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Bassi’s Vegetable Seeds 
In the following Vegetable List we offer only those varieties that have from 
our experience and the experience of others proven the most dependable, includ¬ 
ing sorts of recent introduction. All our seeds are of high standard and are both 
vigorous and adapted to all conditions, so that the best result may be expected with 
reasonable surety. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Soil must be well drained. Dig trenches about 15" deep 
and 3 feet apart, using a good quantity of manure. Set the 
roots about 18" apart, cover to a depth of about 2 inches, 
adding more soil until the trenches are entirely filled by 
the end of the season. A light cutting, if any, should be 
made the next Spring. 
Martha or Mary Washington: An almost rust resistant Aspara¬ 
gus for your home garden. Bears giant green shoots of extra 
quality and fine flavor. 3 yr. old roots. 
$4.50 per 100, $30.00 per 1000. 
BEANS 
Beans may be sown any time from early May until 
August. They will thrive well on light loam. Plant 2 to 4 
inches apart and 2 inches deep. 2 lbs. to 100 feet of drill. 
A successive planting every 10 days will provide a constant 
supply of fresh beans for the table. 
Green-Podded Bush Beans 
Bountiful. A prolific and continuous bearer. Produces large, 
rich green Pods in six weeks from sowing. The pods are flat 
and tender, of delicious flavor, and entirely stringless. 
25c l/ 2 lb., 45c I lb., 80c 2 lbs., $2.75 8 lbs. 
Mammoth Stringless Green Pod. A very productive variety 
with long pods. Quick growing, maturing in about 45 days 
from planting. Brittle, and stringless. 
25c l/ 2 lb., 40c I lb., 75c 2 lbs., $2.50 8 lbs. 
Stringless Black Valentine. An improvement over the old 
Black Valentine, it is both early and stringless. The Pods are 
round, fleshy and slightly curved. A heavy yielding variety. 
25c I /2 lb., 45c I lb., 80c 2 lbs. 
Full Measure. Bears a heavy crop of straight, tender, string¬ 
less pods about 5 inches long. Medium-early, fine quality, 
rich flavor. 
25c '/ 2 lb., 40c I lb., 75c 2 lbs. 
Stringless Refugee Green Pod. This variety has the yielding 
qualities of Refugee 1000—I, but has a stringless pod which 
matures in 60—65 days. The meat is thick and fleshy. 
25c V 2 lb., 45c I lb., 80c 2 lbs. 
Tendergreen. This is a new green podded bean for those 
who demand quality above all else. The pods are 6 inches 
long, rich green in color, round and stringless. Very fine. 
25c 1/2 lb., 45c I lb., 80c 2 lbs. 
White Navy. Shell beans. For use as dried or baked beans. 
Sometimes called Boston Pea Bean. A pure white variety 
with small seeds. 
20c '/ 2 lb., 30c I lb., 50c 2 lbs. 
Wax-Podded Yellow Bush Beans 
Sure Crop Stringless Wax. One of the most popular of all 
Wax beans. It bears yellow pods 6—7 inches long and |/ 2 
inch wide. Very meaty and absolutely stringless. The variety 
is also disease resisting and the yield is exceptionally high. 
25c 1/2 lb., 45c I lb., 80c 2 lbs., $2.75 8 lbs. 
Improved Golden Wax. An early wax bean maturing in about 
45 days. It is very productive bearing medium length, golden 
yellow pods which are stringless. Very desirable for the 
home garden. 
25c 1/2 lb., 40c I lb., 75c 2 lbs., $2.50 8 lbs. 
Unrivalled Wax. The pods are of excellent flavor and free 
from rust and blight. It is a very early variety. 
25c 1/2 lb., 45c I lb., 80c 2 lbs. 
Bush Lima Beans 
Burpee's Bush Lima Improved. A fine bush Lima which is 
greatly improved over the old strain. Produces long fat pods 
ready for picking in about 80 days. Slightly earlier, sweeter 
and larger than Burpee's Bush Lima. 
25c 1/2 lb., 40c I lb., 75c 2 lbs. 
Fordhook Bush Lima. We recommend this type as the best 
in cultivation. It produces a heavy crop of large pods in 
clusters of five to eight, and belongs to the "Potato" type; 
that is they are fat rather than flat. The pods contain 3 to 5 
beans each and mature very early. 
25c '/ 2 lb., 40c I lb., 75c 2 lbs. 
Henderson Bush Lima. Dwarf Lima or Butter Bean. Pods and 
beans are quite small, very productive, and ready for pick¬ 
ing in 65—70 days. 
20c l/ 2 lb., 35c I lb., 65c 2 lbs. 
Pole or Running Beans 
Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead. The most popular 
green podded pole bean. Tremendous yielder of round meaty 
pods which often reach a length of 9 to 10 inches. It is 
quite early, tender, and practically stringless. 
20c 'A lb., 35c I lb., 65c 2 lbs., $2.50 8 lbs. 
Yardlong, or Asparagus. Long, slender, round pods, 2 feet 
or more in length. Tender when young. 
50c 1/2 lb., 85c I lb. 
Pole Lima Beans 
Burpee's Best. An absolutely new Pole Lima Bean with the 
same yielding qualities of Fordhook Bush Lima. The pods are 
5 to 6 inches long, grow 4 to 8 in a cluster, and contain 4 
to 5 thick beans green in color. Burpee's Best is the best 
Pole Lima of the Fordhook type. 
40c 1/2 lb., 65c I lb., $1.10 2 lbs. 
Early Leviathan. Is an early prolific yielder, producing its 
pods in clusters well filled with thick, fleshy beans. 
25c Z 2 lb., 45c I lb., 80c 2 lbs. 
Use low growing Annuals in your Rockery 
