4 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLE 
VARIETIES 
ARTICHOKE 
GREEN GLOBE 
The standard variety for home, market garden and shipping; widely grown in California; 
heads large, globular, deep green; scales very fleshy at base. The flower buds are the part 
eaten. Plants bear the second year from seed and last several years. (The Jerusalem 
Artichoke is entirely different, being a tubercus rooted member of the Sunflower family). 
ASPARAGUS 
%#MARY WASHINGTON 
A recently developed rust resistant strain, producing large deep green sprouts of splendid 
quality. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
MARY WASHINGTON 
BEANS 
Beans are planted at our Oakview Experimental Gardens and Seed Breeding Station near 
Detroit about June 10th. We have indicated the number of days required under ordinary 
circumstances for the common garden varieties to produce snap pods. The descriptions are 
of pods at the snap stage of growth. In the field beans we have indicated the days required 
to mature the crop. In the Lima beans we have noted the number of days required to pro- 
duce green shell beans under ordinary conditions and the descriptions are of green shell 
pods. 
It is noteworthy that the earlier varieties of garden bean do produce snap pods as early 
as 40 days from planting in the spring under particularly favorable circumstances. We 
have chosen to use in our descriptions the average of many seasons’ observation. The length 
of time required does vary according to the section of the country in which the crop is 
grown. The number of days as indicated is particularly useful in comparing the earliness 
of varieties. 
DWARF OR BUSH, WAX PODDED VARIETIES 
Days to 
DAVIS STRINGLESS WAX Reece 
A distinct improvement over Davis White Wax. Plant slightly taller and more 5 
vigorous, and heavily productive. Pods clear light yellow, 6—6% in. long, 34 to 1% 
in. wide, thick-oval, moderately fleshy, slightly fibrous but tender and strictly 
stringless. Hardier and less susceptible to fungus disease than Davis White Wax. 
FERRY’S GOLDEN WAX 
A splendid home garden variety. Plant small, productive. Pods very attractive; 48 
golden yellow; 444—5 in. long; 1% in. wide, thick, oval; fleshy, brittle, stringless. 
Seeds white, splashed with violet-carmine and purple. 
IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX (Grenell’s) 
Similar to Ferry’s Golden Wax. Pods attractive golden yellow; 414—5 in. long; 14 50 
in. wide, thick, oval; fleshy, brittle, stringless, slightly fibrous. Seeds white, splashed 
with brownish-maroon and brownish-yellow. 
%* PENCIL POD WAX 
Plant large and thrifty; heavily productive over long period. Pods handsome bright 55 
yellow; 51%4—6 in. long, 3@ in. thick, cylindrical; very fleshy, strictly stringless, 
brittle, fine grained and tender; quality unexcelled. Seeds black. 
PROLIFIC BLACK WAX 
Plant medium height; productive over long period. Pods golden yellow; 414 in. 53 
long, 3% in. thick, round; fleshy, brittle, strictly stringless, fine grained and tender. 
Seeds black. 
