VEGETABLE SEEDS 
BEANS (Continued) 
Dwarf Horticultural. Snap pods 53 days; green shell beans 60 
days. Particularly desirable green shell sort for home and 
market garden; desirable for snaps. Plant medium small, 
thrifty and productive. Pods dark green at snap stage, becom- 
_ing greenish-yellow splashed with carmine; 5 to 5% in. long, 
5g in. wide and flat at snap stage, becoming almost round at 
green shell stage; strictly stringless, slightly fibrous. Seeds 
55 per oz.; plump oval, pinkish-buff, spotted and streaked with 
purplish red. Ekt. 10c. 
Giant Stringless Green Pod. 53 days. One of the best for home 
and market garden: very desirable for canning. Plant large, 
hardy, heavily productive. Pods medium green, 6 to 6% in. 
long, % to 7/16 in. thick, round; very fleshy, brittle and string- 
less. Seeds 70 per oz., glossy yellowish-brown. Variety similar 
to Full Measure. Pht. 10c. 

PENCIL POD WAX 
Dwarf Wax or Yellow Podded Varieties 
Pencil Pod Wax. 52 days. Very desirable for home and market 
garden and for truckers. Plant large and thrifty; heavily pro- 
ductive over long period. Pods handsome bright yellow; 5% 
to 6 in. long, % in. thick; cylindrical; very fleshy, strictly 
stringless, brittle, fine grained and tender; quality unexcelled. 
Seeds black. I kt. 10c. 
Golden Wax. 48 days. A splendid home garden variety; one 
of the most popular, also much used for canning. Plant small. 
productive. Pods very attractive; golden yellow; 4% to 5 in. 
long; % in. wide, thick, oval; fleshy, brittle, stringless. Seeds 
white, splashed with violet-carmine and purple. Fkt. 10c. 
Davis White Wax. 52 days. Well adapted for shipping. Plant 
large and thrifty. Pods uniform and attractive; light yellow; 
6 in. long, % in. wide, thick, oval: fleshy and tender when 
young, but become somewhat fibrous and stringy. Seats white 
and excellent for baking. Fkt. 10e. 
Lima Bean—Dwarf 
Fordhook Bush Lima (Potato Lima). 75 days. Plant large, 
erect. heavily productive. Pods 4 to 4% in. long; stout, 1% 
in. wide, % in. thick; contain 3 to 4 seeds. Green shell beans 
large, very plump, of the highest quality. Dry beans large 
and very plump, white. Pkt. 10e. 
Henderson’s Bush (Baby Lima). 65 days. Very popular for 
canning. Plant medium large, heavily productive. Pods small: 
3 in. long, % in. wide, % in. thick, contain 3 to 4 seeds. Green 
shell beans small, flat. of splendid quality. Dry beans white. 
This is the bush form of Small White Lima (Carolina or Sieva). 
Pkt. 10c, 
Burpee’s Improved Bush. 75 days. Plant large, heavily pro- 
ductive. Pods large, 4% to 5 in. long, 1% in. wide, % in. thick; 
usually contain 4 large, thick beans. Dry beans large, flat, 
greenish-white. Fkt. 10e. 
Pole or Running Varieties 
Burger’s Green Pod Stringless (Kentucky Wonder White Seed. 
ed). 63 days. Home garden or early market. Pods dark green, 
6 to 7 in. long. slender; roundish; stringless, fleshy, brittle. 
Dry beans white; suitable for baking. Fkt. 10c. 
Improved London Horticultural. Snaps, 65 days; green shell 
beans, 74 days. Splendid for home and market garden. Good 
climber, thrifty, heavily productive. Pods green, becoming 
splashed with carmine at green shell stage; 7 in. long, % in. 
wide, thick, straight, stringless. Seeds large, pinkish-buff 
splashed with red. This is 4 to 6 days earlier than London Hor- 

KENTUCKY WONDER 
ticultural or Speckled Cranberry and pods are an inch longer 
Pkt. 10ce. 
Kentucky Wonder (Old Homestead). 65 days. 
home and market garden. Excellent climber, thrifty, heavily 
productive. Pods medium green; 9 to 10 in. long, nearly round 
and % in. in diameter; slightly stringy, very fleshy, brittle, 
tender. Seeds dun-coiored. ki kt. 1@e. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. 67 days. Good climber, heavily pro- 
ductive. Pods waxy yellow; 8 in. long, % in. wide, almost as 
thick as wide; practically stringless; fleshy, brittle, 
Seeds chocolate brown. Ekt. 10e. 
Scarlet Runner. About in season with pole-limas. Good climber — 
Flowers scarlet, decorative. Pods dark green; 6 in. long; flat 
oval; fleshy; desirable for snaps and green shell beans. Seeds 
25 per oz.; kidney-shaped, flat; dark purple spotted with red. 
dish-buff. Fkt. 10e. 
Pole Limas 
King of Garden. An improved strain of Large White Lima. 
Plant tall, good climber, vigorous, heavily productive. Pods 
flat, smooth, with 4 to 5 beans. Seeds large, flat, white, 25 per 
oz. Probably the most widely used of ail Pole Limas. Pkt. 10e. 
BEET 
Beets may be planted almost all the year around where the 
temperature does not linger below 25 degrees. Sow the seed 
1 inch deep in well prepared, moist soil in rows 8 or 10 inches 
apart, or on ridges same as lettuce. Drill 8 pounds of seed 
per acre. Thin out to one plant every 3 inches, and transplant 
the discarded plants in any convenient spot about the garden. 
The Egyptian is a small, dark red, flat, smooth variety. It is 
sweetest and best for the table. 
weeks, unless the nature of the soil is such that more fre- 
quent irrigation is found to be necessary. Mulch the soil after 
each irrigation. Beets are ready for use in 10 weeks and con- 
tinue in prime condition for another 10 weeks. Two ounces of 
seed for 100 feet of row. 
Table Varieties 
Crosby’s Egyptian (Original Strain). 50 to 55 days. Splendid 
home and market garden sort. Tops medium in size; collar 
small. Root flattened globe-shape, with small tap root: very 
dark purplish-red. Flesh deep purplish-red zoned with a 
lighter shade; crisp and tender. Fkt. 10ce. 
Detroit Dark Red. 52 to 55 days. The standard of excellence 
in table beets for home and market garden, shipping and for 
canning. Tops uniform, small, slender, erect. Roots globe- 
shaped; symmetrical, with small collar and small tap root; 
' very dark blood-red. Interior very uniform in color, the zones 
so inconspicuous that the flesh seems to be one solid ball of 
deep blood-red meat; remains tender and of highest quality — 
until roots are full grown. Pkt. 10e. 
Early Wonder. 50 to 55 days. 
market garden. Tops small. Root flattened globe-shape with 
small collar and tap root; dark purplish-red. Flesh deep pur- i 
plish-red zoned a lighter SIRE Pkt. 10c. ® 

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Irrigate about every two. 
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