To Enjoy VEGETABLES at Their BEST 
Grow Them in Your Own Garden 
Our Specialty to Encourage Economical Buying of “X-L” 
Brand Northern Grown Hardy Seeds 
Six 5c Packets, any kind, for 25c. Three 10c Packets, any kind, for 25c. 
As many packets as you select on this basis; thus always purchase at least 25c 
worth or more of seeds at a time. 
All Prices Postpaid Unless Otherwise Specified 
ASPARAGUS 
Is Good for Your Health 
1 oz. to 50 feet of drill 
Asparagus is a regular spring tonic. Grows for anyone. 
A little room, ordinary care and you won't fail. Won't 
freeze, dry, drown or hail out. Plant early, either seeds 
or plants 10 inches apart in rows and rows any convenient 
distance apart. Keep down weeds and you'll have as¬ 
paragus. 
1—WASHINGTON 
This asparagus which has been selected by the United 
States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., has 
proven to be nearly rust free. The shoots are thick and 
heavy. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; |/ 4 lb., 45c; 1 lb., $1.25. 
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i HEALTH PROPERTIES OF ASPARAGUS 
Calories per lb., 100. 
Vitamins A, B. 
Proteins, 1.8%; carbohydrates, 3.3%; fats, .2%. 
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X-L FRESH DUG ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
MARY WASHINGTON. We sell only this strain as we 
consider it the best asparagus for all purposes. A home 
garden will take 100 plants for a patch 12x20 feet. 
ONE-YEAR ROOTS: Doz., 50c; 50 roots, $1.75; 100 roots, 
$2.50 postpaid. 
(We recommend one-year roots. They usually are more 
healthy and vigorous and will make a better bed.) 
Prices on Page 3 
2 lbs. to 100 ft. of 
in 50 days. We have carefully selected and improved our 
seed stock of this important variety and believe it to be 
the best on the market. 
drill or 150 hills, 120 
lbs. to the acre in 
drills. 
Nick Poncelet is 
well pleased with the 
4—BURPEE'S STRINGLESS GREEN POD 
Plants large, very productive. Pods curved, round, 5Vi 
to 6 inches long; medium green, meaty, stringless and oi 
excellent quality. Ready to pick in 50 days. One of the 
best varieties for canning cut beans and very popular with 
home gardeners. 
5—PENCIL POD BLACK WAX 
results he obtained 
from X-L Stringless 
Wax. Note the uni¬ 
formity of the beans. 
Plant large, vigorous, upright. Pods 5 to 6 inches long, 
round, curved, very meaty, stringless and of excellen* 
flavor. Ready for picking in 53 days. 
6—IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX 
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2—"X-L" STRINGLESS WAX j 
A new stringless Wax Bean of excellent flavor. • 
i Vine of strong, upright growth. Pods 6 inches long, j 
• of rich cream yellow color, are meaty, crisp and • 
• ABSOLUTELY STRINGLESS. Ready to pick in 52 ? 
i days. We are the first seed house to offer this • 
• wonderful new bean and from tests we have con- • 
• ducted, unhesitantly recommended it as the best yel- ? 
• low podded stringless bean yet introduced. • 
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This is the very finest selected strain of the golden wax 
bean and has for years been our most popular sort. It 
seems to be especially suited to northwestern climatic con¬ 
ditions. Pods are large, fleshy and entirely stringless. 
Color is a bright golden. A very early sort and highly 
rust resistant. 
8—BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA 
Plants 18 to 20 inches high, very productive. Pods 4 to 
4 y >2 inches long, containing 3 to 4 beans, which are as 
large as the pole sorts. Bean flat and wide. Ready foi 
picking in 78 days. 
POLE BEANS 
9—KENTUCKY WONDER (Green) 
3—BOUNTIFUL 
One of the best green podded beans for the market 
gardener. Outsells all other varieties 25 to 1 on the Chi¬ 
cago market. Vines vigorous and productive, pods 6 to 7 
inches long, straight, broad, flat; of handsome appearance, 
Vines vigorous, climbing well and very productive, bear¬ 
ing its pods in large cluster; blossoms white; pods green. 
Stringless, 8 to 9 inches long; nearly round when young 
and very crisp, although at maturity they become irregular 
and spongy. Ready to pick in 65 days. The dry beans 
are long, oval, dun-colored. Best of all Pole beans. 
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Stringless Beans are best for “Snaps” 
