RELIABLE 
ASPARAGUS, Martha 
Washington. (One 
ounce will sow 50 feet 
of drill.) The shoots 
of this vigorous and 
prolific variety are 
large, deep green, 
tinged with purple at 
the tips, and are re- 
sistant to Asparagus 
Rust. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 15¢; %4 
Ib. 35c; Ib. $1.10. 
DWARF BEANS 
One pound will plant 100 feet of row: 
thirty pounds will plant an acre. 
At the following prices on Beans, packets up to 
five pounds are sent prepaid, all larger quantities 
are shipped at purchaser’s expense. 
Write for prices in larger quantities. 
Culture: Plant about the first of May in rows, placing 
the seed 2 to 3 inches apart in drills about 2 inches deep. 
The rows should be about 2% feet apart, and the soil 
slightly hilled, to insure good drainage. Frequent pickings 
insure a more prolonged bearing season. For succession 
plant every two weeks up to August Ist. 
GREEN-PODDED VARIETIES 
BOUNTIFUL STRINGLESS. 48 days. This is the 
best flat-podded stringless variety. The light 
green pods are 6% to 7 inches long, stout, flat, 
somewhat curved, absolutely stringless. 
Pkt. 10c; '/2 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
FULL MEASURE. 54 days. Pods are medium green, 
neon fleshy, fine grained and strictly string- 
ess. 
Pkt. 10c; '/2 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45¢; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
MAMMOTH STRINGLESS GREEN POD. (Tender- 
green.) 56 days. A very high quality green- 
podded sort, producing large pods, some of 
which measure 6 inches in length, of the finest 
quality. Pods are perfectly round. 
Pkt. 10c; '/2 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
STRINGLESS GREEN POD. 52 days. A very desir- 
able dwarf green-podded snap Bean largely 
grown for the market. The pods are medium 
green, 5 to 6 inches long, are of high quality 
and remain crisp and tender. 
Pkt. 10c; 2 Ib. 25c; tb. 45c;: 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
THE COMMODORE. (A Dwarf Kentucky Wonder.) 
Pods 8 to 9 inches. Excellent quality. Very 
fleshy, brittle, and of fine texture, stringless. 
Medium early. Plants are vigorous, of an up- 
right growth so that the pods seldom touch the 
ground. An All-America Selection. 
Pkt. 10c; 4 Ib. 20c; 1/2 Ib. 35c; Ib. 65c. 
VALENTINE STRINGLESS. 45 days. Plants strong 
and vigorous; pods green, medium length with 
creases in the back; very fleshy, crisp and ten- 
der. 
Pkt. 10c; /2 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c: 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
WHITE NAVY. (Shell Bean.) The famous little 
white soup Bean. 
Pkt. 10c; 1/2 Ib. 15c¢; Ib. 25e; 5 Ibs. 85c. 
BANSEI—Edible Soy Bean. Bansei is one of the 
earliest and most productive of the edible soys. 
The plants grow 24 inches high. Do not require 
support. They are literally loaded with pods. 
Seeds are green when young, yellow when 
mature. 
36 

Martha Washington 
VEGETABLE SEEDS 
WAX-PODDED VARIETIES 
ST. L. S. CO.'S WHITE WAX. 48 days. This round- 
podded Dwarf Wax Bean has attained the top 
notch among Beans of this class, the pods aver- 
age 5 to 6 inches in length, a round-podded wax 
variety; they are very solid, meaty and tender. 
Pkt. 10c; 2 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
GOLDEN WAX. 48 days. A splendid home garden 
variety; also much used for canning. Plant 
small, productive. Pods very attractive; golden 
yellow; 4% to 5 inches long, thick, oval, fleshy, 
brittle, stringless. 
Pkt. 10c; 2 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
POLE BEANS 
One pound will plant 100 feet of row: 
thirty pounds will plant an acre. 
Prices on Beans, packets up to five pounds are 
sent prepaid, all larger quantities at purchaser’s 
expense. 
Culture: Pole Beans are more sensitive to cold than the 
bush kinds, and should not be planted before the ground is 
warm—in this latitude, after May 1st. Set poles 6 to 8 
feet long, 3 to 4 feet apart, in 4-foot rows and plant five or 
six beans 2 inches deep around each pole. 
KENTUCKY WONDER, Old Homestead. 65 days. 
Unexcelled for home and market garden, 
thrifty, heavily productive. Pods medium green; 
8 to 9 inches long, nearly round and % inch in 
diameter; slightly stringy, fleshy. 
Pkt. 10c; 2 Ib. 25c;: Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
ST. L. S. CO.'s WHITE CORNFIELD. 65 days. An 
early maturing, green-podded, white-seeded pole 
sort, desirable for snaps and unsurpassed in 
its class as green shell beans. The pods are 
round, very long, often 8 to 9 inches, irregular 
in shape and quite stringless. 
Pkt. 10c; 2 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
YARD LONG POLE BEAN. (A novelty.) Excellent 
climber and heavy producer. Pods medium 
green, 20 to 30 inches long. 
Pkt. 10c; 4 Ib. 20c; V2 Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c. 

Stringless Green Pod 
ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 
