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WISEMAN-DOWNS CO., INC. - 34 E. PRATT ST. - BALTIMORE, MD. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS 
CULTURE.—Soil should be of a rich loam. Plant in rows 
2 feet apart and 6 inches in the row. Plant after all danger 
of frost has passed. A top dressing of well-rotted stable 
manure or some good fertilizer will help wonderfully. 
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA 
75 Days. The plant is vigorous and erect growing, bear¬ 
ing well above the ground. The pods are produced in large 
clusters, each containing 3 to 5 large beans of exceptionally 
fine quality. Pkt. 10c, pt. 30c, qt. 50c, pk. $3,00, bu. $10.00. 
EARLY GIANT BUSH LIMA 
68 Days. Larger and more prolific than the Fordhook. 
Large upright vigorous plants. Pods contain 4 to 5 large 
plump beans. Pkt. 10c, pt. 30c, qt. 50c, pk. $3.00, bu. $10.00, 
DREER’S BUSH LIMA 
80 Days. Dwarf variety of Dreer’s Pole Lima, which has 
been fixed in its character of a bush bean; very prolific, 
single plants often producing 50 to 200 pods. Equal in 
quality and tenderness to Dreer’s Pole Lima. Pkt. 10c, 
pt. 30c, qt. 50c, pk. $2.75, bu. $9.50. 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA 
75 Days. Plant large, erect, vigorous, very productive; 
pods contain four to five seeds. Dry beans, large, plump, 
flat, color white with greenish tinge. Pkt. 10c, pt. 30c, qt. 50c, 
pk. $2.75, bu. $9.50. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA 
65 Days. Known as the Baby Lima. They are very early 
and prolific, continuing to bear until frost. Pkt. 10c, pt. 30c, 
qt.^50c, pk. $2.75. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima 
BEETS-MANGEL 
MAMMOTH LONG RED MANGEL—110 Days. This 
is an enormously productive variety, yielding from 50 to 
70 tons to the acre, a single root often weighing from 20 
to 40 pounds. It is the best long red Mangel. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
15c, lb. 20c, lb. 50c, 5 lbs. $2.00. 
BEETS 
CULTURE.—The soil best suited for Beet culture is that 
which is rather light and well enriched. Sow in drills 1 foot 
apart and 1 inch deep, as early as the ground can be worked. 
When the plants are large enough thin out to 4 inches apart 
in rows. One ounce of seed will sow 100 feet of drill. 6 to 
8 pounds to an acre. 
EARLY WONDER 
56 Days. Extra early, dark red color, fineness of shape 
and small top. One of the most attractive varieties grown, 
and is especially desirable for hotbeds on account of its 
small top and close-growing habit. Very popular with mar¬ 
ket gardeners for early or late planting. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 
34 lb. 25c, lb. 75c, 5 lbs. $3.25. 
Perfection Detroit Dark Red 
PERFECTION DETROIT DARK RED 
68 Days. This improved strain of Detroit has proven to be 
without zones, of excellent quality, tender, sweet and quite 
free from tough fibre. The root is globe shaped, color dark 
blood red. Tops large, which makes a good bunching sort. 
Especially adapted for canning purposes. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 
M lb. 25c, lb. 90c, 5 lbs. $4.00. 
DETROIT DARK RED 
68 Days. The uniformity of size, shape and fine appear¬ 
ance puts this variety at once among the leaders of this most 
desirable of all vegetables. Roots medium in size, gobular 
or oval and very smooth; skin a dark blood red; flesh deep 
bright red, fine-grained, crisp, tender and sweet, remaining 
so long after many sorts become woody. Our special stock of 
this variety shows no white zones. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 34 lb. 
25c, lb. 75c, 5 lbs. $3.25. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN 
60 Days. A carefully selected strain of Egyptian, as early 
as the original, but larger, thicker, smoother, and of better 
quality. Flesh deep blood red. It is a rapid grower, attaining 
a usable size quicker than any other variety, and does not 
become woody with age. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15c, 34 lb. 25c, 
lb. 75c, 5 lbs. $3.25. 
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