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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD. 



Hopkins Improved Bed Valentine. 



HOPKINS nUFBOVED BED VAI^EN- 

 TINE. — This variety has all the qualities 

 of the old Valentine, only it is 10 days 

 earlier, a great consideration when planted 

 for the market. Packet, 10c. ; Yz Vo., 25c.; 

 lb. 45c.; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid; 15 lbs.; peck, 

 $4.75; 60 lb. bu., $17.00, not prepaid. 



BEST OP Altli. — Is green podded, long 

 and succulent; very prolific and well 

 flavored. Packet, 10c. ; Vz lb., 25c.; lb., 40c.; 

 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid; 15 lbs. peck, $4.75; 

 60 lb. bu., $17.00, not prepaid. 



TENNESSEE GBEEN POD.— This early 

 variety of snap beans is very popular in 

 the South. It is one of the earliest beans 

 on the market. The pods are very long — 

 often 6 to 7 inches. Packet, 10c. ; Yz lb., 

 25c.; lb., 45c.; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid; 15 lbs. 

 peck, $5.00; 60 lb. bu., $18.00, not prepaid. 



PULL MEASUBE. — The pods are long, 

 m.eaty and tender, without strings, and 

 remain fit for use for many days after 

 maturity. "Very prolific and of excellent 

 quality. Packet, 10c. ; Yz l^v 25c.; lb., 40c.; 

 5 lbs.. $1.75, postpaid; 15 lbs. peck, $4.50; 

 60 lb. bu., $16.0O, not prepaid. 



WHITE TEPABY PIELD BEAN.— Grows 

 plentifully and vigorously throughout the 

 Southwestern section of this country, re- 

 sembles the White Navy, but is somewhat 

 smaller. Its chief value lies in its use as 

 a human food, they should be soaked for 

 twelve hours before cooking, during which 

 time they swell to at least double their 

 volume and more than double their weight, 

 which makes them in this respect surpass 

 any other bean. When .cooked they are 

 light and mealy and emit a rich delicious 

 aroma, boiled and baked with bacon or 

 mashed and added to soups or purees, they 

 form a most acceptable dish. They also 

 show promise as an orchard cover crop, 

 and as a hay plant and stockfood, cattle 

 eat Tepary Bean hay readily and thrive 

 upon it, the dried beans cracked can be 

 fed to poultry. Tepary Beans have been 

 known to produce four times as much crop 

 as the ordinary beans, with limited water 

 supply. When conditions are more favor- 

 able, Teparies yield from thirteen to fifteen 

 hundred pounds to the acre. Profitable 

 crops are grown in regions which have 

 rainfall limited to eight or nine inches or 

 less. Sometimes weeks elapse between 

 showers^ but Tepary takes care of itself 

 during the time of drouth. Drill in 

 rows four inches apart. Sow^ 6 quarts or 

 12 pounds to an acre. Packet, 10c. ; Yz VO; 

 25c.; lb., 40c.; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid; 15 

 lb. peck, $4.75; 60 lb. bu., $17.00, not pre- 

 paid. 



Steckler's New Calico Butter Bean. 



BUSH LIMA OR BUTTER BEANS. 



BUBPEE'S. — The pods are large. The 

 bushes grow eighteen to twenty inches 

 high, of stout growth and always erect, 

 yet branching so vigorously that each 

 plant develops into a magnificent circular 

 bush from two to three feet in diameter. 

 It is an immense yielder. Packet, 10c. ; 

 Yz lb., 30c.; lb., 55c.; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid; 

 15 lbs. peck, $5.25; 60 lb. bu., $19.00, not 

 prepaid. 



POBDHOOK. — An improved dwarf lima. 

 The plants are vigorous and erect, bearing 

 well above the ground. The pods, which 

 are produced in large clusters, are medium 

 green, about four and three-fourths inches 

 long and each contains three to five large 

 beans of exceptionally fine quality. Seed 

 large, irregularly oval in shape, very thick, 

 white with greenish tinge. This sort is 

 popular for home and market use. Packet, 

 10c. ; Yz Va., 30c.; lb., 55c.; 5 lbs, $2.00, 

 postpaid; 15 lbs. peck, $5.50; 60 lb. bu., 

 $20.00 not prepaid. 



BUBPEE'S IMPBOVED. — It differs from 

 the best stiains of Buipee's Bush Lim.a in 

 having uniformly much larger pods, pro- 

 ducing more beans, while both pods and 

 beans are not only lar.arer in size but also 

 considerably thicker. Packet, 10c,; Yz I'b., 

 35c.; lb., eoc, postpaid. 



STECKLEB'S NEW CALICO BUSH 

 BUTTEB. — A very early variety, bearing 

 clusters of beans from bottom to top. The 

 flavor of this bean is excellent; it is used 

 either as a green bean or for dry shelling. 

 When gathered green it is a beautiful 

 waxy white color and at maturity it has 

 a mingled color of white, brown and red, 

 making it a distinctive calico variety. 

 Packet, lOc; Vz lb., 25c.; lb., 40c.; 5 lbs., 

 $1.75. postpaid; 15 lbs. peck, $4.75; 60 lb. 

 bu., $17.00, not prepaid. 



HENDEBSON'S. — This is a Dwarf Butter 

 Bean, growing from 18 to 24 inches high. 

 It is early and productive. Packet, 10c. ; 

 Yz 1^.> 25c.; lb., 40c.; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid; 

 15 lb. peck, $4.75; 60 lb. bu., $17.00, not pre- 

 paid. 



BUSH WAX BEANS. 



WHITE. — A desirable wax bean. Pods 

 are broad, flat, yelloTV and semi-transparent 

 when boiled and is of a delicate flavor. 

 Packet, 10c. ; Yz 1^-. 30c.; lb., 55c.; 5 lbs., 

 $2.00, postpaid; 15 lbs. peck, $5.50; 60 lb. 

 l:u., $20.00, not prepaid. 



