ROCK’S—Kansas City, Mo 
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Select Vegetable Seeds 
ROCK’S SELECT VEGETABLE SEEDS 
ARTICHOKES 
1 ounce will sow 100 feet of drill, 6 ounces to the acre. 
Culture.—The seed may be sown indoors and trans¬ 
planted to the garden on approach of warm weather. 
Plants should be set in rows three feet apart and two 
feet apart in the row. 
8010 GREEN GLOBE FRENCH. Flower heads green, 
nearly round; plant of perennial habit, producing the 
second year from seed. Pkt., 15c; oz., 85c. 
ASPARAGUS 
1 ounce will sow 40 feet of drill, 3 pounds to the acre. 
Culture.—Permanent beds should be prepared by deep 
plowing or spading and thoroughly enriching the ground 
with stable manure or other fertilizer. Before planting. 
I>our warm water on the seed and allow it to stand until 
cool, pour it off and repeat two or three times with 
fresh warm water. Sow in spring in drills about eight¬ 
een inches apart and two inches deep, planting fifteen 
or twenty seeds to each foot of row. When the plants 
are well up, thin to about one inch apart. 
8035 MARY WASHINGTON. The stalks are thick, 
straight, long, and of dark green color. Tips closely 
folded. Pkt., 15c; oz., 30c; 14 ll»., 90c. 
BEANS, Dwarf or Bush 
One pound will plant 50 feet of drill. 
A light, rich, well drained loam which was manured 
for the previous crop is the most desirable. Do not use 
fresh manure. 
Culture.—Plant in drills 1% to 2 feet apart; 1% to 2 
inches deep and thin the young plants 3 to 6 inches 
apart in the row. If planted in hills plant 2 ft. apart 
each way. For succession, plant at intervals of two weeks 
until midsummer, or make a careful selection of the va¬ 
rieties, early, medium and late in their succession. 
GREEN PODDED VARIETIES 
8050 ROCK’S IMPROVED BOUNTIFUL. Best of the 
flat-podded stringless varieties. Pods 6 to 7 inches 
long, stout, flat and curved, stringless; color, light 
green. y 2 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 10 lbs., $4.00. 
8055 BLACK VALENTINE. An early round-podded var¬ 
iety about 6 inches long, dark green in color. y 2 lb., 
25c; 1 lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 10 lbs., $3.50. 
8060 BURPEE’S IMPROVED STRINGLESS GREEN 
POD. Pods large, 5 inches long, stout, round, stringless. 
V 2 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 10 lbs., $4.00. 
8065 FULL MEASURE. Pods straight, 6 inches long, 
fleshy, round, stringless, earlv, medium green. y> lb., 
30c; 1 lb., 50c: 2 lbs., 90c; 10 lbs., $4.00. 
8070 GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN-POD. Similar to 
Burpee’s Improved Stringless, a little longer, straight 
and more slender, early, hardy. y 2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 45c; 
2 lbs., 80c; 10 lbs., $3.50. 
8080 IMPROVED EARLY RED VALENTINE. Pods. 4% 
inches long, round and crease-backed, medium green, 
hardy, early and productive sort. y 2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 
45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 10 lbs., $3.50. 
DWARF WAX or YELLOW PODDED BEANS 
One pound wiU plant 50 feet of drill. 
8110 NEW KIDNEY WAX. Very productive, stringless 
and fibreless, fleshy and brittle. Pods 6 inches long, 
yellow color; midseason. y 2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 
80c; 10 lbs., $3.50. 
8105 IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX. Ready for picking 7 
weeks after planting; long, straight, fleshy, tender 
pods, stringless. Rust-resistant. y 2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 45c; 
2 lbs., 80c; 10 lbs., $3.50. 
8115 PENCIL POD BLACK WAX. Early and productive, 
pods 6% to 7 inches long, round, straight stringless, 
free from fibre, fleshy and brittle; color, clear yellow. 
y 2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 10 lbs., $3.50. 
8130 WARDWELL’S KIDNEY WAX. For hot dry cli¬ 
mates. Pods are 7 inches long, flat, straight, brittle 
and stringless; yellow color and productive. y 2 lb., 
25c; 1 lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 10 lbs., $3.50. 
DWARF LIMA BEANS 
One pound will plant 50 feet of drill. 
8155 FORDHOOK BUSH. Height 15 to 20 inches, very 
prolific. Plants strong and vigorous and produce 
beans 5 inches long. y 2 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 55c; 2 lbs., 
$1.00; 10 lbs., $4.00. 
8150 IMPROVED BURPEE’S. Enormously productive. 
y 2 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $4.00. 
8160 HENDERSON’S BUSH. Beans are small. Pods 
short, flat and contain three to five beans. A popular 
canning variety. y 2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 10 
lbs., $3.50. 
SHELL BEANS 
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8180 NEW ROBUST PEA. A new shell bean, very pro¬ 
ductive and rust-resistant. y> lb., 20c; 1 lb., 35c; 2 
lbs., 60c; 10 lbs., $2.50. 
POLE BEANS 
One pound will plant 50 poles. 
Culture.— After settled warm weather, set poles four 
to eight feet long in rows four feet apart, the poles 
being three feet apart in the row. Around each stake 
plant five to seven beans one and one-half to two 
inches deep. When well started thin to four plants. 
8210 KENTUCKY WONDER, or OLD HOMESTEAD. 
Green-podded climbing, or corn-hill bean; early and 
very productive. Pods 8 to 9 inches long, very slender, 
curved, tender. y 2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 10 
lbs., $3.00. 
8215 KENTUCKY WONDER WAX. Pods 8 to 9 inches 
long, thick, very fleshy, brittle; color, light yellow. 
One of the earliest of the pole wax sorts. y 2 lb., 30c; 
1 lb., 55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $4.50. 
8205 BURGER’S GREEN POD, or WHITE KENTUCKY 
WONDER. Early, white-seeded variety. Pods 6 to 7 
inches long, round, slender and straight; tender, 
fleshy and stringless; color dark green. y 2 lb., 30c; 
1 lb., 55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $4.50. 
8220 SCARLET RUNNER. Often used in place of the 
Limas. It is a rapid and tall grower. y 2 lb., 30c; 1 
lb., 55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $4.50. 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
One pound will plant 40 poles. 
8240 GIANT PODDED. Largest of all. In earliness, ease 
of shelling, size, this variety is unexcelled; pods are 
large and well filled with beans. y 2 lb., 30e; 1 lb., 55c; 
2 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $4.50. 
8250 EARLY LEVIATHAN. Early, large-podded variety. 
Pods 5 to 6 inches long, similar to Giant Podded. y 2 
lb., 25c; 1 lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 75c; 10 lbs., $3.50. 
KENTUCKY WONDER 
