VEGETABLE SEEDS 
GOLDEN WAX 
long, % inch wide, thick, oval; fleshy and tender when young, 
but becomes somewhat fibrous and stringy. Seeds white and 
excellent for baking. 
Top Notch Golden Wax. New blight resistant. A splendid 
home garden and canning variety. Plant small, productive. 
Pods very attractive; golden yellow; 4% to 5 inches long, y 2 
inch wide, thick, oval; fleshy, brittle, stringless. Seeds white, 
splashed with violet carmine and purple. 
Pencil Pod Black Wax. Very desirable for home and market 
garden and for truckers. Plant large and thrifty. Heavily 
productive over long period. Pods handsome bright yellow. 
5% to 6 inches long, % inch thick, cylindrical: very fleshy, 
stringless, brittle, fine grained, and tender. Quality unexcelled. 
•Seeds black. 
Round Pod Kidney Wax. (Brittle Wax). Valuable for home 
garden and canning. Plants are erect, medium large, pro¬ 
lific. Handsome pods of waxy light yellow, 5% to 6 in. long, 
thick and round. Very fleshy, brittle, strictly stringless and 
without fibre. Seeds white with brownish-black eye. 
Pole Beans 
For Prices, See Page 32 
Blue Lake or White Creaseback. Splendid snap bean for home 
garden and early market. Good climber, heavily productive. 
Pods light green, 5% inches long, % inch wide, almost as 
thick; nearly stringless, very fleshy, brittle, tender. Seeds 
white; excellent for baking. 
Kentucky Wonder. This most popular of all pole beans should 
be in every garden. The dark green pods are round and long, 
measuring 9 to 10 inches; they are always stringless as snaps, 
and never becomes tough. Seeds light brown colored. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. An early and hardy bean somewhat 
resembling the Kentucky Wonder except in color of pods 
which are light yellow and broader. If a wax podded bean is 
desired for home or market this is the one best variety to 
plant. Seed oval, flattened, somewhat shriveled, dark brown. 
Oregon Giant Green Pod. We highly recommend this variety 
to home gardeners. It keeps producing until killed by frost. 
Large, fleshy pods, 10 to 12 inches in length, stringless, light 
greenish yellow, splashed with red. A very tasty bean that 
requires very little care. 
Oregon Pole Lima. Proven over many years to be well adapted 
to our cool Northwest climate. A strong, vigorous grower, 
bearing continuously until frost. Pods are at their best when 
turning yellow. 
Scarlet Runner. About in season with pole limas. Good 
climber. Flowers scarlet, decorative. Pods dark green; 6 
inches long; flat oval. Fleshy; desirable for snaps and green 
shell beans. Seeds kidney shaped, flat: dark purple, spotted 
with reddish buff. Pkt. 10c; Yi lb. 25c; 1 lb. 45c. 
Tall Horticultural. The pods when young are of excellent 
quality and make fine snapshorts. They measure 5 to 6 inches 
long and are stringless. The dried beans are grown exten¬ 
sively for winter use. They are large, of a light fawn color, 
speckled with dull red. Highly recommended as a baking bean. 
Lima Beans, Dwarf 
For Prices, See Page 32 
Henderson’s. Sometimes called the Baby Lima, and known in 
some sections as the Butter Bean. Plant is small, dark green, 
erect, bushy, and very early. Pods flat, green shelled beans 
flat, small and of excellent quality. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush. Plants, large, heavily productive. 
Pods large, 4% to 5 inches long. Usually contain 4 large, thick 
beans. Dry beans large, flat, greenish white. 
BEET 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 8 to 14 lbs. per acre. 
Seed should be sown at the rate of one ounce to 100 feet of 
row. The rows should be spaced 14 to 24 inches apart. Work 
the soil well and cover the seeds about an inch deep. A rich 
sandy loam is most favorable, but nearly all types of soil will 
produce Beets if sufficiently fertilized and properly tilled. All 
varieties of Beets sell for. For Prices, see Page 32. 
Detroit Dark Red. The standard of excellence in table Beets 
for home and market garden, for shipping, and for canning. 
Tops uniform, small, slender, erect. Roots globe shaped; sym¬ 
metrical, with small collar and small tap-root. Very dark blood 
red. 
Early Wonder. Very desirable for home and market garden. 
Tops small. Root flattened globe shape with small collar and 
tap-root. Dark purplish red. Flesh deep purplish red zoned a 
lighter shade. 
Extra Early Flat Egyptian. Best for forcing and particularly 
valuable for early market. Tops small and upright. Roots 
flattened, with long slender tap-roots. Flesh dark purplish 
red zoned lighter. 
SWISS CHARD 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 6 to 10 lbs. per acre. 
Only the tops of this Beet are used, like spinach, and the 
succulent stalks and midribs may be prepared in the same way 
as asparagus. The plants are cultivated like Beets except that 
they should be thinned to 8 or 10 inches apart. Pkt. 5c; 1 oz. 
10c; *4 lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
Lucullus, Dark Green. The fleshy crumpled leaves of this 
variety make very choice greens. Plant erect; stalks rounded 
and finely ribbed. Foliage a rich deep green. 
SUGAR BEET 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 6 to 10 lbs. per acre. 
Sugar Beets are desirable not only for sugar making but 
for stock feeding, and when small they may be used for the 
table. The soil producing best results is a rich, friable sand 
or clay loam. Cultivation is the same as for Mangel Wurzel. 
Pkt. 5c; 1 oz. 10c; y 4 lb. 25c; 1 lb. 75c. 
Klein Wanzleben. The most desirable Beet for sugar manu¬ 
facture. Valuable for stock feeding. Roots medium large. 12 
to 15 inches long, 3% to 4 inches at shoulder, tapered; white, 
with a tinge of gray; very rich in sugar content. Good keeper. 
OREGON POLE LIMA BEANS 
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