. Wm. Eber & Son's catalog of high class garden, field, flower and lawn seeds : bulbs, fertilizers, garden implements, etc. Nursery stock Illinois Quincy Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Palmetto Asparagus up and also see that it is well underdrained. In planting for private use, set out in beds five feet wide, three rows in a bed, the outer being each one foot from the edge, and aUow twelve inches in the rows; set the plants at least six inches be- low the surface. If set out in autumn, top-dress with s


. Wm. Eber & Son's catalog of high class garden, field, flower and lawn seeds : bulbs, fertilizers, garden implements, etc. Nursery stock Illinois Quincy Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. Palmetto Asparagus up and also see that it is well underdrained. In planting for private use, set out in beds five feet wide, three rows in a bed, the outer being each one foot from the edge, and aUow twelve inches in the rows; set the plants at least six inches be- low the surface. If set out in autumn, top-dress with six inches of manure. For market on a large scale, set out 4 by 1)^ feet. Every fall a good dressing of coarse manure should be applied after the tops have been cut, and in the spring forked in. Never cut too closely. The roots need the benefit of some fo- liage during the year, else they will weaken and die. A slight dressing of salt in spring is bene- ficial and keeps weeds down. oz. S). Colossal — The most approved standard sort 10c $0 50 Palmetto—Very desirable bright green 10c 75 Columbian Mammotli White lOc 85 Barr's Mammotb lOc 85 Asparagus Roots—Two years old, per 100, Toe: per 1000 5 00 BEETS-—Hotbe Hiiben. (Five ounces seed to 100 yards of row.). Turnip Beet. Sow in April for early, for a succession till last of June; about middle of May for general crop. The soil should be deep, rich, light loam, dry rather than moist. Rows should be 18 inches apart, and the plants thinned out to 8 inches in the rows. If you wish to raise sweet and tender beets stir the soil often and kiU the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wm. Eber & Son; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Quincy, Ill. : Wm. Eber & Son


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