For Better Gardens—Plan Early—Prepare Early—Plant Hardie’s Seeds 
HARDIE’S VEGETABLE SEED 
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Hardie’s Garden Beans 
CULTURE—Sow seed early in the spring and transplant the following 
spring in hills four feet apart, setting three plants to the hill ; the soil should 
be rich and deep. 
100—LARGE GREEN GLOBE—The best standing variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; 
Vi lb. $1.90; postpaid. 
BEANS BEING EASILY GROWN, HAVE BECOME ONE OF THE 
MOST POPULAR GARDEN VEGETABLES. 
You would be unable to secure seed of better quality anywhere. The most 
successful truck gardeners have learned to depend on Hardie’s Beans. 
CULTURE—Beans are tender, and should not be planted until all danger 
from frost is past. No time is gained by planting them before the ground 
becomes warm. Drop the beans two or three inches apart, in rows standing 
eighteen inches or two feet apart; cultivate only when dry ; draw the soil 
slightly towards them. They will make green beans in six or eight weeks ; 
sow every two weeks for a succession, if seasonable, up to September. 
Bush—Green Pod 
104— BOUNTIFUL—One of the best green pod bush sorts. Vex-y prolific 
and extra early, making in six weeks. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 2 lbs. 50c; 5 lbs. 
$1.00; postpaid. 
105— BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD—Combines unusual hardiness, 
extreme earliness and wonderful productiveness with pods of handsome appear¬ 
ance and finest quality. Undoubtedly the greatest green pod bean known. 
Pods are fleshy, full and slightly curved, very round and borne in abundance, 
through a long season, beginning early. Gardeners use this bean. It excels 
as a snap bean for table use or for canning. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 2 lbs. 50c; 
5 lbs. $1.00; postpaid. 
Burpee’s Stringless 
Martha Washington Asparagus 
Asparagus 
CULTURE—Sow in the fall or early spring in shallow drills 15 to 18 inches 
apart, thin out seedlings to 3 or 4 inches in rows, saving only the strongest : 
transplant when two years old into permanent beds, the soil of which sliould 
have been thoroughly mixed with well rotted manure. 
101— PALMETTO—A great yielder ; earlier and larger than Conover’s Colossal. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; V4 lb. 30c; postpaid. 
102— COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH WHITE—Large white stalks and very produc¬ 
tive. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; *4 lb. 30c; postpaid. 
103— MARTHA WASHINGTON—A vigorous grower, bred to resist rust dis¬ 
ease. Very productive and 
uniform in type. Shoots are 
large, of good quality, rich 
green color tinted purple at 
tips. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; V4 lb. 
30c; postpaid. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS—See 
Roots and Plants, page 16. 
Prolific Black Wax 
106— EXTRA EARLY ROUND POD VALENTINE—Unsurpassed for quality, 
and remarkably uniform in ripening; pods strong, vigorous growers, stands 
well up, round, thick and solid; very tender and of fine flavor. Pkt. 10c; 
lb. 30c; 2 lbs. 55c; 5 lbs. $1.10; postpaid. 
107— FULL MEASURE—Unsurpassed for home and market. Plant large, 
thrifty and productive. Pods medium green, round, very fleshy, brittle, string¬ 
less and fine-grained. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 2 lbs. 55c; 5 lbs. $1.10; postpaid. 
108— GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD—Larger and some earlier than the 
Valentine ; is without strings, unusually crisp and meaty ; is very prolific, and 
has done well wherever tried. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 2 lbs. 50c; 5 lbs. $1.00; 
postpaid. 
109— TENNESSEE GREEN POD—Very early and stands earlier planting than 
most other beans ; withstands cold, inclement weather better than other sorts. 
Very prolific, pods very long, flat, bright green and of most excellent quality. 
We recommend this bean to market gardeners for extremely early planting. 
Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 2 lbs. 50c; 5 lbs. $1.00; postpaid. 
110— MEXICAN PINTO BEANS (Frijoles)—A very early green, flat-podded 
variety that withstands light frost. Pkt. 10c; lb. 25c; 5 lbs. $1.00; postpaid. 
Write for prices in larger quantities. 
Bush—Wax or Yellow Pod 
111— IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX—Plants are of vigorous, bushy growth, not 
susceptible to rust, moderately early and very prolific Pods are exceedingly 
handsome, large, uniformly broad, thick and almost all solid flesh; of good 
quality, tender and brittle, absolutely without string or coarse fiber at all 
stages until maturity. Color, rich golden yellow. Its reliability in producing a 
heavy crop of large, handsome pods, whether sown in spring, summer or early 
fall, renders it highly valuable for both home and market planting. Pkt. 10c; 
lb. 30c; 2 lbs. 50c; 5 lbs. $1.00; postpaid. 
112— PENCIL-POD BLACK WAX—Pods smooth, perfectly round and straight 
like a pencil; light golden yellow in color ; very productive. One of the most 
profitable Wax Beans for market gardeners to plant. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 2 lbs. 
55c; 5 lbs. $1.25; postpaid. 
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