ASPARAGUS 
A Delicious Dish for Spring Appetites. 
Market Growers' Prices, Page 82. 
Mary Washington 
The best of several rust resistant strains 
originated by the Bureau of Plant industry. 
The shoots are larger and grow more rapidly than others. Stalks 
are very thick and grow unusually tall without branching. Color, 
an attractive deep green with purple tips. Even the largest shoots 
are firm, tender and richly flavored. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 10c) (14 lb., 25c) (lb., SOc) (5 lbs., $3.50) prepaid. 
Harvesting Bountiful Beans for Seed. We offer excellent, rogued, 
hand-picked stocks. 
BEANS 
GREEN-POD BUSH 
Days to Edible Stage, See Page 2. 
Market Growers' Prices, Page 82. 
Rrmn+Ifnl 48 days. A most important variety commercially, espe- 
DOUnTITUI c ially in the south for fall planting. Table quality excel¬ 
lent; pods six inches long, slender, slightly curved, flat, light green 
and stringless. 
(Pkt., 10c) (Vs lb., 20c) (lb., 35c) (5 lbs., $1.50) prepaid. 
Grow Plenty Beans like a dry and rather light soil, though they 
of Beans will ^o we ^ an Y 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, fre¬ 
quent but shallow cultivation should be given. Deep cultivation after 
the plants show bloom is very apt to 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 30 to 50 pounds of Limas per acre when drilled. 
To afford a regular succession of crops throughout the season, plant 
every two weeks after the first planting until midsummer. 
See Page 2 for Preparation of the Soil. 
See Page 82 for Special Prices to Market Growers 
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