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IDAHO BEANS ARE UNSURPASSED FOR DRIED BEANS 
UNION SEED & FUEL CO. 
ASPARAGUS 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 5 lbs. per acre. 
CULTURE—When starting an asparagus bed from seed, it 
is advisable to soak the seed for 24 hours before planting. This 
makes germination more rapid and certain. Sow in spring in 
rows about 18 inches apart, allowing 15 to 20 seeds to the foot. 
Cover 2 inches deep. When plants are well established, thin 
to about an inch apart. Hoe frequently during the summer. 
The plants will be ready to set in a permanent bed the follow¬ 
ing spring. It is one of the earliest and best spring vegetables. 
Your garden is not complete without it. 
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Palmetto. Is of very large size, even and regular in growth 
and appearance. It is very early, immensely productive, and 
of the best quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Va lb. 40c; lb. $1.00. 
Conover’s Colossal. The standard variety; of large size, tender 
and of excellent quality. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; Va lb. 40c; lb. $1.00. 
Martha Washington. A vigorous growing and very productive 
variety which has been bred to resist the disease known as 
“Asparagus Rust”. The most uniform in type of any of the 
so-called rust resistant varieties. The shoots are of large size, 
excellent quality and of rich deep green color, tinted some¬ 
what with purple at tips. Seed, pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 2 oz. 45c; 
Va lb. GOc; lb. $2.00. 
ASPARAGUS ROOT PLANTS 
Roots of above variety, 25c per doz., $1.50 per 100, by express. 
Prices for larger quantities on application. 
BEANS — Dwarf or Bush 
CULTURE—Plant in drills about 2 inches deep, rows from 
18 to 24 inches apart, according to the richness of the soil. 
The plants should be about 3 inches apart. A succession of 
sowings can be made from the first week in May until August. 
One lb. to 50 feet of drill; 60 to 80 lbs. to an acre. 
U. S. Postage Rates on Beans. Add 8c first lb. and 1 1/1 0c each 
additional lb.; % lb. or under, lc each 2 ozs. 
GREEN PODDED VARIETIES 
Burpee’s Stringless. Extra early, round, fleshy pods; very 
brittle, almost entirely stringless, rust proof, vigorous, produc¬ 
tive, and without doubt the best green podded beans known. 
Pkt. 10 c; Vs lb. 15c; lb. 20 c. 
Round Yellow Six Weeks. Very similar to Long Yellow Six 
Weeks as to vine, with pods shorter and much more thick and 
fleshy; about one week later, being ready for table 57 days 
from planting. Seed round, yellowish drab, with a slightly 
dai'ker marking about the eye. Pkt. 10c; Vz lb. 15c; lb. 20c. 
Dwarf Horticultural Stringless. An excellent bean when young. 
Fine for snaps and green shell purposes. The thick, flat pods 
are 4% to 5 inches long. Round light buff seeds spotted with 
red. Pkt. 10c; Vz lb. 15c; 1 lb. 20c. 
Red Kidney. A well-known variety of dwarf growth. Highly 
valued because of its hardiness and heavy yield. The pods 
are 5% to 6 inches long, filled with large kidney shaped beans 
of a rich deep color. Pkt. 10c; Vi lb. 15c; 1 lb. 20c. 
Giant Stringless Green-Pod. The pods are meaty, nearly round, 
brittle and stringless. Green-Pod, but matures a few days 
later. The pods are straight, quite long, and rather slender. 
The color of the pods is lighter than Burpee’s Stringless Green- 
Pod and they show depressions between the beans. Pkt. 10c; 
Vz lb. 15c; 1 lb. 25c. 
Idaho Bean. A dwarf bush bean growing only 1 foot high. 
One of the finest dry beans grown. It leads all others, being 
three times the size of the Navy, and half the size of the Lima. 
Is far superior to either for flavor. You should plant a quan¬ 
tity of this bean for your winter supply. Pkt. 10c; V lb. 15c; 
1 lb. 20c; 10 lbs. $1.50. 
Refugee or 1000 to 1. The pods are fleshy and remarkably solid. 
They are brittle in texture and mild in flavor, but have slight 
strings. Somewhat later than the other green-podded sorts, 
but widely grown on account of its productiveness. Refugee 
is much grown for canning. The pods measure from 5 to 5% 
inches in length. The flavor is good. Pkt. 10c; Vi lb. 15c; 
1 lb. 25c. 
Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod Beans 
