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ney Vegetable Selections 
OF SUPERIOR QUALITY 

Our vegetable seeds are of the highest standard, 
grown for us by specialists. Our aim is purity, 
quality and service. Free delivery. We will prepay 
Parcel Post charges on cash orders at quoted catalog 
prices on seeds, up to 2 pounds, anywhere in the 
United States, east of the Mississippi River; for 
larger quantities, the purchaser pays transporta- 
tion charges. 
~ Artichoke 
Large Green Globe. The best variety; heads 
large and scales tender and excellent. Pkt. 25c; 
oz. $1.00. 
Jerusalem (Helianthus tuberosus). Grown for its 
edible tubers. April delivery only. Tubers, qt. 
40c; pk. $2.50. 
Asparagus 
One ounce will produce 200 plants. 
The bed should be made rich by applying a 
heavy dressing of manure plowed or spaded in; the 
roots should be set in rows 3 to 4 feet apart and 
18 to 24 inches apart in the rows; the crown of 
the root should be 4 to 5 inches below the surface. 
Mary Washington. The latest improved variety. 
Very large shoots, early, vigorous and quite rust- 
resistant. Pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; %4 Ib. $1.50. 
Beans 
Dwarf or Bush 
2 Ibs. of Beans will sow 100 ft. drill, 75 lbs. to 
an acre. Plant in rows 2 to 3 feet apart, dropping 
the beans 3 inches apart and covering 2 inches. 
Keep the ground free from weeds and cultivate 
often. All the varieties are tender and must not 
be planted until the soil is dry and warm. 
WAX-PODDED VARIETIES 
Black Wax Pencil. 54 days. Pods are long, 
pencil-like, very tender and brittle. % lb. 25c; 
lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 85c. 
Brittle Wax. 54 days. The best of the round 
podded sorts, maturing early, prolific, and bear- 
ing long, stringless pods of excellent quality. 
Y% |b. 30c; lb. 55c; 2 Ibs. $1.00. 
Golden Wax. 48 days. The standard variety for 
general use; pods long, broad and flat, very 
fleshy and of fine quality. Vines erect, hardy 
and productive. % lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 85c. 
Round Pod Kidney Wax. 55 days. The pods 
are long, straight and extremely handsome. It is 
an exceedingly heavy bearer. % lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 
2 lbs. 90c. 
Sure Crop Stringless Wax. 53 days. A valuable 
new variety of dwarf wax beans, very productive, 
rustproof, and will stand a longer season of damp, 
wet weather than any other wax beans. % lb. 
25c; Ib. 45c; 2 Ibs. 85c. 
Wardwell’s Kidney Wax. 53 days. Very long, 
straight, tender pods. Vines large, vigorous and 
productive. 44 lb. 30c; Ib. 50c; 2 Ibs. 90c. 
Supply doubtful. 

GREEN-PODDED VARIETIES 
Black Valentine. 52 days. Stringless, fine early 
variety. Pods are slender, round, smooth, and 
entirely stringless. Fine, tender. % Ib. 25c; 
lb. 40c; 2 Ibs. 75c. 
Bountiful. 50 days. Extra early, very prolific 
and long bearing, flat green pods, tender and 
stringless. 14 lb. 25c; Ib. 45c; 2 lbs. 85c. 
Giant Stringless Green Pod. 50 days. Color 
deep green, very long, round, fleshy pods; very 
prolific and entirely stringless. % lb. 25c; Ib. 
45c; 2 lbs. 85c. 
Horticultural French Dwarf. 65 days. An im- 
proved form of Dwarf Horticultural, producing 
long pods, beautifully splashed with bright crim- 
son, heavy cropper. % lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 
85c. 
Low’s Champion. 55 days. One of the best for 
snap or shell, with stringless, large, green, flat 
pods. % lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c. 
Plentiful. 52 days. Similar to Bountiful with 
larger and darker green pods, slightly thicker, 
tender and fine flavored. % Ilb. 30c; Ib. 50c; 
2 Ibs. 90c. 
Refugee, Late or 1000 to 1. 70 days. Very ten- 
der and productive; the best variety for pickling. 
W% lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 85c. 
Stringless Green Pod. 50 days. 
prolific, round pods and stringless. 
i biel0css 25 lbs (5c: 
Tendergreen. 54 days. An early, round podded 
variety, the pods are meaty, absolutely stringless, 
and of excellent flavor. % Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c; 
2 lbs. 90c. 
The Prince. 54 days. A first early variety pro- 
ducing a heavy crop of long, meaty pods, often 
measuring from 11 to 12 in. in length. Abso- 
lutely stringless and of excellent flavor. Pkt. 35c. 
POLE or RUNNING 
2 Ibs. will plant 100 hills, 30 lbs. to the acre. 
All under this head require poles 6 to 8 feet 
long and should not be planted until the ground 
is warm, as they are more tender than the dwarf 
varieties. Plant about the middle of May if the 
season is suitable. 
Improved Kentucky Wonder. 65 days. Excel- 
lent, very productive. Pods a silvery green color 
of large size and entirely stringless. % Ib. 25c; 
lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 85c.. 
Italian Pole. 70 days. A green-podded pole string 
Extra _ early, 
1H Ib. 25c; 
bean, absolutely stringless, unsurpassed for a 
string or shelled bean. % Ib. 35c; 1 lb. 65c; 
2 Ibs. $1.25. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. 67 days. A wax pole 
bean with all the good qualities of old Kentucky 
Wonder. % lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 85c. 
King Horticultural 80 days. Early, productive. 
A greatly improved Pole Horticultural. % lb. 25c. 
Ib. 45c. 2 lbs. 85c. 
Runner, Scarlet. 90 days. Bright scarlet flowers. 
Used both as a string and shelled bean. % |b. 
30c; lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c. 

Keystonian Bean 
NEW INTRODUCTION FOR 1944 
Keystonian Bean. The new stringless, dwarf 
green bean of superb quality, producing an abun- 
dance of long, straight, round pods. % lb. 45c; 
I Ibs 85: 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
Lima beans are very susceptible to cold and wet, 
and apt to rot in the ground, and should not be 
planted until all danger of frost is over, and the 
soil is dry and warm. 
Lima, Carpinteria. 80 days. A_ large-seeded 
variety of vigorous growth. Pods large and well 
filled; excellent flavor. % lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 
Hace 
Lima, King of the Garden. 90 days. Early and 
extremely prolific with large pods bearing 5 to 6 
beans. % Ib. 25c; lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 85c. 
Lima, Sieva or Small. 77 days. A popular small- 
seeded variety. % Ib. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c. 
DWARF or BUSH LIMA 
Lima beans are very susceptible to cold and wet, 
and apt to rot in the ground, and should not be 
planted until all danger from frost is over and the 
soil is dry and warm. 
Lima, Burpee’s Improved Bush. 
75 days. Best dwarf lima beans, large 
and delicious. % lb. 25c; Ib. 40c; 
D2 Mash “7s 
Lima, Fordhook Bush. 70 days. 
Pods and beans twice the size of 
Dreer’s Lima, and earlier. % |b. 
30c; lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c. 
Lima, Fordhook Baby. 65 days. 
Smaller than the above and earlier. 
1% |b. 25c; Ib. 45c; 2 lbs. 85c. 
Lima, Henderson’s Bush. 68 days. 
Pods and beans small; of excellent 
quality as a shell bean. % Ib. 25c; 
Ib. 45c; 2 Ibs. 85c. 


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