Dreer's market gardener's wholesale price-list : 1928 reliable vegetable seeds, flower seeds, garden requisites, implements, fertilizers insecticides, etc . dreersmarketgard1928henr Year: 1928 For Undoubted Purity and Excellence DREER'S SEEDS have been for Ninety Years a Standard Among the Best Market Gardeners of this Country Green Globe Artichoke ARTICHOKE Large Green Globe. The best for general culture, and the most popular market sort. Oz., 30 cts.; 1/4 lb., $ For Plants see page 25. ASPARAGUS Pedigreed Washington. The result of careful breeding by the U. S. De- partment of Agricu


Dreer's market gardener's wholesale price-list : 1928 reliable vegetable seeds, flower seeds, garden requisites, implements, fertilizers insecticides, etc . dreersmarketgard1928henr Year: 1928 For Undoubted Purity and Excellence DREER'S SEEDS have been for Ninety Years a Standard Among the Best Market Gardeners of this Country Green Globe Artichoke ARTICHOKE Large Green Globe. The best for general culture, and the most popular market sort. Oz., 30 cts.; 1/4 lb., $ For Plants see page 25. ASPARAGUS Pedigreed Washington. The result of careful breeding by the U. S. De- partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, with the object of eliminat- ing rust. This strain was finally obtained by continued selection of the best plants of Martha Washington, and produces large straight shoots, dark green in color with heavy overtone. The tips are tight and firm and do not open out or begin to branch until well out of the ground, making the finest kind of green asparagus. Makes a most at- tractive bunch and is in popular demand in all markets and will soon supersede the older varieties, which are always susceptible to rust. Oz., 20 cts.; 14 lb., 50 cts.; lb., $', Mary Washington. An extra selected strain from Washington, being earlier and larger. Produces large, healthy seedlings, impervious to rust. Oz., 25 cts.; 14 lb., 75 cts.; lb., .$ Dreer's Kclipse. The result of careful selection and 'breeding up' to the large type. The stalks frequently measure two inches in diam- eter and twelve inches long, and are tender and delicious. Oz., 15 cts.; 14 lb., 30 cts.; lb., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., .$ Argenteuil. A variety of Asparagus which is very popular in France. It grows to a mammoth size and the head is somewhat pointed and scales with which it is covered are very closely set. Oz., 15 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; lb., 85 cts.; 5 lbs., $ Palmetto. An early prolific and desirable variety. The stalks are uni- formly large in size and are of tender delicious quality. Oz., 15 c


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