Keywords: Lovett's illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees and plants for the autumn of 1891 (16794958327).jpg GARDEN ROOTS <br> Barr's Mammoth Conover's Colossal <br> HORSE RADISH <br> If by mail add 15c ver 100 Free at dozen rates <br> Sets Doz 25c; 100 7bc; 1000 4 00 <br> SAGE <br> If by mail add 3c each additional <br> Holt s mammotli Forms large plants with <br> fmmense perfect leaves and seldom runs to seed; ex- <br> ceedingly fine Ea 10c; doz 75c; 100 5 00 <br> ASPARAGUS <br> iyr ' hy mail 25c per 100 extra Free at doz rates <br> In garden culture plant in rows three feet apart <br> and roots two feet distant; in field culture plant 1h <br> rows four and a half feet apart and two feet distant <br> Set the roots ten Inches below the surface and cover <br> with about two Inches of soil filling in the balance <br> by degrees the first season while cultivating with <br> horse or with a hoe <br> Conover's Colossal Large of rapldgrowth <br> productive and of fine quality 1 yr doz 20c; <br> 100 50c; 1000 3 50 2 yrs doz 30c; 100 75c 1000 <br> 5 00 <br> Barr's Mammoth This is the finest aspar- <br> agus yet offered for eale in this country We have <br> tested it for some years and found it the largest and <br> earliest of all we have ever seen It is a light-color- <br> ed grass but enormous in size and at least a week <br> earlier than Smalley's Defiance side by side Grown <br> alongside of Conover's Colossal and subject to the <br> same treatment it came in earlier and grew more <br> than twice as large A bunch of 25 edible shoots <br> weighed 13 pounds and is said to have sold in market <br> for 5 00 1 yr doz 30c; 100 75c; 1000 5 00 2 yrs <br> doz 40c; 100 1 00; 1000 7 50 <br> Palmetto A new variety of Southern origin <br> now being largely planted AS <br> compared with Conover's Colos- <br> sal it is earlier a better yielder <br> more even and regular m its <br> growth and of fine quality 1 yr <br> doz 40c; 100 1 00; 1000 7 50 <br> 2 yrs doz 50c; 100 1 25; 1000 <br> 9 00 <br> RHUBARB <br> PIE PLANT <br> By mail 5c 6ac i additixmaV <br> Plant in rows four feet apart <br> and the plants three feet distant <br> Set the roots so that the crowns are <br> about an inch below the surface <br> Myatt's liinnseus Early <br> very large tender and delicately <br> fiavored Requires less sugar <br> than other sorts Ea 10c; doz 75c; 100 3 00 <br> Leaf OF holt's Mammoth Sage 42764498 136632 68527 Page 46 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42764498 1891 10 5962/bhl title 68527 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; J T Lovett Company ; J T Lovett Company NameFound Asparagus NameConfirmed Asparagus var pygmaeus Makino EOLID 10487111 Biodiversity Heritage Library Lovett's illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees and plants for the autumn of 1891 Catalogs Commercial catalogs J T Lovett Company Little Silver New Jersey Plants Ornamental Seeds Shrubs Vegetables U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42764498 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42764498 bhlGardenStories Asparagus j t lovett company little silver new jersey plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-04-01 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16794958327 2015-08-23 20 54 48 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Asparagus Lovett's illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees and plants for the autumn of 1891 Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script |