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PERFECTION BRAND SEEDS —Since 1906 
Perfection Brand Tested Garden Seed 
Every lot of Perfection Brand Seed is thoroughly tested for active, abundant, and vigorous life, so that only the 
most vital product is shipped. The exacting nature of these tests have won the confidence of thousands of Southwest- 
ern gardeners who plant Perfection Brand Seeds, and gladly recommend them to their neighbors and friends. 
Asparagus 
Asparagus is one of the first vegetables in 
spring, as well as one of the best grown in 
the garden. It is perfectly hardy, grows year 
after year from the same roots and never fails 
to produce a crop. Asparagus does well on any 
well-drained soil, but the best results are ob¬ 
tained from rich, deep, loamy soil. 
WASHINGTON — Rust-Resistant Asparagus. 
Practically free from rust and other diseases. 
Stalks are large and thick ; dark green with a 
heavy overcast of rich purple. Has a long 
tight, pointed bud and does not branch out 
until well beyond the market height. Unsur¬ 
passed in size, yield, appearance and flavor. 
Seed pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; % lb., 35c. 
Asparagus Roots 
For those who desire to raise asparagus, one 
of the earliest of the spring vegetables, we 
suggest the purchase of asparagus roots. These 
are ready during March, but to be sure of get¬ 
ting them you should reserve your stock now 
by sending us your order. 
Our strong two-year-old roots will give the 
best results in the shortest time possible. 
ROOTS—2-year-old, per dozen, 35c, postpaid; 
by freight or express, $1.50 per 100. 
Garden Beans 
SELECTED NORTHERN GROWN 
Given moisture, this crop can be planted in 
the South in succession until the middle of 
August. A good, sandy loam is the best soil 
for beans, but they will grow well in any soil 
of average richness. 
The bush varieties should be planted 1% 
inches deep in drills 18 inches or 2 feet apart, 
2 inches apart in the drill. When the plants 
are well up, thin gradually to six to eight 
inches from each other, leaving the strongest 
plants as much as possible. The pole variety 
should be planted two or three beans in a hill, 
two feet apart each way. Give them clean cul¬ 
tivation, mellowing the soil about them, but 
not going too deep, hilling broad and flat 
about the time they are to bear. Do not hoe 
them when wet from dew or rain, as this in¬ 
duces rust of leaves or pods. 
A pound will plant 100 feet of drill; 2 
bushels, or 120 lbs. to the acre in drills. For a 
larger yield of Beans, use Nitragin. See page 20. 
Burpee’s Stringless Greenpod 
Washington Asparagus 
DWARF KENTUCKY WONDER —Pods 
measure 8 to 9 inches. Excellent quality; 
nearly straight, very fleshy, brittle and of fine 
texture, fiberless and stringless in all stages 
of growth. For a variety bearing such huge 
pods it is remarkably productive. Medium 
early. Plants are vigorous and of upright 
growth. Pkt., 15c; lb., 45c, postpaid. 
TENNESSEE GREEN POD —This dwarf, 
early, intermediate snap bean is very popular 
in some sections of the South. The vines are 
large, somewhat spreading, and prolific. The 
pods are very long—very often 6 to 7 inches, 
flat, irregular in shape, bright but rather dark 
green, and of excellent quality. Pkt., 10c; ib., 
30c, postpaid. By express, lb., 20c; 10 lbs., 
$1.80. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD—This 
is a great improvement on the old-time popu¬ 
lar favorite Valentine Bean. The pods are fully 
one-third longer, averaging 5 and 6 inches in 
length ; absolutely stringless, very crisp, round, 
full and fleshy. It is enormously productive, its 
handsome pods being ready for market a few 
days earlier than the old Valentine. Pkt., 10c; 
lb., 30c, postpaid. By freight or express, lb., 
20c; 10 lbs., $1.80. 
BURPEE'S STRINGLESS GREEN POD— 
Splendid for market and home garden. It is 
stringless in reality as well as name. It is an 
abundant cropper and the pods are thick, 
round, fleshy and nearly straight. Ready for 
picking in 45 days. Lb., 35c, postpaid. By 
freight or express, lb., 20c; 10 lbs., $1.80. 
ROUND POD RED VALENTINE—Pkg., 
10c;; lb., 30c, postpaid. By freight or express, 
lb.. 20c; 10 lbs., $1.80. 
TENDERGREEN STRINGLESS GREEN 
POD—Exceptionally tender, entirely stringless, 
meaty pods that snap like icicles. The pods are 
6 inches long, perfectly round. Makes in 54 
days. Pkt., 10c; lb., 30c, postpaid. By express 
lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.00. 
WHITE NAVY BEANS—Pkg., 10c; lb., 20c, 
postpaid. By freight or express, lb., 15c; 10 
lbs., $1.25. 
Subsistence gardens should grow lots of beans • 
this crop produces more nourishment per square 
foot than any other. 
Pole or Running Beans 
A word about Pole Beans. Many growers 
hesitate to plant pole beans because of the 
scarcity of poles. This objection is easily over¬ 
come and the greater profit in growing the 
pole varieties should be sufficient reason for 
going to a little extra care. Plaster laths will 
answer the purpose and cost very little. 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX—This remark¬ 
able vigorous-growing, wax-podded pole bean 
is very similar to the green-podded Kentucky 
Wonder, but the very long pods are a little 
broader, very fleshy, and quite stringless as 
snaps. Pkt., 10c; lb., 35c, postpaid. By freight 
or express, per lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.25. 
IDEAL MARKET POLE BEAN—Ideal Mar¬ 
ket is the earliest pole bean we are acquainted 
with, being ready for the market with the 
dwarf varieties, and is one of the most produc¬ 
tive. The long, nearly stringless, pulpy green 
pods are borne in immense clusters and are of 
delicious quality. Pkt., 10c; lb., 35c, postpaid. 
By freight or express, lb., 25c; 10 lbs., $2.25. 
CUT SHORT or CORNFIELD—Green beans; 
resembling those of the Bush Valentine dry 
beans, red-sp?ckled. Pkt., 10c; lb., 30c, post¬ 
paid. By freight or express, 20c per lb. 
DUTCH CASEKNIFE—One of the earliest 
of the pole varieties; white seeds; used for 
snaps ; good green or dry ; a good winter sort, 
productive, and a good bean for planting 
among corn. Pkt., 10c; lb., 30c, postpaid. By 
freight or express, 20c per lb. 
OCTOBER or HORTICULTURAL—A popu¬ 
lar and productive variety for use as snaps or 
as shell beans. It is especially adapted for 
mountainous districts or where the season is 
short. Per lb., 30c, postpaid. By freight or ex¬ 
press, 20c per lb. 
KENTUCKY WONDER GREENPOD—Brit¬ 
tle, stringless, meaty, delicious flavor. The 
plants are vigorous climbers; pods are borne 
profusely in clusters ; they average from 7 to 
9 inches long; are of attractive green color; 
round and very brittle when young. Pkt., 10c; 
lb., 30c, postpaid. By freight or express, 20c 
per lb.; 10 lbs., $1.80. 
WHITE CREASEBACK—Large, long pods, 
growing in clusters of from 6 to 12, of a sil¬ 
very green, of the best quality of snaps. A good 
cornhill bean. Pkt., 10c; lb., 30c, postpaid. 
MISSOURI WONDER—A late variety with 
5-inch flat curved pod, color medium green. 
Meaty, stringy, good quality. Long bedring 
and productive. Pkg., 10c; lb., 35c, postpaid. 
Pencil Pod Wax 
