
Select Vegetable Seeds 
A garden planted with our selected seeds and properly cultivated will mean a big saving 
to you. We have listed only those varieties of vegetables that we consider best. A great 
deal of experimenting and testing was necessary to complete this list and we add to it only 
when our trial shows that a new variety is worthy. 
ASPARAGUS 
One ounce will plant about 50 feet of drill, and produce about 200 plants 
__ This is one of the most delicious of early spring vegetables and should have a place 
in every home- and market-garden. Semi-round black seed, should be sown early in 
spring, 3 inches apart, in drills 18 inches apart, and covered 2 inches deep. When 
plants are one or two years old, transplant, setting them as far apart as you can 
give the space—3 by 2 feet, or 3 by 3 feet is better—at a depth of 6 to 8 inches. The 
bed should be deeply dug .and well manured. A well-made bed will last fifteen to 
twenty years. Do not cut for two seasons; cut lightly the third season; afterward 
do not cut for more than six weeks. 
MARY WASHINGTON. Most popular and widely used because of its resist- 
ance to Asparagus rust and blight, also because of its good quality and color. The 
shoots are long, straight, and heavy with closely folded tips. Will resist considerable 
hot weather without bolting to seed. It is heavy yielding, second early in maturing, 
and of the fmest quality and flavor. . 
= BEANS 
All varieties of Beans thrive in average garden soil which has been well 
and deeply dug. They may be planted at mtervals all summer for succes- 
sion, but the first planting should be made as soon as the ground Is warm, 
the bush varieties 2 inches apart, in rows 18 inches apart, and at a depth 
of 2 or more inches; the pole varieties in hills at least 3 by 3 feet apart 
each way, 8 or 9 Beans to a hill, thinning to 3 or 4 plants when well up. 
Bush varieties may also be grown in hills 18 inches apart each way, 3 plants 
to a hill. Beans should be picked when young and tender, but neither 
picking nor cultivating should be done when plants are wet with dew, 
as It sometimes causes the leaves to rust. 
Yellow or Wax-Podded Bush 
One pound will plant about 100 feet of drill 
ROUND-POD KIDNEY WAX. A very handsome midseason variety, 
especially desirable for snaps for the home-garden. The plants are of strong 
growth, spreading, and very productive. Leaves are large, broad, and 
roughened, and pods are long and round, 51% to 6 inches long, slightly 
curved, light yellow, waxlike, stringless, and of the very best quality. Seed 
long, cylindrical, medium sized, nearly white, with a little dark marking 
about the eye. , 
UNRIVALED WAX. An early 50-day variety; very productive. Plants 
large and vigorous and not susceptible to disease. Pods semi-round, 
5 inches long, narrow and brittle. Dried seed small, kidney shaped, quite 
similar to Bountiful in color. 



Unrivaled Wax — Beenel 
