Dreer's quarterly wholesale price list Dreer's quarterly wholesale price list of seeds, plants, implements, &c. : winter edition, January 1893 March . dreersquarterlyw1893henr Year: 1893 Specialties in Vegetable Seeds. Columbian Mammotli White Asparagus. We have received Irom the intro- ducers seed of this valuable novelty, which is described as ' An entirely new and magnificent variety of asparagus, which is sure to be in great demand because it furnishes whiie s/too/» which stay white as long as fit for use, without earthing up or any other artificial blanching, and because it can be abs
Dreer's quarterly wholesale price list Dreer's quarterly wholesale price list of seeds, plants, implements, &c. : winter edition, January 1893 March . dreersquarterlyw1893henr Year: 1893 Specialties in Vegetable Seeds. Columbian Mammotli White Asparagus. We have received Irom the intro- ducers seed of this valuable novelty, which is described as ' An entirely new and magnificent variety of asparagus, which is sure to be in great demand because it furnishes whiie s/too/» which stay white as long as fit for use, without earthing up or any other artificial blanching, and because it can be abso- lutely depended on to give 80 to 90 per cent, of white plants from seed. This grand novelty has been brought to its present state of perfection by one of the largest and most experienced growers of asparagus in this country, by many years of careful selection from a single plant found in one of his fields of Con- over's Colossal. To-day he has a field of the Columbian Mammoth White from which he sells the product to a canning factory, that allows him over 20 per cent, more for it than for any other kind grown for them. There is no question but this is the greatest advance in aspar- agus improvement since the introduc- tion of the Conover's Colossal. Per pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; \ lb. $ ; lb. $ Improved Extra Early Round Pod Valentine. The earliest of the green snap short beans and the best and most popular variety for market gardeners. Per qt. 20 cts.; peck, $ ; bus. $ Thorburn's Extra Early Refugee Bean. An early round-podded green bean ripening a few days later than Improved Eed Valentine; very desirable for market. Per qt. 25 cts.; peck, $ ; bus. $ Improved Hust-proof Golden Wax Bean. This excellent variety is an improvement on the Golden Wax. Tlie pods are thicker, more productive, and if anytliing. of better quality, but its greatest merit is the fact that it is absolutely rust proof. Per qt. 25 cts.; peck, ; bus. Speckled Wax
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