ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 

SHELL BEANS 
Great Northern. Aah popular Robust Pea or Improved. 
ing var- 
iety. A splendid field bean, pre- 7 A much _ improved 
ferred by many to the navy beans for White Navy strain of the vesolae 
baking. Excellent quality, fine flavor, small white baking bean. Very highly 
cooks rapidly, good size beans, heavy recommended on account of its heavy 
yielder. Beans are larger and softer yielding and _ disease-resistant qualities. 
than common navy beans. 3 oz. pkt. This strain of White Navy is unexcelled. 
7c, Yo lb. 15c, 1 Ib. 25c, 2 Ibs. 45c, 5 3 oz. pkt. 7c, 2 lb. 15c, lb. 25c, 2 Ibs. 45c, 
Ibs. 85c, 10 Ibs. $1.50, postpaid. 5 Ibs. 85c, 10 lbs. $1.50, postpaid. 
Red ; Ripe in 100 days. Large, red, yields heavily. Our stock 
Kidney grown from disease-resistant strain. 3 oz. pkt. 10c, ¥% lb. 21c, 
Ib. 34c, 2 lbs. 58c, 5 lbs. $1.15, 10 lbs. $2.15 postpaid. 
BEANS—POLE OR RUNNING 
Old Homestead Pole (Kentucky Wonder) !¢ is. enormously 
productive, the pods 
hanging in great clusters from top to bottom of pole. It is entirely stringless 
and the pods are a silvery green color. The pods, though large, cook tender and 
melting. 3 oz. pkt. 9c, % Ib. 19c, 1 lb. 28c, 2 lbs. 55c, 5 Ibs. $1.10, 10 Ibs. $2.00, 
postpaid. 
Wonderfully productive, it being nothe 
Kentucky Wonder Wax Pole ing unusual to pick over half a bushel 
from a single vine at one picking. The pods are from five to seven inches long, 
exceedingly rich, buttery, and finely flavored. They commence bearing their 
magnificent pods in great abundance when the vines are quite young, and con- 
tinue to bear profusely the entire season. In great productiveness, fine quality 
and in every respect they stand unequaled. 3 oz. pkt. 9c, 4% lb. 19c, 1 lb. 32c, 2 
Ibs. 59c, 5 Ibs. $1.25, 10 lbs. $2.30, postpaid. 
LS A popular early green-podded pole bean for snap 
White Creaseback shorts; of rapid growth and very productive. Pods 
grow in clusters and are from five to six inches in length, perfectly round, 
being deeply creased or saddle-backed. They are solidly fleshy, entirely string- 
less, and of fine quality. The dry seed is white. 3 oz. pkt. 10c, ¥% lb. 21c, 1 Ib. 34c, 
2 Ibs. 58c, 5 Ibs. $1.20, 10° lbs. $2.20, postpaid. 
Wi ’ A bean that is unsurpassed for use in any season. Pods long, 
Lazy ife s broad and thick, easy to gather. Stringless, rich and but- 
tery when cooked. These beans are white and are unsurpassed as a shell bean. 
* 3 oz. pkt. 10c, 1% lb. 25c, 1 Ib. 35c, 2 Ibs. 60c, 5 lbs. $1.40, 10 Ibs. $2.30, postpaid. 
Red Speckled Cut Short or Corn Hill 
This is the best sort to plant in hills of corn. It 
is praised beyond measure by all who have tried Asparagus or Yard Long This variety is a native of 
it. The beans are excellent for shelling or snaps. 
3 oz. pkt. 9c, Y Ib. 18c, 1 lb. 28c, 2 lbs. 55c, 5 Ibs. growth is quite similar to Kentucky Wonder Bean. Pods broad, oval, 
$1.10, 10 lbs. $2.00, postpaid. light green, fleshy, tender and fiberless; of good quality containing 
7 to 8 beans. Pods average in length from 18 to 80 inches. This is 
EDIBLE SOY BEAN b Hine pore ee eae in your garden. Pkt. 15c, 1 Ib. 40c, lb. 70c, 
BANSEI (90 days.) In recent years many 
varieties of edible Soy Beans have 
been imported from the Orient by the Department 
of Agriculture, and detailed study on their adap- 
tion and also market and growing conditions have 
been made. As a result of these tests, several prom- 
ising varieties have been obtained, and the one 
which seems the most suitable for the north is 
Bansei. Bansei has a plant that is erect and of 
medium height, very prolific, well adapted to a POLE LIMAS 
short growing season. The beans when ripe are 
glossy yellow, elliptical of mild and pleasing flavor. 
All Soy Beans of the edible variety are green when 
in the growing condition. They are highly oo Ford’s Mammoth Podded Lima The Pods of 
to disease and insect pests. Eating qualities are Terss bean : . ‘ 
Fair : grow seven to eight inches long, produced in 
excellent when cooked to serve similar to Tima clusters of three and four, and contain from five to seven 
Beans. Roasted Soy Beans are very good and these ee 4 
F 3 : . ge beans per pod of the most excellent quality. 3 oz. pkt. 
are prepared by soaking the dried beans overnight, 10c, 1% Ib. 20c, 1 Ib. 35c, 2 Ibs. 60c, 5 Ibs. $1.25, 10 Ibs. 
boil for one hour in salted water. Spread in shal- C 
low pan and roast in moderate oven, 350 degrees $2.20, prepaid. 
Fahrenheit, until brown. Sprinkle with salt while 3 2 
still warm. Pkt. 10c, / Ib. 25c, lb. 45c, 2 lbs. 70c, King of the Garden Lima Pole New and much 
prepaid. than the common large Lima, very prolific, producing con- 
tinually to the end of the season; unsurpassed in quality. 
Feb., 1941 8 oz. pkt. 10c, Y% Ib. 20c, 1 Ib. 35c, 2 Ibs. 60c, 5 Ibs. $1.25, 
We have been buying seed from you for the 10 Ibs. $2.20, prepaid. 
last fifty years, and have always had good luck x 
from them. | Dreer’s Improved Lima Pole Matures early, 
They have also always been as represented. 
Richard Hansen. large yielder, an excellent bean. 3 oz. pkt. 10c, 4% Ib. 24c, 
1 lb. 39c, 2 lbs. 65c, 5 Ibs. $1.50, 10 Ibs. $2.75, prepaid. , 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Resembles cabbage, excel- 
Brussels Sprouts lent fine flavor. Sow seeds 
in April. The small heads or sprouts are much im- 
proved by frost. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, Y%4 Ib. 80c. 
BROCCOLI 
Italian Green Sprouting 4 .»2w 

Broccoli 


bluish green flower-heads. 

Italian Green Serouting 90c, 1/2 Ib. $1.60, Ib. $2.90. 


tinct variety of the sprouting type. It forms 
a large head consisting of a cluster of 
When this 
central head is removed the plant de- 
velops numerous lateral sprouts, each of 
which produces a small head. These 
are cut, leaving about 6 inches of 
the stem, and are tied in bunches 
for market. Both stems and heads 
are cooked and served like cauli- j ‘ 
flower. Ready for market in about pace LIMA 
90 days. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, 4, lb. ae 



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In ordering specify 
for Beans. Inoculator 
size for 1 bu. 35c, 
Y% bu. 25c, Garden 
size, 10c. 
this grand 
more productive 
extra fine quality, 

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