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ROYAL QUALITY SEEDS BEST BY EVERY TEST 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
A species of the Cabbage family, which pro¬ 
duces miniature heads from the sides of the 
stalk. These heads are a great delicacy, 
cooked in the same way as cauliflower. Sow 
seed about the middle of May, in a seed-bed, 
and the plants afterward set in rows 2 feet 
or more apart, and cultivate like cabbage. 
IMPROVED DWARF —Produces compact 
sprouts of the finest quality; a good keeper. 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED— Grows dwarf 
and compact. About 20 inches tall with round 
cabbage like balls of 1^ inches in diameter. 
Very desirable sort. 
BEANS 
Golden Wax 
DWARF WAX OR BUSH SORTS 
CULTURE —Require good, well drained, 
manured soil. Do not plant until ground is 
dry and warm. Sow in drills from 2 to 3 
feet apart; 1 to 2 inches deep, plant 2 to 3 
inches apart in the drills. Use one pound to 
100 feet of drill, 60 pounds to the acre. For 
season’s supply, plant at intervals of one to- 
two weeks until midsummer, cultivate shallow 
and never when foliage is wet. 
PENCIL POD BLACK WAX, 52 Days— 
Produces crisp, tender, stringless pods in 52 
days. Flavor is excellent. Yellow pods are 
5 to 6 inches long, keeping a long time in 
condition for snaps. Seeds are black. 
GOLDEN WAX, 48 Days— This is one of 
the most productive, earliest dwarf beans for 
the market or home-garden. Pods are five 
inches long, broad, flat, a golden yellow and 
stringless. Seed is white, covered with pur¬ 
plish red. An old standard sort, but is hard 
to surpass. 
WARDWELL’S KIDNEY WAX— Is early, 
hardy and productive. Makes long, flat, brittle. 
yellow pods. Seed is kidney shaped, good 
sized, white, with dark markings at the eye. 
Deserves a place in every garden. 
DAVIS WHITE WAX — Is valuable for 
shipping to market. For family use, should 
be picked quite young. Seed is kidney shaped, 
pure white. The dry beans are excellent for 
cooking. 
GREEN-POD DWARF BEANS 
BOUNTIFUL, 48 Days —A green-pod bush 
bean which bears very early and continues 
throughout the season. Pods beautiful rich 
green, very thick, broad, long and uniform; 
meaty, tender, fine quality; stringless until 
quite old. Can be used as dry bean for winter 
use. A splendid market variety. 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD, 
53 Days — It produces in profusion long, 
straight, round, deeply saddle-backed pods 
early in the season. The pods are absolutely 
stringless at all stages of growth, brittle, ten¬ 
der, and of real good flavor. One of the finest 
for home use. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD, 53 
Days —Produces medium green, tender, crisp 
pods averaging 5 to 6 inches long. Market 
gardeners prefer this sort, because of its pro¬ 
ductiveness. Is fine for canning. Seed is of 
medium size, in color, a yellowish brown. 
FULL MEASURE, 52 Days —As its name 
implies, is a fine yielder of meaty, brittle, 
stringless pods 6 to 7 inches long. A most 
excellent bean for the home and a money 
maker for the market. 
ROUND POD RED VALENTINE —An ex¬ 
tra early variety that usually matures in 52' 
days; also fine for midsummer sowing, to 
ripen in September. The vigorous bushes bear 
an abundance of medium-length green pods 
which are very fleshy, crisp and tender. Dry 
beans are of medium size, long, pink, marbled 
red. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL, 53 Days—A 
late variety that is very productive of broad, 
flat, stringless pods. One of the best sorts 
for use as a Shell Bean. The dry beans are 
large, oval, nearly covered with splashes of 
bright red. The pods are green when young 
but when mature are yellow splashed with red. 
TENNESSEE GREEN POD, 54 Days —Is 
the longest podded dwarf sort, often 6 to 7 
inches, good size and of fine flavor. Is heavy 
cropper; also known as Dwarf Kentucky 
Wonder. 
NAVY OR PEA —Ripe in 100 days—Used 
largely for the dry seed. Is the Navy Bean 
of commerce. Famous as “Boston Baked 
Beans.” Dry beans are small and white. 
GREAT NORTHERN —Somewhat larger 
than Navy Beans. Is heartier and heavier 
yielder. 
PINTO or MEXICAN —This valuable bean 
is raised extensively in the west, withstand¬ 
ing dry weather well. 
RED KIDNEY —A standard old variety that 
is grown almost exclusively for the dried 
beans, which are long, oval, and deep red in 
color. 
MEXICAN CHILI (Idaho Red)— Is the 
well-known Chili Bean of commerce. 
