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Fordhook Bush Lima Beans 
Bush Lima Beans 
Sow 1 quart of seed to 100 feet of drill 
Cuxture. Seed 2 inches apart or plant in 
rows 2 feet apart and make hills 1 foot apart 
in the rows. About 75 days. Soil C 
Burpee’s Improved. Bears an abundance 
of thick, kidney-shaped Beans. 
Burpee’s. Like above, but bears flat, thin 
Beans. 
Fordhook. Everybody loves these delicious 
thick, roundish Beans of just the right 
shade of green. The sturdy bushes bear 
the pods im clusters of 4 to 6, the pods 
averaging 4 large Beans each. 
Henderson’s Dwarf. Popular Baby Lima. 
Its flavor is excellent. 
M.-S. ENORMOUS. The vigorous plants 
bear in reckless abundance really enor- 
mous pods which are filled with great big, 
delicious, kidney-shaped Beans. 
Fordhook 242. Similar to the regular Ford- 
hook, but more open in growth; pods 
shorter, curved, containing 3 to 4 slightly 
smaller Beans, but of same quality and 
color. Superior under adverse growing 
conditions. Will not displace regular Ford- 
hooks. 

BUSH LIMA BEANS, continued 
Baby Fordhook. Matures in about 70 days. 
Stocky bush; big root system; bears 
green-seeded, thick potato type Limas. 
Stands cold and wet, also extreme heat. 
Very prolific. 
Broad Windsor or Fava Beans 
CuttureE. Same as Bush Limas, only 
plant thinner. A Bean similar to Lima Beans, 
but a different flavor and larger. Should be 
planted early (March or April), as they are 
very hardy. Soil C 
Pole String Beans 
Green- and Wax-podded 
CuLturE. Same as Pole Lima. 70 days. 
Horticultural or Pole Cherry. Pods green, 
dashed with red when Beans are matured. 
Very showy. 
Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead! 
It grows luxuriantly and bears for a long 
period. Pods are very long, very fleshy and 
deeply creased or saddle backed, green in 
color and stringless. Seed light brown. 
Lazy Wife or White Cherry. Pods 6 to 
8 inches long, entirely stringless, of a rich, 
buttery flavor when cooked as a Snap 
Bean; also a good white Shell Bean for 
winter. One of the very finest flavored. 
M.-S. KENTUCKY WONDER WAX. 
Same as Kentucky Wonder with excep- 
tion of beautiful yellow pods. 
Yard-Long or Snake Beans. This is an 
ornamental as well as useful Pole Bean. 
Produces an abundance of dark green foli- 
age and stringless green pods, often mea- 
suring from 2 to 3 feet long, which when 
ere make a delicious dish. Seeds very 
small. 
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bushel lots on request. 
Cow Beets - Mangel-Wurzels 
Used for feeding cattle. Sow 5 pounds per acre 
Prices on 
CurtrureE. Sow in April and May in 
thoroughly plowed, well-manured soil, in 
drills 2 tnches deep and about 18 imches 
apart. Thin out to 12 inches. Low ground is 
best adapted for Mangel-Wurzels. 100 days. 
Soil A 
Golden Tankard. Large, yellow, excellent 
sort. 
Mammoth Long Red. Immense; Jong; red. 
Very fine quality. 

BEANS, BUSH LIMA 
Fordhook 242. 
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BEANS, ENGLISH or ‘BROAD WINDSOR. 
BEANS, POLE STRING 
M.-S. Kentucky Wonder Wax........... 
Lazy Wife or White Cherry............. 
Kentucky Wonder (Old Homestead) ..... 
Horticultural (Pole Cherry)............. 
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Solera 10 40 75 25 4 00 
Yard-Long (Snake Beans)............ Oz. 25c.. 10 
BEETS, COW (Mangel- eee 
Mammoth Long Red. 
Golden Tankard. 
BEETS, TABLE 
M.-S. Perfection Detroit Dark Red. Balevats 
M.-S. Early Mer eng 
Detroit Dark Red.. 
Early Wonder.. .. 
Extra-Early Flat Egyptian. . 
Crosby’s Improved Egyptian Ne Le re 
Extra-Early Eclipse. 
Crimson Globe.... 
Long Smooth Blood. 
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BEETS, TABLE 
Sow 1 ounce of seed to 60 feet of drill; 
5 pounds to an acre in drills 
Cu.ture. Beets like rather light soil pro- 
vided it is thoroughly mixed with manure. 
For main crop sow in the spring as soon as 
ground becomes fit to work, in drills 114 feet 
apart and 1 inch deep. For winter use sow 
as late as July. Thin out to stand 5 to 6 inches 
apart. Store in cellars or pits, same as pota- 
toes. Dry earth thrown over them before the 
straw and earth covering is put on insures 
their keeping over winter. Be careful not to 
bruise in handling. 45 to 50 days. Soil A. 
M.-S. EARLY MARVELOUS. This splen- 
did Beet is nearly a perfect globe, about 
10 inches around, with smooth skin free 
from rootlets; the flesh i is a rich blood-red, 
nicely ringed, never stringy and always 
tender and sweet. Excellent for canning. 
M.-S. PERFECTION DETROIT DARK 
RED. The ideal Beet for market garden- 
ers. It is the darkest red and most uniform 
' Beet ever introduced. Just the right size 
top for bunching and will run better than 
99 per cent, extremely dark red in color 
without vistble zones. 
Crimson Globe. A _ second-early variety, 
medium in size and of good shape. The 
flesh and skin are both very dark and 
quality fine, being sweet and tender. Tops 
are small and dark in color. 
Crosby’s Improved Egyptian. Very de- 
sirable. Thicker in body than the Egyp- 
tian, small necked and dark fleshed. Fine 
for early market. 
Detroit Dark Red. A fine early variety with 
globe-shaped roots of brilliant red. Ready 
in 60 days. 
Early Wonder. A very early dark red Beet 
similar to Crosby’s Egyptian in shape. It 
is sweet and tender and a good variety for 
the home-garden. 
Extra-Early Eclipse. Matures in an in- 
credibly short time. Round root. Small 
top. Excellent table quality. An attrac- 
tive market variety. 
Extra-Early Flat Egyptian. Matures 
quickly. Bulbs half globular, or flattened 
at the poles; roots very slim; skin smooth; 
flesh quite dark. Leaves red and green. 
Long Smooth Blood. Roots 10 to 15 inches 
long; grows partly out of ground, deep red, 
of good quality and suited for winter stor- 
age. 
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