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WILSON S. BROWER COMPANY, Inc., CATALOGUE OF SEEDS 
ARTICHOKE 
Pkt. 10c — 1 oz. 75c 
Large Green Globe or Paris 
Used for home garden planting and shipping; grown extensively in California; 
heads large, slightly elongated; scales thick at base. Quite different from Jerusa¬ 
lem Artichoke, which is grown for its tuberous root. 
ASPARAGUS 
Pkt. 10c — 1 oz. 15c 
MARY WASHINGTON 
The latest development of rust resistant asparagus; larger than the original Wash¬ 
ington, with very tight tips of fine quality. 
Palmetto 
Desirable for home and market garden use; likewise popular as a canning variety. 
Stalks dark green, pointed at tip. Early and very productive. 
BEANS 
Dwarf Green Podded Varieties 
35c ]b. — 2 lb. 65c 
ASGROW VALENTINE ___ 
Well adapted for market garden use and for early ship¬ 
ping. Plant large, erect, prolific. Very attractive oval 
pods nearly straight, dark green, strictly stringless, 
and of fine quality and delicate flavor; retain color and 
texture in shipping long distances; seeds oval, 81 per 
oz., solid black. Similar to Black Valentine except that 
it is free from strings. 
Length 
of pod 
inches 
6y 2 to 7 
Black Valentine ___ 6to6y 2 
A good shipping variety, as it holds its firmness and 
color for a long time after picking. Plant large leaved 
erect, prolific. Pods oval, dark green, uniform and at¬ 
tractive; stringy, fibrous, and tough; seeds oblong, 81 
per oz., jet black. 
BOUNTIFUL _ 6V 2 to 7 
An important early variety for market gardeners and 
shippers; likewise for home gardens. Plant medium 
large, prolific, thrifty. Pods flat, light green, stringless, 
slightly fibrous and of good quality. Seeds yellow-straw 
color, 65 per oz. 
Broad Windsor or Fava _ 5 to 5% 
A late variety for use as green shell beans. Plant very 
large and up-standing; pods glossy green. At eating 
stage the beans are light green, broad and flat. Dry 
seeds, 3 to the pod, large, flat, nearly circular; color red¬ 
dish-brown with black eye. 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD 6 
An early, sturdy, productive variety originated by Calvin 
N. Keeney. Plant large, erect, very productive. Pods 
round, medium green, very meaty, perfectly stringiest 
and fiberless and of excellent quality. Seeds coffee- 
brown, 75 per oz. Used extensively by gardeners and 
for cut beans by canners. 
Dwarf Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry 5 
Also called Dwarf Cherry. Used for snap beans, and 
also for green shell beans which are edible in 62 days. 
Desirable variety for home and market garden use. 
Plant medium height and prolific. Pods green at early 
stage, changing to greenish yellow, splashed with carmine 
at maturity; semi-round, stringless, somewhat fibrous. 
Seeds oval, pinkish buff, spotted and streaked with 
maroon; 62 per oz. 
Width Days from 
of pod planting 
inches to picking 
% 49 
% 49 
49 
1% 75 
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