MICHAEL-LEONARD SEED CO. 
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Bountiful 
Culture. Beans are easily frost killed, so 
f ilant them at cjirn planting time, on light, dry 
and. Cold, wet weather will rot the seed in the 
ground and fresh manure causes a rank growth 
of vine with a lack of pods. Hand cultivated 
Beans can be drilled in poor soil as close as 18 
inches, but in rich soil with horse cultivation, 
30 inches is required. Drill 6 Beans to the foot 
and cover one inch deep, or plant 4 Beans to the 
hill, 18 to 24 inches apart. Two pounds of seed 
should plant 200 feet and 60 pounds an acre. 
Plant every other week for a succession up until 
August first in the latitude of Chicago. Shallow 
cultivation only should be given at all times and 
do not cultivate when the plant is in bloom as 
the plant will drop its blossoms; never culti- 
vare when wet, as it causes rust. Pick Beans 
before the bulge of seed appears and pick them 
clean to continue the plants bearing. Numbers 
of days are from planting to first picking. 
ALL BEANS PRICED AT: 
Pkt., 10c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Giant Stringless Green Pod 
Artichoke 
Green Podded Varieties 
BOUNTIFUL. (50 days). Vine light green, 18 Washington Asparagus 
inches, upright, strong growing bush. Stringless 
at all stages, somewhat inclined to be fibrous as pod ages. Very fine flavor. 
Exceptional cropper. Pod light green, average 7 inches long by Yi inch wide, 
thin and flat. Very meaty. Excellent market garden and shipping variety; also 
good for home garden. Seed pale yellow, medium large, kidney shape. Outsells 
all other varieties 2? to 1 on the Chicago market. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD. (53 days). An excellent Bean for the 
market gardener and shipper; and widely used for canning. Very heavy, stocky 
vine. Pods round, 6 to (iYl inches long, of exceptionally fine quality, stringless 
throughout entire growth. Seed deep yellow. Dependable variety for the 
home garden. 
HORTICULTURAL, DWARF. (54 days). Vine very productive, compact, 
upright, with large leaves. Pods 4 to 5 inches long, wide, thick, stringless, with 
splashes of bright red on a yellowish ground. Seed large, oval, plump and 
nearly covered with splashes of bright red. One of the most popular and sat' 
isfactory Beans in the Chicago area. 
FULL MEASURE. (54 days). An excellent market gardeners’ and canners’ Bean. 
Plants hardy, branching freely and bearing a good crop of pods. Pods 6 to 6|/2 
inches, round, straight, deep green and strictly stringless. Seeds brown 
mottled with yellow. 
REFUGEE or 1000 to 1. (68 days). Vine 
is medium light, 14'inch bush with a 
spreading habit of growth. Small, point¬ 
ed leaves; thick growth of leaves. Pods 
medium light, 5 inches long, round, 
curved, very meaty, crisp, well flavored 
but has a most decided string at all 
stages. This is the original Refugee and 
is now replaced by the stringless type. 
Seed purple with bufi^ spots. 
REFUGEE, STRINGLESS. (68 days). A 
stringless type of the above with a slight¬ 
ly lighter pod and a deeper purple col¬ 
ored seed, otherwise is an equal to the 
above in every way. 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD. 
(50 days). Plants large, very produc¬ 
tive. Pods curved, round, 5|/2 to 6 
inches long; medium green, meaty, 
stringless and of excellent quality. One 
of the best varieties for canning cut 
Beans and very popular with home gar¬ 
deners. Seeds dark brown. 
DIXIE WHITE. Vines light green, 18 
inches high. Pods light green, 4 inches 
long, round and straight; stringless when 
young. A most wonderful yielder. Ex¬ 
cellent as a dry shell Bean; flavor equal 
or better than Navy. 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE. Used for home garden 
planting and shipping; heads large, slightly elon¬ 
gated; scales thick at base. Quite different from 
Jerusalem Artichoke, which is grown for its 
tuberous root. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c. 
Asparagus Seed 
Complete cultural directions furnished on request. 
MARY WASHINGTON. The latest development 
of rust-resistant Asparagus; larger than the orig¬ 
inal Washington, with very tight tips of fine 
quality. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; M lb., 30c. 
Bush Beans 
