Beans Tendergreen 
Beet Boston Crosby 
Broccoli Italian Sprouting 
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A selected list of varieties most suitable for the home garden follows. In 
making this selection, flavor, freedom from disease and cultural requirements 
have been considered. Varieties which have been superseded are dropped 
and only the better kinds listed. After visiting the many growers’ trial 
grounds, we offer you the following list. Fresh vegetables grown in your own 
garden will more than repay you for your time and care in their added flavor 
and tenderness. We give approximate germination on all vegetable seeds. 
Bush Lima Beans 
Culture —Lima Beans should not be 
planted until the ground is warm, 
They are fully two weeks earlier than 
the Pole varieties. Plant in rows 2 to 
3 feet apart, placing three Beans in 
groups 1 foot apart in the row and 
covering 1 inch deep. 
One pound will plant 100 feet of row 
Fordhook Bush. This fine Lima Bean 
produces a heavy crop of large, fat 
pods in clusters of 5 to 8. The Beans 
are fat rather than flat, and the pods 
contain from 3 to 5 beans, maturing 
in 75 days. Rich, tender and with a 
butter flavor. 341b. 40c., 1 lb. 65c., 
2 lbs. $1.25, 5 lbs. $3.00. 
Henderson’s Bush. Small tender 
early variety known as bush butter 
Beans. Produces a large sure crop. 
34 lb. 40c., 1 lb. 65c., 2 lbs. $1.25, 
5 lbs. $3.00. 
Bush Beans 
Culture —Sow every two weeks from 
May 1st to August 15th for succession. 
Beans will grow in any garden soil. 
The rows should be 18 inches to 2 feet 
apart. Open the drills 2 inches deep 
and sow the Beans 1 inch apart. When 
plants are well up, draw the soil up in 
the rows and cultivate frequently, but 
never when the foliage is wet as this 
may spread disease. 
One pound of seed plants 50 feet of drill, 
60 pounds per acre 
Tendergreen. The new green podded 
Bean of unusual merit. The pods are 
long, light green in color, round 
and absolutely stringless. It yields a 
heavy crop and matures in 6 weeks. 
34 lb. 35c., 1 lb. 60c., 2 lbs. $1.00, 
5 lbs. $2.25. 
Bountiful Stringless. The most pop¬ 
ular green-podded Bean. The pods 
are long, flat, slightly curved and 
absolutely stringless. An early va¬ 
riety it matures in about 45 days. 
34 lb. 30c., 1 lb. 50c., 2 lbs. 85c., 
5 lbs. $2.00. 
Pencil Pod Black Wax. Round, 
straight pods, 6 to 7 in. long. Abso¬ 
lutely stringless; 45 days to mature. 
34 lb. 30c., 1 lb. 50c., 2 lbs. 85c., 
5 lbs. $2.00. 
Stringless Black Valentine. Round 
fleshy pods. Early. 34 lb. 30c., 
1 lb. 50c., 2 lbs. 85c., 5 lbs. $2.00. 
Davis Stringless Wax. A new and 
distinct variety. The pods are waxy- 
vellow, flat, and average 634 in. long. 
The Bean is tender and well-flavored 
without fiber. A six week Bean. 
34 lb. 40c., 1 lb. 75c., 2 lbs. $1.25, 
5 lbs. $3.00. 
Pole Lima Beans 
Culture —Being vigorous growers, 
strong poles should be set 4 feet apart 
each way. When the ground is warm, 
plant 5 or 6 Beans to a pole, eye down, 
and 2 inches deep. When well started, 
thin out to three strongest plants. Cul¬ 
tivate often. Pole Limas mature in 
80 to 90 days. 
One pound will plant 50 poles 
Leviathan. This is an early, strong 
growing variety producing heavy 
crops. The pods are produced in large 
clusters and are well filled with good- 
sized, pale green beans of a rich but¬ 
tery flavor. 34 lb. 30c., 1 lb. 55c., 
2 lbs. $1.00, 5 lbs. $2.25. 
Beets 
Culture —Beets do well in a good gar¬ 
den soil. Heavy soil should be manured 
the year before. Seed may be sown as 
soon as the ground can be worked in 
the Spring in rows 12-14 inches apart. 
Make the drills 1 inch deep, cover the 
seed carefully, and firm the soil by 
walking over the drill. For Winter use, 
sow from mid-July to August 10th. 
Thin out to 3 inches apart. 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill 
Boston Crosby. This is a distinctly 
superior early variety, globe-shaped, 
and cuts a darker red than any other 
early Beet. Matures in less than 70 
days. Pkt. 15c., oz. 35c., 34 lb. 95c., 
1 lb. $2.50. 
Detroit Dark Red. The best late 
Beet, having a fine, dark red color 
and round, globe shape. Pkt. 15c., 
oz. 25c., 34 lb. 65c., 1 lb. $1.75. 
CARL GIESSLER, INC. 
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