DUTHIE SEED CO. 
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Vegetable Seeds 
With General Directions for Cultivation 
It should always be remembered that many vegetables are mirch affected in their habit of growth of 
plant and size, form and quality of the fruits by conditions of soil, climate, location and mode of culture 
which are often beyond 1 our control, and our descriptions are for what may be expected under conditions 
that are approximately normal and favorable for good development. 
The cultural directions in this catalog are necessarily limited! but they are as complete as space permits. 
Asparagus 
One ounce of seed will produce 300 or more plants. 
CULTURE—It will require two or three seasons to produce a marketable 
crop of asparagus from seed, but this method is often superior to root planting 
as better plants can be selected for the permanent beds. Asparagus grows ' 
better and produces earlier in the spring if planted in well-drained soil having ■ 
a southern exposure. Plant eighteen inches apart in rows three and one-half 
feet apart. 
MARY WASHINGTON —A most remarkable Asparagus which has 
been developed by the United States Department of Agriculture. 
The plants form large clean shoots which are thick and heavy. The 
color is rich dark green, tinted darker at the tips. It is a heavy 
yielder and a long-lived producer of exceptionally fine flavor. Price 
postpaid 3rd zone. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 2 oz. 35c; pound $1.75. 
PALMETTO —The old standard variety widely used. Stalks are 
greenish in color and of excellent quality. Postpaid. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 
2 oz. 25c; 1 pound $1.00. 
See Page 21 for Plants 
Garden Beans 
Mary Washington 
One pound will plant 100 feet of drill. 
CULTURE—Plant in warm, loamy soil at the 
beginning of warm weather, and at intervals for 
succession until August. Rows may be made two 
feet apart, and the beans planted two to four 
inches apart in the drills, or three or four beans 
in hills six to eight inches apart. Cultivate and hoe 
frequently when the vines are dry. 
Burpee’s Stringless Green-Pod 
Green-Podded Varieties 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN-POD —One of the 
earliest; round podded, always stringless, tender and 
crisp. 42 days. Finest green-pod bush bean in cultivation. 
This famous snap bean is unequaled. Plants are large 
of somewhat spreading growth, with dark green foliage, 
and always of strictly bush form. The pods are medium 
in length, slightly curved, and are so thick, even when 
quite young, as to be double-barreled. The pods are an 
attractive rich green. Burpee’s String-less Green-Pod is 
enormously productive and combines this feature with 
hardiness and extreme earliness. The pods are meaty 
and juicy, lacking the faintest signs of any strings. They 
are tender, brittle, and of very fine flavor. Prepaid 3rd 
zone. Carton 10c; 1 lb. 30c; 5 lbs. $1.35; 10 lbs. $2.25. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN-POD—The plants are of strong 
growth, and bear a fine crop of pods. The pods are meaty, nearly 
round, brittle and stringless. Somewhat similar to Burpee’s 
Stringless Green-Pod, but matures a few days later. The color 
of the pods is lighter than Burpee’s Stringless Green-Pod and 
they show deeper depression® between the beans. Carton 10c; 
1 pound 30c; 5 pounds $1.35; 10 pounds $2.25. 
EARLY RED VALENTINE—A choice variety for 
early use. Pods are of excellent quality. A favorite 
where moisture is limited. Carton 10 c; 1 pound 
30c; 5 pounds $1.35; 10 pounds $2.25. 
EARLY SIX WEEKS—One of the earliest green - 
pod ! varieties. The beans are of excellent quality if 
harvested when quite small. A choice variety for 
early home use. Used in some short season sections 
as a dry bean for winter use. Carton 10c; 1 pound 
25c; 5 pounds $1.25; 10 pounds $2.25. 
REFUGEE OR 1000 TO 1—A late variety. Pods 
very slender and brittle, of good quality, suitable 
for planting for late canning. Carton 10c; 1 pound 
25c; 10 pounds $2.00. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL—Excellent either as 
a snap or shell bean. 60 days. Also called Cran¬ 
berry and Italian bean. A bush bean with large 
green pods, splashed with carmine. Seed pale buff 
mottled pink. Carton 10c; 1 pound 30c; 5 pounds 
$1.25. 
STRINGLESS REFUGEE—A splendlid improvement 
on the Refugee Thousand to One, with which it com¬ 
pares in season and earlines®, but is absolutely 
stringless. Pods are roundl, more even in length, 
possibly a little lighter green in color, exceedingly 
tender and of a delicious flavor. A splendid bean 
both for snap and canning purposes. Carton 10c; 
1 pounds 30c; 5 pounds $1.35. 
