. Manual of everything for the garden : 1894. *« ASPARAGUS ROOTS. > If to be sent by mail add 40 cts. per100 to the prices. A saving of one to two years is effectedby planting roots. Those offered beloware strong two-year-old roots. For pri-vate use or for marketing on a smallscale, beds should be formed five feetwide with three rows planted in each,one in the middle and one on each sidea foot from the edge; distance betweenthe plants in the rows, nine inches. THE PALMETTO. Splendid roots. (See cut.) $ per 100, $ per 1,000. (50 roots at 100 rate; 500 at 1,000 rate.)Colossal. Fine t
. Manual of everything for the garden : 1894. *« ASPARAGUS ROOTS. > If to be sent by mail add 40 cts. per100 to the prices. A saving of one to two years is effectedby planting roots. Those offered beloware strong two-year-old roots. For pri-vate use or for marketing on a smallscale, beds should be formed five feetwide with three rows planted in each,one in the middle and one on each sidea foot from the edge; distance betweenthe plants in the rows, nine inches. THE PALMETTO. Splendid roots. (See cut.) $ per 100, $ per 1,000. (50 roots at 100 rate; 500 at 1,000 rate.)Colossal. Fine two-year-old roots at $ per 100, $ per 1,000. (50 roots at 100 rate; 500 at 1,000 rate.) I wish to say that the seeds I purchased of you every one grew, and the packets contained nearly twice aa many as those I bought from any other firm. Helen M. Lamb, Ladoga, Wis. 20 PETEFJ JiEflDE^SO^ St CO., ^EW YO^.—VEGETflSliE SEEt> BEflftS—DwarlorBusU- WAX POD OR BUTTER VARIETIES. German, Bohne.—French, Hari-cot.—Spanish, Frijorenano, 1 quart to 100 feet in drills; 2bushels to the acre, in drills. A succession of sowings can be madefrom the first week in May until dates are for the latitude of New York ;further south the sowing may be donelater, further north earlier. Plant in drillsabout two inches deep, and from eighteeninches to two feet apart, according to therichness of the soil; the poorer the soil thecloser they can be planted. The seedsshould be dropped about two inches apart. Add 15c. per quart extra if to besent by mail. REFUGEE WAX. (See Novelties,page 11.) 10c. % pt., 20o. pt., , $ peck, $ WAX. A strong grow-ing, distinct variety, at least aweek earlier than the Black pods are long, brittle andentirely stringless. As a snapbean it perhaps excels all othersin tenderness and richness offlavor. Seeds, when ripe, purpleand white. 10c. }£ pt., 20c.
Size: 1564px × 1598px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggi, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookyear1894
