

KNOX SEED CO. 
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WOME, 1h STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, MARCH, 1946 Nas I 
ASPARAGUS 
One of the most delicious of all vegetables, and the earliest 
to be taken from the garden. Every garden, large or small, should 
have a bed of asparagus. A bed properly planted and cared for 
should last 8 or 10 years and 50 roots should supply the average 
family. 
Plant seeds, preferably in a sandy loam, well mixed with stable 
manure. Rows should be from 3 to 6 feet apart and slightly below 
the surrounding ground. Cover seeds 1 to 2 inches. Sow thinly. 
One packet of seeds will sow about 20 feet of row and yield over 100 
plants. If roots are planted, make trenches 18-inches deep and 3 to 
6 feet apart and work in plenty of well-rotted manure or leaf 
mould or both. Set plants 12 to 16 inches apart in the trench and 
crowns 12 inches below the surface. Each fall top dress with a 
heavy coat of manure and work it into the soil in the spring. Keep 
the earth soft and loose over the crowns of the plants. The young 
shoots may be cut freely up to the green pea season and then left 
to grow. In the fall cut all the stalks close to the ground before 
applying the manure. Our asparagus roots are all strong, vigorous 
stock which will give quick results. 
Mary Washington Asparagus Seed. This asparagus which has 
been selected by the United States Department of Agriculture has 
proven to be nearly rust free. The shoots are thick and heavy. 
They are long and straight, with closely folded tips. The color is 
rich, dark green, tinted darker at the tips. Pkt. 10c. 
Asparagus Roots. Ready in January. Two-year-old roots. Ask 
for prices. 
BEANS 
Dwarf beans, 1 lb. to 100 ft., 50 to 60 lbs. per acre. 
Pole beans, 1 1b. to 100 ft., 30 to 35 lbs. per acre. 
Lima beans, 1 lb. to 100 ft., 30 to 50 lbs. per acre. 
BEANS, DWARF OR BUSH 


ARTICHOKES 
The best way to get a good artichoke is to secure plants from 
old stalks of some good strain, as seeds cannot be depended upon 
to produce any certain variety. One-half dozen is enough for a 
family garden. 
Transplant 5 feet apart in rows 7 feet apart. When the young 
plants are attacked by aphis spray with “Black Leaf 40.” About 
the time the buds are well advanced the under leaves become a har- 
bor for flies and aphis and ants. When this occurs break off all the 
under leaves, clear the ground of all rubbish and spray with “Black 
Leaf 40” and use ant poison. You will then have a long season of 
large, clean buds. 
Improved Large Green Globe. Produces large, globular heads, 
thick, succulent scales, the bottom of which is the edible part. Boiled 
till tender, if makes a delicious dish. Pkt. 10c. 
Artichoke Roots. Artichoke roots when one year old will produce 
an abundance of large delicious artichokes soon after transplanting. 
They are reay in January and can be planted as lateas May. Savea 
year by planting vigorous roots a year or more old. Ask for prices. 



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One pound will sow 100 feet of drill; 40 pounds are required for 
an acre. They will thrive in any good soil. Plant the seeds 2 inches 
deep and 3 inches apart, in rows 2 feet apart. Keep well cultivated, 
as no crop better repays extra labor in this direction. Write for 
special prices on larger quantities. 
Dwarf or Bush, Green Podded Varieties 
Baccicia. 55 days. A heavy producer with pods up to 6 inches in 
length, stringless. An excellent canner. Pkt. 10c. 
Bountiful. 48 days. Very desirable home and market garden sort; 
particularly valuable for early shipping. Plant large, — thrifty, 
prolific. Pods clear light green 6% to 7 in. long over 11% in. wide, 
flat, 3% in. thick; fleshy, very shghtly fibrous, strictly stringless, 
brittle and tender. Seeds 65c per oz.; solid straw yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
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, becoming greenish- 
yellow splashed with carmine; 5 to 5% in. long, 9 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. Pkt. 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, 34 to 16 
in. thick, round; very fleshy, brittle and stringless. Seeds 70 per 
oz., glossy yellowish-brown. Variety similar to Full Measure. 
Pkt. 10c. 

Tendergreen. 54 days. A bush bean of utmost value. Pods grow 
6 to 7 inches long. They are round, extremely meaty and tender. 
Even when fully grown they are absolutely stringless. Pkt. 10c. 
Broad Windsor Long Pod. (Also known as Fava Bean and as 
Horse bean; not a kidney bean.) Late. Valuable for green shell 
use. Plant very large and erect, strictly bush. Pods glossy green; 
5 in. long; 1% in. broad, stout; 3 seeded; smooth. Green shell 
beans large, broad, flat, light green. Dry seeds very large; circular, 
flat; pale reddish-brown with black eye. Pkt. 10c. 
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 productive 
over long period. Pods handsome bright yellow; 5% to 6 in. long, 
3% in. thick; cylindrical; very fleshy, strictly stringless, brittle, fine 
grained and tender; quality unexcelled. Seeds black. Pkt. 10c. 
Golden Wax. 48 days. A splendid home garden variety; one of 
the most popular, also much used for canning. Plant small, produc- 
tive. Pods very attractive; golden yellow; 4% to 5 in. long; % in. 
wide, thick, oval; fleshy, brittle, stringless. Seeds white, splashed 
Lima Bean—Dwart 
Fordhook Bush Lima (Potato Lima). 75 days. Plant large, 
erect, heavily productive. Pods 4 to 4% in. long; stout, 1% in. wide, 
Y in. thick; contain 3 or 4 seeds. Green shell beans large, very 
plump, of the highest quality. Dry beans large and very plump, 
white. Pkt. 10c. 
Henderson’s Bush (Baby Lima). 65 days. Very popular for 
canning, Plant medium large, heavily productive. Pods small; 3 in. 
