, or serve raw sliced or grated. Delicious sweet flavor, similar 
to cauliflower. Sow a row in the home garden and grow it for market. 
Early White Vienna. The skin is light green, the flesh white. Ready to use in 
55 days. Pkt. 15 cts.; 1goz. 45 cts.; oz. 80 cts.; 4lb. $1.75; lb. $4. 
Early Purple Vienna. Outside is purple flesh green-white. Prices same as 
White Vienna. 
Early White Vienna Kohlrabi 
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