DUTHIE SEED CO. 
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Du thie*s Select Vegetables 
We have taken the greatest care to select seeds which are best for Home and Market 
Gardens. Some of the older less valuable varieties have been discarded. Newer and finer 
varieties have been added and it is with pleasure that we offer these to you. 
It should always be remembered that many vegetables are 
much affected in their habit of growth of plant and size, form and 
quality of the fruits by conditions of soil, climate, location and 
mode of culture which are often beyond our control, and our 
descriptions are for what may be expected under conditions that 
are approximately normal and favorable for good development. 
The cultural directions in this catalog are necessarily limited 
but they are as complete as space permits. 
Asparagus 
One ounce of seed will produce 300 or more plants. 
MARY WASHINGTON—A most remarkable Asparagus which has 
been developed by the United States Department of Agriculture. 
The plants form large clean shoots which are thick and heavy. The 
color is rich dark green, tinted darker at the tips. It is a heavy 
yielder and a long-lived producer of exceptionally fine flavor. Price 
postpaid 3rd zone. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; 2 oz. 35c; pound $1.75. 
See Page 29 for Plants 
Garden Beans 
Mary Washington 
One pound will plant 100 feet of drill. 
CULTURE—Plant in warm, loamy soil at the inches apart in the drills, or three or four beans 
beginning of warm weather, and at intervals for in hills six to eight inches apart. Cultivate and hoe 
succession until August. Rows may be made two frequently when the vines are dry. 
feet apart, and the beans planted two to four 
Burpee’s Stringless Green-Pod 
Green-Podded Varieties 
NEW STRINGDESS or TENDERGREEN—54 Days. 
Color or seed resembles Refugee Stringless. Height of 
vine, 17 inches. Pods 6 inches long, round, almost 
straight, meaty. 5 or 6 beans in a pod. Resembles Full 
Measure, but hardier and more dependable. Will un¬ 
doubtedly take the place of Full Measure with Market 
Gardeners and Canners. y 2 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 35c; 5 lbs. 
$1.50. 
BURPEE’S STRINGUESS GREEN-POI) — Is enor¬ 
mously productive and combines this feature with 
hardiness and extreme earliness. The pods are meaty 
and juicy, lacking the faintest signs of any strings. 
They are tender, brittle, and of very fine flavor. Pre¬ 
paid 3rd zone. Carton 10c; 1 lb. 30c; 5 lbs. $1.35; 10 
lbs. $2.25. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN-POD—The plants are of strong 
growth, and bear a fine crop of pods. The pods are meaty, nearly 
round, brittle and stringless. Somewhat similar to Burpee’s 
Stringless Green-Pod, but matures a few days later. The color 
of the pods is lighter than Burpee’s Stringless Green-Pod and 
they show deeper depression® between the beans. Carton 10c; 
1 pound 30c; 5 pounds $1.35; 10 pounds $2.25. 
EARLY RED VALENTINE—A choice variety for 
early use. Pods are of excellent quality. A favorite 
where moisture is limited. Carton 10c; 1 pound 
30c; 5 pounds $1.35; 10 pounds $2.25. 
VIGORO 
A balanced plant food that will 
produce wonderful results when ap¬ 
plied to vegetables according to in¬ 
structions furnished with it. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL—Excellent either as 
a snap or shell bean. 60 days. Also called Cran¬ 
berry and Italian bean. A bush bean with large 
green pods, splashed with carmine. Seed pale buff 
mottled pink. Carton 10c; 1 pound 30c; 5 pounds 
$1.25. 
STRINGLESS REFUGEE—A splendlid improvement 
on the Refugee Thousand to One, with which it com¬ 
pares in season and earliness, but is absolutely 
stringless. Pods are roundj, more even in length, 
possibly a little lighter green in color, exceedingly 
tender and of a delicious flavor. A splendid bean 
both for snap and canning purposes. Carton 10c; 
1 pounds 30c; 5 pounds $1.35. 
