Novelties and Specialties in VegetsJbles 



IN presenting our Garden and Farm Manual for 1915, 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 NEW MAMMOTH PROLIFIC ASPARAGUS FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. 



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 mar- 

 ket, realizing very high prices and 

 by far the most profitable 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 

 diameter and have been known to 

 weigh 14 lb. each. Mr. Starkey is 

 a high cultivator and is usually one 

 of the first in the market. Seed: 

 pkt. 5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 30c; lb., 

 $1.15. Roots, 1 year 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. 



FULL MEASURE BEAN 



In the Full Measure we have 

 another stringless, round, green- 

 podded Bush Bean, the result of ^ 

 cross by careful hybridization be- 

 tween the famous Yosemite Mam- 

 moth Wax and the old-fashioned 

 Refugee, or 1000 to 1, and it in- 

 herits the good qualities of both 

 of these famous Beans. The pods 

 are often 5 to 5^/^ inches long, 

 round, firm and tender, and remain 

 filled for use many days after ar- 

 riving at their full size. Price, pkt., 

 10c; pt., 30c, by mail, postpaid; by 

 express or freight, pt., 20c; qt., 

 40c ; peck, $3.00 ; bush., $10.00. 



FORDHOOK BUSH 

 LIMA BEAN 



The only stiffly 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^ inches, 

 and yielding 2 to 3 times as many 

 pods. The most popular of all the 

 dwarf Lima Beans. Pkt., 10c; pint, 

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

 by freight or express. 



