Keywords: Everything for the garden (16204568769).jpg 10 <br> EVESnrmiMG FOR TIE GAIRDEM - V rf talbl Seeds <br> HENDERSON'S <br> PALMETTO ASPARAGUS <br> LAFkGER EARLIER MORE UNIFORM IN SIZE MORE PROLIFIC AND <br> DISEASE-RESISTING THAN ANY OTHEK ASPARAGUS GROWN <br> Asparagus grows easily in almost any good soil but best <br> results are obtained in well-enriched deeply dug sandy loam <br> A well cared for bed improves with age and lasts for many <br> years It may be grown from seed but much time is saved by <br> planting roots <br> The Asparagus plant is slow to die down in the fall so that <br> the roots cannot safely be dug until about November 1st By <br> this time the soil is so cool that the plants do not rcot readily <br> consequently many are winter killed For this reason we <br> advise only spring planting for any point north of Washington <br> D C <br> Henderson's Palmetto Asparagus is superior to all others <br> We have grown and thoroughly tested every known variety of <br> Asparagus but � in the American climate at least � Henderson's <br> Palmetto is the king of all Asparagus It is superior in every <br> way larger earlier quicker in growth more continuous in <br> bearing and more uniform in size The stalks average about <br> an inch in diameter the usual bunch of 15 shoots is \V/v inches <br> in circumference and weighs about 2 pounds It is delicious <br> in flavor extremely tender and equally well adapted to all <br> sections of the country It is also less susceptible to disease <br> having yielded abundant crops where all other varieties have <br> entirely succumbed See cut <br> Henderson's Palmetto Asparagus Seed 10c pkt 15c oz 30c 34 lb <br> 80c lb A saving of one to two years is effected by planting roots <br> HENDERSON'S <br> PALMETTO ASPARAGUS ROOTS <br> Can be supplied from Nov 1st to May 1st <br> PRICES buyer paying transit Per 100 i Per 1 00 <br> Two-year-old roots 1 50 10 00 <br> Three-year-old roots 2 00 I 16 00 <br> Colossal 2-yr -old roots buyer paying transit 1 00 per 100; 6 00 per 1 000 <br> For Parcel Post Zone rates see page 1 100 2-year old roots will weigh <br> 5 lbs 100 3-year old roots will weigh 10 lbs <br> I wish to lake this opportunity to express my appreciation of the results ob- <br> tained from Henderson's Palmetto Asparagus The first roots from you are <br> ��now being cut for the second season and 1 can say that 1 have received the <br> largest and finest in this whole section as can be attested by one of our foremost <br> hucksters in this market J A Slaughter Most all stalks cut weigh from 3 <br> to 6 oz each and I must say that the strain is better than you claim J hope <br> to be able to go in for quite a good field in the next few years and J am gradually <br> adding each year You will find enclosed a photo of a stalk cut May 23d How <br> much larger do they growl REGINALD KEITH Richmond Va <br> I am adding to my Asparagus bed an extension of 10 x 15 Will you kindly <br> send me the necessary number of roots for this of your best variety and as old <br> as will properly bear transplanting I bought roots from you six years ago <br> and set them out in accordance with your directions and the bed has borne <br> steadily and increasingly ever since W F WOODW ARD Portland Ore <br> I bought fifty 3-year old Palmetto Asparagus roots and they have given such <br> great satisfaction that my friend Mr Oldfield asks me to send for fifty <br> for him W T BROWN Muskogee Okla <br> HENDERSON'S PALMETTO ASPARAGUS <br> BRUSSELS SPROUTS <br> Brussels Sprouts sown in June in the latitude of New York will produce <br> an abundant crop in the fall and early winter It rarely succeeds as a spring <br> crop It is hardier than Cabbage just as easily grown and may be used long <br> after all other green vegetables are gone Cultural directions are given in <br> Cabbage leaflet sent free if asked for when ordering <br> Dalkeith A -very excellent selection producing <br> succulent Sprouts of delicious flavor and tenderness <br> pkt 30c oz 90c 14 lb 3 00 lb <br> Dwarf Improved An extremely hardy dwarf growing sort <br> an abundance of solid <br> See cut Price 10c <br> 25c oz 75c \i lb 2 50 lb <br> Price 10c pkt <br> DALKEITH <br> BRUSSELS SPPnOUTS <br> HENDERSON'S LEAFLET ASPARAGUS CULTURE FREE TO CUSTOMERS WHEN ASKED FOR 43874802 149634 78295 Page 10 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874802 c1915 10 5962/bhl title 78295 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; 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