Sow Stumpp & Walter Co.*s Vegetable Seeds 
for Abundant Crops of Exhibition Quality 
9n#J Vegetable-growing assures a positive return in health and nutrition. The food you 
I nein lOr nealin ana rroilla grow is so much better than the food you buy because it is fresher, more palatable, 
contains more vitamins, is more varied. From even a small plot, the produce is so abundant that often you have food to spare for less- 
fortunate neighbors. Vegetable-growing is easy, especially now, when so many disease-resistant vegetables are available to the gardener. A 
space 25 feet by 50 feet or even less is ample to furnish delicious fine vegetables for a family of four. 
VEGETABLES WHICH FIGHT DISEASE 
If your crops were injured last year by wilts or blights of any kind, we suggest that you use varieties that (a) have long been known 
as being reasonably disease-resistant, or that (6) have been created specially to meet present-day conditions. Certain health measures, 
too, will help you to avoid loss from disease. It is recommended that you rotate your crops, use dig-under crops for soil-improvement 
(rye, vetch, peas, beans, buckwheat, etc.), burn rubbish promptly after harvesting, and use lime when necessary. Also dust seeds 
with Semesan, and use the following disease-resistant varieties. 
Asparagus, Mary Washington. Cucumber, Lemon and Orient. Spinach, Blight-Resistant. 
Beans, Bountiful. Celery, Golden Plume. Tomato, Marglobe and Scarlet Dawn. 
Beans, Sure-Crop Wax. Corn, Golden Wedding, and Tomato, Pritchard’s Scarlet Topper. 
Cabbage, Yellows-Resistant Globe. Hybrids. Watermelon, Pride of Muscatine. 
Cauliflower, Italian Purple. Pea, Teton. 
FREE DELIVERY: We deliver vegetable and flower seeds free to any point in the United States at prices listed in this Catalogue 
ASPARAGUS 
Vitamm-filled Snap Beans 
about 1 pint; 2 lbs. equal about 1 quart; 15 lbs. equal about 1 peck. 
Asparagus Seed 
One ounce will plant about 50 feet of drill 
Culture. Sow in drills at least 1 feet apart 
and thin so that plants do not overcrowd. When a 
year or more old, dig and replant in a prepared bed, 
as suggested under “Asparagus Roots.” 
Mary Washington. One of the difficulties 
in growing Asparagus is the damage often 
done by rust. Spraying with Bordeaux 
Mixture to control this trouble is good 
practice. The best procedure, however, 
is to plant Pedigreed Mary Washington, 
the most rust-resistant type we know. 
Seed, pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., MIb. 65 cts., 
Ib. $1.75. 
Conover’s Colossal. The standard variety. 
Reliable. Seed, pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., 
I4lh. 60 cts., Ib. $1.50. 
Asparagus Roots 
A plot 6 feet wide and 50 feet long will be 
sufficient to plant 100 of our Extra-Choice 
or Mammoth roots, enough for an ordinary 
family. Roots of this size should be selected, 
as they will establish themselves quickly. 
Culture. Dig a trench \ ]/2 feet deep and 1 foot 
wide, and fdl in about 4 inches with well-rotted 
manure; tread down firmly. On this put about 5 
inches of good, rich soil, and then lay the roots in, 
about 18 inches apart, taking care to spread well, 
having the crown in an upri^t position. Cover to 
within 4 inches of the top of the trench and, as the 
plants grow, gradually fill the trench to the surface. 
For spacing between the rows allow 2 feet. Let 
the plants grow two full seasons before cutting 
Asparagus. 
Mary Wasbington. Now recognized as our 
most valuable variety, both for commercial 
and private use. It is rust-resistant, partic¬ 
ularly vigorous, and of wonderful quality. 
Produces large cuttings of colossal shoots, 
straight, dark green in color, and with a 
heavy purple overtone; the tight, firm tips 
do not begin to open out until well out of 
the ground. We offer roots produced from 
the raiser’s original reselected seed. 
Extra-choice roots, $4.50 per 100, $40 
per 1000. Extra-large clumps, for forc¬ 
ing, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100, $90 per 
1000. Purchaser pays transportation. 
Conover’s Colossal. A mammoth bright 
green sort, the tips of which are often 
tinged purple. Very tender and of good 
quality—quite the best of the older stand¬ 
ard kinds. Mammoth roots, $3 per 100, 
$27.50 per 1000. Purchaser pays trans¬ 
portation beyond 50 miles of N. Y. 
Vz lb. equals about % pint; 1 lb. equals 
A NEW BEAN 
The Commodore 
This sensational novelty is an All- 
America Selections Winner for 1938. A 
dwarf or bush type of the popular Pole 
Bean, Kentucky Wonder. The green pods 
are 8 to 9 inches long, nearly straight, 
fleshy, brittle, stringless, and of excellent 
table quality, A very productive, medium 
early Bean. Pkt. 20 cts., 3^Ib. 45 cts., 
Ib. 80 cts. 
Bountiful Bush Beans 
Refugee Beans for Ealing 
Fresh or for Canning 
Sow in summer for late crop 
Stringless Refugee. A very heavy crop¬ 
per; its flavor is wonderful and it is abso¬ 
lutely stringless. Valuable for immediate 
use, for pickling or for canning, kilb. 
25 cts., Ib. 45 cts., 2 lbs. 85 cts., 5 lbs. $2, 
15 lbs. $4.50. 
Refugee or 1000-to-l. The pods are 
nearly round, light green, 5 inches long; 
fleshy, brittle, with slight strings. j^Ib. 
20 cts., Ib. 35 cts., 2 lbs. 65 cts., 5 lbs. 
$1.50, 15 lbs. $3.50. 
Bush Beans 
Sow twice monthly; gather all summer 
One pound will plant 100 feet of drill 
Culture. Plant as soon as danger of frost is 
over, placing the seeds 2 to 3 inches apart in drills 
and about 2 inches deep. The rows should be 
about 2 ] 4 , feet apart, and the soil slightly hilled, to 
insure good drainage and to keep the Beans from 
touching the ground. Most Beans should be picked 
when about 4 inches long. Do not cultivate or pick 
when bushes are wet, as this may cause disease. 
Green-Pod Bush Beans 
Yield in from 8 to 10 weeks 
Tendergreen. Handsome, 6-inch, round- 
podded Beans, entirely without strings at 
all stages of growth, and of fine melting 
flavor. Pkt. 15 cts., ^Ib. 30 cts., Ib. 50 cts., 
2 lbs. 90 cts., 5 lbs. $2.10, 15 lbs. $5.25. 
Bountiful. Very prolific and a continuous 
bearer. It is tender, of delicious flavor, and 
stringless if the flat pods are gathered when 
no more than 4h^ inches long. Bountiful 
is resistant to rust. Pkt. 10 cts., h^Ib. 25 cts., 
Ib. 45 cts., 2 lbs. 85 cts., 5 lbs. $2, 15 lbs. 
$4.50. 
Stringless Green-Pod. Splendid first-early 
round-podded Bush Bean. Entirely string¬ 
less; averages 5 inches long and is slightly 
curved. j^Ib. 25 cts., lb. 40 cts., 2 lbs. 75 cts., 
5 lbs. $1.75, 15 lbs. $4.25. 
Giant Stringless Green-Pod. Favorite 
market variety. Pods are an inch longer 
than Stringless Green-Pod. J^Ib. 25 cts., Ib. 
40 cts., 2 lbs. 75 cts., 5 lbs. $ 1.75,15 lbs. $4.25. 
Stringless Black Valentine. A fine im¬ 
provement on the Black Valentine. It is a 
heavy yielder of stringless, green, pencil¬ 
shaped, thick, meaty Beans of finest flavor. 
Pkt. 10 cts., j^Ib. 25 cts., Ib. 45 cts., 2 lbs. 
85 cts., 5 lbs. $2, 15 lbs. $4.50. 
Black Valentine. Matures early, producing 
long, round, straight pods which are tender 
when young. A good heat-resister. J^Ib. 
25 cts., lb. 40 cts., 2 lbs. 75 cts., 5 lbs. 
$1.75, 15 lbs. $4.25. 
Dwarf Horticultural. Pods medium length, 
slightly curved, and when nearly developed 
are splashed with bright red on yellow. 
The green-shelled Beans are tender, and fine 
flavored. Mlb. 25 cts., Ib. 40 cts., 2 lbs. 
75 cts., 5 lbs. $1.75, 15 lbs. $4.25. 
Red Valentine. J^Ib. 25 cts., Ib. 40 cts., 
2 lbs. 75 cts., 5 lbs. $1.75, 15 lbs. $4.25. 
Vegetable Seeds 
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