BEANS... ♦ the most 
profitable garden crop 
BOUNTIFUL. The plant is vigorous, very productive and resistant to 
rust and other diseases. The immense pods are of rich green color, 6 to 
7 inches long, thick, broad, uniform in shape, solid, stringless, but slight¬ 
ly fibrous, and make excellent snap beans. 
FULL MEASUKE. Not a new variety, yet it has just been recognized as 
one of the most desirable beans grown. They are absolutely stringless. 
The texture of the pod never grows coarse, but remains tender and 
meaty until the bean is fully matured and ready to shell. Superior to 
Burpee’s Stringless. 
WAX BEANS "Bush Type 
15c per % lb.; 25c per lb. 
IMPROYED GOLDEN WAX. Plants are small, compact, erect, and very 
prolific. Pods are horns well off the ground which prevents rust and rot, 
are of golden yellow color, brittle, fleshy and solid with wax-like texture, 
and are ready to pick in 45 days after planting. A good shell bean for 
winter use. 
ROUND POD KIDNEY WAX. Also called Brittle Wax. This is the best 
yellow wax bean on the market. Absolutely stringless. The plants make 
a strong growth and are very productive. 
PENCIL POD BLACK WAX. Plant grows about 15 inches 
high, very productive, with straight pods about 6 or 7 
inches long, light golden yellow color, round, meaty, and 
deeply creasebacked, extremely brittle, without fiber and 
of excellent quality. 
SURE CROP WAX. Plat pods are clear amber yellow 6 
to 7 inches long and entirely stringless at all stages of 
development. Very meaty and sweet. Classed as an early 
variety. 
GREEN PODDED 
BUSH BEANS 
15c per lb.; 25c per lb. 
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS 
Bush Beans are planted in rows 24 to 30 inches apart U/j ^ 
inches deep; thin out to 3 or 4 inches between each bean. Culti¬ 
vate the soil frequently, but never while the foliage is wet. 
The Dwarf Limas are only partly dwarf and should be given more 
space than the Green and Wax Beans. Put the seed in edgewise 
with the eye down, and if possible avs-id planting within two or 
three days of rain. 
Pole or runner beans are usually planted in speciallv prepared 
hills, 3 to 4 feet apart, and supported on poles or stakes with 
cross pieces. ... ,, 
Pole Limas should not be planted until the ground is thoroughly 
warm. 
STRINGLESS BLACK VALENTINE. Seed color black, 
shape long and slim, pods half round to round, slightly 
curved, absolutely stringless. This bean is prolific, ma¬ 
tures in about 50 days, is hardy and heat resisting. 
Vines 16 to 18 inches. 
STRINGLESS RED VALENTINE. Takes a few days 
longer for maturity than the Black Valentine. Color of 
seed is red mottled. Height 14 to 15 inches, pods about 
4 inches long, almost round, somewhat curved and 
stringless. Very good for home garden or shipping. 
TENNESSEE GREEN POD. Matures in from 52 to 55 
days. Pods are stringy, flat, broad, almost straight, 
about 7 to 9 inches in length. Color of seed yellowish 
brown. Height of vine 12 to 14 inches. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD VALENTINE. Comes 
into bearing about 65 days after planting and continues 
to bear for about a month. Plants are large, spreading 
and exceedingly productive. Pods are stringless and 
brittle in all stages; very desirable for home use and 
for the market. 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD. Very popular 
and widely grown. Pods are somewhat variable in size, 
about 5 inches long, generally more or less scimitar 
curved, extremely brittle, absolutely stringless, usually 
contain six seeds very crowded in pod. 
EXTRA EARLY RED VALENTINE. Very prolific; used 
extensively for canning and pickling. Bright green in 
color, curved with a crease in back and very crisp and 
tender. 
TENDERGREEN. All American Award of Merit 1933. 
New and distinct green podded bush bean of very high 
quality. Pods 5V2 to 6^4 inches long, absolutely string¬ 
less and fibreless, fleshy, nearly straight, and round. 
Dry seed is brownish-black mottled tan. 
All Pkts. on this page ....... 5c 
LIMA BEANS ' * Bush Type 
1 lb., 25c. 
Still lower prices on larger quantities. 
BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA. Plant la-rge, thick stemmed, 
about 20 inches high, with occasional runners. Shell pods, 
dark green, of smooth surface moderately curved, flat, uni¬ 
form in size, very large for dwarf limas. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH LI3IA. Small plant, slender stem¬ 
med, very erect, bushy, very early, long in bearing. Pods 
in numerous large clusters close to center of plant. Espe¬ 
cially adapted to West and Middle West. 
SOME FOLKS EAT 
ARTICHOKE 
RAW—OTHERS BOIL 
PLANTING 
INSTRUCTIONS 
Requires some protection 
during the winter months. 
II sown indoors in February 
or March, and young plants 
pricked into pots before set¬ 
ting in open, edible heads 
may be cut first season. 
Seeds should be sown in 
March or April, in rows 14 
inches apart, and lightly 
covered, in rows 4 feet 
apart, 2 feet apart in row, 
and placed firmly in ground, 
not too deep. 
AND SERVE AS SALAD 
60c per oz.; $2.00 per M lb.; 
$6.00 per lb. 
H0>y TO PREPARE. Edible 
parts are base of flower head 
and midribs of large blanched 
leaves; latter are called 
chards. The flower head 
scales must be cut when 
young and tender, are gener¬ 
ally eaten raw, but may be 
boiled and served as salad, or 
cooked and eaten like aspara¬ 
gus. 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE. The 
flower heads are globular or 
somewhat elongated. Scales 
are green shading to purple. 
Do not mistake this for the 
Jerusalem Artichoke, which is 
a distinct variety used for 
stock feed only. 
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