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BEANS 
If Beans are to be sent by Parcel Post, add 
25c per pk.; 77c per bus. Packets sent postpaid, 
Bush^ Green-podded 
Sow 1 quart of seed to 100 feet of drill; 
2 bushels to an acre 
Culture. Seed should not be planted be¬ 
fore ground becomes light and warm, in 
f avorable seasons usually about the middle 
of April to first of May. The soil should be 
rich and mellow, and the seeds scattered 
about 3 inches apart in drills, and covered 
about 2 inches deep. Successive sowings 
made at intervals of about 2 weeks until 
August 15, will give a plentiful supply of 
Beans all season. About 45 days. 
Asgrow Valentine. This new introduction 
is typically Black Valentine. It has all the 
sturdy characteristics which popularized 
Black Valentine as a producer and shipper. 
Its long, practically straight, oval pods 
are of good color and texture and are com¬ 
pletely stringless. 
Black Valentine. Like the above, but the 
pods are round. 
Bountiful. This variety has been known to 
bear 1 bushel of pods per 15-foot row in 
the course of the season. Pods average 
6 inches long by 54 inch wide, are thick 
through, of pleasing light green color, very 
brittle, and absolutely stringless at all 
stages of development. Bountiful tastes 
as good as it looks. 
Burpee’s Stringless Green-Pod. An ideal 
variety having round, slightly curved, 
fleshy, and exceedingly tender pods. Ma¬ 
tures a few days earlier than the Giant sort. 
Dwarf Horticultural or Cherry. This 
broad, long, flat, meaty Bean is very pro¬ 
ductive, of delicious flavor and absolutely 
stringless. It also makes a good dried 
Bean for winter. 
Early Red Valentine. One of the most 
popular early Snap Beans. Round, fleshy 
pods about 5 inches in length, very brittle, 
tender, and of fine quality. 
Full Measure. Heavy, light green foliage. 
Very prolific. Pods 5]/2 to 6 inches long, 
stringless, round, slightly curved, of very 
good quality. 
M.-S. GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN- 
POD. Large, handsome pods of finest 
quality, some fully 6 inches long; very 
fleshy and entirely stringless. Very pro¬ 
ductive. Specially adapted to the home- 
garden. 
8c per pt.; 10c per qt.; 16c per Vapk.; 
New Stringless Green-Pod or Tender- 
green. An outstanding, green-podded 
Bush Bean of highest quality. Splendid 
for home and market use as well as for 
canning. Plants are large, erect, prolific, 
with large, dark green leaves. Fifty-one 
days from planting to eating stage. Pods 
are 5}/2 to 63/^ inches long, nearly straight, 
round, absolutely stringless and fiberless, 
fleshy, smooth and very attractive. Dry 
seed is brownish black, mottled with light 
fawn. 
Shell Beans for Winter Use 
60 days 
Red Kidney Beans. Bearing 6 to 7 in. long, 
flat pods, containing 5 to 6 red kidney¬ 
shaped Beans. Used almost exclusively 
for baking and soup. 
White Marrowfat. Planted almost exclu¬ 
sively for winter use, making large white, 
kidney-shaped Beans. 
White Navy or Boston Pea Beans. Yields 
large quantities of white Shell Beans which 
are used for baking. 
Bush, Yellow or Wax-podded 
48 days 
Bountiful Wax. Handsome, long, flat yel¬ 
low pods. Profuse bearer. 
Currie’s Rustproof Black Wax. Valuable 
for general use, being early, hardy, and a 
heavy yielder. Extra-long, flat pods of 
fine color and not apt to rust. 
Improved Golden Wax. Small plants of 
erect growth, bearing flat, thick pods about 
5 inches in length and of excellent quality. 
An early and reliable variety; recom¬ 
mended for home use. 
M.-S. SURE-CROP STRINGLESS WfCS.. 
This is a grand Bean. Absolutely string¬ 
less and a great rust-resister. Will produce 
an abundance of long, yellow, flat pods. 
A profitable market variety and one of the 
best for the home-garden. 
Round-Pod Kidney Wax. Vines 15 inches 
high. Pods are 5 inches long, round, 
slightly curved, stringless and deep yellow. 
Webber Wax. Short vines. The 6-inch pods 
are flat, straight, stringless, deep yellow. 
Giant Stringless Green-pod Beans 
Pole Lima 
Sow 1 quart of seed to 100 poles 
Culture. These require poles 8 to 10 feet 
long. The Beans should be planted in May 
if the season is suitable. Set poles 4 feet apart 
each way, and plant 4 to 6 Beans, about 
1 inch deep, around each pole. Thin out to 
three plants to a pole. Lima Beans for early 
use may be grown in pots in frames and 
transplanted. About 90 days. 
Carpinteria. Bears an abundance of large 
pods filled with plump, thin-skinned, ten¬ 
der, fine-flavored Beans. 
Dreer’s Improved Challenger or Potato 
Lima. Beans round and thick, of delicious 
flavor, easy to shell. Immense cropper. 
Early Leviathan. The earliest large Pole 
Lima. Very productive. 
King of the Garden. Vigorous grower, 
bearing large pods, 5 to 8 inches long. 
Beans large and of rich flavor. 
M.-S. GIANT-PODDED. The largest of 
all Pole Limas. Pods are from 7 to 834 
inches in length with a width of to 
nearly 2 inches. The Beans are extra large 
and invariably of superb flavor. Vines 
easily attain a height of from 10 to 12 feet. 
The pods are produced in clusters of from 
4 to 8 until killed by frost. 
Sieva or Small White Lima. Butter Bean. 
Early and productive, a great drought 
resister, smaller than regular Limas, but 
juicy and of fine flavor. 
Vegetables Your Best Food 
Our health depends a great deal on 
what we eat. The average American 
meal consists of acid-forming food and so 
refined that the best elements are lost and 
therefore detrimental. Vegetables are 
your best food; eat more of them. 
BEANS, BUSH, Green-podded 
Pkt. Pt. 
All bus. 
. Qt. V2Pk. 
prices on request 
Peck 
Burpee’s Stringless Green-Pod. 
$0 10 
$0 20 
$0 35 
$1 25 
$2 
25 
M.-S. Giant Stringless Green-Pod. 
10 
20 
35 
1 25 
2 
00 
Bountiful. 
10 
20 
35 
1 25 
2 
00 
Early Red Valentine. 
10 
25 
40 
1 50 
2 
50 
Full Measure. 
10 
20 
35 
. 1 25 
2 
00 
Asgrow Valentine. 
10 
20 
35 
1 25 
2 
00 
Black Valentine. 
10 
20 
35 
1 25 
2 
00 
New Stringless Green-Pod (Tendergreen) . . . 
10 
20 
35 
1 25 
2 
00 
Dwarf Horticultural (Cherry). 
10 
20 
35 
1 25 
2 
00 
BEANS, SHELL 
White Navy (Boston Pea Bean). 
10 
20 
35 
1 25 
2 
00 
White Marrowfat. 
10 
20 
35 
1 25 
2 
00 
Red Kidney Beans. 
10 
30 
50 
1 75 
3 
00 
BEANS, BUSH, Yellow or Wax-podded 
M.-S. Sure-Crop Stringless Wax. 
10 
25 
40 
1 50 
2 
50 
Bountiful Wax. 
10 
25 
40 
1 50 
2 
50 
Currie’s Rustproof Black Wax. 
10 
25 
40 
1 50 
2 
50 
Improved Golden Wax. 
10 
25 
40 
1 50 
2 
50 
Webber Wax. 
10 
25 
40 
1 50 
2 
50 
Round-Pod Kidney Wax. 
10 
25 
40 
1 50 
2 
50 
BEANS, POLE LIMA 
Carpinteria. 
10 
25 
45 
1 50 
2 
75 
Early Leviathan. 
10 
25 
45 
1 50 
2 
75 
King of the Garden. 
10 
25 
45 
1 50 
2 
75 
Sieva (Small White Lima). 
10 
25 
45 
1 50 
2 
75 
M.-S. Giant-podded. 
10 
30 
50 
1 75 
3 
00 
Dreer’s Improved Challenger (Potato Lima).. 
10 
30 
50 
1 75 
3 
00 
34-36 Light St., Baltimore, Md. 
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Vegetable Seeds 
