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BEANS—BUSH LIMA 
One quart will plant 100 feet of drill 
Limas should not be planted until warm 
weather sets in. About May 15th. Plant in 
light, rich soil, in drills 2 feet apart, dropping 
the seeds in rows about 3 inches apart and 
cover 2 inches. 
Prices on Limas unless otherwise noted 
are as follows: Pkt. 10c., 4 Ib. 20c., 
Ib. 35c., 5 Ibs. $1.50, 10 Ibs. $2.75. 
Baby Potato (Silver Medal 1940). Early, 
prolific, thick-seeded, small white or cream 
Lima. Plant more vigorous and larger pod- 
ded than Henderson Bush Lima; average 
over 3 beans per pod, of superior flavor and 
bright green at fresh eating stage. All-pur- 
pose variety. 
Fordhook. The only stiffly erect bush form 
of the well-known and popular Potato Lima. 
“Fordhook”’ has proved to be the best Bush 
Lima ever offered. 
Improved Burpee’s. A bush form of the 
large white Pole Lima with large, flat beans; 
very productive and of excellent quality. 
BEANS—POLE LIMA 
These require poles 8 to 10 feetlong. Plant 
in hills 3 tu 4 feet apart each way. They are 
more sensitive to cold than the string Beans, 
and should not be planted before the middle» 
of May. 
One pound will plant 75 to 100 hills 
Pkt. 10c., 14 Ib. 20c., 1 Ib. 35c., 5 Ibs. 
$1.50, 10 Ibs. $2.75 
King of the Garden. (88 days.) The best- 
known and most popular. Its flat, curved 
pods are 6 to 7 inches long and contain 3 to 
5 large, tender, flat Beans. Very produc- 
tive. 
Seibert’s Early Lima. (80 days.) Early 
and dependably productive for home, mar- 
ket garden, and for canning. Pods 5 inches 
&% inch thick. 
long, 14% inches wide, 
Seeds large, thick; white. 

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Broccoli, Italian Green Calabrese 
BROCCOLI 
italian Green Calabrese. A new and dis- 
tinct variety of the sprouting type. It 
forms a large head consisting of a cluster of 
bluish green flower-heads. When this cen- 
tral head is removed, the plant develops 
numerous lateral sprouts, each of which 
produces a small head. These are cut, 
leaving about 6 in. of the stem. Both 
stems and heads are cooked and served like 
cauliflower. For July crop, sow the seed in 
a hotbed in March or April, and for Fall 
crop, in the open ground in May. Ready 
for use in about 90 days. Pkt. 10c., 4 oz. 
40c., oz. 75c. 

Brussels Sprouts, Long Island Imp. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Seed may be sown either in the frame or in 
open ground. Set plants in rows 3 feet apart, 
18 inches apart in the row. Break leaves 
from stem to promote better growth of heads. 
Avoid too rich a soil. They mature in about 
145 days. 
One packet will produce about 75 plants 
Long Island Improved. An American va- 
riety grown for American conditions. This 
strain will produce dense clusters of sprouts 
of good size and exceptional quality. Sure 
to mature before frost. Pkt lLocyel oz: 
$1.00, 14 lb. $3.40. 
CHICORY 
Witloof, or French Endive. The stalks 
sar blanched are used for salad. Pkt. 10c., 
oz. 25c. 

Chicory, Witloof 
COLLARDS 
Georgia Southern or Creole. Non-heading 
form of the cabbage family very generally 
grown for greens in home and market gar- 
dens in the South. Plant 2 to 3 ft. tall, 
erect, spreading, and with numerous large 
leaves; forms at the top a loose cluster or 
head of tender leaves. Pkts. 10c., 1 oz. 
25c. 
CORN SALAD, or FETTICUS 
One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill 
Large-seeded. The most popular variety 
grown. Pkt. 10c., oz. 25c., 14 Ib. 90c. 
CRESS, or PEPPERGRASS 
One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill 
Upland, or Broadleaved Winter. A garden 
substitute for Watercress; crisp, tender and 
perfectly hardy. Pkt. 10c., oz. 35c., 44 Ib. 
$1.00. 
True Water Cress. Water Cress requires a 
stream of running water, ditch or pond, in 
which it will grow without care, except at 
first keeping weeds from interfering with it. 
Pkt. 10c., oz. $1.00, 14 lb. $4.50. 








PLEASE NOTE 
Due to war conditions in Europe and 
Asia, where many Garden and Flower 
Seed are grown, these foreign seed are 
scarce. Therefore, the prices quoted in 
this catalogue on these items applies 
only as long as our present stocks are 
adequate. 
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