ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY—"Pure and Sure" Seeds 
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Pole Beans 
One pound will plant 100 feet of row; thirty pounds will plant an acre. 
Prices on Beans, packets up to five pounds are sent prepaid, all larger quantities at purchaser’s expense. 
Culture: Pole Beans are more sensitive to cold 
than the bush kinds, and should not be planted 
before the ground is warm—in this latitude, after 
May 1st. Set poles 6 to 8 feet long, 3 to 4 feet apart, 
in 4-foot rows and plant five or six beans 2 inches 
deep around each pole. 
Kentucky Wonder (Old Homestead). 65 days. Un¬ 
excelled for home and market garden. Excellent 
climber, thrifty, heavily productive. Pods me¬ 
dium green; 8 to 9 inches long, nearly round and 
V 2 inch in diameter; slightly stringy, fleshy. 
Pkt., 5c; V 2 lb., 15c; 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.00. 
St. L. S. Co.’s White Cornfield. 65 days. An early 
maturing, green-podded, white-seeded pole sort, 
desirable for snaps and unsurpassed in its class 
as green shell beans. The pods are round, very 
long, often 8 to 9 inches, irregular in shape and 
quite stringless. Pkt., 5c; y 2 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 35c; 
5 lbs., $1.50. 
Yard Long Pole Bean. (A novelty). Excellent 
climber and heavy producer. Pods medium 
green, 20 to 30 inches long. Pkt., 10c; 14 lb., 25c. 
LIMA BEANS—DWARF 
St. L. S. Co.’s Improved Bush Lima. 70 days. Sim¬ 
ilar to Burpee’s Bush Lima, except smaller. Pkt., 
5c; y 2 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 35c; 5 lbs., $1.50. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima. 75 days. Plant 
large, heavily productive. Pods large, 4 y 2 to 5 
inches long; usually contain 4 large, thick beans. 
Dry beans large, flat, greenish white. Pkt., 5c; 
y 2 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., $1.25. 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
St. L. S. Co.’s Genuine Butter. 80 days. These 
Beans have a creamy white color, in large pods; 
more delicious than the ordinary Lima Bean. 
Crop failed. 
King of the Garden. 88 days. The true “King” 
of the Limas. The favorite of the market gar¬ 
deners on account of its long, well filled pods. 
Pkt., 5c; y 2 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., $1.25. 
Small White Lima (or Sieva.) 82 days. A very 
reliable heavy yielding, early variety. The earliest 
of the Pole Limas, bearing green shell beans in 
78 days. Pkt., 5c; y 2 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., 
$1.25. 
Henderson’s Bush (Baby Lima). 65 days. Popular 
for canning. Plant medium large, productive. 
Pods' small, 3 inches long, contain 3 to 4 seeds. 
Green shell beans small, flat, of splendid quality. 
Pkt., 5c; y 2 lb., 20c; 1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., $1.00. 
Broad Windsor. 85 days. An old-fashioned Eng¬ 
lish shell Bean. Dry beans very large and yel¬ 
lowish green. Pkt., 10c; y 2 lb., 25c; 1 lb., 45c. 
PRICE OF BEANS—Delivery 
Charge 
Extra 
10 lbs. 
25 lbs. 
100 lbs. 
St. L. S. Co.’s White 
Cornfield .$2.00 
$4.75 
$18.00 
Kentucky Wonder . 1.50 
3.50 
13.00 
St. L. S. Co.’s Genuine 
Butter . Crop Failed 
King of the Garden.... 1.80 
4.25 
16.00 
Small White Lima. 1.80 
4.25 
16.00 
Burpee’s Imp. Bush Lima 1.80 
4.25 
16.00 
Improved Bush Lima... 1.80 
4.25 
16.00 
Henderson’s Bush Lima. 1.60 
3.75 
14.00 
Beets 
Seed should be sown at the rate of one ounce to 
50 feet of row; 5 to 6 lbs. to acre. The rows should 
be spaced 16 to 18 inches apart. Work the soil 
well and cover the seeds about V 2 inch deep. 
Boston Crosby. 54 days. An exceptionally good 
selection from Crosby’s Egyptian, being more 
“globe-shaped”; with a smaller top and tap 
root, maturing in 63 days. Roots are remarkably 
uniform, very dark red; flesh deep purplish red. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; *4 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90c; 5 lbs., 
$4.00. 
Detroit Dark Red (Selected). 55 days. The 
standard of excellence in table Beets for home 
and market garden, for shipping, and for can¬ 
ning. Tops uniform, small, slender, erect. Roots 
globe-shaped; very dark blood-red. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; 14 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4.00. 
Extra Early Egyptian. 50 days. Particularly val¬ 
uable for early market. Tops small and upright; 
roots flattened, with long slender tap roots; 
flesh dark purplish red zoned lighter. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; X A lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c; 5 lbs., $3.25. 
Early Table. 54 days. The roots are very smooth, 
even in size and shape, which is almost perfectly 
globular. The tap root is slender and the root 
pinches closely at the base of the tap root. The 
skin is smooth and very dark red. Fine for mar¬ 
ket garden, also canning and pickling Beet. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; *4 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90 c; 5 lbs., 
$4.00. 
Early Wonder. (Selected.) 54 days. This is the 
earliest Beet for bunching purposes. Deep blood- 
red, nearly globular root, small sized top. Its 
attractive appearance make it valuable for mar¬ 
ket garden. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; X A lb., 30c; 1 lb., 
90c; 5 lbs., $4.00. 
Crosby’s Egyptian. (Selected.) 56 days. The roots 
are flattened globe-shaped and very smooth. 
This is one of the best for early planting out¬ 
doors and is much used for bunching. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; X A lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90c; 5 lbs., $4.00. 
Edmand’s Blood Turnip. 60 days. A desirable 
second early market Beet, suitable also> for the 
home garden. Roots nearly round; color dark 
red. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; X A lb., 25c; 1 lb., 75c. 
MANGEL WURZEL OR STOCK BEET 
One ounce of seed plants 100 feet; 5 lbs. per acre. 
Giant Half-Sugar, Rose Top. Roots long, oval, 
tapered; grayish white with rose colored shoul¬ 
der; flesh white, rich in sugar. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
X A lb., 20c; 1 lb., 50c. 
Golden Tankard. Roots large, thick, oval, nearly 
cylindrical; light gray above, deep orange be¬ 
low ground; flesh yellow with white zones. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c; X A lb., 20c; 1 lb., 50c. 
Mammoth Long Red. Roots very large; long 
spindle shape, straight and thick; grow one- 
third to one-half out of ground; light red; flesh 
white tinged with rose. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; *4 lb., 
20c; 1 lb., 50c. 
