Start an Asparagus Bed This Year 
ASPARAGUS 
Washington Asnaracni^ This highly improved strain is the 
VV d&nins ion/^.bparagus result of selection since 1910 under 
tlie direction of the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States 
Department of Agriculture. Washington Asparagus is highly rust 
resistant and produces a heavy crop of large tender stalks. This is 
pedigreed seed. 
(Pitt., 5c) (oz., 10c) (y 4 lb„ 20c) (lb., 55c) (5 lbs., $2.40) prepaid. 
Mary Washington Asparagus f 0 a tS“ er Anothe D r r p%?fte 
ton selection. Our stock is all from fields grown from pedigreed 
stock seed. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz„ 10c) (% lb., 25c) (lb., 75c) (5 lbs., $3.30) prepaid. 
GARDEN BEANS 
Beans like a dry and rather light soil, though they will do well 
m any garden soil if not planted too early in the spring. Planting 
should be delayed until all danger of frost is over. Dwarfs are 
earliest and most hardy as a general rule. In garden culture, beans 
are usually planted about 2 inches deep, in rows 18 inches apart, and 
3 inches apart in the row; in field culture, in drills 2 to 3 feet apart, 
so as to cultivate with horse one way. Until blossoming season 
frequent but shallow cultivation should be given. It is useless to 
expect a crcp from a poorly prepared field or from one that needs 
deep stirring after planting, as cutting of the roots after the plants 
show bloom is very apt to kill the vines and ruin the crop. Two 
pounds will plant 100 feet of drill, and sixty pounds is sufficient for 
an acre. 
Running beans, especially the Limas, are even more tender than 
the Dwarfs; therefore, planting must be delayed still later, or until 
liability to rot in consequence of cold, damp weather has passed. 
Plant five or six beans in each hill, about 2 inches deep, hills 3 feet 
apart each way. Two pounds of seed will be sufficient for 100 hills 
of Limas, or 50 pounds of Limas per acre. 
To afford a regular succession of crops throughout the season, 
plant every two weeks after the first planting until midsummer. 
Harvesting Bountiful Beans for Seed. We offer excellent, rogued, 
hand-picked stocks. 
BEANS—Green-pod Bush 
See page 2 for information regarding days to maturity. 
Rrmritiful 48 days. A most important variety commercially, 
especially in the south for fall planting. Table qual¬ 
ity excellent; pods six inches long, slender, slightly curved, flat, 
light green and stringless. 
(Pkt., 10c) (y 2 lb., 20c) (lb., 35c) (5 lbs., $1.50) prepaid. 
Rlarlr 50 d a y s - An early productive sort well liked 
j-ficu.iv v aicimnc by southern planters. A good shipper. Pods 
are round and straight, dark green and long; but not entirely 
stnn 1 0 s s 
(Pkt., 10c) (y 2 lb., 15c) (lb., 25c) (5 lbs., $1.10) prepaid. 
See Page 83 for Special Prices to Market Growers 
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