1935 SPRING AND FALL ^ THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. ^ YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
The Vegetable Garden for 1935 
We Pay Transportation Charges on All Vegetable and Flower Seeds in Pkts., Ounces, 
V 3 -Pints and One Pound Lots. Something Special Will Be Packed FREE with Each Order 
In the following pages we are offering you only seeds that 
would be satisfactory for our own planting. We are offering 
them at very reasonable prices as low as good seeds can be 
produced, and leave a small margin of profit that we may con¬ 
tinue to serve you. All of the varieties offered in the Garden 
Seed Department have been tested in the Trial Ground and 
open culture from two to three, or many years, and have been 
selected as the varieties that will give you the best returns 
from the space used. 
The vegetable garden, though it may only be a few feet 
square, will add much to the joy of living and materially 
reduce expenses. 
T o iWCDnfiTJTinN Parcel post rates are usually lower than express or freight on orders weighing less than 50 lbs. If you wish 
KAn or U It l A 1 1 U IN your order to come by parcel post, he sure and inclose money for postage on any articles not postpaid by us. 
NON-WARRANTY—The House of Gurney, Inc., does not give any warranty, expressed or implied, as to description, quality, produc¬ 
tiveness, or any other matter of seeds, bulbs or plants which it sends out, and will not be in any way held responsible for the crop. 
asparagus BEANS—GARDEN VARIETIES 
1 Lb., for 100 Feet of Row. 60 Lbs. Per Acre 
Garden varieties of beans consist of Wax and Green Podded Dwarf String 
Beans, Pole and Lima Beans. All of these yield enormous crops and require 
only a small space to produce enough for a large family. After they have 
matured the dried beans are excellent cooked. Young bean plants are easily 
damaged or killed by freezing so planting should be delayed until danger of 
frosts is past. Plant in rows about 2 feet apart 5 or 6 inches apart in the 
rows. Keep well cultivated but do not cultivate when the plants are wet as 
it will cause many varieties to rust and injure the crop. 
For a succession of this delicious vegetable plant every two weeks until 
the middle of August. 
WAX BEANS 
Sow in early spring in drills 
two inches deep. Manure plenti¬ 
fully each fall, to be forked in 
very early in the spring, _ after 
which sow on a good dressing of 
salt, one oz. to 50 ft. of drill. 
Mary Washington—The re¬ 
sult of careful breeding. It grows 
large straight shoots, dark green 
in color. The tips are tight and 
firm and do not open out or be¬ 
gin to branch until well out of the 
ground, making the finest kind 
of green Asparagus both for 
home use and market. 
Mary Washington is a special 
selection from Pedigreed Wash¬ 
ington, being earlier, larger and 
is absolutely rust resistant. 
Pkt., 5c; 1 oz., 13c; !4 lb., 30c; 
1 lb., 75c. 
Summer Asparagus 
Squash 
Known as “Cut and Come 
Again.” This most delicious 
vegetable is worth a place in all 
gardens. The plant makes a 
strong growth, like summer 
crook-neck squash. The fruit 
should be cut at four to six 
inches long and should not be 
allowed to mature, as it stops 
the formation of new fruit. Cook 
it just the same as asparagus. 
Yields wonderfully. Pkt., 5c; 
1 oz.. 15c; !4 lb., 40c. Postpaid. 
Ground Almond 
Is a very interesting novelty as 
one hill will produce as many as 
125 to 150 nuts. They should be 
sown in good mellow ground, 
they have a very fine almond 
flavor. The nuts are about 
three-quarters of an inch in 
length, having a thin brown skin 
and snow white meat that be¬ 
comes sweeter after the nuts 
have been harvested and dried 
for a time. The nuts will mature 
in the fall after the first frost. 
Pkt., 7c; 'A lb., 20c; 1 lb., 50c. 
Postpaid. 
We pay transportation charges on all Vegetable and Flower Seeds in packets, oz., V 4 
Pencil Pod Black Wax 
(50 days to maturity.) A most 
delicious rich dark yellow snap 
bean, being so tender and brittle 
that by taking it at either end 
and bending it, it will fly into 
several pieces. Abundant bearer. 
Practically rust-proof and even 
in the dry season just past, made 
a good crop of delicious beans. 
Seed black when ripe. V 3 pt., 
12c; 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.15; 
10 lbs., $1.90; 30 lbs., $5.00; 
60 lbs., $9.75. 
Gurney’s Earliest 
Brittle Wax 
(40 days to maturity.) This 
remarkable early clear white 
bean, delicious in quality, si ring- 
less in all stages of its growth, 
combined with its extreme eaili 
ness, makes it one of the most 
desirable for the garden, and as 
its name implies, it is of that de¬ 
gree of brittleness that makes it 
extra desirable for cooking pur¬ 
poses in its golden waxy stage. 
V 3 pt., l^c; 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., 
$1.15; 10 lbs., $1.90; 30 lbs., 
$5.00; 60 lbs., $9.75. 
Golden Wax 
(40 days to maturity.) The 
Golden Wax is probably the 
earliest, and we believe the most 
generally planted and satisfac¬ 
tory of any of the old varieties. 
Pods are a bright, waxy yellow, 
good length, entirely stringless, 
and of a fine buttery flavor. An 
excellent sort for canning or pick¬ 
ling. A very heavy bearer, The 
seed is white, mottled, red and 
purple. y 3 pt., 12c; 1 lb., 25c; 
5 lbs., $1.15; 10 lbs., $1.90; 
30 lbs., $5.00; 60 lbs., $9.75. 
Gurney’s Everbear¬ 
ing Wax Rust-Proof 
Bush Bean 
(50 days to maturity.) The 
great campaign carried on by the 
government for the canning of 
vegetables applied especially to 
fresh beans, the wax and green 
podded beans in the pod. This 
created a very heavy demand for 
beans suitable for canning pur¬ 
poses, and you will find this not 
only the very best for canning, 
but the best for using fresh as 
string or snap beans. As its 
name implies, it is an everbearing 
bean, or a continuous bearer, 
over a period of six weeks; it is 
also rust-proof and practically 
immune from all other bean 
diseases, producing always a 
large crop. Seed is red with buff 
stripes. V 3 pt., 15c; 1 lb., 30c; 
5 lbs., $1.25; 10 lbs., $2.00; 30 
lbs., $5.50; 60 lbs., $10.25. 
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