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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 1m 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. 
ASE sEUSE LIMA 
Fordhook 242. 
Burpee’s. 
Baby Fordhook . 
BEANS, POLE STRING 
oe Wife or White Cherry 
BEETS, COW (Mange ere) s 
Mammoth Long R 
Golden Tankard. 
BEETS, TABLE 
M.-S. Perfection Detroit Dark Red. 
M.-S. Early Marvelous . . 
Detroit Dark Red............. 
Early Wonder.. 
Extra-Early Flat Egyptian. . 
Extra-Early Eclipse. . 
Crimson Globe... . 
Long Smooth Blood. 



M.-S. Enormous......... ae eee 
Burpee’s Improved....................- 
Henderson's Dwarf... .....0000.0..0.00seses 
BEANS, ENGLISH or ‘BROAD WINDSOR 
M.-S. Kentucky Wonder Wax........... 
Kentucky Wonder (Old Hessestead) erate 
Horticultural (Pole Cherry)............. 1 
Yard-Long (Snake Beans)............ Oz. 25c.. 10 
Crosby's Improved Egyptian. . ts Fea 
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 
Cu.tureE. 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 
CuLtTurE. 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 Jong, 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 
peeked make a delicious dish. Seeds very 
small. 
For Postage Rates, see page l. 
bushel lots on request. 
Cow Beets - Mangel-Wurzels 
Used for feeding cattle. Sow 5 pounds per acre 
Prices on 
CuLturE. Sow im April and May in 
thoroughly plowed, well-manured soil, in 
drills 2 imches deep and about 18 inches 
apart. Thin out to 12 inches. Low ground is 
faad pee eee for Mangel-Wurzels. 100 days. 
01 
Golden Tankard. Large, yellow, excellent 
sort. 
Mammoth Long Red. Immense; long; red. 
Very fine quality. 
5 20 4 30 
Nes Get 10 40 75 225 400 
10 40 7s 225 400 
HOS fa 10 35 65 200 3 50 
Spa kudos 10 45 7 225 400 
Riesiehes 0 40 75 25 00 
Oz. VYlb. Lb. 
$0 15 $0 40 $1 25 
15 40 1 25 
Pkt Oz Yb. Lb. 
.$0 10 $0 20 $0 60 $2 00 
1 20 60 2 00 
10 15 By it Byt) 
10 15 50 1 50 
10 15 50 1 50 
10 15 DOME LESO 
10 15 50 1 50 
10 15 50 1 50 
10 25 i> 42°50 
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BEETS, TABLE 
Sow 1 ounce of seed to 60 feet of drill; 
5 pounds to an acre in drills 
Cutture. 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. 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 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 visible zones. 
Crimson Globe. A _ second-early variety, 
medium in size and of good shape. 
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 trme. 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. 

M.-S. Perfection Detroit 
Dark Red Beets 

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