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Title: 1948 our sixty-fourth year : growers of America's best quality fruit trees superior strains earliest to bear true to name
Identifier: 1948oursixtyfour1948harr (find matches)
Year: 1948 (1940s)
Authors: Harrison's Nurseries (Berlin, Md. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Berlin, Md. : Harrisons'
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Q^aw- yo44A. Qiun DELICIOUS! NUTRITIOUS ASPARAGUS h's Easy with Harrisons' **Big Yield Strain" MARY WASHINGTON Highly Profitable and Easily Grown Being the first vegetable to come in the spring It always brings a high price on the markets. Stalks being delicious and very healthful, every garden should have a generous supply and when properly set and cored for will last a lifetime. The Famous True-to-Name Mary Washington Plonl- This Pedigreed Sfroin There is no variety of Asparagus as good as Mary Washing- ton and whether you are growing for home use only or for market you cannot afford to grow any other. This wonderful new Asparagus was developed and introduced by the U. S. De- partment of Agriculture and although it is just a recent Intro- duction it has become famous the country over. Rust-Resistant—Profitable Growers everywhere are discarding all other varieties in favor of the famous Mary Washington, because it Is earlier, the stalks are larger, more tender and more productive than any other variety and more highly immune to rust, which means that one planting will produce profitable crops for many years. Large—Eorly—Tender—Juicy Asparagus buyers now demand Mary Washington and are willing to pay fancy prices to get It. The demand for Mary Washington Is tremendous because when it is once eaten, no other variety will give satisfaction. The stalks are purplish green color, large, tender and iulcy. A very rapid grower, which means many cuttings. Prices of Genuine Pedigreed Mary Washington Asparagus Roots 25 50 100 250 500 750 1000 Roots Roots Roofs Roots Roots Roots Roots 2-Yr. No. 1 $2.35 $3.75 $6.00 $12.00 $18.75 $24.75 $30.00 1-Yr. No. 1 1.50 2.50 4.00 8.00 12.50 16.50 20.00 New Gigantic Red MacDonald Rhubarb If you wont something different, something delicious in garden fruits, then plant some of this grand new MacDonald Rhubarb. Stalks are of giant size on mature plants, and a rich rosy red in color. This beautiful color carries through the stalk. Sauce made from It has the red color of a dish of Strawberries. Flavor is mild and pleasing. This new Rhubarb does not send up seed stalks and never becomes tough or stringy. Just cut in small chunks and cook. Do not remove the tender skin; it cooks right up with the stalk. Heovy plonts: $1.00 each; 6 for $5.40.
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SAVE A YEAR! PLANT JUMBO THREE-YEAR Mary Washington Asparagus Roots Yes, you can grow your own delicious tender Asparogus quick by planting our jumbo size roots. These roots ore the cream of our three-year-old crop and have already borne large, early, tender, juicy Asparagus in the nursery. This is the selected pedigreed Mary Washington strain and is for superior to other kinds. r •■•■ — — ■"' ■ ——i,- —I— ,■■— . ( PRICES FOR JUMBO ASPARAGUS I I 25 for $3.75 250 for S20.00 750 tor ....$41.25 I I 50 for 6.25 500 for 31.25 1000 tor 50.00 I I 100 for 10.00 I (33)

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