THOMAS J. GREY CO.’S SEED CATALOGUE 
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GENERAL LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Onr veg'etable seeds are of the higrhest standard, grown for us by specialists. Our aim is purity, 
quality and service. Free Delivery. We will prepay Parcel Post charges on cash orders at quoted cato- 
logrue prices on Seeds, up to two pounds, anywhere in the United States, east of the Mississippi River; 
for larger quantities, the purchaser pays transportation charges. 
Artichoke 
Large Green Globe. The best variety; heads large and scales 
tender and excellent. Pkt. 26c, oz. $1.00. 
Jerusalem (Hellanthus tuberosus). Cultivated for Its edible 
tubers. April delivery only. Tubers, qt. 40c, pk. $2.50. 
Asparagus 
One ounce will produce 200 plants. 
The bed should be made rich by applying a heavy 
dressing of manure which should be plowed or spaded in; 
the roots should be set in rows 3 to 4 feet apart and 18 
to 24 inches apart in the rows; the crown of the root 
should be 4 to 6 inches below the surface of the ground. 
Mary Washington. The latest improved variety. Very large 
shoots, early, vigorous and quite rust-resistant. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 50c, % lb. $1.50. 
Martha Washington. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, % lb. 76c. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Mary Washington. Select roots. $2.26 per 100, $20.00 per 
1000. 
Martha Washington. $2.00 per 100, $18.00 per 1000. 
BEANS Dwarf or Bush 
Webber Wax or “Cracker Jack.” A high quality, flat- 
podded, stringless variety. Pods 6 to 6% in. long, quite 
broad and uniformly curved, fleshy, stringless and brit¬ 
tle, with little flbre. Db. 40c, 2 lbs. 75c. 
Green-Podded Varieties 
Abundance. An extra early variety, producing a heavy crop 
of long, stringless pods; excellent flavor. Lb. 40c, 2* lbs. 75c. 
Asgrow Valentine. An extremely early entirely stringless 
Bean. Pods 6% to 7 in. long and of excellent flavor. 
Lb. 36c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
Bountiful. Extra early, very prolific and long bearing, flat 
green pods, tender and stringless. Lb. 36c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
Broad Windsor (Sutton’s White). English variety, very 
hardy. Lb. 60c ; 2 lbs. 90c. 
Emperor of Russia. EIxtremely prolific. Pods long, slender 
and meaty. Medium early. French grown. Lb. 50c, 2 
lbs. 90c. 
Giant Stringless Green Pod. Color deep green, very long, 
round, fleshy pods; very prolific and entirely stringless. 
Lb. 35c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
Horticultural Dwarf. A shell bean of fine quality, early and 
productive. Lb. 36c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
Horticidtural French Dwarf. An improved form of Dwarf 
Horticultural, producing long pods, beautifully splashed 
with bright crimson, heavy cropper. Lb. 40c, 2 lbs. 75c. 
2 lbs. of Beans will sow KM) ft. drill, 75 lbs. to an acre. 
Plant in rows 2 to 3 feet apart, dropping the beans 3 
inches apart and covering 2 inches. Keep the ground free 
from weeds and cultivate often. All the varieties are 
tender and must not be planted until the soil is dry and 
warm. 
Before planting 
Beans, inoculate 
seed with 
Webber Wax Beans 
Wax-Podded Varieties 
Black Wax, Improved Prolific. Early, very tender and of 
good quality. Lb. 35c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
Black Wax Pencil. Pods are long, pencil-like, very tender 
and brittle. Lb. 36c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
Brittle Wax. The best of the round podded sorts, maturing 
early, prolific, and hearing long, stringless pods of excel¬ 
lent quality. Lb. 35c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
Davis’ Kidney Wax. Plant vigorous and of compact, up¬ 
right growth, with pods extra long, straight, oval. Lb. 
35c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
Golden Wax. The standard variety for general use; pods 
long, broad and flat, very fleshy and of fine quality. 
Vines erect, hardy and productive. Lb. 36c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
Bound Pod Kidney Wax. The pods are long, straight and 
extremely handsome. It is an exceedingly heavy bearer. 
Lb. 36c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
Sure Crop Stringless Wax. A valuable new variety of dwarf 
wax Beans, very productive, rustproof, and will stand s 
longer season of damp, wet weather than any other wax 
Bean. Lb. 35c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
Wardwell’s Kidney AVax. Very long, straight, tender pods. 
Vines large, vigorous and productive. Lb. 36c, 2 lbs. 60c. 
We furnish 
noted. 
15c packets of all beans except where 
Bountiful Beans 
