Include Some of These Better 

 Varieties In Your Garden 



ARTICHOKES 



Culture — Planting time, Southern States: Sow seeds 

 in seed bed from December to June, IVi ounces of seed 

 to 150 feet of row 3 inches apart in the row and rows 

 1 foot apart (will produce 150 plants). Cover V2 inch 

 with earth. Transplant in October to open ground IVi 

 feet apart in rows and rows 3 feet apart. 



LARGE GREEN GLOBE — French grown. 

 Pkt., 20c; oz. $1.00 postpaid. 



Grow Them from Steckler's 

 High Quality Seeds 



ASPARAGUS 



Culture — Planting time. Southern States: Sow seed 

 January to April in seed bed, 4 ounces of seed to 150 

 feet cf 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 apaTt. Send 

 for book on Asparagus Culture, $2.75, postpaid. 



MARY WASHINGTON— Result of development by U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture to produce a ru3t-resisting 

 vigorous strain of Giant Asparagus. 

 Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; Vi lb., 75c; lb., $2.25, postpaid. 



GARDEN BEANS 



ASPARAGUS 



Culture — Planting time, Southern States: Spring, January to May; Fall, August to No- 

 vember. Plant 1 pound to 150 feet of row IVi bushels to one acre; drop two beans every 

 two or three Inches in rows; IV2 feet apart, cover one inch with earth. Average pro- 

 duction green beans about 100 bushels per acre. 



TENDERGREEN 



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* 



ASGHOW BLACK VALENTINE STRING- 

 LESS — 48 days. An improved selection 

 of the old Black Valentine which is 

 stringless and yet retains the valuable 

 quality of the old type of being immune 

 to damage by light frosts. 



TENDERGREEN — 53 days. Desirable for 

 home and market garden. Pods round, 

 fleshy, dark green, strictly stringless, of 

 fine quality. Seeds brown, mottled and 

 blotched with light fawn. An improve- 

 ment on Full Measure. 



TENN. GREEN POD— 50 days. Good home 

 garden variety, dark green, slightly 

 stringy, but very flavorful. 



HARVESTER — A white seeded, green 

 podded bush Snap Bean. Stringless, 

 medium green color, pods medium long. 

 Plants are upright, about 18 inches tall, 

 late maturing and a good shipping bean. 



TOP CROP — 50 days. Mosaic resistant, 

 heavy yielding. Round pods — 5V& to 6 

 inches long and very meaty pods. 



NEW LONGVAL — High yielding, mosaic 

 resistance, drought and heat tolerant. 

 Straight oval pods, dark emerald-green. 

 Plants about 16V4 inches. 



RED KIDNEY— Left to maturity. A red kidney- 

 shaped bean used for baking and soup. 



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. 



CONTENDER — 54 days. A recent introduction, 

 with resistance to common bean mosaic 

 and powdery mildew. Pods are stringless, 

 round and seed buff lightly mottled. Ideal 

 for home, marketing and shipping. 



TOP CROP 



BUSH WAX BEANS 



Height of Bush 15 to 25 Inches 



IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX— 48 days. Used 

 largely by home gardeners; heavy bearer, 

 vigorous grower. Pods large yellow, solid, 

 brittle and wary texture, and absolutely 

 stringless. A good rust resisting variety. 



BUSH LIMA BEANS 



Height of Bash 15 to 25 Inches 



NEW CALICO or JACKSON WONDER 

 BUSH BUTTER — 65 days. Pods short, 

 used also for shelling. Name "Calico" 

 derived from appearance at maturity. 

 An excellent Southern bean, both for 

 family use and for shipping, cannot be 

 too highly recommended. 



HENDERSON'S BUSH or BABY LIMA— 68 

 days. Extremely early, hardy and pro- 

 ductive, pods are medium dark green, 

 short, flat, of excellent quality either 

 green-shelled or dry. Much used by can- 

 ners. 



THOBOGREEN — A new green seeded 

 small bush lima of the Henderson type. 

 Strong grower, more prolific and with 

 slightly larger 



Bean Prices f 



(1/4 lb. 30« Bush Green, Wax & Lima Vl D>. 



Asgrow Black Valentine 5 • | ° 



Tendergreen 



Longval ' 



Tenn. Green Pod •'" 



Bountiful - Vi 



Top Crop 



Contender '■ 



Harvester 50 



Red Kidney -|° 



Improved Golden Wax 



New Calico or Jackson Wonder 



Henderson Baby Lima • 



Thorogreen 



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