Include Some of These Better 

 Varieties In Your Garden 



ARTICHOKES 



ASPARAGUS 



Culture — Planting time. Southern States: Sow^ seeds 

 in seed bed from December to June, IV2 ounces of seed 

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

 1 foot apart (will produce IM plants). Cover Vz inch 

 with earth. Transplant in October to open ground IVz 

 feel apart in rows and rovrs 3 feet apart. 



LARGE GREEN GLOBE — French grown. 

 Pkt., 20c; oz. Sl.OO postpaid. 



Grow Them from Steckler^s 

 High Quality Seeds 



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 ro'ws 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, $1.85, postpaid. 



MAHY WASHINGTON— Result of development by U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture to produce a rust-resisting 

 vigorous strain of Giant Asparagus. 

 Pkt., lOc; oz., 35c; Vi ib.. 75c; lb., S2.25, postpaid. 



MAHY WASHINGTON ASPARAGUS HOOTS, 12 for 85c; 

 25 for SI.45, postpaid. Not prei>aid, 100 for S3.00. 



GARDEN BEANS 



ASPARAGUS 



TENDERGREEN 



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

 Fall, August tc 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; IV2 

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

 about 100 bushels per acre. 



TOP CROP — 50 days. Mosaic resistant, 

 heavy yielding. Round pods — bVz to 6 

 inches long and very meaty pods. 



SNAP BEANS, DWARF or 

 BUSH— GREEN PODDED 



Height of btish 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 STHING- 

 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 Ught fawn. An improve- 

 ment on Full Measure. 



TOP CROP 



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. 



GIANT STRINGLESS— 54 days. An exceed- 

 ingly productive sort, plants are large, 

 vigorous and spreading. Pods large and 

 nearly round and of medixun green color. 

 Quality is very good for home use and 

 one of the best for canning and shipping 

 purposes. 



LOGAN — 52 days. Cross between the U. S. 

 5 Refugee and Stringless Black Valentine. 

 It is resistant to powdery mildew and com- 

 mon bean mosiac. 



RED KIDNEY— Left to maturity. A red kidney- 

 shaped bean used for baking and soup. 



CONTENDER — 54 days. A recent introduction, 

 with resistance to common bean mosiac 

 and powdery mildew. Pods are stringless, 

 round and seed buff lightly mottled. Ideal 

 for home, marketing and shipping. 



BUSH WAX BEANS 



Height of Bush 15 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. 



Bean Prices 



(Pkt. — 10c) Bush Green, Wax and Lima 



Asgrow Black Valentine 



Tendergreen 



Black Valentine (old typo) 



Bountiful 



Giant Stringless 



Top Crop 



Red Kidney 



Contender „ „ 



Logan _ 



Surecrop Wax 



Improved Golden Wax 



New Calico or Jackson Wonder 



Burpee Bush Lima 



Fordhook 242 



Henderson Baby Lima 



Thorogreen 



IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX— 48 days. Used 



largely by home gardeners; heavy bearer, 

 vigorous grower. Pods large yellow, solid, 

 brittle and waxy texture, and absolutely 

 stringless. A good rust resisting variety. 



BUSH LIMA BEANS 



Height of Bush 15 to 25 Inches 



NEW CALI CO 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. 



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. 



FORDHOOK 242 BUSH LIMA — 72 days. 



Strong, vigorous, bushy plants, literally 

 loaded with medium pods containing 3 

 to 4 small, flat plump beans. Beans 

 until frost. 



HENDERSON'S BUSH 01 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. 



THOROGREEN — A new green seeded 

 small bush lima of the Henderson type. 

 Strong grower, more prolific and with 

 slightly larger seeds. 



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