TESTED VEGETABLE SEEDS 
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BEANS 
DWARF, BUSH OR SNAP 
INOCULATE ALL LEGUMES 
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VIGORO 
NITRAGIN 
Complete plant food 
The Original Legume Inoeulato* 
Green Podded Varieties 
Culture —Early in the spring, after the ground 
is perfectly warm, the beans should be sown in drills 
2 inches deep and 18 inches apart, dropping the beans 
3 inches apart in the drills. Hoe well in dry weather 
and plant every two weeks for a succession. 
BURPEE'S STRINGLESS GREEN POD. Plants 
large, very productive. Pods curved, round, 5 Vfe to 6 
inches long; medium green, meaty, stringless and of 
excellent quality. Ready to pick in 50 days. One 
of the best varieties for canning cut beans and very 
popular with home gardeners. 
BOUNTIFUL. One of the best green podded beans 
for the market gardener. Outsells all other varieties 
25 to 1 on the Chicago market. Vines vigorous and 
productive, pods 6 to 7 inches long, straight, broad, flat; 
of handsome appearance, tender, brittle and absoutely 
stringless. Ready for picking in 50 days. We have 
carefully selected and improved our seed stock of this 
important variety and believe it to be the best on the 
market. 
RED VALENTINE. Plant medium size, erect, verj 
productive. Pods 4 to 5 inches long, medium green, 
round, curved, slim with crease in back; very fleshy, 
crisp and tender. Ready to pick in 55 days. This va¬ 
riety is an old favorite in the southern states. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD. An excellent 
bean for market gardener and shipper and widely used 
for canning. Very strong vines, pods round, 6 to 6% 
inches long of exceptionally good quality, stringless 
throughout entire growth. Ready for picking in 
54 days. This strain is unsurpassed. 
TENDERGREEN. Plants large and productive. 
Pods round, 5% to 6 inches, meaty, dark green 
and stringless. Ready to pick in 55 days. 
WHITE NAVY. Grown exclusively as a shell bean 
for winter use. 90 days. 
Tendergreen 
Wax Podded Varieties 
IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX. Undoubtedly one of 
the best wax beans for the home garden. Rust proof 
an improvement on the old style Golden Wax. Pod is 
semi-round, yellow, of good quality, and has no string. 
Ready for picking 47 days from planting. 
WARDWELL’S KIDNEY WAX. The large size, fine 
appearance and good quality of the pods make this one 
of the most popular varieties of wax beans. The plant 
is upright in growth, bearing broad, flat pods of light 
waxy color and 5 to 6 inches in length. 53 days. 
Golden Wax 
DAVIS WHITE WAX. This bean is adapted alike 
for the canner, market gardener, shipper or amateur. 
Pods are 5 to 6 inches long, meaty, wide, flat and of a 
beautiful yellow color and fair quality. Ready to pick 
in 54 days. 
BLACK WAX. An exceptionally productive variety. 
The rounded pods are pale yellow, brittle, and perfectly 
stringless. It grows to maturity within 9 weeks of 
planting and produces huge clusters of handsome pods. 
Plants bear longer than the average of this type. 
CURRIE’S RUST PROOF WAX. Used by market 
gardeners on account of earliness and productivity. 
Plant dwarf, erect, compact, medium green. Pods flat, 
waxy yellow, attractive; with strong string, and fibrous; 
of fair quality. Seeds plump, flat, oblong, 70 per oz., 
purplish black. 49 days. 
All wax and green podded beans: Pkt. 5c; 
V 4 lb. 10c; V 2 lb. 15c; 1 lb. 25c. 
PLANT A NEW KIND 
THIS YEAR... 
Have a Variety! 
