. Catalogue of seeds and agricultural implements. Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Hartford Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 9 CADWELL & JONES, Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of SELECT VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS, AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC 1899. t?"PLEASE OBSERVE THAT AT PRICES herein quoted we prepay postage on ALL SEEDS by the packet, ounce and pound, EXCEPT GRASS SEEDS, ONION SETS, CORN, PEAS and BEANS, which will require 15 cents per quart, 8 cents per pint, ext
. Catalogue of seeds and agricultural implements. Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Hartford Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 9 CADWELL & JONES, Descriptive Catalogue and Price List of SELECT VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FARM SEEDS, AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC 1899. t?"PLEASE OBSERVE THAT AT PRICES herein quoted we prepay postage on ALL SEEDS by the packet, ounce and pound, EXCEPT GRASS SEEDS, ONION SETS, CORN, PEAS and BEANS, which will require 15 cents per quart, 8 cents per pint, extra; if ordered to he sent by mail. A GREAT DIFFERENCE. When comparing prices, do not forget that unlike most other seedsmen we fur- nish quarter pound at pound rates, half pecks at peck rates and half bushels at bushel rates. ASPARAGUS, ©parget. One ounce of seed sows forty feet of drill. Asparagus can be grown from seed or propagated from roots. Sow the seed in April or May on good soil in drills twelve to fourteen inches apart. When one or two years old transplant as early in the spring as the ground can be worked into permanent beds, made vety rich and thoroughly trenched two feet or more in depth. Set the plants in rows two feet apart and twelve inches between the plants in the row. Care should be taken that the roots are well spread and set at a depth of six inches below the level of the bed. Cover only two or three inches and fill in gradually as the plants grow. Very little, if any, should be cut the first year after transplanting, but a fair crop can be cut the second year. Every fall after the tops have been cut down, apply a dressing of coarse manure, and in the spring fork it in. An occasional top dressing of salt is also beneficial, and keeps down the Palmetto Asparagus. Columbian Mammoth White. The stalks are very large, produced abundant^ and very early. They are clear white, and remain so as long; as fit for use, without earthing up or any other artifici
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