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Hallawell’s VEGETABLE SEEDS 

ASPARAGUS 
Sow seed early in spring in drills 2 feet apart 
and when well started thin out to 3 inches 
apart. When one year old transplant into per- 
manent beds. 
PARADISE—Produces more high quality aspar- 
agus than any other variety and is considered 
one of the best for freezing. Cut the tips every 
day during cutting season. It is early and will 
produce a good crop one year from planting 
the roots or 2 years from seed. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 75c; 4 lb. $2.25. 
ARTICHOKE 
Sow any time the weather is favorable, prefer- 
ably in March or April. Transplant when 6 
inches high in rows 5 feet apart, and 4 feet 
between the plants. Save offsets from best 
plants for new supply, as artichokes never 
come true from seed and some will be inferior. 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE. Pkt. 25c. 
BEANS 
Plant bush beans in rows 2 feet apart and about 
4 inches apart in the row. Pole varieties are 
best planted in rows and each plant staked 
with a pole to stand 6 feet out of the ground. 
DWARF GREEN POD 
Pkt. 10c; Y% lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 
5 lbs. $2.25; 10 Ibs. $4.00. 
BOUNTIFUL—One of the best home garden 
beans. Plants are large, thrifty and prolific, 
bearing fleshy, light green pods about 7 inches 
long. They are stringless and of fine quality. 
BROAD WINDSOR, LONG POD (Fava)—A fine 
variety for shelling when green. Pods are very 
long and the beans green and tender; endures 
frost. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL (Italian Bush Bean) 
—Green beans in 53 days, and mature for 
green shelling in 60 days. Pods are dark green 
and stringless at the snap stage, becoming 
splashed with carmine later. 
FRENCH STRING—A medium sized, prolific 
plant bearing silvery green pods which are 
stringless and tender. Pods at edible stage in 
about 52 days. 
EDIBLE SOYBEANS—This new edible soybean 
is very prolific and most desirable as a green 
shell bean. About 90 days. 
STRINGLESS GREEN POD—Green beans in 53 
days from planting if planted when the ground 
is warm. Pods are about 5¥2 inches long, very 
fleshy, tender and stringless. 
PLENTIFUL—A green flat podded bush bean; 
pods long, straight, brittle, and stringless. Very 
productive and resistant to most rusts. 

Pencil Pod Black Wax 

BEANS, DWARF WAX POD 
Pei 0c HaNlioa Scien SOc; 
5 Ibs. $2.25; 10 lbs. $4.00. 
IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX — Long, straight, 
creamy-yellow pods of fine flavor; ready to 
pick in about 51 days; stringless and brittle. 
PENCIL POD WAX—A leading wax bean for 
home and market gardens. Very productive; 
pods round, fleshy and golden-yellow. Entirely 
stringless, without fibre, and a fine brittle snap. 
POLE BEANS 
Pre wl0cs Volpe elcilbsmo0css 
5 Ibs. $2.25; 10 lbs. $4.00. 
BLUE LAKE (Stringless Pole)—-A very fine pole 
bean which is widely used for processing. 
Pods round, medium green and stringless when 
young. Seed is small, oval, white. 
HORTICULTURAL (Italian Pole Bean)—Popular 
variety producing thick, straight and stringless 
pods in 70 days for snap beans; fine for green 
shell beans when more mature. Pods are green, 
becoming streaked with red in latter stage. 
KENTUCKY WONDER (Old Homestead)—The 
most widely used pole bean; fine for home or 
market garden. Excellent climber; thrifty, pro- 
lific. Pods are medium green 9 to 10 inches 
long, round, fleshy and brittle. 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX — An exceedingly 
productive variety, bearing a large quantity of 
rich golden yellow pods which are thick, string- 
less and very tender. 
POTOMAC (Pole)—A new pole bean, bearing 
a heavy yield of straight, round, dark-green 
pods, stringless at all stages of growth and 
well flavored. Pkt. 15c; ¥% lb. 40c; Ib. 75c. 
SCARLET RUNNER—A great favorite; both 
ornamental and useful; producing dazzling 
scarlet flowers during the summer months. 
YARD LONG (Asparagus Bean)—-A good table 
sort as well as a curious one. Pods are slen- 
der, oval, light green and tender if used when 
young. Used also for cover crop in small gar- 
den plots where heavy soil needs organic. 
Pkt. 15c; Y% lb. 40c; lb. 75c. 
LIMA BEANS 
Limas: are very sensitive to cold and over- 
moist ground and should be planted when the 
soil is warm. Plant 5 or 6 beans in a hill. Plant 
in a rich, mellow soil and cultivate frequently. 
One pound of the bush varieties will plant 75 
hills. 
Bush 
Pkt 10c; 22) Ibs 30c; Ib. 50c; 
5 lbs. $2.25; 10 lbs. $4.00. 
IMPROVED BUSH LIMA—Plants uniformly 
dwarf and enormously productive. Pods 
large, containing 4 to 6 large thick beans 
of superior quality. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA — One of the 
most productive of the bush lima beans. 
Pods are small, about 3 inches long and 
contain 3 to 4 seeds. Green shell bean but 
white when fully ripe. 
Pole—Lima 
- KING OF THE GARDEN—A vigorous and 
productive sort, pods very long, each con- 
taining 5 to 6 large beans of delicious fla- 
vor. Pkt. 10c; 2 lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 5 lbs. $2.25; 
10 lbs. $4.00. 


Detroit Dark Red 
BEETS 
Beets may be planted the year ‘round in the 
Bay Area, preferably at intervals to keep the 
supply young and tender. Sow one ounce in 
about 50 feet of row. Cover one inch and 
firm the soil to the seed. During the thinning, 
the small beets may be cooked with the tops 
on. These are very good, vitamin-rich greens. 

beets in 58 days. Roots are flat globe-shaped, 
with a small tap root; color purplish red; tops 
medium size for bunching or greens. A fine beet 
for home garden or for bunching. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; Y% lb. $1.00; lb. $3.00. 
EARLY WONDER — Grows quickly and pro- 
duces small beets that may be cooked with 
the tops, during the thinning process. Roots 
are semi-globular; dark purplish red with small 
tap root. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; Y% lb. $1.00; lb. $3.00. 
DETROIT DARK RED—Tops are medium, dark 
green tinged with red. Roots globular, smooth, 
uniform, with a small tap root. It is one of the 
darkest red beets, sweet, tender and of fine 
quality. Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; Y% lb. $1.00; 1b. $3.00. 
IMPROVED BLOOD TURNIP—A selected strain 
of Early Turnip Beet. Flesh is blood red and of 
excellent quality; remains in good condition for 
a long time; tops are green, and medium to tall. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; Y% Ib. $1.00; Ib. $3.00. 
SUGAR BEET — Valuable for stock feeding 
May also be used for sugar manufacturing. 
Roots 12 to 15 inches long. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; Y% lb. $1.00; Ib. $3.00. 
MANGEL OR STOCK BEET 
For main crop sow soon as the ground can be 
worked in rows 2 feet apart and thin to 8 
inches apart in the row. Sow 6 pounds to 1 
acre. 
MAMMOTH LONG RED—The largest of the 
mangels and the heaviest cropper. The skin 
is red; flesh white zoned with red. This variety 
produces in larger amount of good feed than 
any other beet. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; Y% lb, 90c; lb. $2.20. 
SWISS CHARD 
Culture the same as for Beets. 
IMPROVED SILVER—Large dark green leaves 
with white midrib. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; ¥% lb 80c; Ib. $2.40. 
GIANT LUCULLUS — Large crumpled leaves 
with thick light-colored mid-ribs which are de- 
licious when cooked and served like Aspara- 
gus, while the leafy parts make excellent 
“greens”. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Y% lb. 80c; lb. $2.40. 
RHUBARD CHARD — Ornamental and edible. 
The leaves and stalks are beautiful shades of 
red with tints of orange and yellow to cerise. 
It thrives in any climate where beets will grow. 
Pkt. 25c¢; oz..$1-50. 
