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POLE BEANS 
LAZY WIFE 
74 Days. As this can be used as a shell or green bean, 
makes it very valuable for every home gardener as well as 
the market gardener. Pods are large and mealy; ripens 
early and very prolific. Pkt. 10c, pt. 25c, qt. 40c, pk. $2.00 
bu. $7.00. 
KENTUCKY WONDER 
_ 65 Days. Vine vigorous, climbing well-and very produc- 
tive, dry beans, long, cva', dun-colored; green pod, 9 and 10 
inches long. Pkt. 10c, pt. 25c, qt. 40c, pk. $2.00, bu. $7.00. 
HORTICULTURAL or WREN’S EGG 
70 Days. Vines moderately vigorous, bearing broad pale 
green pods. Used either in the green state or as dried for 
winter. Pkt. 10c, pt. 25c, qt. 40c, pk. $2.50, 
SHELL BEANS 
BOSTON OR NAVY 
The popular small white Baking Bean. Pkt. 10e, pt. 15¢, 
qt. 25, pk. $1.50. 
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, 
14 Ib. 25c¢, Ib. 75c. 5 Ibs. $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, 
14 Ib. 25c, lb. 90c, 5 Ibs. $4.00. 
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BEETS 
DETROIT DARK RED 
68 Days. The uniformity of size, shape and fine appear- 
ance puts this variety at once among the Jeaders of this most 
desirable of all vegetables. Roots medium in size, globular 
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, 14 Ib. 
25c, Ib. 75c, 5 Ibs. $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, 4 Ib. 25c, 
Ib. 75c, 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
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, 14 lb. 20c, Ib. 50c, 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
BRUSSELS 
SPROUTS 
This vegetable is used in the 
Fall and early Winter and by 
some considered more tender 
and delicious than any cabbage. 
The plant resembles the cab- 
bage, the edible part being the 
numerous very small heads or 
sprouts, an inch or two in di- 
ameter, formed on the stalk at 
each leaf joint. Culture is the 
same in all essentials as the 
cabbage, except the leaves 
should be broken down in the 
Fall to give the little heads 
more room to grow. 
IMPROVED TALL 
70 Days. Produces very 
many good sized solid round 
sprouts of the best quality. 
Pkt. 10c, ez. 20c, 14 lb. 60c, 
Ib. $2.00. 
COLLARDS 
GEORGIA or SOUTHERN 
Called the Cabbage Collard on account of its close bunch- 
ing growth. The plant produces center leaves generally 
perfectly white, though sometimes dashed with pink. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 15c, 14 Ib. 25c, tb. 75c. 
CRESS 
AMERICAN IMPROVED UPLAND 
60 Days. The perennial variety that stays green all the 
year. Boil like greens or serve like salad. Pkt. 10c, oz. 15e, 
1{ Ib. 40c, Ib $1.25. 
TRUE WATER 
55 Days. Highly esteemed as a salad during the Spring 
and Fall, and as a garnish for meats during the Winter. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 50c 

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