1945 SEED CATALOG. 



VEGETABLE SEEDS 
ARTICHOKE TUBERS 
These are planted and cultivated very much the same as potatoes. 
They are of especially great value for the feeding of stock Write 
for prices. 
ASPARAGUS 
Asparagus seed should be sown as early in the spring as the 
ground can be worked. When the roots are from 1 to 2 years old 
they should be moved to their permanent location, spacing them 
from 15 to 18 inches apart in rows 2 to 3 feet apart. 
Mary Washington. The Mary Washington Asparagus is without 
a doubt the best green asapargus for home use, as the shoots are 
thick, heavy, long and straight with rich dark green lightly tinted 
purple tips, that are slow to branch. This variety is highly resistant 
to rust. Please write for prices. 

ASPARAGUS 
BEANS 
BUSH, WAX PODDED 
Golden Wax Improved. This is one of the best and earliest dwarf 
sorts. The plants are erect, compact, and very productive. The pods 
are of medium length, nearly straight, broad, flat and a golden 
yellow and from 4% to 5 inches in length. 
Black Wax, Pencil Pod. This bean is extremely productive, bear- 
ing magnificent straight, pencil shaped pods, five to seven inches 
in length, of a rich golden yellow color; beautifully rounded, 
meaty, fresh, brittle, solid, and entirely stringless. 
BUSH, GREEN PODDED 
Bountiful. One of the best early varieties for home garden and 
shipping. Plant is vigorous grower and prolific bearer of pods 6 
-to 7 inches in length; straight, broad and thick; flat. Stringless, 
brittle tender and of fine quality. 
Refugee Improved Stringless. This is a very desirable home garden 
bean with light green pods ranging from 6 to 7 inches in length. 
Stringless Green. This is a very desirable dwarf green podded 
snap sort for the home garden and market. The plants are large, 
spreading and productive, the pods are medium green 6 inches in 
length, cylindrical, and remain crisp and tender throughout the 
growing season. 

BOUNTIFUL GREEN PODDED BEANS 
Tender Green or New Stringless. This is the leading all-purpose é 
round pod stringless bean for market gardeners, shippers and 
canners. The vine is a steady, heavy producer with pods from 6 
to 6¥2 inches long. Especially adapted to quick freezing preser- — 
vation. 
Bush Bean prices: Pkt. 10c: 2 lb. 20c: 1 Ib. 35c;: 5 Ibs. $1.50. 
POLE, GREEN PODDED 
Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead. The leading pole bean, the 
best known and most widely used. The vines grow from 5 to 6 feet 
in height with dark green foliage and pods, which have excellent 
flavor, and are from 742 to 9 inches in length, and are very good for 
canning and quick freezing. 
Oregon Giant. This variety was adapted for and extensively used 
in the Northwest. The vine grows to around 6 feet tall and has 
broad thick flat, very meaty pods growing from 8% to 9 inches in 
length. 
YELLOW PODDED 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. This is by far the best wax podded pole 
bean. The vine is a good climber and grows to about 5 feet, and is 
a very heavy producer of light golden yellow, thick flat almost _ 
stringless pods. 
Prices: Pkt. 10c; 4% Ib. 20c; 1 lb. 35c; 5 Ibs. $1.50. 

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