Vegetables for Vitality for Victory 



Grow Them from Steckler's High Quality Seeds 



ARTICHOKES 



Culture — Planting time Southern States. Sow seed in 

 seed bed from December to June IVa ounces of seed to 

 150 feet of row 3 inches apart in the ro'w and rows 1 

 foot apart (will produce 150 plants). Cover I/2 inch 

 with earth. Transplant in October to open ground 

 IV2 feet apart in rows and rows 3 feet apart. 



LARGE GREEN GLOBE — French grown. 



Pkg.. 25c; oz., 85c; 1/4 lb., S3.00, postpaid. 



JERUSALEM or GROUND ARTICHOKES (a tuber)— 



Plant whole tubers 10 to 12 bushels to the acre, and 

 cultivate like potatoes; production 200 to 500 bushels 

 per acre. Used both for table and stock feed. Planted 

 after danger of frost is over, usually after April 15th. 

 Lb., 25c; 3 lbs., 65c, postpaid. Write for prices on 

 larger quantities. 



ASPARAGUS 



Mary Washington 



Culture — Planting time, Southern States. Sow seed 

 January to April in seed bed, 4 ounces of seed to 

 150 feet of row, 2 inches deep in rows 18 inches apart 

 (will produce about 800 plants). Transplant to specially 

 prepared Asparagus beds December to February, 12 

 inches deep, 24 inches apart in rows 4 feet apart. Send 

 for book on Asparagus Culture, S1.31, postpaid. 



MARY WASHINGTON— Result of development by U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture to produce a rust-resisting 

 vigorous strain of Giant Asparagus. 

 Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; 1/4 lb., 30c; lb., 85c, postpaid. 



MARY WASHINGTON ASPARAGUS ROOTS— One year 

 old. 50 roots, SI. 00; 100 roots, S1.75, postpaid. Not 

 prepaid, 1,000 roots, S14.00. 



GARDEN BEANS 



SNAP BEANS, DWARF OR BUSH 

 —GREEN PODDED 



Height of bush 15 to 25 inches. All varieties 

 marketed as green beans except Red Kidney 

 and White Navy or Boston which are left to 

 mature. 



(^ASGROW BLACK VALENTINE 



^ STRINGLESS — 48 days. An improved 

 selection of tJie old Black Valentine 

 which is stringless and yet retains the 

 valuable quality of the old type of being 

 immune to damage by light frosts. 



(g) TENDERGREEN— 53 days. Desirable 

 for home and market garden. Pods 

 round, fleshy, dark green, strictly string- 

 less, of "fine quality. Seeds brown, mot- 

 tled and blotched with light fawn. An 

 improvement on Full Measure. 



BLACK VALENTINE— 49 days. Pods about 

 five inches long averaging 6 to 7 beans to 

 each pod. Excellent shipper, very hardy 

 and productive, one of the best sorts. 



BOUNTIFUL— 53 days. Pods longer than Black 

 Valentine and flat. A prolific bearer, abso- 

 lutely stringless at all stages, the very best 

 for private and shipping purposes. 



BURPEE'S STRINGLESS— 50 days. Pods round, 

 6 inches long, tender and brittle. Absolutely 

 stringless and largely grow^n for canning 

 purposes, among the very best for shipping 

 and private use. 



GIANT STRINGLESS— 54 days. An exceed- 

 ingly productive sort, plants are large, vigor- 

 ous and spreading. Pods large and nearly 

 round and of medium green color. Quality 

 is very good for home use and one of the 

 best for canning and shipping purposes. 



WHITE KIDNEY BEANS— 100 days. A good 

 commercial variety of excellent quality for 

 dry shell use. Plant erect, bushy, compact, 

 vigorous and productive. Seeds long, white 

 kidney shaped. 



RED KIDNEY — Left to maturity. A red kidney- 

 shaped bean used for baking and soup. 



BUSH WAX BEANS 



Height of Bush IS to 25 inches 



SURE CROP WAX— 53 days. Vigorous 

 and hardy, fleshy, stringless pods about 

 six inches long, nearly round. A desir- 

 able variety for shipping as well as 

 home use. 



CURRIE'S RUST PROOF— 49 days. Long yel- 

 low, flat stringless pods. Rust resistant. A 

 favorite wax variety for shipping and home 

 use, very hardy. 



/^\ Where this insignia appears in this 

 ^&' catalog it indicates the varieties so 

 marked are proven new introductions of 

 merit and have received an award in 

 the All-America Selection Trials. 



Culture — Planting time, Southern States. Spring, January to May; Fall, 

 August to November. Plant 1 pound to 150 feet of row, 11/4 bushels to 

 one acre; drop two beans every two or three inches in rows, II/2 feet 

 apart, cover one inch with earth. Average production green beans about 

 100 bushels per acre. 



DAVIS STRINGLESS WHITE KIDNEY WAX— 52 



days. White kidney-shaped beans. Pods 

 light yellow, long and straight, a heavy 

 producer. 



PENCIL POD WAX— 52 days. Fairly hardy 

 and productive, medium early, the very 

 best for home use and near markets, pods 

 are long, straight, round, fleshy, tender, 

 absolutely stringless. 



IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX — 48 days. Used 

 largely by home gardeners; heavy bearer, 

 vigorous grower. Pods large yello-w, solid, 

 brittle and waxy texture, and absolutely 

 stringless. A good rust resisting variety. 



BUSH LIMA BEANS 



Height of Bush 15 to 25 Inches 

 STECKLER'S NEW CALICO or JACKSON 

 WONDER BUSH BUTTER— 65 days. Pods 

 short, used also for shelling. Name "Cal- 

 ico" derived from appearance at ma- 

 turity. An excellent Southern bean, both 

 for family use and for shipping, can- 

 not be too highly recommended. 

 FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA— 77 days. An im- 

 proved dwarf lima, sometimes called 

 Potato Bush Lima. Plants are vigorous 

 and erect, pods produced in large clus- 

 ters, medium green, a popular variety 

 for home and marketing purposes. 



BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA— 77 days. Plants are 

 uniform dwarf, vigorous and productive, 

 pods medium green, very large, about five 

 inches long. An extensively used bush lima. 



BABY FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA— 72 days. 

 Strong, vigorous, bushy plants, literally 

 loaded with medium pods containing 3 to 4 

 small, flat plump beans. Bears until frost. 



HENDERSON'S BUSH or BABY LIMA— 58 days. 

 Extremely early, hardy and productive, 

 pods are medium dark green, short, flat, 

 of excellent quality either green-shelled or 

 dry. Much used by canners. 



Asgrow Black Valentine Stringless 



All-America Selections — Gold Medal 



Bean Prices 



Pkt. 



Asgrow Black Valentine $ .10 



Tendergreen 10 



Black Valentine 10 



Bountiful 10 



Burpee's Stringless 10 



Giant Stringless 10 



White Kidney 10 



Red Kidney 10 



Sure Crop Wax 10 



Currie's Rust Proof 10 



Davis Stringless White Kidney Wax 10 



Pencil Pod Wax 10 



Improved Golden Wax 10 



Steckler's New Calico or lackson Wonder 10 



Fordhook Bush Lima 10 



Burpee's Bush Lima 10 



Baby Fordhook Lima 10 



Henderson's Baby Lima 10 



-Postpaid , 



Lb. 5 lbs. 



^-Not Postpaid^ 

 15 lbs. SO lbs. 



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SI. 45 

 1.80 

 1.45 

 1.60 

 1.60 

 1.80 

 1.45 

 1.45 

 1.80 

 1.60 

 1.65 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 1.80 

 2.00 

 1.80 

 1.75 

 1.45 



S2.90 

 3.80 

 2.75 

 3.25 

 3.35 

 3.65 

 3.10 

 2.95 

 3.60 

 3.25 

 3.35 

 3.60 

 3.35 

 3.35 

 4.10 

 3.40 



3.10 



$10.25 

 13.90 

 10.00 

 12.00 

 12.50 

 13.20 

 11.50 

 10.95 

 13.20 

 12.00 

 12.30 

 13.40 

 12.30 

 12.30 

 15.00 

 12.75 



11.70 



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