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arl May Says: 
MILLIONS OF GARDENS THIS 

MY VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS ARE POSTPAID 
My Guarantee \Sscrentee ity Vesetable 
and Flower Seeds TO BE: 
1. GOOD, STRONG, HIGH GERMINATING SEED. 
2. TRUE TO NAME AND AS REPRESENTED. 
3. SATISFACTORY OR YOUR MONEY BACK. 
Our Seeds are sold subject to your test and approval upon delivery 
to you, If in your- judgment they are unsatisfactory return them to us 
within ten days and we will make full refund. We cannot guarantee the 
crop or productiveness, as there are too many things affecting them 
beyond our control. 
Every lot of seed is carefully tested for germination and rigidly graded 
for purity. My vegetable and flower seed is selected from the finest, 
purest strains obtainable. 
Last year and every year I plant hundreds of varieties of seeds on 
my own farm and frlal garden, for experiment, and I can assure you 
that I have selected only the very best in everything for you. 
GET WITH YOUR VEGETABLE AND 
FREE GIFTS rE Leen 
WITH YOUR $1.00 Garden Seed order you get any gift below. 
WITH YOUR $2.00 Garden Seed order you get two gifts or two packages 
of any one gift. 
You may choose any one gift with every $1.00 worth of Garden Seeds 
(vegetable and flower seeds) ordered. 
Be sure and tell me on your order the one you want. I know you will 
like them. 

JUST LOOK AT THIS! SEE WHAT YOU 



GIFT NO. 1 One a 
\ Twelve (12) 
One-half ('/2) GLADIOLUS, 
Pound Peas. AMERICAN BEAU- 
EARLY. WILT RE- TY. Regular value 
SISTANT ALASKA. 40c., Jl 2 Bi g£ 
Regular Value 20c. ponuing oe ze 
(55 days.) Earliest worta se tevositc 
of all -garden peas. beautiful ruby - 
This strain is noted red American 
for its large - pods Beauty is one 
and big yields. First of the most 
charming colors 
in Roses and-° 
now the same 
color in Glads. 
on the dinner table 
and they’re really fine. 
GIFT NO. 2 
One-half ('/,) Pound 
Beans. NEW TENDER- 
GREEN. Regular Valve 
18c. (52 days.) This 
great bean is so ten- 
der and’ snappy. it 
fairly melts in your 
mouth. We get hun- 
dreds and hundreds 
of letters about its 
. fine quality. Long, 
Sstraight, 6 in. pods, 
“big, round, dark-green 
fellows that are very 
fleshy. See the pic- 
ture of them in the 
basket on this page. 

GIFT NO. 4 
One -fourth 
(4) Ounce Zin- 
nias. GIANTS 
OF CALIFOR- 
NIA. Regu- 
lar Value 25¢. 
My, what large 
flowers and 
long stems! 
Grow 3 to 4 
feet high and 
the blooms are 
5 to 6 in. 
across. 10 or 
more grand 
colors, 
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Giant Stringless 
102. BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN 
POD. (49 days.) Big 6-inch pods. 
Tender. One of the greatest of all 
101. GIANT STRINGLESS. (52 days.) 
A grand bean and extra-fine for 
table or canning. I want to rec- 
ommend this one to you. Pods 
614 inches long. Stands lots of 
hot, dry weather. Perfectly string- 
jess. I always plant a big patch 
of these on my farm every year. 
I get a big crop in June and July. 
Planted a big bunch in August 
the green-podded beans. Pods are 
long and slightly curved, They’re 
meaty, juicy, tender, and brittle. 
Very early. Seeds are a dark cof- 
fee-brown color. A wonderful this year and had a lot of beans 
yielder. Big 3 oz. Pkt. 10¢; in September and October. My, 
s they were tender! Big 3 oz. Pkt. 
72 ib. V8e; Ib. 29¢; 3 Ibs. 806, 10¢; 1/, lb, 17¢; Ib. 28¢; 3 Ibs, 75¢, 
Postpaid, Postpaid. 

Page 26 REMEMBER! EARL MAY'S 
CULTURE. 1 pound of beans will plant a 50-foot row, 90 pounds of 
seed per acre. Inoculate your garden beans for earlier and bigger 
yields. The 10c size Nitragin inoculates 2 to 4 pounds of garden beans 
or peas. Place the seed 2 or 3 inches apart and about 2 inches deep 
in rows 15 inches apart. Wait until the ground is good and warm to 
plant beans. Avoid picking or cultivating when plants are wet. Snap 
beans are best when one-half to two-thirds grown. 


DEAR GARDEN AND FLOWER FRIENDS: 
This is 1941. The past year was a grand year for gardens. Everybody talks 
about the wonderful crops of peas, beans, and sweet corn, they had last year. 
The early vegetables like lettuce, radish, spinach, and onions, did mighty well, 
too. Friends and customers are still writing me, praising the fine seed they got 
from me last year. 
I’ve always been a firm believer in big gardens and so have millions of 
other people. This year, 1941, I feel sure will be a bigger garden year than 
ever before. There are many reasons for this—No. 1 is—we all feel it’s very 
important just from the standpoint of our own health, to plant them. No. 2— 
from the standpoint of a big saving on our grocery. bill, and No. 3—which I 
think is extremely important—is the responsibility that falls upon all of us 
of feeding the world. I feel we are all going to do our part in this great de- 
fense program by having a big cellar full of our own home-grown canned vege- 
tables. 
The small amount of money spent for seeds will yield returns so enormous 
in comparison with any other investment that it’s almost unbelievable. What 
you need is good seed, which I will furnish you, that will give you a plentiful 
supply of vegetable crops—then sunshine, rain, and soil, and you will be very 
happy as the season advances to be gathering such a wonderful harvest, and 
I pledge you that this year we will supply you the finest lot of vegetable 
seeds for your garden; seeds that will produce big crops. Last, but not least, 
let’s not overlook the lovely flowers with their charm and beauty and fra- 
grance. They add so much to the home grounds, to the household, and are 
grown in every garden more and more each year. I urge you to place your 
orders. for your large supply of garden seeds earlier than usual. It is my 
prediction that 1941 will see the largest amount of big vegetable zardens 
growing that we have seen for many years. EARL E. MAY 




65. 
EARL MAY’S TRIAL GARDEN BEAN SPECIAL 
Here’s a real bargain in real beans. 
prices. I’ll include garden nitragin inoculation for all the beans. Order quickly. 
The three. finest varieties at these low 
1, * Vos New: “Tender greens. 5 ccna cis o.oo ike bs Vig See SS ON 18¢ 
Yolb-eGiant:’Stringless ‘Greens Peds soe a Sa eel rate 7e¢ 
% Ab, -Barly< Wonder Wax: ii cccceens <a 6 ee id oe ees ie a ae eee 18c¢ 
Garden Nitragin Inoculation 
POSTPAID (enough for all the beans)............. 10¢ 
FOR ONLY C REGULAR VALUE GiSctieon cued 63¢ 


Do you wonder that I’m a 
great booster for beans? These 
were all grown on my own farm 
and trial grounds in 1940, last 
year. I wasn’t making a face 
at the cameraman, but the sun 
hit my eyes just at the right 
time to make me squint. Look 
at these beans! Isn’t that 
something? That’s the kind 
you will grow if you'll plant 
Earl May's new crop, high ger- 
minating, high producing 
strains. That’s Commodore that 
I have in my left hand. Nothing 
much better than good, tender 
snap beans and boiled pork. 
Plant some of each of these. 
Thev’re all good. 
tg 
Sees r 
Sahni bse 
INOCULATE YOUR GARDEN BEANS for earlier, 
bigger yields. It enriches the soil, too. 
The 10¢ SIZE inoculates 2 to 4 lbs. of Garden 
Beans or Peas. (Use NITRAGIN on. Garden 
Beans, Peas and Sweet Peas.) Garden Size 10c, 
Postpaid. : 
103. GIANT COMMODORE. 
(55 days.) See colored pic- 
ture back cover. Here is 
a grand bean that I have 
been won over to in a big 
way. It’s received the All- 
American Award of Merit. 
Grows in bush form but 
beans are long, often 7 
inches in length, They are 
thick, tender, and are they 
brittle! You can pick lots 
of tender snap beans from 
Commodore over a long 
producing period. if doesn’t 
get strings even when full 
grown. Has wonderful fla- 
vor, You'll thank me for 
suggesting it. Big 3 oz. 
Pkt. 10c¢; 14 1b. 20c; lb. 35¢; 
3 lbs. 95¢, Postpaid. 



New Tendergreen 





104. NEW TENDERGREEN. (52 days.) 
Here’s a grand, newer variety. 
Try it on my personal recom- 
mendation. !?’s really superior in 
every way. The bushes are strong 
growing. Holds its pods well 
above the ground. Pods often 7 
inches long. Firm, tender, and 
the pods are beautiful dark green. 
Has a rich flavor. Bears a long, 
long time. If I had garden space 
for just one variety of bean, I’d 
make it Tendergreen. Big 3 oz. 
Pkt. 0c; '4 lb. 8c; Ib. 30¢; 
3 Ibs. 80¢, Postpaid. 





it. Big 3 oz, Pkt. 10; 
Postpaid. 
NURSERY STOCK IS GUARANTEED TO GROW. See Page 7 




lbs. of Bug Dust and 
Duster for only 
~ 
105. EARLY. SIX WEEKS. (42 days.) I* will 
stand extra-early planting — that's why 
I recommend it. The pods are dark green 
and it bears heavily. It takes the place 
in the beans that Early Alaska fills in 
peas and gives you beans about 1% 
weeks ahead of all the others. Big 3 oz. 
Pkt. 10¢; 4 lb. 18¢; Ib. 30c; 3 Ibs. 80c, 
Postpaid, 
107. STRINGLESS REFUGEE. (54 days.) This bean is called 
1,000 to 1 because reports are that you get 1,000 beans 
to one planted. Plants bear a large crop of perfectly — 
stringless, very fleshy, deep green beans about 5 inches 
_ long. There are thousands of customers who rely upon 
this good old bean every year and never fail to order 
VY, Ib. 176; lb. 28¢; 3 lbs. 75¢,_ 

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2” R ae : ro M 
EARLY CANADA WATERMELON 
This picture was taken in my 
own garden right here at Shenan- 
doah. (Also see picture on back 
cover.) Early Canada is the ear- 
liest of all melons. (65 days.) 
Red inside and oh, so sweet. See 
the melon vines there—and can 
you find our black dog just back 
of me? This melon originated in 
Australia. It’s sweet. It’s early. 
It’s hardy. It’s a@ one-man or a 
one-family melon. And, they grow 
almost as thick as gourds on the 
vine. Big Pkt. 10¢; oz. 15¢; 
. Be: Y% Ib 60c, Postpcid 
















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