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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS IN BULK 
Pure Bred Stocks of the Choicest 
Varieties 
ARTICHOKE 
Green Globe 
The standard variety for home, market garden and shipping; 
widely grown in California; heads large, globular, deep green; 
scales very fleshy at base. The flower buds are the part eaten. 
Plants bear the second year from seed and last several years. 
(The Jerusalem Artichoke is entirely different, being a tuberous 
rooted member of the Sunflower family.) 
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ASPARAGUS 
★ MARY WASHINGTON ASMAR 
A recently developed rust resistant strain, producing large deep 
green sprouts of splendid quality. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
MARY WASHINGTON ASPRO 
BEANS 
Beans are planted at our Oakview Experimental Gardens and Seed Breeding Station near 
Detroit about June 10th. We have indicated the number of days required under ordinary circum¬ 
stances for the common garden varieties to produce snap pods. The descriptions are of pods at the 
snap stage of growth. In the field beans we have indicated the days required to mature the crop. 
In the Lima beans we have noted the number of days required to produce green shell beans under 
ordinary conditions and the descriptions are of green shell pods. 
It is noteworthy that the earlier varieties of garden bean do produce snap pods as early as 40 days 
from planting in the spring under particularly favorable circumstances. We have chosen to use in our 
descriptions the average of many seasons’ observation. The length of time required does vary ac¬ 
cording to the section of the country in which the crop is grown. The number of days as indicated is 
particularly useful in comparing the earliness of varieties. 
DWARF OR BUSH, WAX PODDED VARIETIES ™^ h d 
Challenge Black Wax becha 
45 days. The earliest garden bean. Plant small, moderately pro¬ 
ductive. Pods yellow; 4—4J/£ in. long, % in. thick, round; fleshy, 
stringless, brittle, tender. Seeds black. 
Davis Stringless Wax bestr 
52 days. A distinct improvement over Davis White Wax. Plant 
slightly taller and more vigorous, and heavily productive. Pods 
clear light yellow, 6— Q}4 in. long, % to Yi in. wide, thick-oval, 
moderately fleshy, slightly fibrous but tender and strictly string¬ 
less. Hardier and less susceptible to fungus disease than Davis 
White Wax. 
FERRY’S GOLDEN WAX 
48 days. A splendid home garden variety; also much used for begol 
canning. Plant small, productive. Pods very attractive; golden 
yellow; 4}/£—5 in. long; Yi in. wide, thick, oval; fleshy, brittle, 
stringless. Seeds white, splashed with violet-carmine and purple. 
Improved Golden Wax (Grenell’s) beri.s 
48 days. Similar to Ferry’s Golden Wax. Pods attractive golden 
yellow; 4^—5 in. long; in. wide, thick, oval; fleshy, brittle, 
stringless, slightly fibrous. Seeds white, splashed with brownish- 
maroon and brownish-yellow. 
★ Pencil Pod Wax bepen 
52 days. Plant large and thrifty; heavily productive over long 
period. Pods handsome bright yellow; 5}^—6 in. long, % in. 
thick, cylindrical; very fleshy, strictly stringless, brittle, fine 
grained and tender; quality unexcelled. Seeds black. 
