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BUY AND PLANT WITH CONFIDENCE 1 
FOREWORD 
Once again we are pleased to send you our descriptive catalog, in which you will find the newest of the new, as well 
as your old favorites. 

Many new varieties of merit deserve a trial and we feel that you would make no mistake by trying some of the 
following items: Long Podded Tendergreen Beans, Cubit Cucumber, A-1 Iceberg Lettuce and Iroquois Muskmelon. A 
trial will convince you that our seed breeders are doing a fine job in spite of war-time restrictions. > 
ASPARAGUS STREAMLINER—Bush of medium size and prolific. 
Pods long, straight, oval, medium green and 
MARY WASHINGTON—Developed for resistance good quality. 55 days. 
to asparagus rust. Large green spears with tight, FRENCH HORTICULTURAL—Plant compact with 
purple-tinted tips, of fine quality. short runners. Pods are attractive in appearance 
but stringy, with heavy splashing of deep car- 
mine. 68 days to use. 
FAVA or BROAD WINDSOR— Valuable for green 
shell use. Plant very large and erect. Pods glossy 
green; 9-10 inches long. Should be planted as early 
as possible. 150 days to edible stage. 
LOW’S CHAMPION—Plant medium size, erect. 
Pods are light green, straight, flat, stringless and 
good quality. 55 days. 
For Dry Use 
LARGE WHITE MARROW or MOUNTAIN—Plant 
large with tendeney to form runners; hardy, very 
prolific. Pods 4 inches long. 100 days to maturity. 
WHITE KIDNEY—High quality large bean for us- 
ing dry. Pods 6-6% inches long. Dry beans large, 
long kidney shape. 
EDIBLE SOY BEANS 
BANSEI—Plants erect and of medium height, very 
prolific. Well adapted for short season areas. 
Beans glossy yellow and of mild pleasing flavor. 
90 days to use. 
POLE BEANS 
KENTUCKY WONDER or OLD HOMESTEAD—A 
strong climber, hardy and productive over a long 
season. Long pods in clusters, curved and in- 
dented. 65 days to use. 
KING HORTICULTURAL—Very attractive pods, 
heavily splashed with bright scarlet, at the shell 
stage. Straight and stringless. 

Asgrow Black Valentine Beans 
BEANS—DWARF GREEN 
ASGROW BLACK VALENTINE—Similar to the 
old Black Valentine, except that it is free from 
strings. Plant is large, erect, prolific. Very at- 
tractive oval pods, early, straight, dark green 
and strictly stringless. A fine variety for mar- 
ket and shipping use. 49 days to use. 
BLACK VALENTINE—Long a shipping variety 
which holds its firmness and color well after pick- 
ing. Pods oval, dark green, but stringy. 49 days 
to use. 
BOUNTIFUL—An important early variety. Plants 
are medium large, prolific. Pods flat, light green, 
stringless and of good quality. 47 days to use. 
TENDERGREEN (Long Pod)—Similar to Tender- 
green, but averaging about an inch longer. Well 
worth a trial. Seed supply limited. 
PLENTIFUL—Plants are strong and productive. 
Pods are flat, light green, fairly straight, string- 
less and of good quality. 50 days to use. 
TENDERGREEN—Pods are round, fleshy, dark 
green, stringless and of good quality. Plants 
large and productive. 51 days. Brittle Wax Beans 

