Plant a Garden for “DEFENSE” 5 
SPECIAL GROWERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS 
Our cultural directions are the special recommendation of our growers who through 
actual experience know what is necessary for the successful growing of a crop and give 
jt to you for your guidance. 

Green Podded Varieties—Cont. 
Bountiful 48 days. Best of the flat-podded varieties. Pods 6% to 7 inches long, 
thick, flat and slightly curved. Stringless and of fine quality, color 
light green. 1 lb., 25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 Ibs., $2.00; 25 Ibs., $4.50; 50 
Ibs., $8.50. 
70 days. A very productive, hardy, vigorous late sort. 
Refugee or 1000 to Voods 5 to 5% inches long, somewhat slender, round and 
slightly curved, almost stringless and of good quality; color light green. 1 Ib., 
25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs., $2.00; 25 Ibs., $4.50; 50 Ibs., $8.50. 
65 days. The most popular green-podded, 
Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead climbing Bean; early and productive. 
Pods 8 to 9 inches long, very slender. 1 lb., 25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 Ibs., 
$2.00; 25 Ibs., $3.50; 50 Ibs., $6.75. 
x (Snijboonen). 65 days. Pole Bean. Green snap pods, 7 to 8 
Dutch Case Knite inches long, straight, flat, brittle, of good quality; best as a 
shell bean. Beans very flat, ivory-white. 1 lb., 30c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 
Ibs., $2.25; 25: Ibs., $5.25; 50 Ibs., $10.00. 
Lima Beans Pole Varieties 
: ; 88 days. An improved strain, vigorous, midseason, 
King of the Garden Lima productive. Pods 5 to 6 inches long, very flat and 
wide, and uniformly four-seeded. 1 Ib., 30c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs., $2.50; 
25 Ibs., $5.25; 50 lbs., $10.00. 
; (Sieberts). 80 days. An early midseason variety. 
Early Jersey Pole Lima Very productive and highest quality. Pods 5 to 6 
inches long; beans rather thicker than the King of the Garden, but of the same 
type. 1 lb., 30c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 Ibs., $2.75; 25 Ibs., $5.25; 50 Ibs., $10.00. 
Dwarf or Bush Varieties 
: (All America Selection.) A prolific bush Lima originated as 
Baby Potato Lima a field cross between Henderson’s Bush Lima and one of the 
potato Lima types. The seeds are small but thick, of bright green color when 
fresh, and similar in flavor to Fordhook. Adapted not only for produce market, 
but also for canning and quick freezing. Lb., 35c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs., 
$3.00; 25 Ibs., $6.00. fi saree F 
’ : 75 days. Bot eans and pods are larger than 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima the old type. The pods measure 5 to 6 inches 
long by 1% inches wide and are of a luscious 
flavor. They are frequently borne in clusters 
of from 5 to 8 pods. 1 Ib., 30c, postpaid. Not 
prepaid, 10 lbs., $2.75; 25 lbs., $5.75; 50 Ibs., 
$11.00. 
%Fordhook Bush Lima 7° days. A most ex- 
cellent variety and 
exceedingly popular with market gardeners. 
Pods are about 5 inches long, containing 4 
to 5 large, oval-shaped, very thick, white 
beans. 1 lb., 35c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 
10 lbs., $3.00; 25 Ibs., $6.25; 50 Ibs., $12.00. 
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Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima 
1 (Baby Lima). 65 days. A vigorous, 
ve Henderson Bush Lima hardy, very early and small type of 
Bush Lima. Pods small, about 3 inches long, containing 3 to 4 
small, flat, white beans. 1 lIb., 25c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 
Ibs., $2.00; 25 Ibs., $4.50; 50 Ibs., $8.50. 
Beets 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce to 50 feet of drill; 6 to 8 
pounds per acre, Beets prefer a well-prepared friable soil planted from 
1% inch to % inch deep, according to the texture of soil. For an early 
crop sow in drills 1 foot apart. Sow as early as the ground can be 
worked in the spring. When plants are large enough to use as greens, 
thin to 3 inches apart in the row. Beets can be sown as late as July 
for main crop. Hen manure is recommended as a fertilizer in the rows; 
care being used that the seed does not come in immediate contact with 
the fertilizer. 
50 to 55 days. An early variety. It is turnip- 
* Early Wonder shaped and is always smooth. The flesh is a 
Detroit beautiful deep red color and is of excellent quality. Tops are small and erect. Ex- 
arp ceptionally good for early bunching. Oz., 20c; %4 lb., 60c; 1 Ib., $2.00, postpaid. 
(Perfected x Detroit Dark Red (Perfected Strain). 52 to 55 days. The best for market gar- 
Strain) 
ae SCs den or home use. Roots smooth, medium size, globe-shaped; 
skin dark red; flesh solid vermilion-red. Tops small, upright, dark green, shaded 
red. Oz., 20c; %4 Ib., 60c; 1 Ib., $2.00, postpaid. 
ee This variety recommended by the Michigan State College. 
