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Title: Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, &c.
Identifier: annualcatalogueo1893schl (find matches)
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Schlegel & Fottler; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Boston Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs
Publisher: Boston, M. A. : Schlegel & Fottler
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Schlegel & Fottlefs Choke P^egetabk Seeds. We aim to offer seeds only of the best -varieties of vegetables^ and if soine older sorts are not fo2i7id in our list^ it is because iiaver and better sorts are. If all 7ieiv sorts are ?iot found here, it is because -jce have doubts of their bei?ig better tha?i the older and better knoivn sorts. When seeds are ordered to be sent by MAII., customers will please remit eight ce?its per pou?id or fifteen cents per quart^ to cover cost of postage, except for packets and quantities less thaji one quarter pound, which we mail free of postage. Our SPECIAL LIST for MARKET GARDENERS and others who buy in large quantities^ can be had upon application. ARTICHOKE. 5lrtifd)ofe. The seed should be sown in April, in a good soil, in drills ten to twelve inches apart, and about one inch deep. Protect the plants during the next winter with a light covering of litter, and the following spring separate the plants, and transplant into rows three feet apart, setting the plants two feet apart in the rows. The suckers, or offshoots, from established plants, may be used for propagating instead of sowing seed. The plant is a hardy perennial, growing three to four feet high, with numerous branches. Just before the flower is ready to open, the head is in condition to boil. The edible portion is the under side of the head, the leaves being separated after cooking, and eaten with butter, salt, and pepper. Green Globe. The best for general use. Pkt., .05; oz., .30: lb., $3.00. JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. (£rbcrtifd|ofc. A species of sunflower (Heliatiikus tuberosus). A tuber that thrives well upon light, dry soil, and is cultivated for feeding to sheep and swine, the tops also being sometimes cut and cured as a dry fodder. The tubers are also used for pickles. Qt., .20 ; pk., 81.00. ASPARAGUS. 2m^tl One ounce to bo feet of drill. A bed of asparagus, when properly made, lasts many years, and should find a place in every garden, and to those who grow vegetables on a larger scale, the aspar- agus crop is a most reliable one. Asparagus roots may be purchased in the spring, or may be grown from seed sown in April or May, in good soil, in drills twelve to fourteen inches apart. The permanent bed should be made very rich tvith xvell-rotted manure, and thorough- ly worked over to a depth of nearly t^vo feet. The asparagus roots (either one or two years old) are to be transplanted into this bed, setting them in rows three or four feet apart, leaving about eighteen inches between the plants in the row. Lay the roots flat in trenches, spreading them well, and using care to have all the crowns placed in the same direction, to keep the roots from running together. Cover lightly at first, grad- ually filling the trenches as the plants" begin to start:

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