ABEL’S SEED HOUSE. READING. PA. 
V e get able Seeds 
THE HOUSE OF ABEL X"’ St 
N SENDING you this, our ninth Cata¬ 
logue, we hope that it will serve as a 
guide for you in planning your gardens 
and outdoor work for spring. We also 
hope that you will find it valuable as a 
reference book and as a reminder of our 
assurance that you can always call on us for further 
advice and assistance. 
We emphasize the fact that we want our customers 
satisfied, and we are ready and anxious at all times 
to give absolute satisfaction. 
As we buy only the very best seeds, bulbs, and sup¬ 
plies from the largest and most reputable growers 
and manufacturers, you have their guarantee in ad¬ 
dition to ours. 
We thank our customers for the liberal support and 
patronage they gave us last year. We ask your con¬ 
tinued support, and will more than appreciate it if 
you tell your neighbors and friends about ABEL’S 
SEEDS and ABEL’S SERVICE. 
Sincerely yours, 
ORDER EARLY 
We will appreciate it if our customers will send 
us their orders for seeds, plants, bulbs, etc., during 
January and February. Your order can be filled at 
once and held for shipment when you wish same. No 
charge is made for boxes or packing, except for two 
bushel bags which are charged at cost and may be 
returned to us for credit. 
SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS 
Always state by what method you wish goods for¬ 
warded, otherwise we will ship according to our best 
judgment. 
HOW TO SEND CASH 
AVe prefer that you send either Post Office Money 
Order, check or Express Money Order for amounts 
above 50c and stamps, Money Order or check for less. 
NON-WARRANTY 
AVilbert N. Abel of Abel’s Seed House gives no 
warranty, express or implied, as to description, qual¬ 
ity, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, 
bulbs or plants they sell and will not be responsible 
for the crop. If the customer does not accept the 
goods on these terms they are at once to be returned 
and the amount paid for them will be refunded. 
Due to poor crop prospects in growing sections the harvest of seeds 
were found short in many cases and for this reason prices are sub¬ 
ject to change without notice. 
Sow Abel's Seeds and Reap 
the Profits 
Mary Washington Asparagus 
ASPARAGUS 
MARY WASHINGTON RUST-RESISTANT ASPARAGUS. A variety bred up by the U. S. Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, at Washington, D. C., from a careful selection of plants of the Washington 
variety, and is now more popular and more widely grown than any other. It produces large, 
beautiful, straight, dark green, tender shoots of the most delicious flavor. 
Large Two-Year-Old Roots of Genuine Mary Washington. (Doz. 40c; 50 roots, $1.00; 100, $1.50; 
1 , 000 , $ 11 . 00 . 
Mary Washington Seed—Can have a light cutting in 3 yrs. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; % lb. 60c; 
lb. 90c. 
BEANS 
Plant beans after all danger of frost is passed, in warm, dry, well prepared soil. The rows should 
be 2 to 3 feet apart and the seeds covered 1% to 2 inches deep. Thin the young plants to 3 to 6 
inches apart in the rows. 
Shallow cultivation should be frequent until blossoming; then stop to avoid injury to the roots. 
(Root injury causes the blossoms to fall off.) For succession plant every 2 weeks until mid¬ 
summer. Frequent picking of the crop insures long bearing. One quart of seed sows 100 feet, 
and 60 pounds sows 1 acre. 
BUSH BEANS 
WAX or YELLOW-PODDED 
Burpee’s Brittle Wax. One of the earliest of all Wax Beans. Vines 
are 15 inches high. Pods 5% inches long, round, slightly curved, 
striugiess, deep yellow; 62 days from planting to table. %pt. 15c; 
pt. 25c; qt. 40c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.50. 
Burpee’s Round-pod Kidney Wax. Very productive. Round pod, 
stringless. %pt. 15c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.50. 
Burpee’s German Black Wax. Extra-fine, 6V4 inch round yellow pods. 
Seeds black, kidney-shape; 59 days from planting to table. %pt. 
15c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.50. 
Abel’s Bountiful Wax. An entirely stringless variety, with long. 
6% inch flat handsome pods. A good yieider and one of the best 
Wax sorts. Matures in about 45 days. %pt. 15c; pt. 25c; 
qt. 40c; pk. $2.50; bus. $9.50. 
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