POLE LIMA BEANS: 



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BURPEE BUSH UMA 



SNAP BEANS— POLE or 

 RUNNING GREEN POD 



Use poles 5 to 8 feet long, set in rows 4 

 feel apart, plant 6 beans around pole. Half 

 pound plants ISO hills; half bushel to one acre. 



BLACK VALENTINE or IDEAL MARKET— 



58 days. Thrifty and extremely prolific, 

 yields better than other varieties of pole 

 Leans, thick, stringless pods, meaty, ten- 

 der and excellent flavor, perfectly round. 

 Excellent for shipping and for home use. 



IMPROVED KENTUCKY WONDER or OLD 

 HOMESTEAD— 65 days. Early, very pro- 

 lific sort of excellent quality. Vines are 

 vigorous, very productive, comparatively 

 straight. Best quality for home use and 

 for shipping purposes. 



McCASLAN POLE— 65 days. Strong 

 climber, hardy, prolific over long season. 

 Pods dark green, thick, flat, meaty, al- 

 most stringless, tender and of a delicious 

 flavor. Seeds ivory white. 



STRIPED CREASEBACK— 73 days. A very 

 hardy and productive green podded bean. 

 Pods long, very cylindrical or completely 

 rounded, distinctly crease-backed, very 

 fleshy and of excellent quality. Very good 

 shipper. 



WHITE CORNFIELD — 63 days. Early maturing 

 green podded, round and very often 8 to 10 

 inches long and quite stringless. For plant- 

 ing with com, this sort is hard to beat. 



WHITE CREASEBACK— 63 days. Green pod- 

 ded variety, valuable for its earliness, vigor- 

 ous grower, pods are medium length, com- 

 paratively straight. They are of the best 

 quality. 



YARD-LONG — 60 days. Pods average about 

 2 feet in length, very slender. Should be 

 planted in every garden, due to its being 

 prolific, tender and for its unusual flavor. 

 A few beans make a family dish. 



STRINGLESS KENTUCKY WONDER GREEN 

 PODDED POLE BEANS— A new 65-dcry va- 

 riety, unexcelled for flavor, texture and 

 quality. Strictly stringless, vines are vigor- 

 ous and uniform, very productive, bearing 

 its pods in large clusters. Include some of 

 these fine new Stringless Kentucky Wonder 

 in your garden. 



POLE LIMA BEANS 



CAROLINA or SEWEE— 77 days. Very 

 early and reliable pole lima especially 

 adapted for planting in the South. Vig- 

 orous growing, and pods dark green, 

 short, about three inches and curved. 

 Highly recommended for home and ship- 

 ping purposes. 



SPOTTED or FLORIDA BUTTER— 78 days. 

 Larger pods than Carolina, very prolific, in 

 great demand by Southern gardeners and 

 for home consumption. 



SOUTHERN WaLOW LEAF- 82 days. Similar 

 to the Sewee but a heavier yielder, early 

 and proUfic, leaves are willow leaf in shape 

 and produces pods from the bottom to the 

 very top of vine. Hardy and drought-re- 

 sistant, thrives in sandy land, good shipper. 



LARGE WHITE UMA— 88 days. Called King of 

 the Garden. A true large lima pole bean, 

 vigorous grower, extra large greenish white 

 beans. Late variety and extensively planted. 



POLE WAX BEANS 



KENTUCKY WONDER POLE WAX— 68 days. 

 An early and attractive sort, one of the 

 best of wax-podded snap pole beans. Pods 

 are six to eight inches long, very good 

 quality and highly recommended for 

 shipping and home use. 



WINDSOR BEANS 



ITALIAN or ENGLISH— Long variety. 75 days. 

 Plant about two beans every 6 inches and 

 21/i feet between rows. Used same as Lima 

 beans. It has gained fame and is being 

 planted extensively by Italian gardeners for 

 shipping and for home use. 



DETROIT DARK RED— Beets oval shaped, 

 flesh of beet very dark red, an excellent 

 variety for shipping and eating. A fa- 

 vorite of many large Southern market 

 gardeners. Excellent for canning and 

 shipping. 



EARLY ECLIPSE— 50 days. Extra early, 

 uniform in size, deep red color, round, 

 with small tap roots, flesh bright glossy 

 red, crisp and tender. 



WONDER BEET— One of the earUest of table 

 beets for outside culture. Bright red skin, 

 Vermillion red flesh with distinct zones of 

 lighter red. Of excellent quality, being 

 sweet, tender and free from fibrous roots, 

 .4 good shipping and canning variety. 



FIREBALL — A distinct variety, having the fin- 

 est table qualities. Flesh solid, crisp, sweet 

 and brilliant red color. Globe shape, skin 

 smooth. Especially desirable for canning. 



SWISS CHARD or PERZPTUAL SPINACH BEET 

 — ^Leaves much darker green than the 

 Lucullus. As the outer leaves are cut more 

 come up from the center. The center stems 

 can be cooked and served Uke asparagus 

 and the leaves cooked like spinach or other 

 greens. It is undoubtedly one of the best 

 vegetables, as this can be grown ttirough- 

 out the summer. 



CHICAGO EARLY BLOOD TURNIP — Oval 

 shape, dark red flesh, smooth skin, a fa- 

 vorite among private and market garden- 

 ers. Extensively used for canning and 

 shipping. 



BEETS 



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DETROIT 



Culture — Planting time. Southern States: 

 Spring, January to July; Fall, September to 

 December. Edible condition about 62 days 

 from time of planting seed. Plant 2 ounces to 

 150 feet of row, 12 pounds to one acre. Sow 

 in thick rows 12 inches apart or sow broad- 

 cast and thin to 10 inches apart. 

 CROSBY'S EARLY EGYPTLAN— Beets globe 



shaped, center of beet blood red, tender, 



excellent eating. Grown extensively by 



market gardeners in South for shipping 



and home use. WONDER 



Bean Prices , Postpaid — ^ 



Pole Green, Wax and lima Pkg. Lb. 5 lbs. 



Black Valentine or Ideal Market S .10 $ .50 S2.25 



Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead 10 .50 2.25 



McCaslan Pole 10 .50 2.25 



Striped Creaseback 10 .50 2.25 



White Cornfield 10 .50 2.25 



Blue Lake or White Creaseback 10 .50 2.25 



Kentucky Wonder Stringless Pole 10 .50 2.25 



Yard Long 10 .65 



Carolina or Sewee Polo Lima 10 .45 2.10 



Spotted or Florida Butter Pole.! 10 .45 2.10 



Southern Willow Leal Pole 10 .50 2.25 



Lorge White Lima Polo 10 .50 2.25 



Kentucky Wonder Wax Pole 10 .65 3.00 



Windsor Beans 10 .50 2.25 



Beet Prices , Postpaid s 



Pkg. Oz. >/4lb. Lb. 5 lbs. 



Crosby's Early Egyptian S .10 S .25 S .60 $1.60 S7.50 



Detroit Dark Red 10 .25 .60 1.60 7.50 



Early EcUpse 10 .25 .60 1.60 7.50 



Wonder 10 .25 .60 1.60 7.50 



Fireball 10 .25 .60 1.60 7.50 



Chicago Early Blood Turnip 10 .25 .60 1.60 7.50 



Swiss Chard or Perpetual Spinach. 05 .15 .50 1.25 5.95 



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4.60 17.00 



6.00 22.40 



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STECKLER SEED COMPANY, Inc., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 



