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4 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1912 



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Bush Beans— Green Pod 



CuLTUKE. — Succeed best in warm, sandy loam, en- 

 riched with well rotted stable or poultry manure. 

 Must not be sown until the ground is warm and dry. 

 Sow in drills J8 to 30 inches apart, 1 to 2 inches deep, 

 placing the beans 2 to 3 inches apajt in the drills; lor a 

 succession sow every 2 weeks until September. Use 

 1 quart to 2U0 feet of drill, 1 bushel to the acre. Sow 

 bush limas in drills 8 leet apart, placing the eye down, 

 18 to 24 inches apart In the drills; or in hlLs 3 leet apart 

 each way, al. owing 1 or 2 plants to each hill. Use 1 

 quart to luo hi, is, 12 to lb quarts to the acre. Cultivate 

 frequently but shallow, and never when vines are wet. • 



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Earliest improved Valentine 



My improved strain of this famous old reliable green 

 podded bush bean is ready for the basket in 35 to SS 

 days. As now perfected it has full, meaty round pods,' 

 which possess beauty, tenderness and superior flavor. It 

 is an ideal snap short bean, and one that alwaj's sells well 

 in the market. Vines grow uniformly about fifteen 

 inches in height. My Earliest Improved is a great im- 

 provement over the original Red Valentine and is now 

 the most prolific and profitable bean of its kind mi 

 the American market. 



Packet, 10 cents; pliit, 35 cents; quart, 40 ceuts, 

 postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 

 ijt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., 7.5 cts.; pic., SI. 35; bu., $4.50. 



16 Giant Podded Valentine 



The introducer claims it is earlier than any other 

 green podded bean, and that it is more prolific. Pods 

 round. Of excellent flavor and stringless. 



Packet, 10 cents; pint, 35 cents; quart, 40 cents, 

 postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 

 qt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., 75 cts.; pk,, $1.35; bushel, $4.50. 



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Stringless Green Pod 



EARLIEST IMPROVED VALENTINE BEAN. 



The Stringless Green Pod is now one of the most pop- 

 ular bush beans in America. In point of earllness it 

 ranks among the first, in quality it is excelled by none, 

 and in bearing ability it stands without a rival. It is 

 unquestionably one of the greatest green pod beans to 

 date. As to brlltleness of pod, the point suggested by its 

 name, its merit is so high that its enthusiastic friends 

 claim it is the only stringless bean. 



The pods are round, fleshy and nearly straight; are 

 borne in abundance through a long season, beginning 

 early. They are five inches in length, rich green 

 in color, very tender, and of highest and best flavor. 

 They remain long in edible condition, and the plant or 

 bush bears continuously for weeks. This bean is unex- 

 celled for home use, and will be found very profitable for 

 market on account of its heavy cropping ability. 



Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents, 

 postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 

 qt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., $1.10; pk., $3.00; bushel, $7.50. 



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