Forbes Vegetable Seeds for 1942 
All prices are subject to change without notice 
The great need for increased vegetable production presents a real problem. 
In the national emergency both the defense effort and induction into the 
armed services have depleted farm help. Each gardener must find the way 
to grow the largest crop with the help available. 
Since seed no longer comes from Europe, many seed crops, formerly 
imported, have been grown in this country. Some differences in quality 
will be noticed. On the whole, big strides have been made and the near 
future will show much improvement. We ask your cooperation through 
this critical period. We still offer limited supplies of the original imported 
seed of some items. Seed varieties which have always been best produced 
domestically are as good or better than in the past. Excessive damage by 
California rains, higher costs, and short crops have raised many prices. 
This Seed Catalog, in its new form, offers the best seeds at fair prices. 
Since 1898 we have carefully compared the world’s new strains with those 
of our own breeding. These comparisons enable us to offer you only the 
best, and save you costly, confusing trials. 
Your job is to grow the very best crops. Our job—never ending—is to 
supply only those seeds which will make your job most successful. New 
varieties come, have their day, and are replaced by still better ones. This 
Catalog lists the very best varieties prominently. They are the ones to use. 
On merit, they have survived through the years or have displaced others. 
Much progress has been made, much is still left to do, but the name 
FORBES always stands FOR BEST SEEDS. 
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FORBES SEEDS FOR BEST SEEDS 
With our more efficient facilities, all orders are filled promptly. Very 
little time elapses between ordering and receiving your seeds. If in a 
big hurry, atr-mail your order and request Parcel Post SPECIAL 
HANDLING shipment. It is very fast. We have an improved seed- 
testing laboratory. All seeds sent out are of good germination. 
See Forbes Fine FLOWER SEEDS... on pages 15 to 52 
Transportation charges on all seed orders are prepaid by us, or we ship 
Terms. Sollece: and deduct the charges from your invoice. We either deliver by 
truck, if nearby, or ship by Parcel Post, Express or Freight, whichever is cheapest. If 
you specify Express where we would ship by Freight, you'll be charged for the difference 
between Express and Freight. We make no charge for bags. 
In small seeds, we supply 1%4-ounce at the ounce rate, 14-pound at the pound rate, 
and, when there are no specific prices for the following quantities, we supply 5 Ibs. at 
the 10-Ib. rate, 25 Ibs. aadieser at the 100-Ib. rate, 250 Ibs. and over at the 1000-Ib. rate. 
In Peas, and Beans, we supply 25 Ibs. and over at the 100-Ib. rate, in Corn, 30 Ibs. 
and over at the 100-Ib. rate. Write for special prices on large quantities. 
All orders are subject to approval of Alexander Forbes & Co. and acceptance by them at 
Newark, New Jersey. Disclaimer. Alexander Forbes & Co. give no warranty, express or 
implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, resistance to disease, or any other matter 
2) any seeds, plants, or bulbs they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for 
the crop. 
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Italian Green 
Sprouting 
Calabresi Broccoli 


Asparagus 
One pound will produce 5,000 roots 
Mary Washington. Rustproof. Best U.S. Dept. 
of Agriculture strain. The shoots are larger 
and grow more rapidly than the others. Very 
vigorous, with thick deep green stalks, with 
purple tips, which grow tall without branching. 
Broccoli One ounce will produce 2,500 plants 
Italian Green Sprouting Calabresi. After cutting the center head of tight blue- 
green flower-buds, the plants form side-shoots with smaller heads. These, cut 
and bunched over a period of 8 weeks, are tender and of delicate flavor. 
Bush Lima Beans 
One pound for 100 hills; 60 lbs. for an acre 
Baby Fordhook. (Magruder.) Full 18-inch 
plants; 2-inch pods; 3 plump green Beans. 
Fordhook. The green Beans are very thick, 
4 to the pod, meaty, tender and juicy. 
A heavy yield of big pods In clusters. 
Pole Lima Beans 
One pound for 100 hills ; 30 lbs. for an acre 
King of the Garden. Large, flat pods con- 
taining 5 or 6 big Beans. Very prolific, 
and quite early, bearing over a much longer 
period than any Bush Lima, thus com- 
manding higher average market prices. 
Use 1 lb. for 100 hills ; 
Green Pole Beans 30 lbs. will plant an acre 
Kentucky Wonder Pole. Deeply creased, 7 to 9-inch pods, meaty, and stringless. 
King Horticultural. Long straight, stringless pods noted for earliness and huge yield. 
St. Louis White Cornfield. Over a long period yields fleshy, 8 to 9-inch, nearly round, 
medium green, almost stringless very straight pods of excellent flavor. Very fine. 
ASPARAGUS Pkt. Yoz. Oz. Yb. Lb. 10 lbs. 
Mary Washington Rustproof,.........$0 10 $0 20 $050 $150 $12 50 
BROCCOLI. Italian Green Sprouting.... 15 $0 40 1,00) 2,50, — 8) 00750) 00 
All Beans, Pkt. 10 cts.; Y2lb. 20 cts.; lb. 30 cts. 
BEANS, BUSH LIMA Slbs. 10lbs. 15lbs. 251bs. 60lbs. 100 lbs. 
Baby Fordhook Lb. 35c..$1 60 $2 90 $3 90 $600 $14 40 $24 00 
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POLEREIMAM Kang of theiGardente.18 0) 2408 > 1 aes oe le 40) 1900 
POLE, GREEN, Kentucky Wonder.... 20ie Za Oee 20 eee 00 9 60 16 00 
King Horticultural 350 (2405 3-155 4 75 11 40 19 00 
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We supply 25 lbs. and over at the 100-lb. rate. Write for special prices on large quantities. 
