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[partial image] SEED TESTING AND TRIALS

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A CHOICE LIST OF THE BEST NOVELTIES ARE DESCRIBED ON THE COLORED PAGES IN THE CENTER OF THIS BOOK.

[image] LARGE GREEN GLOBE ARTICHOKE.

ASPARAGUS.
One ounce will sow forty feet of drill.
Asparagus is so easily grown and such a large quantity is produced on a small amount of ground that every garden should contain a bed. A bed ten feet square, requiring 50 plants, will give an abundant supply for any ordinary family. Soak the seed 24 hours in tepid water; sow early in spring, in rows a foot apart; keep clean by frequent weeding and hoeing. Ask for circular giving instructions for making an asparagus bed.
COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE.--A new and entirely distinct variety, that produces shoots which are white and stay white as long as fit for use. It is more robust and vigorous in habit and throws up larger shoots and fully as many of them as Conover's Colossal, and requires no earthing up in order to furnish the white shoots so much sought after. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c, lb. 75c.
PALMETTO.--Stalks frequently measure two inches in diameter, and, even when twelve inches long, are perfectly tender when cooked. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 20c, lb. 50c.
CONOVER'S COLOSSAL.--The standard variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 15c, lb. 40c.
ASPARAGUS ROOTS.--We can furnish strong roots of the Conover Colossal at 25c per dozen; $1.00 per 100. Columbian Mammoth White 30c per doz., $1.25 per 100 postpaid. Ask for price in quantity.

[image] BRUSSELS SPROUTS.

ARTICHOKE.
This vegetable is a great delicacy, highly valued in all parts of Europe, and also one of the most prominent table vegetables in California and other parts of this country. It is a perennial producing the large flower heads, which are the part eaten, the second season and every year thereafter. Sow seed early in hotbeds or boxes in the house, and when weather becomes settled transplant in rows four feet apart and two feet apart in the rows. When started early it sometimes blooms the first year.
LARGE GREEN GLOBE--The best variety for general use; buds large; scales green, very thick and fleshy. Pkt. 10c, oz. 35c, ¼ lb. $1.00.
ARTICHOKE ROOTS.--These are an entirely different plant from the above and used mainly for stock food. See description in Farm Seed Department. Per lb. 25c, 3 lbs. 60c postpaid. By freight pk. 40c, bu. $1.25.

BROCCOLI.
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.
Growth and habit like the Cauliflower, except that it is more hardy, and the heads are not as compact. It is not desirable for warm or dry countries, but is of special value in the North. Cultivate the same as Cauliflower.
EARLY PURPLE CAPE.--A popular sort; heads well and is very hardy. Pkt. 5c, oz. 35c.
EARLY LARGE WHITE.--Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c.

[image] COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH ASPARAGUS.

$1.00 COLLECTION
35 VARIETIES BEST GARDEN VEGETABLES.
ALL GOOD DESIRABLE SORTS--SURE TO PLEASE YOU.
Consists of one full-sized packet each of Improved Golden Wax Beans, Old Homestead Pole Beans, Market Gardener's Beet, Henderson's Snowball Cauliflower, Washington Wakefield Cabbage, Short Stem Drumhead Cabbage, Oxheart Carrot, Golden Self-Blanching Celery, Early Sunrise Corn, Country Gentleman Corn, Perfect White Spine Cucumber, Improved Ground Cherry, American Mammoth Brussels Sprouts, Page's Striped Rice Pop Corn, Continuity Lettuce, Improved Hanson Lettuce, Rocky Ford Musk Melon, Duke Jones Watermelon, Large Red Wethersfield Onion, Mammoth Prizetaker Onion, Nott's Excelsior Peas, Early Scarlet Globe Radish, White Icicle Radish, Improved Table Guernsey Parsnip, Ruby King Pepper, Early Crookneck Squash, Long Standing Spinach, Mammoth Sandwich Island Salsify, Market Gardener's Parsley, Bond's Early Minnesota Tomato, Matchless Tomato, White Egg Turnip, Purple Top Strap Leaf Turnip, Monarch Ruta Baga, and Vine Peach.
Total 35 full-sized packets sent postpaid for $1.00; at regular catalogue price they amount to about $2.00.
NOTICE.--These collections are all put up ready for mailing before our busy season begins and therefore cannot be changed or divided.
IT IS A BARGAIN! CAN ONE DOLLAR BE BETTER INVESTED?

BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.
Of the cabbage family, producing numerous heads on the stem of most delicious quality, as well as cabbage-like head at the top. Use and cultivate same as winter cabbage.
AMERICAN MAMMOTH.--A new and greatly superior variety of American growth which forms heads ready for picking about three weeks earlier than other varieties. It has the additional merit of making stronger plants and more heads. A profitable crop for market gardeners. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, ¼ lb. $1.00.
ENGLISH.--Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, ¼ lb. 45c.

BORECOLE or KALE.
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.
A hardier vegetable than cabbage; excellent for greens during winter and spring; splendid winter food for poultry. Cultivate like cabbage.
EXTRA CURLED MOSBACH.--Fine crimped leaves, light green, admirable for garnishing. Best cooking. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, ¼ lb. 40c, lb. $1.25.
DWARF GERMAN GREEN or SIBERIAN.--Popular. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c, lb. 75c.
THOUSAND HEADED.--Grown mainly for forage. See description elsewhere. Pkt. 5c, ¼ lb. 15c, lb. 50c.

[image] EXTRA CURLED MOSBACH KALE.

SET OUT A BED OF ASPARAGUS THIS YEAR AND HAVE IT FRESH DAILY.