MARK MEANS COMPANY , 1936 ANNUAL SEED CATALOG, LEWISTON, IDAHO 
NEW CROP GARDEN SEEDS 
Asparagus 
One of the early spring vegetables which can be pro¬ 
duced very easily and cheaply and which is a profitable 
market crop. A bed 15x50 feet, requiring about one hund¬ 
red plants, should give a sufficient supply to the average 
family. One ounce of seed will produce eight hundred or 
more plants. Sow in drills and thin to three inches in a 
row. At the end of the first year transplant into permanent 
beds, carefully prepared, and cultivate to a depth of 24 
inches; manure deeply, using old manure and bone meal. 
A bed five feet wide will carry three rows. The plants 
should be spaced 18 inches apart in a row. 
Martha Washington 
An early maturing 
variety, rust resist¬ 
ing- and a large producer. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 
l / A lb. 50c; y 2 lb. S5c; lb. $1-50. 
Palmetto Extra early and uniform large 
stalks. Very popular with shippers. 
The shoots are a light green, slightly tinted with 
pink. Place: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; % lb- 35c; % lb. 60c; 
lb. $1.00.—For Roots See Page 19. 
Table Beets 
Early Wonder 
58 Days 
Sow seed as early in the spring as ground ctan be worked. Can be sown in 
rows 15 to 18 in. apart, and about 1% in. deep. It is advisable to soak seed in 
water for 24 hours before planting. 1 oz. to 50 ft. drill; 5 to 6 lbs. per acre. 
Valuable to gardeners as a first early variety. 
Used also for fall planting. Tops medium small, 
erect. Roots semi-globular, blood red, with 
small tap roots. Tender and of good quality. A few days earlier than 
Egyptian. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c l / A lb. 30c; y 2 lb. 55c; 1 lb. 90c. 
Extra Early Egyptian f‘" e ( ° l 1 
60 Days ln& an e * r1 ' 
crop; about 
earlier than the Early Blood. 
Early Blood Turnip 
ten days 
Makes fine, smooth, almost flat, very dark 
red beets; firm, crisp and tender. Price: Pkt. 
5c; oz. 10c; y A lb. 30c; y 2 lb. 55c; 1 lb. 90c. 
Early Blood Turnip ? n x a tr tomcat 
65 Days turnip - shaped, 
smooth roots. The flesh is a fine deep blood 
red. The foliage is small. Popular for market and the home garden. Price: Pkt. 
5c; oz. 10c; y A lb. 30c; y 2 lb. 55c; 1 lb. 90o. 
Tlpfrnit Ttsivk a fine beet for bunching for the market; tops ex- 
n L A ceptionally small and uniformly upright. The roots 
68 Days are per f ec t turnip-shape with small tap roots. One 
of the deepest red beets. Quality is of the finest; sweet and tender. One of the 
best for home gardens. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; y A lb. 30c; y 2 lb. 55c; 1 lb- 90c. 
rvim<3mi TrlrtllP Fine form, with smooth skin. The tender flesh is deep 
vjm. iiiiBuiL purpjigh crimson, slightly zoned; foliage small, of a rich 
bronze-purple. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; y A lb. 30c; y 2 lb. 
SWISS CHARD 
Grown for its large, tender, succulent leaves, which make the most delicious 
greens, or the thick, fleshy stalks, which are cooked and served like asparagus. 
The seed is planted in the spring the same as beets, and tops are cut off aal 
wanted during the summer, fall and following spring. Price: Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 
y A lb. 30c; y 2 lb. 55c; 1 lb. 90c. 
Stock Beets 
Stock beets and mangels are high in food value and should be grown by everyone having 
livestock. They also make excellent feed for chickens. It is not unusual to produce 15 to 
25 ton® to the acre. Plant sufficient so that the milcih cows can get their share, and you 
will increase the flow considerably. 
T T> J The best long: red mangel; is very productive, 
Mammoth .Long ICCCl Often yielding 50 tons to the acre. It grows well 
above ground and is easily harvested. Price: Pkg. 5c; ^4 lb. 15c; y% lb. 30c; 
1 lb. 50c; 10 lbs. $4.50. 
70 Days 
55c; 1 lb. 90c. 
Mammoth Long Red 
