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BOTZUM BROS SEED CO. 
ASPARAGUS 
NATIVE OF EUROPE 
CONOVER’S COLOSSAL 
A popular early variety, with large thick stalks, and very productive, 
MARTHA WASHINGTON 
Thf original rust resistant variety} heavy yielding, with large dark 
green stalks; of fine quality* 
MARY WASHINGTON 
The latest development of rust resistant asparagus; larger than the 
original Washington, with very tight tips of fine quality* 
BEANS 
The bean plant, native of the Far East, has been cultivated from the 
earliest times* 
Through intensive hybridization and selection there have been develop¬ 
ed fourteen of the leading varieties of stringless beans* These choicer and 
more desirable sorts are gradually replacing the older, coarser, stringy 
varieties* In addition to creating new and better types on breeding grounds 
we continually apply the thoroughly proven pure-line method of breeding 
whereby we are able to maintain pure stocks of the standard varieties which 
meet the needs of the discriminating planter in a uniformly satisfactory 
manner* 
In listing the number of days from planting to marketable condition, 
we have used average results secured over a period of years* These figures 
apply to plantings under normal rainfall conditions, and will very somewhat 
in different sections of the country* However, the number of days indicated 
is valuable in showing the relative earliness of the different varieties* 
All dried beans are commonly handled on the basis of 120 pounds to the bag* 
Varieties listed in capital letters we consider the best and most important 
ones* Beans can be planted from the time danger of frost is over until the 
middle of August, depending on location* 
DWARF GREEN POD VARIETIES 
BOUNTIFUL 
(6^ to 7" Length of Pod, 1/2" width of pod, 
49 Days from Planting to Picking) 
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* 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD 
(6" Length of Pod, 7/16" Width of pod, 
52 Days from Planting to Picking) 
An early, sturdy, productive variety originated by Galvin N. Kenney. 
Plant large, erect, very productive* Pods round, medium green, very 
meaty, perfectly stringless and fiberless and of excellent quality. 
Seeds coffee-brown, 75 per oz* Used extensively by gardeners and for 
cut beans by canners* 
