. Delano Bros.' seed catalogue of everything for the farm and vegetable garden for 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Nebraska Fairbury Catalogs; Vegetables Nebraska Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. I^-Half pounds supplied at pound rates; lialf pecks at peck vales. Mnrkct GardiMiers, quiring larger quanlities of seed than are here oll'ered are inviled to w rit(\ to us for spcci:i chasers of PEAS. BEANS, C'ORN, ONION; SPINACH, CABBAGE and TURNIP. ARTICHOKE. Plant the seeds eurly in the sprin;,' one incli deep, and three or four inches iipart. in drills one inch apan. Hoe often and
. Delano Bros.' seed catalogue of everything for the farm and vegetable garden for 1894. Nurseries (Horticulture) Nebraska Fairbury Catalogs; Vegetables Nebraska Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. I^-Half pounds supplied at pound rates; lialf pecks at peck vales. Mnrkct GardiMiers, quiring larger quanlities of seed than are here oll'ered are inviled to w rit(\ to us for spcci:i chasers of PEAS. BEANS, C'ORN, ONION; SPINACH, CABBAGE and TURNIP. ARTICHOKE. Plant the seeds eurly in the sprin;,' one incli deep, and three or four inches iipart. in drills one inch apan. Hoe often and in the followiiij; si' t" hills four feet apart, settini,' from one to three phints in a hill. The soil should be deep, lijjht and rieli. and the situation open and free from influence of trees. Protect in winter with proper covering-. The parts used are the fleshy substance on the bottom of the scales of the immature flower heads. Larg-e Green Globe âThe largest and best. Pkt. 5c; oz, 30c }^ lb, $1; lb, ? Mammoth White FrenchâTlie wonder- ful productiveness and ease with which these artichokes can be pro- duced is always a snr-' l^riset'"'' .c who culti- vate - iirst time. They are'an excellent feed for cattle, sheejj and horses. Fed to inilcli cows, they equal bran in producing rich milk. They niake splendid jiickles and are palatable eaten raw; some peoi5lie cook them but their greatest value is as a food for hogs, for which they are more val- ual)le than any other root; one acre will suji- port forty hogs from Oc- tober first until they start to grow the follow- ing spring, except dur- ing the time t^e ground is frozen, and the hogs ch) their own harvesting. On good corn land they \\ ill produce from four hundred to a thousand bushels per acre. Freez- ing and thawing docs not injure tlnnu; three ljushels will plant an acre, lb, 30c; i lbs, $1; bv express or freight, i bii, $1; bu, $ AKTICnOKK ROOTS. Well known. Cut an c/ plant same as iiotatocs.
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