MARKET GARDENERS AND FLORISTS PRICE LIST —1940 
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TENDERGREEN 
The Leading Round Pod Green Bean 
It you want an early round podded green bean you will do 
well to grow Harris’ Strain of Tendergreen. This stock of Ten- 
dergreen has become so popular with our customers during the 
past few years, that now it has become one of our largest sellers. 
The pods are handsome and straight; entirely stringless with 
tender rich meat and produced in great abundance on sturdy up¬ 
right vines. See prices below. 
BOUNTIFUL 
The Most Profitable Green Bean to Grow 
There is no better stock of Bountiful Beans obtainable than 
our special Northern Grown seed. It is grown from carefully 
selected high yielding foundation stocks in disease free fields. 
The pods are ready early and are handsome, light green, straight 
and flat and entirely stringless. See prices below. 
PLENTIFUL (New) 
A very attractive new long straight flat podded bean similar 
to Bountiful. The pods are a little longer, and mature a few days 
later. The beans are stringless and of fine quality. The vines are 
upright, robust and produce enormous crops. We recommend that 
you try some of this new kind. Black Seeded. See prices below. 
Dwarf Green-Podded Beans 
25 lbs. or more of one variety of beans will be supplied at 100 lb. 
price. A bushel of beans weighs 60 lbs. 
NOT PREPAID* (See page 2) 
BOUNTIFUL. Selected ~ 
Stock. See above. 
BLACK VALENTINE. ... 
A profitable market bean, 
produces large crops of 
iong, round, straight, light 
green pods. Not stringless 
except when very young. 
FRENCH HORTICULTURAL. Special Stock. See page 2.. 
Slightly curved, round pods, stringless of excellent quality. 
Lowe’s Champion.!. 
One of the Horticultural or Cranberry beans. Pods 5 in. long, flat, 
green, straight and entirely stringless. 
PLENTIFUL. (New) See above. 
Ruby Dwarf Horticultural. Also called “Roman” Beans. . . 
Used for shelling green. Pods light green splashed with deep red. 
STRINGLESS BLACK VALENTINE (Asgrow). 
One of the most prolific and earliest green beans. The pods are long, 
straight, nearly round when young and very attractive. One of the 
best market beans and a very profitable variety to grow. 
TENDERGREEN. Early and Prolific. Round Pod. See above 
LIMA BEANS 
A pound of Dwarf Lima seed will plant 150 ft. of row. About 60 lbs. per acre. 
Fordhook Bush Lima —The Most Profitable Lima Bean to Grow 
We are pleased to continue to offer this very superior stock which has proved so popular among 
growers. The vines are very prolific and the pods uniformly large with choice thick green beans. 
With this sure bearing stock, Lima Beans are a profitable crop to grow. See price below. 
NOT PREPAID* (See page 2) 
lb. 
73^ lb. 
15 lb. 
100 lb. 
500 lb. 
.25 
$1.35 
$2.40 
$13.00 
$60.00 
.25 
1.35 
2.40 
13.00 
60.00 
.30 
1.90 
3.45 
20.00 
95.00 
.25 
1.60 
2.85 
16.00 
75.00 
.25 
1.35 
2.40 
13.00 
60.00 
.30 
1.60 
2.85 
16.00 
.... 
.30 
1.60 
2.85 
16.00 
.30 
1.60 
2.85 
16.00 
75.00 
.25 
1.35 
2.40 
13.00 
60.00 
.25 
1.35 
2.40 
13.00 
60.00 
Larger pods, thicker, deeper green beans than the old variety. 
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. Best for Market. See above. 
Henderson’s Bush Lima. 
Small flat pods and beans, early and very prolific. 
BEANS continued on next pane. 
1 lb. 
7^ lb. 
15 lb. 
100 lb. 
500 lb. 
$ .30 
$1.65 
$3.00 
$17.00 
$80.00 
.30 
1.75 
3.15 
18.00 
85.00 
.30 
1.50 
2.70 
15.00 
70.00 
