WM. C. BLCKXRT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 3 



Pole "Beans and Asparagus 



POLE, or RUNNING BEANS 



(©tangen Socmen) 



Pole Beans are less hardy than the Bush sorts, and should be planted several weeks later, when the ground is warmer and frost is over. 

 Plant the seeds in slightly raised hills 3 or 4 feet apart, 4 or 5 seeds to the hill. The Limas are especially tender, and the rule for late 

 outside planting with them is rigid. Painstaking cultivators, who are usually the most successful, plant them eye downward, after setting 

 stout poles for every hill. All sorts of late-ripening Pole Beans are benefited by pinching the tips of the vines back when they are about 5 

 feet high. A quart of Limas will plant about 100 hills; a quart of the smaller sorts about 200. 



POLE LIMA BEANS 



V KING OF THE GARDEN. When not too closely planted, the vines set beans early and beai 

 continuously until frost; only two vines should be allowed to a hill. Very productive. Pkt. 10 cts.. 

 pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 



^FORD'S MAMMOTH LIMA. The pods, averaging 7 inches in length and 5 to 7 beans to a pod, 

 are produced in clusters; quality the finest. Vines vigorous and productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., 

 qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 



■ LARGE WHITE LIMA. Beans large, ovoid and kidney-shaped and greenish white in color. 



Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., Kpk. $1.10. 

 EARLY JERSEY LIMA. Very earlv and productive. Beans a little smaller than later sorts, 



but of finest quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 



SEIBERT'S EARLY LIMA. Pods and beans quite large, very early and productive, quality the 



best. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., %pk. $1.25. 



\y DREER'S IMPROVED, or CHALLENGER LIMA. Early and productive; beans thick and 

 •founded, tender and good. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 



EDIBLE-PODDED POLE BEANS 



KENTUCKY WONDER WAX. Even more productive than its green-podded namesake; grows 

 very rampant, one plant covering a pole with a mass of vines densely loaded with beans; pods very 

 fleshy, entirely stringless and of the best quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 



^•SUNSHINE WAX. Pods 6 to 8 inches long; very straight, and borne in clusters; prolific and of 

 fine quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., %pk. $1.25. 

 4/-COLDEN CHAMPION WAX. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., ^pk. $1.25. 

 If KENTUCKY WONDER, or OLD HOMESTEAD. Very prolific; long, showy green pods, 

 borne in large clusters; they are often 9 to 10 inches in length; when young are nearly round, crisp 

 and tender. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., %pk. $1.25. 



*S LAZY WIFE. Very productive; pods green, 4 to 6 inches long, broad, thick, fleshy and entirely 

 stringless; of rich, tender quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., %pk. $1.25. 

 ^WHITE CREASEBACK, or BEST OF ALL. Very productive, bearing in clusters ; pods silvery 

 green, medium size, best quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 



A HORTICULTURAL, or CRANBERRY. Good as a shell Bean, either green or dry; of good 

 flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., %pk. 90 cts. 



i^DUTCH CASE-KNIFE. Pods long, flat; beans white, flat and kidney-shaped; quality fine. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., %pk. $1.10. 



jff SCARLET RUNNER. With showy scarlet blossoms; beans purplish, with black markings; 

 very ©rnamemtal. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., %pk. 90 cts. 



^FRENCH ASPARAGUS, or YARD LONG. Pods 2 or 3 feet long; tender, and of asparagus 

 ntW/ Pkt. 10 cts. 



KENTUCKY WONDER WAX BEAN. 



ASPARAGUS 



(Spargel) 



A bed once properly made and planted will last for years. Plenty of fertilizer should be well 

 trenched in to a depth of 2 feet or more. The roots should be planted as early in the spring as the 

 ground can be prepared, setting them a foot apart in rows 2, 2 r A or 3 feet apart, with the crowns from 



4 to G inches below the surface of the 

 bed and the plants thinned as they grow; oi 

 the second year. An ounce of seed will sow 

 may he expected the third year from seed. 



Asparagus seed may be sown directly in the permanent 

 it may be sown elsewhere, and the seedlings transplanted 

 50 feet of drill, and produce about 300 plants. Pair crops 



ze and quality, even and regular in growth. Pkt. 5 cts., 



PALMETTO. Earlv; stalks fine in 

 z. 10 cts., Mlb. 25 cts. 



# COLOSSAL. Very large, deep green; stalks tender and of good flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 

 Klb. 20 cts. 



( BARR'S MAMMOTH. Stalks large; heads close 

 lint. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., %\b. 25 cts. 



. COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE. Eighty to 90 per cent of the stalks 

 ryhain colorless as long as they are fit for use. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Mlb. 25 cts 



ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



By planting Asparagus roots instead of the seeds a year or more of time can be saved in getting 

 the shoots ready for table or market. They can be planted at any time within 6 or 8 weeks of 

 Vegetable Plants. 



d; light in color; tender and succu- 

 are pure white, and 



ASPARAGUS. 



opening of spring. See 



