Archive image from page 12 of Currie's farm and garden annual. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1921 46th year curriesfarmgarde19curr_4 Year: 1921 ( General List of High Grade Vegetable Seeds \\ e T ►el \ e r Al Seci Is offered on tl is pas e to any I'ost 4)11 ICC i ii the Unit ed States. ARTICHOKE-Giobe. Sow in April and when the ground is ready transplant. In fall transplant to permanent quarters 3 feet apart each way. Cover with 4 inches of light litter for protection during winter. Large Green Globe—The standard variety, grown for its flower heads the fleshy scales and bottoms of
Archive image from page 12 of Currie's farm and garden annual. Currie's farm and garden annual : spring 1921 46th year curriesfarmgarde19curr_4 Year: 1921 ( General List of High Grade Vegetable Seeds \\ e T ►el \ e r Al Seci Is offered on tl is pas e to any I'ost 4)11 ICC i ii the Unit ed States. ARTICHOKE-Giobe. Sow in April and when the ground is ready transplant. In fall transplant to permanent quarters 3 feet apart each way. Cover with 4 inches of light litter for protection during winter. Large Green Globe—The standard variety, grown for its flower heads the fleshy scales and bottoms of which are considered a delicacy. Pkt. 10c; V2 oz. 65c; oz. $ Artichoke—Jerusalem. (See Farm Seed Section, page 40.) ASPARAGUS Sow 1 ounce of Seed to 00 feet of drill, 5 lbs. per acre. As early in the spring as the ground can be worked, sow the seeds—previously soaked in water for about 24 hours—in rows about a foot apart. Cultivate between the rows fre- quently to keep the soil loose and the weeds down. The sec- ond year the plants will be ready for planting in per- manent beds. Prepare the ground by 'working in a liberal quantity of barnyard manure. Set the plants from 15 to 18 inches apart, or when large quantities are grown for market, set 3 or 4 feet apart, which permits horse cultivation. In plant- ing, spread out the roots carefully and cover with about 6 or S inches of soil. A rather sandy soil is best. Colossal—A well-known and excellent green variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; lb. 30c; 1 lb. 80c. Palmetto—An earlier and more productive variety than the preceding. Green. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; lb. 30c; 1 lb. 80c. Columbian Mammoth While —A distinct variety fur- nishing white shoots. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; lb. 35c; 1 lb. $ Giant Argeuteuil—A favor- ite market sort; grows to a very large size. Green. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; lb. 35c; 1 lb. $ Bonavallet's Giant—A very large, purplish-green vari- ety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; lb. 35c; 1 lb. $ BROCCOLI. All
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