Vegetable Seeds 
Good vegetables can be grown only from good seeds, but 
it is most important to keep growing vegetables free from weeds 
and thoroughly cultivated at all times. Poor soil ma}-^ be im¬ 
proved by fertilizers, but nothing can repair lack of thorough 
and continuous cultivation. Vegetables should be grown quickly 
and be used while fresh. That is why home-grown vegetables 
are superior to those purchased in markets. 
ASPARAGUS 
Mary Washington. The finest of the Washington strains, producing 
large, thick shoots of attractive appearance. Compact tips of rich 
purplish green. Remarkably tender. 
BEANS 
Bohnen Haricots Habas o Frijoles Favas 
A packet of seed will plant two 15-foot rows, which is enough for a small 
family. Several sowings of Beans should be made during the season. 
Culture. Plant Bush Beans, when the ground is warm and the weather 
settled, in rows 2 feet apart and 4 inches apart in the row. Pole Beans may be 
planted in hills 3 feet apart each way, with 4 to 6 Beans in a hill. Cultivate 
shallowly but thoroughly, but not when the foliage is wet. Plant Bush Beans 
every other week from May 15 to July 15. 
Mary Washington Asparagus 
WAX-PODDED BUSH BEANS 
Black Wax. An exceptionally productive variety. The rounded pods 
are pale yellow, brittle, and perfectly stringless. It grows to ma¬ 
turity within 9 weeks of planting and produces huge clusters of 
handsome pods. Plants bear longer than the average of this type. 
Burpee’s New Kidney Wax. Produces handsome lemon-yellow pods 
in great quantities. They average 63^ inches long by ^ inch wide, 
thick and plump, flat in appearance, and perfectly stringless at all 
stages of development. It has proved to be the biggest yielder of all 
stringless varieties and is exceptionally resistant to blight and rust. 
Davis’ White Wax. A quick-growing, early variety bearing an abun¬ 
dance of straight, slim pods which are very handsome and attractive 
early in the season. It is a good Snap Bean when young and can be 
used to advantage as a Shell Bean when over-grown. 
Improved Rustproof Golden Wax. This is one of the most popular 
early-bearing Wax Beans for the home-garden. The thrifty bushes 
bear plenty of handsome, broad, flat pods about inches long, 
fleshy, brittle, and stringless. 
Pencil-Pod Black Wax. A fine Bush Bean of vigorous habit and excep¬ 
tionally productive. The pods are long, slightly curved, and hand¬ 
some golden yellow, deeply saddle-backed, very fleshy, brittle, and 
entirely stringless at all stages of development. 
Improved Golden Wax Beans 
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