Dreer's Specialties for Better Food Gardens 



The special vegetables offered in the following four pages are not necessarily novelties. As a matter of fact, some of them, like 

 Cardinal Globe Radish have served American home gardeners for a score of years. Rather would we have you look upon these special 

 varieties as tried and dependable friends worthy of a place of honor in your garden, since they are endowed with qualities and character- 

 istics that would make them worth any man's time and space. We take great pride in the special strains we offer for there are just as 

 wide differences between strains of one and the same vegetable as there are between blooded live stock and the ordinary farm type. 

 We are continually striving to make Dreer's strains the pride of home gardeners throughout America. 



Fordhook Bush Lima Beans 



107 This most excellent variety gains in popularity each succeed- 

 ing year, its dwarf growth, combined with its great productive- 

 ness, being perfectly suited to the garden of limited area, 

 or to the professional grower with a large acreage. The plant 

 makes a strong growth which prevents the pod from coming in 

 contact with the soil, thus avoiding rust and rot. It pro- 

 duces many large pods in clusters and each pod is well filled 

 with 4 or 5 large beans, which are very thick through and 

 of excellent flavor. The shelled beans are of that attractive 

 green color which is always indicative of highest quality in 

 limas. These beans are ready for picking in about 75 days from 

 the date of planting seed. A universal favorite wherever Bush 

 Lima Beans are grown. Pkt., 15 cts.; J lb., 30 cts.; lb., 50 

 cts.; 2 lbs., 90 cts.; 5 lbs., $2.00, Prepaid. 



Golden Gem Sugar Corn (New) 



323 In the spring of 1928 we offered for the first time a new extra 

 early sugar corn. Golden Sunshine, which, judging by the 

 greatly increased demand in 1929 and 1930 has won general 

 approval from numerous customers who have grown it. 

 In addition to the fine, sweet quality of this corn it produces 

 well filled ears about ten days in advance of the ever popular 

 Golden Bantam. Golden Gem, another fine introduction to 

 be credited to the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment 

 Station will produce ears seven or eight days earlier than the 

 Golden Sunshine. This will, undoubtedly, make it of par- 

 ticular interest, especially to our many friends in the northern 

 border states. The ears which are about the same size as 

 Bantam or slightly larger are deliciously sweet and grow 

 very low on a remarkably short stalk. In fact, the lower ear 

 sometimes is on the stalk at a point just below the surface 

 of the soil. We want all of our customers, particularly those 

 who only enjoy a short growing season, to try this valuable 

 variety. Due to adverse weather conditions last summer and 

 also to the limited quantity of fine stock seed available for 

 growing for seed, our stock is limited and we advise an early 

 order on this variety. Pkt., 20 cts.; J lb., 35 cts.; lb., 60 cts.; 

 2 lbs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.50. 



**The President" Pea 



702 Here is a new introduction of outstanding quality, and which, 

 we are sure will be well received by our many customers. 

 "The President" produces a vine 20 or 22 inches high, strong 

 and vigorous, and rich dark green in color, bearing straight 

 dark green pods in profusion which measure 4j to 4j inches 

 in length, always well filled with sweet flavored Peas. Peas 

 are ready for picking in about 68 or 70 days and therefore it is 

 a most valuable sort to plant along with Laxtons Progress, 

 which can be picked 7 or 8 days earlier. A trial pound or 

 two will return a very profitable crop. Pkt., 15 cts.; -J- lb., 

 30 cts.; 1 lb., 50 cts.; 2 lbs., 95 cts.; 5 lbs., $2.15, prepaid. 



Cardinal Globe Radish 



770 Among quite a number of the little round red Radishes 

 available, this is easily one of the most dependable in that it 

 perfects uniformly handsome round globes within 20 to 25 

 days from sowing seeds. The radishes when overgrown show 

 a tendency to become slightly elongated or olive-shaped, but 

 they remain in fit pondition for use about a week or ten days 

 longer than the average extra early, round red variety. It is a 

 most attractive Radish, of brilliant cardinal red color, with 

 pure white flesh, of delicate crispness and delightful 

 flavor. Equally useful for growing under glass in frames or 

 greenhouses as well as for early outdoor sowing. Pkt., 10 

 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75. 



Dreer's Improved 

 Long-Standing Spinach 



845 Most varieties of Spinach have the bad habit of shooting to 

 seed before half of the crop has been disposed of, but the out- 

 standing feature of the above sort is, as its name implies, its 

 remarkable long standing qualities. The plant forms compact 

 thick tufts, with numerous leaves of a rich dark green, broad 

 and pointed, and much crumpled. The leaf stalks are very 

 short, being another important point in favor of this sort. A 

 sowing of this variety every 3 or 4 weeks will insure a con- 

 stant supply of this healthful vegetable. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 15 

 cts.; i lb., 30 cts.; lb., 85 cts. 



SPECIAL COVER PAGE COLLECTION 



The five varieties of vegetable seeds offered above and illustrated opposite are selected for their fine quality and general popularity, 

 also for their adaptability to any garden. We offer a collection containing — 



1 PACKET OF EACH FOR 50 CENTS, POSTPAID 



ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS in quantities offered in this Catalog are FORWARDED TRANSPORTATION PAID, anywhere 

 in the United States, we reserving the privilege of shipping either by PARCEL POST, EXPRESS or FREIGHT. (1) 



