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1931, SPRING SEED CATALOG 
SURE CROP WAX 
120—SURE CROP WAX. Long 
slender pods, thick, flat, almost 
round. Very tender, brittle and 
stringless. These long, golden 
yellow pods make a beautiful 
bean for canning whole. Mid¬ 
season to late. As a rule quite 
productive. A vigorous growing 
plant so give them plenty of 
room. 
106—TENDERGREEN. A new 
member added to our bean fam¬ 
ily. Long, straight, dark green 
pods without a string. One of 
the earliest. A heavy and de¬ 
pendable cropper. Pods round, 
plump and well filled to the tip. 
A great bean for home use and 
home markets. 
WINTER BEANS 
102—WHITE WONDER. The 
little white navy or soup bean. 
Everybody knows what it is like 
and how it tastes. Whether you 
live in town or in the country 
plant a few for winter use. 
104 — GREAT NORTHERN. 
Seed white. Larger than the 
Navy. Early. 
128—RED KIDNEY. Easily 
grown, fairly productive. 
POLE BEANS 
Pole beans for green shell beans and snap-shorts 
They follow bush beans in season and for this reason 
it is nice to grow both. 
130—CUTSHORT OR CORNHILL. Small round pods. 
Fairly good climber. Late. 
131—DUTCH CASEKNIFE. Long 
broad, flat pods. Seed white making 
a good shell bean. Not much good 
for snaps. Late. 
132 — H O R TICUUTURAL O R 
CRANBERRY. Medium length 
pods. Popular as a shell bean, also 
good for snaps. Late. 
133 — IMPROVED MISSOURI 
WONDER. Early and a good 
climber. A good cornhill bean. It 
yields well and bears a long time. 
Medium long, plump, well-filled 
crease-back pods. Especially fine 
for green shell beans. Use with 
Stowell’s Evergreen sweet corn and 
it makes wonderful succotash. 
BUSH AND POLE LIMAS 
145—BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA. Earlier and 
a better bean in every way than the old Burpee’s Bush. 
Large seeded, 3 to 5 to the pod. 
126—FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. 
Considered the best of the large 
seeded bush limas. Big, plump 
seed of finest quality. Earliest of 
the large seeded limas. Productive 
under good growing conditions. 
127 — HENDERSON’S BUSH 
LIMA. The surest cropper of any 
of the bush limas. Small white 
seed. Splendid as a green shell 
bean or for winter use. Very pro¬ 
ductive. Pods hang thick on the 
bush. Bears over a long period. 
Stands dry weather well. The 
green shell bean fine in succotash. 
140—EXTRA EARLY LIMA. A 
pole lima. Small white seed. Be¬ 
gins bearing early and continues 
a long time. Pods hang in clusters. 
Makes a wonderful green shell 
bean. Fine for succotash. Fine as 
Henderson’s Bush Lima a dry bean for winter ; 
142—EARLY JERSEY LIMA. A pole lima. Probably the 
best large seeded pole lima for the middle west. Early, 
large plump seed. 
STOCK BEETS 
Feed Mangels to Chickens 
Increase Egg Production 
Use at least 10 to 12 
pounds of seed to the acre. 
Plant early. 
They keep your stock in 
better condition and in¬ 
crease the milk flow and 
egg production. 
620 — GIANT SLUD- 
STRUP. Very large, ob¬ 
long, easily pulled. An 
improved strain grown 
in Holland. At an agricul¬ 
ture show, open to all 
Holland, this strain won 
first award for the var¬ 
iety on yield, dry matter 
and fewest culls. 
616 — GIANT FEED¬ 
ING SUGAR. A true 
stock beet, not a sugar 
beet. Large, easily pulled. 
This is also a Holland 
grown special strain. 
619 — MAMMOTH 
LONG RED MANGEL. 
Called by some “Gate 
Post” because of its size. 
Is easily pulled. Makes 
tremendous yields. 
Left MAMMOTH LONG RED 
Right GIANT SLUDSTRUP 
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Pencil Pod Black Wax 
139 — KE NT U C KY 
WONDER WAX. The 
best wax podded pole 
bean we know of. Beau¬ 
tiful long, broad, waxy 
yellow pods. Fine qual¬ 
ity and p r o d u c tive. 
Early and a good 
climber. 
134 — KE NT U C KY 
WONDER. Brown 
seeds. Claimed by some 
to be the best flavored 
bean grown. Long, 
wrinkled, creasebacked 
pods. Very brittle and 
meaty. Early and pro¬ 
ductive. Fine for snaps 
and a fairly good shell 
KENTUCKY wonder bean. Used by many for 
canning. 
137—WHITE SEEDED KENTUCKY WONDER. Pods 
medium long. Early and productive. 
POSTPAID PRICES 
- 
BUSH BEANS 
3 oz. 
Vs lb. 
1 lb. 
3 lbs. 
■■ 
- 
120—Sure Crop Wax __ 
_ .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
■i 
106—Tendergreen 
. .12 
.25 
?45 
1.25 
m 
1 
WINTER BEANS 
102—White Wonder_ _ . 
_ .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
m 
= 
104—Great Northern _ _ 
_ .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
— 
128—Red Kidney _ .. _ _ _ 
_ .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
m 
POLE BEANS 
130—Cutshort or Cornhill__ 
. .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
1 
tm 
131—Dutch Caseknife _ 
. .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
m 
132—Horticultural or Cranberry 
. .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
m 
133—Improved Missouri Wonder 
. .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
= 
139—Kentucky Wonder Wax.. 
_ .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
134—Kentucky Wonder . _ _ 
. .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
= 
131—White Seeded Ken. Wonder_ 
. .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
= 
mt 
BUSH AND POLE LIMAS 
145—Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima. 
_ .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
1 
- 
126—Fordhook Bush Lima . 
_ .12 
.25 
.45 
1.25 
m 
m 
127—Henderson’s Bush Lima__ 
. .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
s 
m 
140—Extra Early Lima_ 
. .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
~ 
r 
142—Early Jersey Lima_ 
_ .10 
.20 
.35 
.95 
s 
STOCK BEETS 
Oz. 
% lb. 
1 lb. 
3 lb. 
- 
— 
620—Giant Sludstrup .. 
_ .05 
.15 
.50 
1.25 
m 
616—Giant Feeding Sugar . 
_ .05 
.15 
.50 
1.25 
a 
619—Mammoth Long Red Mangel. 
. .05 
.15 
.50 
1.25 
■ 
618—Genuine Sugar_ .. _ 
. .05 
.15 
.50 
1.25 
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