Give Your Garden a Good Start with 
Spargel (Ger.) ASPARAGUS Sparagio (It.) 
MARY WASHINGTON . This is a selection from the Washington, showing a marked A CrOvERTeRT 
in every respect. It is much larger than the ordinary strain and is some earlier. Tips very com- 
pact and a rich purplish green. The whole stalk, from base to tip, is remarkably tender. Pkt. 10c. 
ROOTS OF MARY WASHINGTON. Two-year roots. 
Bohnen (Ger.) BEANS nae (It.) 
Price: Per pkt., 10c. 
Culture. Beans should not be planted until the ground is warm, as cold wet 
weather will cause the seed to rot. For garden culture plant four or five seeds in 
hills one foot-apart and the rows 18 inches apart. 
DAVIS STRINGLESS WAX. 52 days. Medium size plants with thick, flat, light 
yellow pods. Seeds are white. 
IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX or DETROIT. 51 days. Popular in home gardens 
because of its rich flavor and resistance to disease. Straight, thick, flat, 
stringless, creamy yellow pods. 
ROUND POD KIDNEY WAX (BRITTLE WAX). 58 days. Asgrow originated. 
Very similar to Pencil Pod but not quite so large. 
PENCIL POD. 55 days. Generally regarded as the finest Wax Bean, whether 
for shipping, local market or the home garden. Pods are a beautiful 
golden yellow, six to seven inches long and crease-backed, flaky, brittle, 
stringless, fiberless, tender and sweet. Grows abundantly on stocky, vig- 







orous plants. Seeds are black. 
YELLOW POLE WAX VARIETY 
GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX. has days. For snap, dry shelled or dry Beans. 
Flat pods. 

Mary Washington Asparagus 
GREEN-PODDED POLE VARIETIES 
They Yield Heavily. 
KENTUCKY WONDER. 65 days. This strain has had picked just as soon as they reach full size, 
close attention for several years and now repre- 7 to 8 inches long. 
sents a thoroughbred development of this grand HORTICULTURAL CRANBERRY. 65 days. 
old favorite. Are very tall, vigorous and proli- SCARLET RUNNER. Brilliant scarlet flowering 
fic. Pods are in clusters, curved and round, long, ornamental pole Bean. 
fiberless and brittle with an excellent and dis- WHITE RUNNER. Same as Scarlet Runner, only 
tinctive flavor of their own. They should be white. 
DWARF GREEN-PODDED BEANS 
BOUNTIFUL. 49 days. Popular early market va- dark green, smooth pods which keep their color 
riety on northern and eastern markets. Plants and firmness well, even in shipping long dis- 
medium large, thrifty, with light green, flat- tances. Plants are large, erect and heavy crop- 
oval, stringless pods, 61 to 7 inches long. ping. Seeds solid black. An excellent variety 
ASGROW BLACK VALENTINE (STRINGLESS). 49 for near or distant markets when an early, 
days. All-America silver medal winner. Like the very hardy Bean of excellent quality and flavor 
old Black Valentine in every way except that it is desired. 
is completely free from strings. Handsome, oval, GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD. 50 days. A very 
desirable green-podded snap sort for the home 
garden and largely grown for market. Vine is 
vigorous, spreading and productive. Pods are 
dark green, 5 to 6 inches long, crisp and tender. 
RED VALENTINE STRINGLESS. 53 days. For snaps 
there is nothing superior to this variety among 
the dwarf green-podded sorts both for home 
and market garden, and many prefer it to the 
wax varieties. Very fleshy, crisp and tender. 
STRINGLESS REFUGEE. 53 days. Of compact 
growth and very prolific. The pods are light 
green, very solid and tender. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL. 60 days, Vines very 
productive. Pods five inches, fit for use as 
green shelled Beans early. The Beans are very 
large and about equal to the Lima in quality. 
TENDERGREEN. 52 days. Good sized bush, bear- 
ing long, round pods of excellent color, 6 
inches long, 34 inch through. Good green color, 
straight, stringless. Seed mottled buff and 
purple. Does best in black loam soil. 

Peay Penopkti wes seer. pte ceo coe oe $0.10 
Marrow. Per pkt: 2. .5.0.0..-.5 10 
Navy. Per pktsee.e eee 6 Se 10 
Imperial, Per) pkt. 2.5. 0.2... .10 A 
White Kidney. Per pkt. ........ 10 appease 
Giant Stringless Green Pod Red Kidney. Per pkt. ..... 5 Eerie (8) 
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