Growers and distributors of 
WESTERN GROWN GARDEN SEEDS 
This is our thirty-first annual issue of our seed book. If you have planted Gold Seal Seeds 
before, you know that they ore reliable and tested. You can buy Gold Seal Seeds with the 
assurance that they are carefully grown, handled and are of very high quality. 
Vegetable Seed is a very important department in our business. Good vegetable seed 
was the foundation on which The Western Seed Company business was built—in fact, 
the first three years Vegetable Seeds were the only kind of seeds we sold and today we 
are one of the foremost and leading Vegetable Seed handlers in America. This is due to: 
1 Our consistent policy of quality. 
2 Our advantageous position os large growers and shippers of all kinds 
of vegetables, enabling us to know the best strains and varieties adapted 
to our western country. 
3 Our constant testing of the seeds we sell, for purity, germination and 
adaptability to this western country. 
Where this Insignia appears 
in this catalog it indicates 
the varieties so marked are 
proven new Introductions of 
merit and have received an 
award in the All-America Selec¬ 
tions Trials. 
DPS ly P IVe Recommend Only Those We Know to 
** “ " Be Heavy Producers 
CULTURE: Beans must not be planted until danger of frost is past and the soil is quite 
warm. Plant in rows 18 to 30 inches apart for hand cultivation, or 21/2 to 3 feet apart for field 
culture. Space the seed 2 to 3 inches apart in the row and cover with 1 to 2 inches of soil. For 
a continuous supply make sowings every 2 weeks until 10 weeks before the first expected 
frost. Beans are more delicious and bear longer when picked before fully matured. Give fre- 
cultivation until blossoms appear. A packet will plant about 25 feet of row; 
1 lb., 100 feet; 60 lbs. to an acre. 
ASPARAGUS SEED 
CULTURE: Sow seed thick in rows 20 inches 
apart. Use plenty of water for the seed has 
a hard hull. After the plants start growing 
do not cultivate as this will injure the roots. 
The following spring the roots must be dug, 
separated and transplanted in the field or 
garden, making trenches about 4 inches deep, 
6 inches wide; place roots, crown up, 20 inches 
apart. Leave the rows 31/2 feet apart. If you 
do not care to wait and raise your own roots 
we can supply you with two-year-old roots 
of the varieties listed below. 
WASHINGTON. (Re-selected.) Very pro¬ 
ductive. New, rust resistant strain, se¬ 
lected by the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. 
Produces rich, thick, dark green stalks, 
tinted darker at tips. It is the earliest 
and fastest growing variety. 
(Pkt. 5c) (oz. 10c) (V4 lb. 25c) (lb. 90c). 
EARLY GIANT FRENCH ARGENTEUIL. 
(Gold Seal Quality.) The best of the 
European varieties. Does very well in 
western territory and a very heavy 
ARTICHOKES 
CULTURE: In February or March sow and 
transplant in hotbeds until the danger of frost 
is over. Set in very rich, well drained soil in 
rows 4 feet apart and 2 feet apart in row. 
Plants can be raised in seed beds outdoors, 
but will not produce heads the first year. 
Jerusalem Artichokes should be planted and 
cultivated like potatoes. 
GREEN GLOBE ARTICHOKES. Are culti¬ 
vated for their cone heads, which are 
cooked like asparagus. Plants set in 
any good soil, with light covering in 
winter, will remain in bearing several 
years. Cultivation limited in this section. 
(Pkt. 10c) (oz. 30c) (14 lb. $1.00) (lb. $3.75). 
JERUSALEM or POTATO ARTICHOKE. A 
dandy hog feed, heavy bearer. See 
page 32. 
GREEN PODDED BEANS 
BOUNTIFUL or EARLY SIX WEEKS. 49 
days. Is the earliest of the green varieties. 
A very productive bean, pods are about 
5 inches long, straight, handsome, 
rather light green and flat and of good 
quality. Is very 
popular on East¬ 
ern Markets. 
STRINGLESS BLACK 
VALENTINES. 
51 days. Well 
adapted to Colo¬ 
rado and is of es¬ 
pecially fine vari¬ 
ety in that they 
are stringless, of 
good texture, 
about 5 V 2 inches 
long, almost 
round, very pro¬ 
ductive and stur¬ 
dy grower, quite 
resistant to field 
diseases. 
LANDRETH STRING¬ 
LESS. 52 days. Is 
in reality a great¬ 
ly improved Bur¬ 
pee's Stringless. 
Pods are longer, 
slightly more 
round, flesh more 
tender, less fib- 
rous, and no 
strings. Is a 15 
per cent heavier 
yielder than Bur¬ 
pee's and a good 
shipping variety. 
FULL MEASURE. 
(Gold Seal Qual¬ 
ity.) 54 days. One 
of the finest beans 
that can be grown 
because, besides 
Full Measiue 
being absolutely stringless, the texture of 
the pod never grows coarse but remains 
tender and meaty after the bean is fully 
matured. Pods 6 to 6 V 2 inches long, 
round, straight and firm. 
TENDERGREEN or ASGROW STRING¬ 
LESS. 54 days. Pods are 6 to 614 
inches long, being absolutely stringless, 
straight, round, dark green, meaty and 
free from fibre and remain in this condi¬ 
tion longer than any other variety. We 
have found this variety quite resistant to 
blight and other diseases and recommend 
it for main crop. 
GIANT STRINGLESS. 55 days. Exceeding¬ 
ly productive and very hardy. Light 
green stringless pod 6 inches in length, 
round, and fairly straight. 
All-America Selections 
Gold Medal 
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THE WESTERN SEED COMPANY. DENVER. COLORADO 
