Novelties and Specialties in Vegetables 



TN presenting our Garden and Farm Manual for 1912, we 



1 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 stancUbys 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 dia- 

 meter and have been known to weigh 

 yi lb. each. Mr. Starkey is a high 

 cultivator and is usually one of the 

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

 10c.;Xlb.,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. 



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 fam- 

 ous 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^ 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, $1.35; bush., $5.00. 



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}4 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., 45c; peck, $2.25; 

 bush., $8.50, by freight or express. 



STARKEY NEW MAMMOTH PROLIFIC ASPARAGUS — FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. 



