GURNEY’S BEANS-STRINGLESS, BRITTLE AND TENDER 
Pencil Pod Black Wax 
WAX POD BEANS 
• PENCIL POD BLACK WAX 
(55 days to maturity.) A most delicious rich 
dark yellow snap bean, being so tender and 
brittle that by taking it at either end and bend¬ 
ing it, it will fly into several pieces. Abundant 
bearer. Practically rust-proof and even in the 
dry season just past, made a good crop of de¬ 
licious beans. Seed black when ripe. V 3 pt., 12c; 
1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.20; Postpaid. Not Pre¬ 
paid: 10 lbs., $1.70; 30 lbs., $4.65; 60 lbs., 
$8.90. 
• GURNEY’S EARLIEST BRITTLE WAX 
(55 days to maturity.) This remarkable early 
black eyed white bean, delicious in quality, 
stringless in all stages of its growth, combined 
with its extreme earliness, makes it one of the 
most desirable for the garden, and it is of that 
degree of brittleness that makes it extra de¬ 
sirable for cooking purposes in its golden waxy 
stage. V 3 pt., 12 c; 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.20; 
Postpaid. Not Prepaid: 10 lbs., $1.70; 30 lbs., 
$4.65; 60 lbs., $8.90. 
• GURNEY’S EVERBEARING WAX 
RUST-PROOF BUSH BEAN 
(70 days to maturity.) The great campaign 
carried on by the government for the canning of 
vegetables applied especially to fresh beans, the 
wax and green podded beans in the pod. This 
created a very heavy demand for beans suitable 
for canning purposes, and you will find this not 
only the very best for canning, but the best for 
using fresh as string or snap beans. Seed is red 
with buff stripes. l / 3 pt., 15c; 1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., 
$1.25; Postpaid. Not Prepaid: 10 lbs., $1.90; 
30 lbs., $5.10; 60 lbs., $9.50. 
Health Value of Beans 
Calories per lb. 184 
Proteins 2.3% 
Fats 
Calcium .046% 
Vitamins A, B, C, D; 
Carbohydrates 7.4% 
•3% 
Iron .0011% 
CULTURE: planting should be delayed until 
danger of frosts is past. Plant in rows about 
2 feet apart 5 or 6 inches apart in the rows. Cover 
seed about 2 inches. Keep well cultivated but do 
not cultivate when the plants are wet. 
For a succession of this delicious vegetable 
plant every two weeks until the middle of 
August. 1 lb. for 100 feet of row. 60 lbs. per acre. 
• GOLDEN WAX 
(50 days to maturity.) The Golden Wax is 
probably the earliest, and we believe the most 
generally planted and satisfactory of any of the 
old varieties. Pods are a bright, waxy yellow, 
good length, entirely stringless, and of a fine 
buttery flavor. An excellent sort for canning or 
pickling. A very heavy bearer. The seed is 
white, mottled, red and purple. V 3 pt., 12 c; 
1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.20; Postpaid. Not Pre¬ 
paid: 10 lbs., $1.70; 30 lbs., $4.65; 60 lbs., 
$8.90. 
POLE OR CLIMBING BEANS 
• KENTUCKY WONDER OR OLD 
HOMESTEAD 
(65 days to maturity.) This climbing variety 
is very vigorous and productive and bears its 
pods in large clusters. The pods are green, very 
long, often being nine or ten inches, nearly round, 
stringless and very crisp when young, and so 
fleshy that they are greater in width than breadth. 
V 3 Pt., 12c; 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.20; Postpd. 
Not Prepaid: 10 lbs., $1.70; 30 lbs., $4.65; 60 
lbs., $8.75. 
• CHINESE YARD LONG 
ASPARAGUS 
Pods are nearly up to name, reaching a length 
of 30 to 36 inches, usually 18 to 42 inches. Your 
friends will wonder at and admire your plants 
and they are of excellent table quality, with a 
rich asparagus flavor. Do not be without this 
valuable curiosity. It is a pole bean of quick 
growth, with neat foliage, not attacked by in¬ 
sects. 1 oz., 10c; y 3 pt., 15c; 1 lb., 50c. 
A Box of New Tendergreen Beans 
GREEN POD BEANS 
• NEW TENDERGREEN 
An entirely new green podded bush bean, 
enormously prolific, entirely stringless, and 
bearing a profusion of finely flavored beans 
that are more tender than those of any 
other variety. The pods of Tendergreen are 
long and round, a lovely dark green in color, 
absolutely free from strings and fibre, and are 
of the finest eating qualities. Plants are of 
strong upright dwarf growth. Tendergreen is a 
bean of real merit, combining productiveness 
and hardiness with the highest quality, and we. 
urge a generous planting. Splendid for canning. 
Matures in 55 days. V 3 pt., 12c; 1 lb., 25c; 
5 lbs., $1.20; Postpaid. Not Prepaid: 10 lbs., 
$1.70; 30 lbs., $4.65; 60 lbs., $8.90. 
LIMA BEANS 
• FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA 
(75 days to maturity.) The very best large 
seeded variety. The pods, which are produced in 
large clusters, are about 5 inches long, each con¬ 
taining four to five large beans of exceptionally 
fine quality. y 3 pt., 15c; 1 lb., 30c; 5 lbs., $1.45; 
Postpaid. Not Prepaid: 10 lbs., $2.30; 30 lbs., 
$6.20; 60 lbs., $11.75. 
• IMPROVED HENDERSON BUSH 
LIMA 
(65 days to maturity.) This is the very early 
Sieva or Butter Bean of the South. The pods are 
ready for use a week earlier than those of other 
Bush Limas and the plants are immensely pro¬ 
ductive. y 3 pt., 12c; 1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.20; 
Postpaid. Not Prepaid: 10 lbs., $1.70; 30 lbs., 
$4.65; 60 lbs., $8.90. 
NAVY BEANS 
A great niany people grow what they suppose 
is the Navy Bean, but is generally a mixed, un¬ 
even bean that cooks uneven and lacks quality. 
Our Navy Beans are absolutely pure and hand 
picked 1 lb., 20c; 5 lbs., 85c; Postpaid. Not 
Prepaid: 10 lbs., $1.05; 30 lbs., $2.55: t >0 lbs., 
$4.75; 100 lbs., $7.90. 
• BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD 
(50 days)—A very desirable dwarf green 
podded snap sort for the home garden and largely 
grown for the market. The plants are large,: 
spreading and productive. The pods are medium 
green, five to six inches long, cylindrical, larger 
than those of Red Valentine but are quite as 
fleshy, of equally high quality, and remain crisp 1 
and tender longer. Seed of medium size and 31 
length, dark brown. y 3 pt., 10c; 1 lb., 25c; 5 
lbs., $1.15; Postpd. Not Prepaid: 10 lbs., $1.60; * 
30 lbs., $4.50; 60 lbs., $8.40. 
SHELL BEANS 
• Dwarf Horticultural or Cranberry (55 
days) — One of the best dwarf sorts for green 
shell beans and can be used early as a green 
podded snap bean. The plants are very pro¬ 
ductive. The mature pods are about five to five 
and one-half inches in length, broad and thick. 
1/3 pt., 15c; 1 lb., 27c; 5 lbs., $1.25; Postpaid. 
Not Prepaid: 10 lbs., $1.80; 30 lbs., $4.90; 
60 lbs., $9.25. 
House of Gurney 
Gentlemen: 
We have been using Gurney’s Garden 
Seeds here in Alaska for 4 years and they are 
very good. 
I think every seed came up 100 per cent. 
Yours very truly, 
Mrs. Harold W. Moore, Palmer, Alaska 
Plant Beans For Canning and Have Plenty String Beans For Winter 
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