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| 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 ; Peter Henderson Co NameFound Asparagus NameConfirmed Asparagus var pygmaeus Makino EOLID 10487111 NameFound Palmetto asparagus Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1915 Garden Stories Books Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Lawn mowers Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43874802 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874802 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16204568769 2015-08-25 03 03 00 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1915 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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