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KANSAS CITY, MO. 
Ada ms’ Tested Vegetable Seeds 
PALMETTO. Large, 
dark green variety 
of vigorous growth, 
having pointed tips. 
Early. Fkt., 10c; oz., 
15c; V4 lb., 30c; lb., 
75c, postpaid. 
Giant Stringless Beans. 
Asparagus Seed and Roots 
Bush Beans 
Bountiful Beans. Green Podded 
1 Pound will Plant a 100-Foot Row; 90 Pounds will Plant an Acre. 
Sow when the Apple is in bloom, and repeat for a succession as 
frequently as necessary. In field culture sow in drills at two 
and a half to three feet apart. In garden culture, when the cul¬ 
tivation is done by hand, the rows may be twenty-four inches 
apart. The seed should be sown in such quantity to warrant 
one bean vine to every two or three inches. 
BOUNTIFUL. (54 days). Vines 15 inches high, bushy and erect. 
Pods large, flat, 6 to 6% inches long, containing 6 to 7 tender 
Beans. Color of pods, light green, absolutely stringless at all 
stages and always tender. The very best early Bean for both 
market and private gardens. A prolific producer. Pkt., 10c; 
y 2 lb., 15c; lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.15; 10 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs., $16.00, 
postpaid. 
GIANT STRINGLESS. (62 days). Long, cylindrical. Height of 
vine, 13 to 15 inches. Foliage resembles Full Measure. Pods 
similar to Burpee’s, long, containing 6 to 7 beans to pod. Pkt., 
10c; V 2 lb., 15c; lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.15; 10 lbs., $2.00; 100 lbs., 
$16.00, postpaid. 
MARY WASHINGTON. A rust- 
resistant, vigorous, high yield¬ 
ing strain of giant Asparagus. 
The plants are the best found in 
a ten years’ search among mil¬ 
lions of plants tested. By best, 
we mean the ones that have produced offspring, uniform, rust- 
resistant, high yielding, of large size and rapid growth, all of 
which qualities indicate tenderness. A more uniform type has 
not been seen among other so-called varieties that were in any 
degree rust-resistant. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; Vi lb., 75c; lb., $2.00, 
postpaid. 
Mary Washington 
Asparagus. 
Sow Seed In Temporary Location and Let Stand for Two Fears; Eight Ounces 
to 100 Yards of Row; or Fifteen Pounds to the Acre. 5,000 Two-Year-Old Roots 
Are Required to Plant an Acre. 
Asparagus Roots 
Can supply two-year-old roots of all 
varieties. 
Two-year-old Asparagus Roots, All 
Varieties: $1.25 per 100; $8.00 per 
1000 . 
Culture. Beds are usually formed by 
setting roots, but if you wish to 
grow plants from seed yourself, 
sow in spring in drills about eigh¬ 
teen inches apart and one inch 
deep, planting fifteen or twenty 
seeds to each foot of row. Trans¬ 
plant the next spring. 
COLUMBIAN MAM¬ 
MOTH WHITE. A 
distinct variety, 
producing white 
shoots which re¬ 
main white as long 
as fit for use. Vig¬ 
orous and robust; 
grows large shoots. 
Needs no earthing 
up. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
15c; Vi lb., 30c; lb., 
75c, postpaid. 
If roots are used, they should be two 
years old; set them in trenches 
12 inches deep, the trenches 
six feet apart, the crowns eighteen 
inches apart, cover with stable ma¬ 
nure, then fill up the trench with 
earth. 
In rows six feet apart, about 5000 
plants are required to plant an 
acre. 
Two-year-old roots are better than 
one-year-old ones. Properly planted 
and fertilized, a cutting of sprouts 
can be made about three times the 
second year after planting. It is 
injurious to cut more often on 
young plants. 
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