Dreer’s Reliable 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
For ninety-nine years Dreer’s Vegetable Seeds have been the standard for both purity and vitality 
among the best gardeners in this country. They are grown with the utmost care from superior 
stock seed, gathered from the choicest specimens, and therefore represent the best that modern 
practice and modern science can produce. Needless to say they are carefully cleaned with modern 
machinery which eliminates all light seeds thereby insuring unusual high vitality to our stocks. 
The list of varieties we offer is very complete containing both the standard older sorts and 
the best of the new ones. The cultural directions given in this book are for growing vegetables in 
the latitude of Philadelphia and allowance should be made for other sections. 
Asparagus, Delicious Early Vegetable 
Asperge, FR. Sparagio, ITAL. Espdarroges, Sp. Spargel, GER. 
One ounce of seed will produce about 
200 plants and 4 to 5 pounds are needed 
to sow one acre. Sow early in the spring 
Health Value of Fresh Asparagus 
in well-prepared soil allowing no less than Calories per lb. 100 Vitamins A, B 
2 feet between the rows.: Transplant the Proteins 1.8% Carbohydrates 3.3% 
one-year-old seedlings to their permanent 
bed early the following season. Ask for 
a free copy of our leaflet “Asparagus 
Culture.” 
Fats .2% Calcium .025% 
Iron .00096% 
12 Mary Washington Asparagus 
This is the finest of the Washington strains to be had. It produces large thick shoots of 
attractive appearance maturing slightly earlier than the original strain. The tips are 
compact and of rich purplish green color. The entire stalk from base to tip is remarkably 
tender. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 4 Ib. 60c; lb. $1.50. 
8 Dreer’s Eclipse. This variety is the result of careful selections. It produces extra- 
large, light green shoots with closely folded tips. Its delicious flavor and tenderness 
have made it a favorite with many. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 3 lb. 40c; lb. $1.00. 
Artichaut, FR. e Alcachofa, Sp. 
Arliciocca, ITAL. Artichoke Artischoke, GER. 
1 Large Green Globe. Seeds may be sown indoors and plants potted same as 
Tomatoes and set out in April or May in rows 3 feet apart and 2 to 3 feet apart in the 
ti row; or can be sown outdoors in hills, and thinned out to one plant in hill. Plant in 
Mary Washington Asparagus rich, deep, well-prepared soil. Pkt. 15c; 4 oz. 35c; oz. 60c; } lb. $2.00. 
Dwarf or Bush Beans—Wax or Yellow-Pod Varieties 
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These Wax Beans are preferred by quite a few gardeners on account of 
their beautiful light color and their mild flavor. They are grown in the same 
manner as the green-pod varieties. 
65 Black Wax or Pencil Pod, Improved. An extra-fine early Bean of 
the highest quality. The pods are 6 to 7 inches long, round, nearly straight, 
positively stringless, and of a clear yellow. The plants are very strong and 
bear abundantly. Pkt. 10c; 4 1b. 25c; 1b. 40c; 2 lbs. 70c; 5 Ibs. $1.65, prepaid. 
71 Golden Wax, Improved Rust-Proof. The vines grow erect and 
bear the pods well off the ground, preventing rust and rot. The pods average 
five inches long. ‘They are quite fleshy, straight, broad, flat, of a rich golden 
yellow color, and stringless at all stages. A sure cropper for the small garden. 
Pkt. 10c; $ lb. 25c; Ib. 40c; 2 Ibs. 70c; 5 Ibs. $1.65, prepaid. 
.79 Round-Pod Kidney or Brittle Wax. A fine early Bean of very high 
quality and one that we can unhesitatingly recommend. The pods grow up to 
6 inches long. They are thick, perfectly round, and of a clear yellow color. 
Pkt. 10c; $ lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 70c; 5 lbs. $1.65, prepaid. 
84 Sure-Crop Stringless Wax. Resembles Bountiful in the sturdy 
character and disease-resistant constitution of its plants. It starts bearing 
within 60 days after seeds are sown. The pods average 6 to 7 inches long, are 
very meaty, flat but thick through. Pkt. 10c; 4 Ib. 25c; Ib. 35c; 2 lbs. 65c; 
5 lbs. $1.65, prepaid. 
Other Well-Known Wax Beans 
Pkt. 4 |b. Lb. 2 lbs. 5 Ibs. 
76 Refugee Stringless........ $0 10 $025 $040 $070 $1 65 
86 Unrivaled................. 10 25 40 70 1 65 
88 Wardwells Kidney........ 10 25 40 70 1 65 
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