
NORTHRUP, KING & CO.'S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 


ARTICHOKE 
Green Globe 
The standard variety for home and mar- 
ket gardens. A perennial, but not hardy in 
the North. Flower heads large, globular, 
deep green—with fleshy bases on the bud 


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ASPARAGUS 
Mary Washington 
This strain was developed from Martha 
Washington, being a single cross. Earlier, 
more vigorous. Firm, tender, splendid qual- 
ity. 
BEANS 
XTENSIVE production and marketing of beans for seed has been one of our specialties 
for many years. Most of this production is carried on in Idaho where soil and climate 
unite to grow crops of excellent quality. Here thousands of acres are planted each 
year to our full line of varieties and our experts take charge of rogueing the fields, har- 
vesting and threshing the crops. Hand picking is done either at our plant near the produc- 
tion fields or at our main plant in Minneapolis. Careful germination and growth tests of 
all lots are made each year in our seed testing laboratory as well as in our outdoor trial 
grounds. We are proud of the quality of the beans we offer and of the reputation they 
have won for satisfactory crops all over the country. 
The maturity periods listed after the names should be classified as follows: In the 
Wax and Green Pod classes the figures indicate the number of days required to produce 
snap pods; in the Lima class, the number of days required to produce green shell beans, 
and in the Field class, the number of days required to produce dry shell beans—fully 
matured. 
Dwarf Wax Sorts (Yellow Pod) 
Ashley Wax SJE days 
Developed by the U. S. D. A. at Charles- 
ton, South Carolina, from a cross between 
Brittle Wax and U. S. No. 5 Refugee. Plant 
compact, vigorous, foliage resistant to 
Mosaic, pods 4 to 4% inches, round, brittle, 
seales. 
stringless and of excellent quality. Seed 
color brown. Recommended for “whole 
bean” canning. 
Brittle Wax 59 days 
Same as Round Pod Kidney Wax. 
Currie’s Rust Proof Black Wax 
An old obsolete variety replaced by Pencil 
Pod Black Wax and other better black seeded 
varieties. 
Davis White Wax 51 days 
Pods uniform, about 6 in. long, flat, and 
tender. Not stringless. Seed white, kidney 
Se Replaced by Stringless Davis White 
axe 
Early Dwarf Black Wax 
Same as Pencil Pod Black Wax. 
Improved Golden Wax 50 days 
Bears a heavy crop on bushy vines, and 
a good rust resister. Pods fleshy, brittle, 
stringless, and of very delicious flavor. Ex- 
cellent for home use. Pod length, 4% to 5 
inches. Seed oval, white with purplish eye. 
56 days 

Pencil Pod Black Wax 
Improved, Stringless Kidney 
Wax 59 days 
Strong plants, _very productive. Pods 
creamy yellow, 6 in. long, oval and some- 
what curved. Fleshy, stringless and tender. 
Seed kidney shaped, white with black eye. 
An important canning variety. 
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