SHELL BEANS 
Alneers Seeds—FRESH—TESTED—RELIABLE—since 1883. 



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_ Great Northern. fry Popar Robust Pea or Improved 
n A splendid field bean, pre- White Navy A much _ improved 
Ib. 45c, 2 Ibs. 80c, 5 Ibs. $1.95, postpaid. 
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¥. hanging in great clusters from top to bottom of pole. It is entirely stringless 
4 and the pods are a silvery green color. The pods, though large, cook tender and 
melting. 2 oz. pkt. 10c, Y% lb. 25c, 1 Ib. 45c, 2 lbs. 80c, 5 Ibs. $1.95, postpaid. 
cae c Wonderfully productive, it being noth- 
has Kentucky Wonder Wax Pole ing unusual to pick over half a bushel 
from a single vine at one picking. The pods are from five to seven inches long, 
exceedingly rich, buttery, and finely flavored. They commence bearing their 
magnificent pods in great abundance when the vines are quite young, and con- 
tinue to bear profusely the entire season. In great productiveness, fine quality 
and in every respect they stand unequaled. 2 oz. pkt. 10c, 1% Ib. 25c, 1 Ib. 45c, 2 
Ibs. 85c, 5 lbs. $2.00, postpaid. 
_ 2 Ibs. 80c, 5 lbs. $1.95, postpaid. 
s bd A bean that is unsurpassed for use in any season. Pods long, 
Lazy Wife s broad and thick, easy to gather. 
tery when cooked. These beans are white and are unsurpassed as a shell bean. 
2 oz. pkt. 10c, V2 Ib. 25c, 1 Ib. 45c, 2 Ibs. 85c, 5 Ibs. $2.00, postpaid. 
- Red Speckled Cut Short or Corn Hill 
This is the best sort to plant in hills of corn. It 
is praised beyond measure by all who have tried 
it. The beans are excellent for shelling or snaps.- 
2 oz. pkt. 10c, 2 Ib. 25c, 1 Ib. 45c, 2 Ibs. 80c, 5 Ibs. 
- $1.95, postpaid. 
EDIBLE SOY BEAN 
} BANSEI (90 days.) Bansei has a plant that is 
erect and of medium height, very 
prolific, well adapted to a short growing season. The 
beans when ripe are glossy yellow, elliptical of mild 
and pleasing flavor. They are highly resistant to 
’ disease and insect pests. Eating qualities are excel- 
Jent when cooked to serve similar to Lima Beans. 
-* Roasted Soy Beans are very good and these are 
prepared by soaking the dried beans overnight, boil 
for one hour in salted water. Spread in shallow pan 
and roast in moderate oven, 350 degrees _Fahren- 
heit, until brown. Sprinkle with salt while still warm. 
Pkt. 10c, % Ib. 25c, Ib. 45c, 2 Ibs. 80c, 5 Ibs. $1.95 
postpaid. 
a FAVA BEANS 
Mammoth pods with lima-like beans 
BP Ss, 85 days. Pods are glossy green, 7 in. 
Ea Long Pod aa and quite broad; they contain 
5 to 7 large, broad, flat, light green beans, which 
somewhat resemble lima beans and should be used 
Gin the same way. Flavor is somewhat like that of 
the pea. Fava Beans are ee eee! fae other 
‘beans and must be planted _as early in e spring 
386 pont can be worked. Pkt. 10c, Y% lb. 25c, Ib. 
45c, 2 lbs. 85c, 5 Ibs. $2.00, postpaid. 
Broccoli 

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baking. Excellent quality, fine flavor, small white baking bean. Very highly 
cooks rapidly, good size beans, heavy recommended on account of its heavy 
-yielder. Beans are larger and softer yielding and disease-resistant qualities. 
than common navy beans. 2 oz. pkt. This strain of White Navy is unexcelled. 
10c, Ye Ib. 20c, 1 Ib. 40c, 2 lbs. 65c, 2 oz. pkt. 10c, % Ib. 20c, lb. 40c, 2 Ibs. 
5 Ibs. $1.50, postpaid. 65c, 5 Ibs. $1.50, postpaid. 
as 5 . 7 Ripe in 100 days. Large, red, yields heavily.. Our stock 
: Red Kidney grown from disease-resistant strain. 2 oz. pkt. 10c, 2 lb. 25c, 
~BEANS—POLE OR RUNNING 
Old Homestead Pole (Kentucky Wonder) !t ,is, enormously 
4 ° - A popular early green-podded pole bean for snap 
White Creaseback shorts; of rapid growth and very productive. Pods 
grow in clusters and are from five to six inches in length, perfectly round, 
being deeply creased or saddle-backed. They are solidly fleshy, entirely string- 
less, and of fine quality. The dry seed is white. 2 oz. pkt. 10c, 2 Ib. 25c, 1 Ib. 40c, 
.tinct variety of the sprouting type. It forms 
strain of the popular 








productive, the pods 















Stringless, rich and but- 

Asparagus or Yard Long hig, vayjety is # native of 
growth is quite similar to Kentucky Wonder Bean. Pods broad, oval, 
light green, fleshy, tender and fiberless; of good quality containing 
7 to 8 beans. Pods average in length from 18 to 30 inches. This is 
a fine novelty to grow in your garden. Pkt. 15c, Yo ib. 40c, Ib. 70c, 
2 ibs. $1.25, postpaid. 



























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In ordering specify 
for Beans. Ceiling 
prices for 1 bu. 35c, 
Garden size, 10c. 
POLE LIMAS 
. 79 days. The-earliest large-podded 
Early Leviathan Pole variety and an enormous 
cropper. The pods are 5 to 6 inches long and contain 5 or 
6 beans each. The shelled beans are of excellent quality. 
Pkt. 10c, 1% Ib. 30c, Ib. 50c, 2 Ibs. 90c, 5 Ibs. $2.00, postpaid. 
King of the Garden Lima Pole New and much 
more productive 
than the common large Lima, very prolific, producing con- 
tinually to the end of the season; unsurpassed in quality. 
2 oz. pkt. 10c, % Ib. 25c, 1 Ib. 45c, 2 Ibs. 85c, 5 lbs. $2.00, 
postpaid. 

February, 1941. ~ 
We have been buying seed from you for the last fifty 
years, and have always had good luck from them. 
They have also always been as represented. 
Richard Hansen. 
Resembles cabbage, excel- 
Brussels Sprouts lent fine flavor. Sow seeds 
in April. The small heads or sprouts are much im- 
proved by frost. Pkt. 15c, oz. 65c, 4, Ib. $1.75. 
BROCCOLI 
Italian Green Sprouting 4 ,"¢w 
a large head consisting of a cluster of 
bluish green flower-heads. When this 
central head is removed the plant de- 
velops numerous lateral sprouts, each of 
which produces a small head. These 
are cut, leaving about 6 inches of — 
the stem, and are tied in bunches 
for market. Both stems and heads 
are cooked and served like cauli- POLE 
flower, Ready for market in about y LIMA 
90 days. Pkt. 15c, oz. 50c, 1% Ib. cs 
$1.25, Y% Ib. $2.25, lb. $4.00. 
