R& JFarquhar and Co'scatalogue, 1897 : reliable tested seeds plants, bulbs fertilizers tools, etc. . NOVELTIES will be Found on Colored Insert. Aware of the importance to the Gardener and/rf>:.^ Farmer of having Seeds that can be relied upon for purity and quality, it is our aim to supply the very ARTICHOKE. {Artischokc:) The Globe Artichoke is cultivated for its flower-heads, which are cooked like Asparagus. Plants set \\\ any good garden soil aboutthree feet apart with slight covering in winter, will remain in bearing a long time. Large Green Globe. The best variety; heads large, a
R& JFarquhar and Co'scatalogue, 1897 : reliable tested seeds plants, bulbs fertilizers tools, etc. . NOVELTIES will be Found on Colored Insert. Aware of the importance to the Gardener and/rf>:.^ Farmer of having Seeds that can be relied upon for purity and quality, it is our aim to supply the very ARTICHOKE. {Artischokc:) The Globe Artichoke is cultivated for its flower-heads, which are cooked like Asparagus. Plants set \\\ any good garden soil aboutthree feet apart with slight covering in winter, will remain in bearing a long time. Large Green Globe. The best variety; heads large, and scales tender and excellent 05 .30 $ Jerusalem Artichoke. (Hdianthus tnhcrosus). Cultivated for its tubers. Qt., .20 ; peck, ^ ASPARAGUS. {Spargei:) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^» This is one of our most delicious vegetables, and when proper care is /M^MtSKSSSIlBMBi^SI^U^^^^^^m^// ^-^^^ ^ making the beds and setting the plants, they will continue pro-ductive for many years. Culture.—The permanent bed should be trenched or ploughed very deeply, and well manured with rich, thoroughly decayed manure. Wide drills should then be made three feet apart, and deep enough to admit of ^^^^^^l^^^^^^l^ ^ *^^ *°Pi °^ ^^^ plants being covered six inches. Plants, either one or two ^.~f^~?^^^^^^l^m. years old, may
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