Beets for a Delicious Vegetable or Greens 
LIMA 

FORDHOOK NO. 242 
All-America Selections—Bronze Medal 
BUSH 
Sow 1 quart to 150 feet of row. 
ABEL’S FORDHOOK NO. 242 . 
BUSH LIMA. (68 days). Was a 
top ranking All-America Vegetable 
for 1945, a bronze medal winner, de- 
veloped by the 8.S.D.A. and released 
in 1942. Fordhook No. 242 is similar 
to regular Fordhook, differing from it 
chiefly in that pods are shorter and 
uniformly curved. Pods contain a 
very high percentage of four beans 
and shelled bean is identical with 
regular Fordhook. Outstanding echar-' 
acteristic of 242 is its ability to set 
under adverse weather conditions, 
particularly high temperatures. In 
nationwide tests for the past two 
years, No. 242 has outyielded’ regular 
Fordhook at a three to two rate. It 
is highly recommended for market 
gardeners as well as home gardeners 
and is rapidly gaining favor among 
market gardeners on the east coast. 
Rate of table maturity is about seven 
days earlier than regular Fordhook. 
Quality is excellent. 
YY, pt., 30c; pt., 50c; qt. (2 lbs.), 90c. 
ABEL’S NU-GREEN LIMA. The new Bush 
Lima that is different and has real merit. 
Entirely new and different. Strong, stocky 
bush with big root-system. Small pod like 
a Baby Lima but bean large, thick, Potato 
type. Will stand cold and wet weather in 
the spring much better than other large- 
seeded Limas. Will stand extreme heat in 
summer much better than other large- 
seeded Limas. Green-seeded, retaining a 
green tint when cooked. Dry seed small 
and shriveled, like a sugar pea, requiring 
less seed for planting than other large- 
seeded Limas. By weight, larger percentage 
of beans and less percentage of pods than 
other large-seeded Limas. Unusually sweet 
flavor, different from any other Lima. Very 
prolific. 
BABY FORDHOOK. (70 days). A _ thick- 
seeded or ‘potato’, small lima bean of 
far better quality than the flat type. It 
was designed especially for canning and 
freezing; home gardeners, too, will ap- 
preciate its surprisingly heavy crop of 
pods. Plant is truly bush, about 14 in. 
tall. Pods are 2% in. long and % in. wide, 
thick, slightly curved; containing 8 or 4 
beans, close but not crowded in the pod. 
Seed is green turning cream when dry. 
BEANS 
FORDHOOK BUSH. Pods borne in clusters 
of 4 to 8, each measuring 4 to 5 inches by 
1% to 1% inches wide, and quite often % 
inch thick, with 4 to 5 sweet, delicious 
Beans to a pod. 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH. Pods enor- 
mous (5 to 6 inches long by 1% inches 
wide), borne abundantly, and well filled 
with beans larger and thicker than most 
Bush Limas and fully 8 days earlier. Ma- 
tures in 85 to 95 days from date of sowing. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH. A small-podded, very 
early Sieva or Butter Bean of the South, 
growing in bush form. 
ITALIAN FAVA. A bean similar to the Eng- 
lish broad beans and very popular among 
the Italian trade. They are very late and 
produce a fine crop of dark green pods 
seven or eight inches long. They are much 
hardier than other beans and should be 
planted early in the spring. Average four 
to six beans to a pod. 
All Bush Lima, except Fordhook 242: 
1, pt., 25c; pt., 45c; qt., 85c; 4 qts., 
$2.95; pk., $5.40; 4% bu., $9.50; bu., 
$18.50. 
POLE 
Sow 1 quart to 150 hills 
DREER’S POLE. In some sections this va- 
riety is called Challenge or Potato Lima. 
Plants strong, medium late and very pro- 
ductive. Pods contain 4 or 5 thick light 
green beans, and shells out more beans 
from a given number of pods than any 
other pole lima bean. 
KING OF THE GARDEN. Pods contain 4 
or 5 beans of excellent quality; easily 
shelled and of handsome appearance. 
BURPEE’S GIANT-PODDED. One of the 
largest-podded Pole Limas, measuring 7 
to 8 inches long and 1% inches wide. Beans 
extra large, of superb flavor. Vines grow 
10 to 12 feet high. 
All Pole Lima: ¥, pt., 25c; pt., 45c; 
qt., 80c; 4 qts., $2.50; pk., $4.75; % 
bu., $8.40; bu., $16.25. 
BROCCOLI 
SPROUTING 
CALABRESE. Italian Green Sprouting Broc- 
coli makes a large head of bright green, 
tender sprouts, which are cooked like 
Spinach or Brussels Sprouts and have a 
most delectable flavor. Sow the seed in 
ae oe hee ae Au ust. 
es LOC; % oz., 20c; 0z., 35c; oz., 60c; 
Y, Ib., $2.00. Raeietg 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
One ounce of seed will plant a row 200 feet 
long and make 2,000 to 3,000 plants. 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED. A choice va- 
riety grown extensively on Long Island for 
the New York market, where it always 
brings pba ee Compact plants, 20 in. 
all, wi soli eavy sprouts measuri 
tf ore ce in prone is ee 
Ei c; % 0z., 20c; 0z., 30C; 0z., 55c: 
Y, Ib. $2.00. (ae aed 
MANGEL-WURZEL and SUGAR 
BEETS 
MAMMOTH LONG RED. Enormous roots, 
Ay eed 30 eee nan er acre, 
. C$ 0z., 20c; +» 55c; Lb., $1.75; 
6 Ibs. (enough for. an. acre), $9.25. pen 
GOLDEN TANKARD. Bright yellow; large. 
Borne give SS Ee 
: Cc; 0z., 20c3 -, 55c; Lb. 758 
6 lbs. (enough for an acre), $9.25. aS 
ABEL'S 
NEW CENTURY 
of testimonials we have received. . 
year is the best winter beet I ever raised. 
still have a good many stored for the mark 
and they are just as tender as they w 
in the fall.’’ : ; ig ibe 
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most excellent main crop beet st 
holds first place among the growers 
in Berks and Lancaster Counties 
well as the eastern part of Pennsyl- 
vania for its superb table qualitie 
tends to show considerable sidero 
but not so much as some stock that v 
have seen of the variety, is blood-red 
interior color, as a rule showing little — 
or no Zonation and cooks a very deep, 
dark red. The t.ps or leaves are a 
conspicuously green top without a 
trace of any red coloring either in the 
leaves or stems, showing considerab 
foliage and standing somewhat t a 
than most varieties of garden bee’ 
Pkt., 10c; Y2 oz., 20c; oz., 30ce; % Ib. 
75c; Ye lb., $1.75; 1 Ib., $3.00; 10 
$25.00. im 
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“Abel’s New Century Beet I tried o 

70 days. An excellent late variety 
fall and winter use. Leaves glossy 
green suitable for ‘‘ greens’. Sane 
half long, top-shaped; flesh rich da 
red without zones. Always a t 
sweet beet whether pulled you 
old. A splendid winter keepe 
Pkt., 10c; 4% oz., 20c; 0z., 30Cc; 
Ae Yo Ib., $1.75; 1 Ib., $3.00; 
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