
WETSEL’S 
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VICTORY 
Beans, Bountiful 

ASPARAGUS 
Soak the seed twenty-four hours before 
planting, and sow in spring or fall in very 
rich soil. Transplant to rows 2 feet apart, 
with plants about 15 inches apart. One 
ounce plants 50 feet of row. 
Roots are planted 8 inches deep and 18 
inches apart, in rows 4 feet apart. Set 
them in a trench that has been fertilized 
well, and do not use the sprouts the first 
year. A dozen roots for each member of 
the family is a good quantity to plant. 
Mary Washington. Rust-resistant. Large 
straight stalks with firm delicious tips. 
Pkt cts: soz bucist = Alba aoucuse. 
Ib. 80 cts., postpaid. 
Mary Washington Roots. Set out in 
February and March. 1 to 3 yrs. old. 
25 cts. per doz.; 50 cts. for 25; $1.25 per 
100, not postpaid. 
BEANS 
Dwarf or Bush Green-Podded 
Plant every two weeks from April to 
August, at the rate of 14 pound to a 50-foot 
row. Sow Beans 3 inches apart, 144 to 
2 inches deep, in rows 2 feet apart. Culti- 
vate frequently but never when the plants 
are wet. 
Except as noted, lb. 25 cts.; 2 lbs. 45cts.; 
5 lbs. or more, 21 cts. per lb., not post- 
paid 
Black Valentine Stringless. 55 days. 
Pod 6 inches in length, fairly straight, 
with round dark green stringless pods. 
Bountiful. 51- days. A first-early flat- 
podded variety which continues to bear 
over a long season. Light green pods, 
614 to 7 inches long, entirely free from 
strings. 
Burpee’s Stringless. 54 days. Pods 5 
inches long, slightly curved, round, dark 
green and fleshy. A very popular va- 
riety, especially for canning. 

Dependable VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Dixie White. 53 days. Pods 4 inches 
long, light green, round, straight and 
stringless when young. Excellent as a 
dry shell Bean. Wonderful yielder. 
Dwarf Horticultural. 54 days. Pods yel- 
lowish green, splashed carmine, slightly 
curved, 5 inches long. Use as a snap or 
as a green shell Bean. 
Dwarf Kentucky Wonder (Commodore). 
63 days. All-America Selection, 1938. 
Pods 8 to 9 inches long, round, slightly 
curved and twisted. Tender, brittle, al- 
most stringless and fiberless, medium 
dark green; excellent quality. Appears 
likely to attain the popularity long en- 
joyed by Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean. 
Lb. 35 cts.; 2 lbs. 65 cts. 
Full Measure Bush. 52 days. Plants 
large; heavily productive. Pods medium 
green, 6 inches long, round and straight. 
Stringless, with yellowish brown seed. 
Giant Stringless Green-Pod. 56 days. 
Excellent for market gardeners, ship- 
pers, and canners. Pods round, 6 inches 
long, entirely stringless. 
Landreth’s Stringless. 54 days. Pods 
6 to 7 inches long, fairly straight, round 
and dark green. Generally regarded as 
the same Bean as Burpee’s Stringless, 
but this strain is preferred by many com- 
mercial canners. 
Red Valentine. 54 days. A standard 
early variety. Pods green, round, 5 
inches long, not entirely stringless. 
Roger’s Stringless Refugee. 68 days. 
Young pods valuable for canning and 
baking. Pods medium green, stringless, 
fleshy, and brittle. : 
Tendergreen Stringless. 48 days. An 
excellent early sort for home and market- 
garden use. Pods round, fleshy, string- 
less, with many brown seeds which are 
mottled with light fawn. Plants strong, 
upright in habit, and yield freely. Lb. 
25 cts.; 2 Ibs. 45 cts.; 5 lbs. $1.10. 
Tennessee Green-Pod (Case-knife). 52 
days. Pod the largest, longest, and 
broadest of any green-pod Bean; not 
entirely stringless. 

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THE WETSEL SEED CO., Harrisonburg, V2. 
