
Green Bush Beans 
Cultural Directions for Garden Beans on Page 5 
20. MEDAL REFUGEE—A 1942 All-America Bronze Medal Winner. For 
quality, high yield and easy picking, this Bean is hard to beat. Silvery green in 

color, the pods are 4 inches long, round, smooth, stringless—straight to slightly 
curved. Ideal in size and shape for whole green beans. Plants are compact, erect, 
with small foliage—thrifty, hardy and resistant to common bean mosaic. Seeds are 
white with buff or brown eye. Mammoth pkt. 15c, %4 Ib. 35c, % Ib. 60c, Ib. $1.10, 
prepaid. 
21. TENDERGREEN STRINGLESS—(54 days.) So tender and snappy 
it fairly meits in your mouth! Excellent for home garden or market. Pod: 6 inches 
long, round fleshy, dark green, stringless and of fine quality. A very heavy yielder. 
Seed: brown, blotched with light fawn. Mammoth pkt. 8c, % Ib. 18c, Ib. 30c, 2 
lbs. 55c, 5 lbs. $1.25, prepaid.—Not prepaid, 10 Ibs. $1.80. 
25. BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD (52 days.) Gardeners 
and canners like this stringless and fiberless bean for its excellent quality. It sells 
readily on the market, and for cut beans for canning, it can't be beat. Pod: 6 
inches long, medium green, round. Seed: coffee brown. Mammoth pkt. 8c, Yo Ih. 
18c, lb. 30c, 2 lbs. 55c, 5 lbs. $1.25, prepaid.—Not prepaid, 10 lbs. $1.80. 
27. BOUNTIFUL——(49 days.) A bountiful yielder of delicious, extra early, 
green, stringless beans. For home garden and for early market, Bountiful igs un- 
surpassed. Pod: 6% inches long, flat, stringless and of fine quality. Seed: yellow 
straw color. Mammoth pkt. 8c, Y% 1b. 18c, lb, 30c, 2 Ibs. 55c, 5 Ibs. $1.25, prepaid. 
—Not prepaid, 10 lbs. $1.80. 


Use McQueen's Inoculator for Beans and Peas 
It Means Better Crops, Better Soils and Less Fertilizer Expense. 
It Increases Yields and Improves Quality. The small extra cost is 
repaid tenfold. Directions with each package. Garden Size Inoculator 
(treats 4 lbs. Garden Beans) 10c, ppd. Market Growers’ Size (treats 15 
lbs. Garden Beans) 25c, ppd. State if wanted for Beans or Peas. 



Our Trial Gardens at Faribault, where all varieties of 
Vegetables and Flowers are tested and compared. 
Al. 4 Seed & Rocts 
Rust-Resistant 
Leaflet on Asparagus Culture Free Upon Request 
4. NEW PARADISE—Rust Resistant. Produces a nor- 
mal crop one year earlier than other varieties and gives heavier 
production throughout its life. Large crisp, tender stalks of 
exceptionally fine, mild flavor. Only 6 to 8 stalks required to 
the pound. The seed should be planted very thinly in seed 
beds the first season. Pkt. 10c, 0z. 30c, 4% Ib. $1.00, lb. $3.50, 
prepaid. 
Paradise Roots—-Heavy one-year-old, 25 for 60c, 50 for 
$1.00, 100 for $1.75, prepaid to 3rd zone.—Not prepaid: 500 
for $4.75, 1,000 for $9.00. 
5. WASHINGTON—Rust-Resistant. The leading variety 
grown by market gardeners. Pkt. 8c, oz. 15c, % 1b. 35c, Ib. 
$1.00, prepaid. For Washington Roots see page 27. 
Edilte 
Soy Beans 
29. BANSEI— 
Ready for table use in 
90 days. The earliest 
and best for the North- 
west. Plants grow 18-24 
inches tall and are resis- 
tant to disease and in- 
sect pests. Pods are 2% 
inches long. Beans are 
bright green, turning to 
yellow at maturity. Pkt. 
lOc. Yo tb. 20c; Tb.735e! 
2 Ibs. 65c, 5 lbs. $1.30 
prepaid. — Not prepaid, 
10 lbs. $2.00. 

To Prepare Green 
Shell Soy Beans for the 
Table—To make shelling 
easier, cover the pods 
with boiling water, let 
stand for five minutes, 
then drain and shell. To 
one pint of hulled beans 
add one pint of boiling 
water and % teaspoon 
salt, cover and cook for 
10 minutes after boiling 
starts. Avoid overcook- 
ing. Drain and season 
with butter. 
Write to University of 
Illinois, Urbana, Ill., for 
bulletin, ‘‘Ways of Us- 
ing Soy Beans as Food.’’ Edible Soy Beans—showing plant and pods. 


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