
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Wye LIST 200 of the leading and best varieties of seeds 
and take greatest care to secure only the best strains. 
Our seed is grown especially for us by the most reliable 
growers in various parts of the United States, so that 1t may 
be produced in the section that is best suited for the variety. 
For example, our Lima Beans are grown in California; 
Beans, in Idaho; Cantaloupe, in Colorado; Corn, in Con- 
necticut; Onion sets, in IIIimots, ete. Contracts with growers 
are placed twelve to eighteen months before the seed is to 
be delivered or before the seed-grower plants the seed stock. 
This is done to secure only fresh and highest quality seeds 
for our customers. 
Orol Ledden, Sr., who has devoted thirty-nine years to 
the seed business and has been a plant-grower all his life, 
probably is better acquainted with the farming industry 
and the gardener’s problems than any other man in the seed 
business today. We say this because he was born and reared 

on a large farm in Gloucester County, New Jersey; his father 
was a farmer and grew plants and seeds. He owns and operates 
two large farms and other farmland totaling about 300 acres. 
He has experimented with all of the varieties of vegetable 
seeds listed in this book and has grown them on a commercial 
scale. He is therefore well acquainted with their individual 
characteristics. 
We endeavor at all times to secure the highest quality 
seeds obtainable and to offer these high standard seeds at 
minimum prices. No seed is allowed to be sold that we 
know Is poor in germination or in any way inferior. 
We prepay transportation charges on all of our seeds except 
quarter bushels or more of Beans, Corn, Onion Sets, and 
Peas at bushel rates. For prepayment of these, please add 
1 cent per pound to the price. This enables our many mail- 
order customers to secure Ledden’s Seeds at no extra cost. 
No charge 1s made for packing or package. 
Half-ounce sold at ounce rate; 1/2-pound sold at pound rate; 1/4 or 14-bushel sold at bushel rate 
Asparagus Sow in March and April 
Mary Washington. The best variety of Asparagus. It is a selected 
strain, earlier and more vigorous than other varieties, producing 
fat, delicious stalks abundantly and regularly. This is the famous 
rustproof variety produced after many years’ effort, and is completely 
free from rust and other fungous diseases which harass the life of 
many Asparagus growers. Quality is of the highest. Oz. 10 cts.; 
Y4Ib. 35 cts.; 90 cts. per Ib. 
Ib. $1.00; 5 Ibs., 



ONE TO TWO YEARS CAN BE SAVED BY THE PLANTING 
OF ASPARAGUS ROOTS. IT TAKES THREE YEARS FROM 
TIME SEED IS SOWN UNTIL ASPARAGUS CAN BE CUT. 
WE OFFER ROOTS ON PAGE SIX 
SPERGON, the New Seed Protectant developed by the United 
States Rubber Company, is a complex organic chemical in yellow 
powder form. It is used in treatment of seed to eliminate the hazard 
of fungi (damping-off) tn the soil. Because it has the unique property 
of great adherence to seed, it is easily applied by a simple mixing 
operation. It can be used ‘also in all types of soils. 2 ozs. 40 cts.; 
Ib. $2.50, postage prepaid. 
ASPARAGUS, 
MARY WASHINGTON 

