
BEET, DETROIT DARK RED 
Lima Beans, Dwarf | 
Prices: Pkt. 10c; % lb. 30e; 1 Ib. 50c. 
Baby Potato. All-America Silver Medal Winner for 1940. Pro- 
lific; excellent flavor. Good for produce markets as well as 
canning and quick freezing. Seeds, small and thick, of bright 
green color when fresh, and similar in flavor to Fordhook. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush. Plants large, heavily productive. 
Pods large, 4% to 5 inches long, Usually contains 4 large, thick 
beans. Dry beans large, flat, greenish white. Mature in 75 days. 
Fordhook. Mature in 75 days. A bush lima of the Potato type. 
strong, erect, never climbing or prostrate. The pods, which 
average five inches by an inch and one quarter, are borne in 
clusters of 4 to 8. The pods average 4 large plump beans which 
remain green a long time, A very popular variety. 
Oregon Pole Lima. Proven over many years to be well adapted 
to our cool Northwest climate. A strong, vigorous grower, 
bearing continuously until frost, Pods are at their best when 
turning yellow. ) 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
% oz. to 100 ft., 4 oz. per acre. 
Small shoots like miniature cabbages clustered around a 
stem are the valuable part of this unique member of the cab- 
bage family. They are successfully grown wherever condi- 
tions are favorable for late cabbage and require the same 
method of culture. They mature best in the autumn after the 
weather becomes cool. Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf Improved. Plants dwarf and compact, 20 inches tall. 
Very uniform; stem well covered with firm, round cabbage- 
like balls of 1y%, to 1% inches in diameter which mature in 
succession. 

BRUSSELS SPROUTS 

LIMA BEAN, FORDHOOK 
BEET 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 8 to 14 lbs. per acre. “re 
Seed should be sown at the rate of 1 ounce to 100 feet of row. 
The rows should be spaced 14 to 24 inches apart. Work the soil 
well and cover the seeds about:an inch deep. A rich sandy 
loam is most favorable, but nearly all types of soil will produce ~~ 
beets if sufficiently fertilized and properly tilled. All varieties 
of beets sell for: Pkt. 10c; 1 02. 35c. 
Detroit Dark Red. The standard of excellence in table beets — 
for home and market garden, for shipping, and for canning. ~ 
Tops uniform, small, slender, erect. Roots globe shaped; Sym- 
metrical, with small collar and small tan -root. Very dark blood 
red. Mature in 52 to 55 days. 
Early Wonder. Very desirable for home and. market garden. fi 
Tops small. Root flattened globe shape with small collar and 
tap-root. Dark purplish red. Flesh deep purplish red zoned a 
lighter shade. Mature in 50 to 55 days. 
Extra Early Flat Egyptian, Best for forcing and particularly 
valuable for early market. Tops small and upright. Roots 
flattened, with long slender tap-roots. Flesh dark purplish red 
zoned lighter. Ready in 50 days. 7 





MANGEL WURZEL 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 6 to 10 Ibs. per acre. 
Valuable as stock feed. Plant early in the spring in rows 
21% feet' apart. The seeds should be 1 inch apart in the row © 
and covered by 1% inches of soil firmly pressed down. Culti- 
vate frequently. When the plants are 3 inches high, begin to 
thin until the roots are 10 inches apart. All varieties of man- 
gels: 1 oz. 25c; % Ib. 75e. 
Danish Sludstrup. Very high yielder. Roots long oval, orange P 
colored; flesh white with faint yellow tinge. ar 
Giant Half Sugar. This variety is one of the aa a among 
the dairymen and hog raisers. It is very sweet and nutritious, 
as it has a larger sugar content than the ordinary mangel. 
Klein Wanzleben. The most desirable beet for sugar manu- 
facture. Valuable for stock feeding, Roots medium large, 12 
to 15 inches long, 3% to 4 inches at shoulder, tapered; white, 
with a tinge of gray; very rich in sugar content. Good keeper. 
Mammoth Long Red. Superior to strains offered as Norbiton 
Giant, Colossal, Monarch, etc. Roots very large; long spindle 
shape, straight and thick: grow one-third to one-half out of 
ground. Light red; flesh white tinged with rose. 
; BROCCOLI 
¥ oz. to 100 ft., 4 oz. per acre. 
This is similar to cauliflower in color, character of foliage, i. 
form, and size of heads. It requires a long growing season ” 
and is especially suited to Pacific Coast states. Pkt. 10ce. ue 
Italian Green Sprouting. This vigorous plant is entirely dif-. 

it bears a succession of sprouting heads which, if kept cut, will 
be replaced by others for 8 to 10 weeks. Each sprout, about | Wea gh 
inches long, ends in a small head of deep green buds. 
one of the most delicious green vegetables. : 
St. Valentine. Standard market variety for March shipment. 
Plants large. Heads large, solid, white, and Wery well ‘pro- 
tected. 

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