All prices in this Catalog are subject to change without notice 
Forbes Vegetable Seeds for 1944 
The need for greater vegetable production in 1944 is apparent. With 
larger incomes and fewer other foods, vegetables will be in huge demand. 
With every United Nations’ success more liberated peoples must be fed. 
Grow Vegetables for Victory 
This Seed Catalog offers the best seeds at fair prices. Since 1898 we have 
carefully compared the world’s new strains with those of our own breeding. 
These comparisons enable us to offer you only the best. 
Your job is to grow the very best crops. Our job—never ending—is to 
supply only those seeds which will make your job most successful. New 
varieties come, have their day, and are replaced by still better ones. This 
Catalog lists the very best varieties prominently. They are the ones to use. 
On merit, they have survived through the years or have displaced others. 
Much progress has been made, much is still left to do, but the name 







has, and always will stand FOR BEST SEEDS. 

T We gladly open charge accounts for persons of approved credit. ‘Trans- 
erms. portation charges on all seed orders are prepaid by us, or we ship collect 
—————_and deduct the charges from your invoice. We either deliver by truck, if 
nearby, or ship by Parcel Post, Express or Freight, whichever is cheapest. If you specify 
Express where we would ship by Freight, you’ll be charged for the difference between 
Express and Freight. We make no charge for bags. 
In small seeds, we supply 4 ounce at the ounce rate, 44 pound at the pound rate, 
and, when there are no specific prices for the following quantities, we supply 5 Ibs. at 
the 10-Ib. rate, 25 Ibs. and over at the 100-Ib. rate, 250 Ibs. and over at the 1000-Ib. rate. 
In Peas, and Beans, we supply 25 Ibs. and over at the 100-Ib. rate, in Corn, 30 Ibs. and 
over at the 100-Ib. rate. Write for special prices on Jarge quantities. 
All orders are subject to approval of Alexander Forbes & Co. and acceptance by them at 
Newark, New Jersey. Disclaimer. Alexander Forbes & Co. give no warranty, express or 
implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, resistance to disease, or any other matter 
of any seeds, plants, or bulbs they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for 
the crop. Its liability in all instances is limited to the purchase price of the merchandise. 

Brussels Sprouts 
One ounce will produce 2,500 plants 
Asparagus 
One pound will produce 5,000 roots 
Mary Washington Rustproof. A fine U. S. 
Dept. of Agriculture strain making very 
rapid, vigorous growth. The large, thick 
deep green, purple-tipped stalks grow tall 
without branching. 
Long Island Half Dwarf. The plants grow 
about 20 inches tall with a succession, in 
fall and early winter, of many firm little, 
1 to 2-inch diameter cabbage-like heads 
along the stem. Hardy 
Use 1 lb. 100 hills ; 
Green Pole Beans 30 lbs. nT Hat an aete 
Kentucky Wonder Pole. Deeply creased, 7 to 9-inch pods, meaty, and stringless. Very pro- 
lific, bearing heavily throughout the season. Early and popular. 
King Horticultural. Long straight, stringless pods noted for earliness and huge yield. 
St. Louis White Cornfield. Over a long period yields fleshy, 8 to 9-inch, nearly round, medium 
green, almost stringless very straight pods of excellent flavor. Very fine. 
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Italian Green 
Sprouting é 
Calabresi Broccoli 
Broccoli 
One ounce will produce 2,500 plants 
Italian Green Sprouting Calabresi. After 
cutting the center head of tight blue- 
green flower-buds, the plants form side- 
shoots with smaller heads. These, when 
cut and bunched over a period of 8 weeks, 
are tender and of delicate flavor. 
Bush Lima Beans 
One pound for 100 hills; 60 lbs. for an acre 
Baby Fordhook. Erect, branching, vigorous, 
18-inch plants with a large yield of 2- inch 
pods, each holding 3 or 4 small, plump, 
green Beans of fine quality. 
Burpee’s Improved. Large, erect productive 
plants; 5-1nch pods holding 4 or 5 large, 
flat Beans. Later than Fordhook. King of the Garden. Large, flat pods, 6 
Fordhook. The green Beans are very thick, inches long containing 4 to 5 very big, flat 
4 to the pod, meaty, tender and juicy. Beans. Very prolific, and quite early, - 
The upright plants are vigorous and pro- bearing over a much longer period than any 
ductive. This is the earliest-maturing, Bush Lima, thus commanding higher 
large-podded variety. Very popular. average market prices. 
Pole Lima Beans 
One pound for 100 hills; 30 lbs. for an acre 
Challenger. Vigorous climbing plants with a 
heavy yield of large, plump, straight pods, 
5 to 6 inches Jong. Each contains 4 to 6 
large, green Beans which are plumper or 
thicker than King of the Garden. 

ASPARAGUS Pkt. oz. Vlb Lb. 10 Ibs. 
Mary Washington Rustproof..........$0 10 $0 25 $0 55 $175 $15 00 
BROCCOLI. Italian Green Sprouting.... 15° $0 40° 1.00. °2°60 8:00 = 60-00 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Lo Ils Half Dwarfa es a15 A015 005552260 6. 00. 

All Beans, Pkt. 10 cts.; Ylb. 25 cts. 
BEANS, BUSH LIMA Lb. 9.lOS< 10 1OSte 15 lbs= 25lbs. 601bs. 100lbs. 
Babyz Rordhooksmatisce center es $0 40 $165 $3 00 $4 10 $6 25 $15 00 $25 
Burpee's:iniproved a. 9- nee es Pe 40 re 6 65:-5e53 00 4s ie 625 eel BO me? 5 
Fordhooks, ae sen Melrose reer 40 12/707 835.210 24220 2 6.505 lt OG 
POLE LIMA. Challenger......... AQ ae 1 270 Fe 1 Oe 4 70 eG 50s lo aol meee a 
King of the: Gardens... .e oe 40 eel 65% 32007) 45108 Gals 157.009 25 
POLE, GREEN, Kentucky Wonder. 40 12/5) 3 206 S425 5 Ons 16:20 227 
King Horticultural... ere 240% 91770223 - 10 e420) 6540S = (5200 eG 
St. Louis White Cornfield........ 40 1570 sere3 S10 Se 4 20a Gr 0 L5760et 326 
We supply 25 lbs. and over at the 100-lb. rate. Write for special prices on large quantities. 

