VEGETABLES 
ARTICHOKE 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE —The green buds are 
used. Start in hotbeds. They can be grown success- 
fully in the Northwest. Postpaid. Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c. 
PLANTS—Postpaid, 35c each; 3 for $1.00; doz. 
$2.75. Ready after March Ist. 
*JERUSALEM—The tubers are used for stock feed. 
Postpaid, 24 Ibs. 50c. Not prepaid. 100 lbs. @ $2.75. 
ASPARAGUS 
CULTURE—tThe seed is of slow germination and 
should be planted early in the season. Plant roots 
in well drained soil about 2 feet apart in the row 
and five to six feet between rows. 
MARY WASHINGTON—Large, heavy yielding 
with large green stalks of fine quality. Practically 
immune to rust and other diseases. We carry a 
special selected strain. Postpaid. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 
4 Ib. 50c; Ib. $1.50. : 
PARADISE—This new variety has the same rich 
green color and deliciously mild flavor as Mary 
Washington. It is very early, also resistant to rust 
and a much heavier yielder. Postpaid. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 40c; 4 Ib. $1.50; Ib. $4.00. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
MARY WASHINGTON — (No. 1). Postpaid. 
Doz. 50c; 50 @ $1.25; 100 @ $1.75 — Not prepaid, 
1000 @ $8.00. 
PARADISE—(No. 1). Postpaid. Doz. 65c; 50 @ 
$1.60; 100 @ $2.25. E. or F., 1000 @ $10.00. 
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Northwest grown seeds are indicated in this 
catalog with a star (*). Quality, not price is 
the first consideration in buying seed. Con- 
sidering quality, our prices are reasonable. 
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New Bean, Keystonian 
BUSH BEANS 
CULTURE—Plant about May 1st for early beans, or as soon as the ground becomes warm, in rows 
3 feet apart. Cover from 11% to 3 inches deep according to weather conditions. Large seeded beans require 
warmer weather to germinate than small beans. Never cultivate or hoe beans when the foliage is wet 
from dew or rains, as it will cause rust. 
it is valuable to use NITRAGIN. 
PRICES—Unless noted are uniformly: Postpaid. 
Pkt. 10c; 4 Ib. 25c; Ib. 40c. For 4th zone and beyond, 
Ib. 45c. Not prepaid, Ib. 35c; 10 Ibs. of one variety 
@ 30c lb. Write for prices on larger quantities. 
GILL’S RELIABLE—A pioneer bean found under 
various names throughout the Pacific Northwest. 
This strain has been grown in our family for 
nearly 50 years. Even on this limited basis our 
customers familiar with this popular variety will 
rejoice to see it listed again. Remarkably hardy 
and prolific with very few superiors either as a 
green or dry bean. The small white seeds are fine 
for baking. Green pods without fibre, meaty and 
fine flavored. In the older stages they need string- 
ing. Outstanding for canning. Offered in packets 
only at 15c each. 
KEYSTONIAN (New)—All America award for 
1944. The long, round, straight, stringless, green 
pods of finest quality, make this new bean ideal 
for canning, freezing, shipping, market and home 
garden use. It is highly productive, hardy and 
vigorous. Vines 18 inches tall with strong, upright 
plants. Pods 6 to 64 inches long, free of fiber and 
of rich dark green color. Seed oblong, medium 
brown, resembling Burpee’s Stringless. Matures in 
52 days. Pkt. 15c; 4 Ib. 45c. 
*PENCIL POD BLACK WAX —Hardy and prolific 
and of finest quality. The pods are bright waxy 
yellow, long and round and entirely free from 
Strings. Desirable for home or market and very 
valuable for canning. The deepest yellow pods. 
Where beans have not previously been grown on the land 
RUBY DWARF HORTICULTURAL—Large, flat 
shaped pods valuable for green snap or shell beans. 
Seed and pods striped and blotched with bright red. 
Extra fine quality. Seed roundish and quite large. 
*ROUND POD KIDNEY WAX or Brittle Wax— 
Extra early; very vigorous and productive. Long, 
straight, round pods that are entirely stringless. 
One of the finest for canning and home use. 
*IMPROVED TENDERGREEN — Plants medium 
large, erect, heavily productive. Pods _ nearly 
straight, dark green, round, meaty, absolutely 
stringless and of outstanding quality. Very popular. 
*IMPROVED BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN 
POD—Considered the best early bush bean. The 
pods are green, of good length, entirely stringless, 
tender and brittle and remain so until ripe. This 
brown-seeded bean is both early and hardy and 
one of the richest flavored beans of all. A popular 
market or garden bean and desirable for canning. 
*STRINGLESS BLACK VALENTINE—Very har- 
dy; extremely early, withstanding cold, damp wea- 
ther better than most sorts. Pods dark green, long, 
straight, stringless, nearly round. Excellent quality. 
*GRANDA (Dwarf White Seeded Ky. Wonder)— 
Bush, medium size and prolific; pods long, straight, 
oval, medium green, and of good quality. Tender 
only when young, and ideal for dry beans. 
*GIANT STRINGLESS — Long, stringless, green 
pods. A few days later than Burpee’s Stringless 
but more productive and with longer, straighter 
pods. The pods are large and nearly round. 
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