Novelties and Specialties in \fegetables 



IN presenting our Garden and Farm Manual for 1914, 

 we wish to express our thanks to the thousands of customers 

 for their generous patronage, which we have enjoyed in the 

 past, and to assure them that we will use our best endeavors 

 to merit a continuance of their good-will and orders in the 

 years to come. Many, no doubt, dislike to order but a few 

 packets of seed which may be wanted, but we would like to 

 emphasize the fact that we solicit the orders of all buyers, no 

 matter how small or how large. 



While laying particular stress upon the newer varieties, we are 

 very particular with our regular strains of standard old sort varie- 

 ties, that perhaps have been your favorites and stand=bys for years. 



NEW ASPARAGUS Starkey's Mammoth Prolific 



Originated and selected by one of 

 Philadelphia's most successful market 

 gardeners, who for a few years past, 

 has sent the largest and handsomest 

 Asparagus to this market, realizing very 

 high prices and by far the most profit- 

 able variety in Philadelphia markets 

 where it is becoming well known. 

 Stalks are very large, tender, succulent 

 and distinct bright green in color. 

 Stalks measure 1 to 2 inches in diam- 

 eter and have been known to weigh 

 % lb. each. Mr. Starkey is a high 

 cultivator and is usually one of the 

 first in the market. Seed: pkt. 5c. ;oz., 

 10c., K'lb.,30c.;lb., $1.15. Roots.lyear 

 old, $1.25 per 100, postpaid; by express, 

 $1.00 per 100: $6.50 per 1000; 2 years 

 old, per 100, $1.25; per 1000, $7.50. 



A NEW BEAN 



The Full Measure 



In the Full Measure we have 

 another stringless, round, green-podded 

 Bush Bean, the result of a cross by 

 careful hybridization between the fa- 

 mous Yosemite Mammoth Wax and the 

 old-fashioned Refugee, or 1,000 to 1, 

 and it inherits the good qualities of 

 both of these famous Beans. The 

 pods are often 5 to 5 5^ inches long, 

 round, firm and tender, and remain 

 filled for use many days after arriving 

 at their full size. Price, pkt., 10c. ; 

 pt., 30c., by mail, postpaid; by ex- 

 press or freight, pt.» 20c.; qt., 30c.; 

 peck, $1.85; bush., $6.00. 



FORDHOOK BUSH 

 LIMA BEAN 



The only stifily erect Bush form 

 of the Potato Lima! Both pods and 

 beans are twice the size of Dreer's and 

 more than half again as large as the 

 Challenger Pole Lima. Measuring 5 to 

 5>i inches, and yielding 2 to 3 times as 

 manv pods. The most popular of all 

 the dwarf Lima Beans. Pkt., 10c. ; Pint, 

 35c., postpaid; qt., 60c.; peck, $4.00; 

 bush., $15.00 by freight or expreei. 



STARKBY NEW MAMMOTH PROLIFIC ASPARAGUS — ^FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. 



