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 




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 % ounce at the ounce rate, % 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 large 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. Long Island Half Dwarf. The plants grow 
Dept. of Agriculture strain making very about 20 inches tall with a succession, in 
rapid, vigorous growth. The large, thick fall and early winter, of many firm little, 
deep green, purple-tipped stalks grow tall 1 to 2-inch diameter cabbage-like heads 
without branching. along the stem. Hardy. 
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Green Pole Beans [f,3 PiSoat once 
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 
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 One pound for 100 hills; 30 lbs. for an acre 
Baby Fordhook. Erect, branching, vigorous, Challenger. Vigorous climbing plants with a 
Pole Lima Beans 
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-inch pods holding 4 or 5 large, 
flat Beans. Later than Fordhook. 
Fordhook. The green Beans are very thick, 
4 to the pod, meaty, tender and juicy. 
The upright plants are vigorous and pro- 
ductive. This is the earliest-maturing, 
large-podded variety. Very popular. 
ASPARAGUS 
BROCCOLI. Italian Green Sprouting.... 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. L. I. Half Dwarf 
Prt. Voz. Oz. Vl 
Mary Washington Rustproof..........$0. 10 
heavy yield of large, plump, straight pods, 
5 to 6 inches Iong. Each contains 4 to 6 
large, green Beans which are plumper or 
thicker than King of the Garden. 
King of the Garden. Large, flat pods, 6 
inches long containing 4 to 5 very big, flat 
Beans. Very prolific, and quite early, 
bearing over a much longer period than any 
Bush Lima, thus commanding higher 
average market prices. 
b. Lb. 10 lbs. 
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All Beans, Pkt. 10 cts.; VYlb. 25 cts. 
BEANS, BUSH LIMA Lb. 
Baby Fordhook 
Burpee’s Improved 
Fordhook 
POLE LIMA. Challenger..... 
King of the Garden 
POLE, GREEN, Kentucky Wonder. 
Kang iorticul tural, ieee 
St. Louis White Cornfield........ 
5 lbs. 10lbs. I5 lbs. 25lbs. 601bs. 100lbs. 
65 $3 00 $4 25 $15 
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70 10 4 DOF aL 
70 10 epee Ue 
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We supply 25 lbs. and over at the 100-lb. rate. Write for special prices on large quantities. 

