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Vegetable Seeds 
Good vegetables can be grown only from good seeds, but 
it is most important to keep growing vegetables free from weeds 
and thoroughly cultivated at all times. Poor soil may be im- 
proved by fertilizers, but nothing can repair lack of thorough 
and continuous cultivation. Vegetables should be grown quickly 
and be used while fresh. That is why home-grown vegetables 
are superior to those purchased in markets. 
ASPARAGUS 
Mary Washington. The finest of the Washington strains, producing 
large, thick shoots of attractive appearance. Compact tips of rich 
purplish green. Remarkably tender. 
BEANS 
Bohnen Haricots Habas o Frijoles Favas 
A packet of seed will plant two 15-foot rows, which is enough for a small 
family. Several sowings of Beans,should be made during the season. 
CuLTuRE. Plant Bush Beans, when the ground is warm and the weather 
settled, in rows 2 feet apart and 4 inches apart in the row. Pole Beans may be 
planted i in hills 3 feet apart each way, with 4 to 6 Beans in a hill. Cultivate 
shallowly but thoroughly, but not when the foliage is wet. Plant Bush Beans 
every other week from May 15 to July 15. 
WAX-PODDED BUSH BEANS 
Burpee’s New Kidney Wax. Produces handsome Iemon-yellow pods 
in great quantities. They average 614 inches long by 4 inch wide, 
thick and plump, flat in appearance, and perfectly stringless at all 
stages of development. It has proved to be the biggest yielder of all 
stringless varieties and is exceptionally resistant to blight and rust. 
Davis’ White Wax. A quick-growing, early variety bearing an abun- 
dance of straight, slim pods which are very handsome and attractive 
early in the season. It is a good Snap Bean when young and can be 
used to advantage as a Shell Bean when over-grown. 
Improved Golden Wax. This is one of the most popular early-bearing 
Wax Beans for the home-garden. The thrifty bushes bear plenty 
of handsome, broad, flat pods about 44% inches long, fleshy, brittle, 
and stringless. 
Pencil-Pod Black Wax. A fine Bush Bean of vigorous habit and excep- 
tionally productive. The pods are long, slightly curved, and hand- 
some golden yellow, deeply saddle-backed, very fleshy, brittle, and 
entirely stringless at all stages of development. 
Refugee Wax. Produces large, round meaty pods, light yellow faintly 
splashed with purple, stringless, brittle, and of excellent quality. 
A vigorous, hardy main-crop variety. 


Mary Washington Asparagus 
Improved Golden Wax Beans . 
