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 for 200 plants 
Asparagus 4 to 5 Ibs. per acre 
12 Mary Washington. Large, thick stalks with compact tips of a rich purplish green. Very 
tender and tasty. Exceptionally rust-resistant. Pkt. 10c; 0z. 20c; 14 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. 55c; %4 lb. $2.00; lb. $6.75. 
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. 
Stringless Bush Beans 
Haricots, FR. 1 pkt. for 25 ft. Haba, Sp. 
Faginoli, Ivav, 1 tb. for 150 ft. Bohnen, GER. 
Treat seeds with Spergon or Arasan, and inoculate with Nitragin, see page 89. 
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% feet 
apart dropping the beans 4 inches apart in the row. Cover about 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 oval pods produced 
yin large quantities. Entirely stringless. Matures very early and looks most attractive. The beans 
are fleshy and have a delectable mild flavor. Pkt. 10c; 1% lb. 25c; Ib. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 5 lbs. $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, 
flat pods. Pkt. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 5 lbs. $1.70, prepaid. 
26 Improved Commodore. 65 days. Beautiful, long, straight, round pods which are tender 
yxkand 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 productive bush bean in existence. Of delicious flavor and very 
tender. Pkt. 15c; 14 lb. 35c; Ib. 60c; 2 lbs. $1.10; 5 Ibs. $2.60, prepaid. 
31 Full Measure. 60 days. Fairly straight, dark green, round, stringless pods measuring 
g 6 inches in length. A quality bean of attractive appearance. Pkt. 10c; 2 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 
Boueti) 2 Ibs. 80c; 5 Ibs. $1.85, prepaid. 
Beans 
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 delighttul, 
mild bean flavor. Pkt. 10c; %4 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 
2 Ibs. 80c; 5 lbs. $1.85, prepaid. 
35 Longreen. 56 days. Combines choicest quality, delightful flavor, rich green 
yecolor, tender flesh and complete absence of strings or fiber at all times. 
The round pods are fleshy and straight. They measure 7 inches in length. 
Pkt. 15c; % Ib. 35c; Ib. 60c; 2 lbs. $1.10; 5 lbs. $2.60, postpaid. 
45 Keystonian. 52 days. Beautiful, round, meaty, straight. pods of choicest 
equality. Entirely stringless, vigorous, productive, and of upright growth. 
Pkt. 15c; %4 lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 2 Ibs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, 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. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 5 Ibs. $1.70, prepaid. 
59 Giant Stringless Green Pod. 53 days. A quality mid-season Bean bearing 
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; % Ib. 
25c; Ib. 40c; 2 Ibs. 75c; 5 lbs. $1.70, prepaid. 
61 Tendergreen. 53 days. Strong, vigorous bushes laden with most attractive 
yelight green beans 6 inches long. They are round, very meaty, and entirely 
stringless. A newer variety of outstanding merit, rust-resistant, and of de- 
licious flavor. Pkt. 10c; %4 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 2 Ibs. 80c; 5 lbs. $1.85, prepaid. Improved Commodore Bush Bean 
2 Varieties marked ye have received awards in the All-America Selections 
