tart Your Garden Right---Use Abel's Seeds 
Where this insignia appears in this 
catalog it indicates the varieties so 
marked are proven new introductions of 
merit and have received an award in 
the All-America Selection Trials. 

MARTHA WASHINGTON 
ASPARAGUS 
MARTHA WASHINGTON RUST-RESIST- 
ANT ASPARAGUS. A variety bred up by 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, at 
Washington, D..C., from a careful selection 
of plants of the Washington variety,’ and 
is now more popular and more widely 
grown than any other. It produces large, 
beautiful, straight, dark green tender 
shoots of the most delicious flavor. 
Large Two-Year-Old Roots of Genuine Martha 
Washington. Ask or write for prices. 
Martha Washington Seed. Can have a light 
cutting in 3 years. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; %4 
Ib OC 1) 1b. 2.20. 
BEANS 
Plant beans after all danger of frost is 
passed, in warm, dry, well prepared soil. 
The rows should be 2 to 3 feet apart and the 
seeds covered 1% to 2 inches deep. Thin the 
young plants to 3 to 6 inches apart in the 
rows. 
Shallow cultivation should be frequent until 
blossoming; then stop to avoid injury to 
the roots. (Root injury causes the blossoms 
to fall off.) For succession plant every 2 
weeks until mid-summer. Frequent picking 
of the crop insures long bearing. One quart 
of seed sows 100 feet, and 60 pounds sows 
1 acre. 
NOTICE 
In most every case a quart of beans 
equals two pounds. 
BUSH BEANS 
GREEN-PODDED 
RO URNGE EEG Longreen Snapbean is 
a new market variety originated by 
Rogers Bros. as a straight selection 
from New Stringless Green Pod. 
Longreen has the same growing sea- 
son, vine, pod type, color and fiberless 
characteristics as Tendergreen, which 
is perhaps the most popular garden 
bean type in the top ranking All- 
America Vegetable Selection Trials. 
The pods of Longreen are round, 
straight, dark green and about 7 
inches long ... about 1 inch longer 
than those of Tendergreen. Thus, 
_Longreen is a heavier producer. 
14 pt., 30c; pt., 50c; qt., 90c. 
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LONGREEN 
All-America Selections—Honorable 
Mention 
ABEL’S PLENTIFUL. Similar to 
Bountiful, except the pods are 
slightly thicker, a trifle longer and a 
little darker green. The seed is black 
and the pods are straight and string- 
less. Season—50 days. 
STRINGLESS BLACK VALENTINE. 49 
days. An improvement over the old strain 
of Black Valentine. Pods long and slender, 
semi-round and stringless. 
BURPEHE’S GREEN STRINGLESS. Pods 
round, slightly curved, stringless, 5 inches 
long. Very productive; 54 days from plant- 
ing to table. 
GIANT STRINGLESS. Round, nearly 
straight, stringless, light green pods 6 
inches long; 56 days from planting to table. 
BOUNTIFUL. Pods _ semi- Ua straight, 
stringless; sweet flavor. 7% inches long. 
All Green Podded Bush Beans, except 
Longreen: 1 pt., 25c; pt., 45c; qt., 
85c; 4 qts., $3.00; pk., $5.20; % bu, 
$7.75; bu., $15.00. 
SHELL 
‘RED KIDNEY. A dwarf grower and very 
hardy. Pods 5 to 6 inches long. Season 
62 days. 
WHITE KIDNEY. Same as above, , only white- 
seeded. 
WHITE MARROWFAT SOAP. Enxtra-fine 
Shell Bean. Pods large, flat, and straight, 
with 5 to 7 pure white seeds in each pod. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL (BIRD EGG). 
Used both as Snap and Shell Beans. Pods 
4 to 5 inches long, thick, flat, stringless. 
ROBUST PEA BEANS (NAVY BEANS). 
Small, white baking beans of extra-fine 
quality. 
All Shell Beans: 1/2 pt., 25c; pt., 45c; 
qt., 85c; 4 qts., $2.35; pk., $4.35; % 
bu., $7.50; bu., $14.00. 

WAX or YELLOW-PODDED 
ABEL’S BOUNTIFUL WAX. An en- 
tirely stringless variety, with long, 
61% inch flat handsome pods. A good 
yielder and one of the best Wax 
sorts. Matures in about 45 days. 
BURPEE’S BRITTLE WAX. One of the 
earliest of all Wax Beans. Vines are 15 
inches high. Pods are’ 5% inches long, 
round, slightly curved, stringless, deep 
yellow; 62 days from planting to table. 
BURPEE’S ROUND-POD KIDNEY WAX. 
Very productive. Round pod, stringless. 
BUST EE GERMAN BLACK WAX. Extra- 
fine, 6% inch round yellow pods. Seeds 
black, kidney-shape; 59 days from planting 
to table. 
All Yellow Wax: '¥% pt., 30c; pt., 50c; 
qt., 90c; 4 qts., $3.20; pk., $5.60; Y% 
bu., $8.75; bu., $17.00. 
POLE BEANS 
Sow 1 quart to 150 hills. 
GREEN-PODDED 
KENTUCKY WONDER. Pods so fleshy that 
they are greater in thickness than in 
breadth, being deeply creased and saddle- 
backed, very meaty, stringless when young 
and of finest quality, 7 to 9 inches long. 
LAZY WIFE. A late variety excellent for 
snap-shorts or shelled. Pods about 6 inches 
long, thick, meaty, with fine flavor. 
SCARLET RUNNER. Mostly used as an 
ornamental climber but edible and may be 
cooked in same manner as other Snap 
Beans. 
ABEL’S MAMMOTH HORTICULTURAL 
(Wooster Pole). We have an exceptionally 
fine, choice, large-seeded, large-podded, high 
colored stock of these beans. They are the 
true old-fashioned type, hard to be found. 
TENNESSEE WONDER (Egg Harbor Pole). 
A moderately prolific green podded sort, 
very similar to Kentucky Wonder, though 
earlier. The blossom is purple. The pods 
are extremely fieshy, twisted, and about 
nine inches long. Without doubt ‘one of the 
best vining varieties. 
All Green Podded Pole: 1%, pt., 25c; 
pt., 45c; qt., 80c; 4 qts., $2.80; pk., 
$5.20; 14 bu., $9.50; bu., $18.50. 
WAX-PODDED 
GOLDEN CLUSTER. Sweet, tasty, brittle 
pods, 6% to 7% inches long, perfectly 
straight and flat, of fine quality. 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX. Pods 8 to 9 
inches long, thick, almost straight, of a 
light yellow color and very good flavor. 
All Yellow Wax Pole: 4% pt., 25c; 
pt., 45c; qt., 80c; 4 qts., $2.80; pk., 
$5.20; 14 bu., $9.50; bu., $18.50. 

GOLDEN CLUSTER 

ABEL'S SEED HOUSE, READING, PA. 
