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Mary Washington Asparagus 



12 This is a selection from the Washington showing a marked improvement in every 

 respect. It is much larger than the ordinary strain and is slightly earlier The tips 

 are very compact and are a rich purplish-green and the whole stalk, from base to 

 tip is remarkably tender. Pkt., 15 cts.: i oz.. 25 cts.; oz.,35 cts.: J lb., Sk-00; lb.,S3.50. 



Dwarf Golden Carmine Wax Bean 



70 A bean of the Horticultural type, which can be used either as a snap or shell bean. 

 When mature, the large seed is excellent for baking. Ready for the table as a snap 

 bean in about 60 days, and as a shell bean about 10 days later. At all stages the 

 pod is stringless and tender. Pods are large, broad, long and golden-yellow, splashed 

 with carmine, and seed is large kidney-shaped, buff colored, and mottled. Pkt., 10 

 cts.; | lb., 30 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 85 cts.; 5 lbs., S1.95, prepaid. 



Mammoth Stringless Green Pod Bean 



59 Among almost a score of perfectly stringless bush beans available in either green 

 or yellow-podded varieties, this sort ranks unique as a producer of handsome, brittle 

 pods borne over a long period. Mammoth Stringless comes into bearing withing 75 

 days after seeds are planted and continues to bear for the best part of a month. 

 The pods are perfectly round, slightly saddle-backed, averaging 6 inches long b\ - 

 i inch thick through. The cooked product is of exceptionally fine flavor, a true 

 bean flavor not found frequently in even our best varieties. While Mammoth 

 Stringless Bean will do well wherever 

 beans grow, it does best on clay soils 

 and heavier uplands. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 

 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., 

 SI. 75, prepaid. 



Mary Washington Asparagus 



Giant Lucullus Swiss 

 Chard 



167 An excellent and most useful vegetable, 

 a row or two of which should be in every 

 garden. This variety will quickly pro- 

 duce plants from which leaves may be 

 cut all summer, as you can cut right 

 down to the ground, and new shoots will 

 soon spring up and make a fast growth. Those plants which are allowed to grow will 

 make large curly leaves, with thick light-colored mid-ribs, which are delicious when 

 cooked and served like asparagus, while the leafy parts make excellent •greens." 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; \ lb., 50 cts.; lb., S1.50. 



Early Wonder Beet 



164 An extra early variety of recent introduction. Globe shaped and very uniform in size. 

 skin smooth, and flesh a deep blood red and extremely tender. It is admirably suited 

 to the home garden and also on account of its earliness and super-fine quality, valuable 

 to the Market Gardener. Pkt., 10 cts.: oz., 25 cts.; t lb.. 75 cts.; lb.. S2.00. 



Dreer's Matchless Brussels 

 Sprouts 



183 A selected strain of this highly esteemed, hardy 

 vegetable, grown for the sprouts which are pro- 

 duced along the stem, and are in the form of 

 miniature savoys. The small spoon-shaped 

 leaves wrap around one another and form 

 solid round heads in large quantities, and 

 which are tender and of fine flavor. The 

 heads begin to form at bottom of stem, and 

 when cat away additional heads will form 

 in succession up to the top of stem. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; i oz., 20 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; } lb., S1.00. 



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Mammoth Stringless Green Pod 

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