. California gardening. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. GERMAIN'S Vegetable Seed Since 1S71 we have catered to the critical market garden trade. We have at all times offered only such varieties as were best adapted to the Great Southwest. The following listing is composed of those varieties of vegetable seed that we consider the best for the market or home garden. A great deal of experimenting and testing was necessary to complete this list and we onl
. California gardening. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. GERMAIN'S Vegetable Seed Since 1S71 we have catered to the critical market garden trade. We have at all times offered only such varieties as were best adapted to the Great Southwest. The following listing is composed of those varieties of vegetable seed that we consider the best for the market or home garden. A great deal of experimenting and testing was necessary to complete this list and we only add to it when our trial shows that a new variety is worthy of a listing. At our "Floravista Ranch" situated in the San Fernando Valley, we are continually testing and experimenting with old and new varieties. Hundreds of trials each year are completed so that we can offer to our customers the best the world affords. Market gar- deners and commercial growers are invited to write for special quotations. ARTICHOKE Artichaut, Fr. Alcachofa, Sp. CULTURE. Articiocca, Ital. Artischoke, Ger. Sow any time except during hottest weather, when all seed beds require special care. Soil should be a free, moist loam and seeds should be planted in beds an inch deep. Plant out when six Inches high in rows four feet apart each way. We recommend your purchasing plants in- stead of seed as they produce the first year and come true to type. (See pages 103 and 106). LARGE GREEN GLOBE. J^..^^^^.'^^ >our^lr- dens and peculiarly a California product as practically the entire acreage grown in the United States comes from the counties in California bordering on the Pacific Ocean. Under these weather conditions it develops a hardy vigorous plant with sturdy flower stems that carrj' buds the size of a teacup, the succulent lower portion of which is the edible part which has pleasing flavor unlike any other vegetable. The artichoke when once established pro- duces for several years and a few
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