Dreer’s Reliable 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Vegetables produced in the home garden in soil rich in plant foods and minerals 
will provide tasty, palatable, and wholesome food of considerably better quality and 
richer in vitamins than can be procured in most markets. The Dreer Quality vegetable _ 
seeds represent the best varieties available for the home garden and market growing. 
1 ounce — about 200 plants 
Asparagus 4 to 5 lbs. per acre 
12 Mary Washington. Large, thick stalks with compact tips of a rich purplish green. 
Very tender and tasty. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % Ib. 60c; lb. $1.80. 
17 Paradise. A new Asparagus similar to the preceding but considered by many an 
earlier and heavier yielder. Pkt. 20c; oz. 45c; %4 Ib. $1.50; lb. $5.00. 
17-701 Mary Washington Roots. One-year-old. 12 for 65c; 25 for $1.00; 50 for 
$1.60; 100 for $3.00, prepaid. 1000 for $18.00, not prepaid. , 
17-700 Paradise Roots. One-year-old. 12 for 75c; 25 for $1.20; 50 for $2.10; 
100 for $4.00, prepaid. 1000 for $25.00, not prepaid. 






Stringless Bush Beans 
Haricots, Fr. 1 pkt. for 25 ft. Haba, Sp. 
Faginoli, ITAL. 1 Ib. for 150 ft. Bohnen, GER. 
Treat seed with Spergon or Arasan, and inoculate with Nitragin. 
Culture—Plant after the weather has become firmly settled, say around the middle 
of May in the latitude of Philadelphia. Any good soil will produce a heavy crop. Sow 
in rows 2 to 2%4 feet apart dropping the beans 4 inches apart in the row. Cover about Be 
2 inches deep. Cultivate only when the plants are dry. Make succession sowings 2 @ 
weeks apart up to August 1. 

Green-Pod Varieties 
21 Stringless Black Valentine. 53 days. A handsome quality bean with large 
yxkpods produced in large quantities. Entirely stringless. Matures very early 
and looks most attractive. The beans are fleshy and have a delectable mild 
flavor. Pkt. 10c; % Ib. 25c; |b. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 5 Ibs. $1.70, prepaid. 
23 Bountiful. 48 days. A splendid, vigorous, and disease-resistant variety. The 
plants form well-branched bushes laden with a heavy crop of attractive light 
green, tender, brittle, stringless, round pods. Pkt. 10c; % Ib. 25c; lb. 40; 
2 Ibs. 75c; 5 lbs. $1.70, prepaid. 
26 Improved Commodore. 65 days. Beautiful long, straight, round pods which 
ykare tender and of excellent flavor, borne abundantly and continuously on 
plants 16 inches tall. Always entirely stringless and free from all fiber. A 
1945 All America Winner considered by many the very finest and most pro- 
ductive bush bean in existence. Of delicious flavor and very tender. Pkt. 15c; 
Y lb. 35c; Ib. 60c; 2 Ibs. $1.15; 5 Ibs. $2.55, prepaid. 
31 Full Measure. 60 days. Fairly straight, dark green, round, stringless pods | 
measuring 6 inches in length. A quality bean of attractive appearance. 
Pkt. 10c; % Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 2 Ibs. 80c; 5 lbs. $1.85, prepaid. 
32 Streamliner. 53 days. Very attractive, long, flat, slender pods averaging 
8 to 10 inches in length if grown under good conditions. The pods are 
tender, entirely free of fiber, and have a delightful, mild bean flavor. Pkt. 
10c; % Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 2 lbs. 80c; 5 Ibs. $1.85, prepaid. 
45 Keystonian. 52 days. Beautiful, round, meaty, straight pods of choicest 
equality. Entirely stringless, vigorous, productive, and of upright growth. 
Pkt. 15c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 Ibs. $2.00, prepaid. 
50 Stringless Red Valentine. 54 days. Similar to the old Red Valentine but 
entirely stringless. A heavy producer with attractive, round, 5-inch pods. Pkt. 
10c; % lb. 25c; Ib. 40c; 2 Ibs. 75c; 5 Ibs. $1.70, prepaid. 
57 Stringless Green Pod. 53 days. Fleshy, long, round, stringless pods of ex- 
cellent flavor. A favorite particularly on medium to heavy soil where it pro- 
duces an enormous crop of rich green, tender, and tasty pods. Pkt. 10c; % lb. 
25c; Ib. 45c; 2 Ibs. 80c; 5 Ibs. $1.85, prepaid. 
59 Giant Stringless Green Pod. 53 days. A quality mid-season Bean bearing See page 87 
an enormous crop of thick, round, perfectly stringless pods of an attractive 
mid-green color. The pods measure about 6 inches in length. Pkt. 10c; % lb. for materials 
25c; lb. 45c; 2 Ibs. 80c; 5 Ibs. $1.85, prepaid. recommended 
61 Tendergreen. 53 days. Strong, vigorous bushes laden with most attractive for seed 
yxlight green beans 7 inches long. They are round, very meaty, and entirely 
treatment 
Asparagus Paradise stringless. A newer variety of outstanding merit, rust-resistant, and of de- 
: licious flavor. Pkt. 10c; % lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 2 Ibs. 90c; 5 Ibs. $2.00, prepaid. 

2 Varieties marked > have received awards in the All-America Selections 
