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The Right Start for Your 1947 Garden 


PENCIL POD WAX 
POLE BEANS, Continued 
CUT SHORT or CORNFIELD—Green 
beans; resembling those of the Bush 
Valentine dry beans, red speckled. 
Pkt., 10¢; Ib., 40c, postpaid. 
KENTUCKY WONDER GREEN POD— 
Brittle, stringless, meaty, delicious 
flavor. The plants are vigorous 
climbers; pods are borne profusely in 
clusters; they average from 7 to 9 
inches long; are of attractive green 
color; round and very brittle when 
young. 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 40c, postpaid. 
WHITE CREASEBACK—Large, long 
pods, growing in clusters of from 
6 to 12, of a silvery green, of the best 
quality of snaps. A good cornhill bean. 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 40c, postpaid. 
MISSOURI WONDER— A late va- 
riety with 5-inch flat, curved pod, color 
medium green. Meaty, stringy, good 
‘ quality. Long bearing cornhill beans. 
Pkt., 10¢; Ib., 40c, postpaid. 
WHITE SEEDED KENTUCKY WONDER 
—A high yielding type of Kentucky 
Wonder, resistant to certain forms 
of rust. Pods are 8 inches in length, 
round, stringless, fleshy, light green. 
Seed slightly larger than brown 
seeded Kentucky Wonder. 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 40c, postpaid. 
Ask for special prices if you buy 
beans in 10-Ib. lots or more. 
WAX POD BUSH 
PENCIL POD BLACK WAX — Rich 
yellow pods from 5 to 6 inches long; 
entirely stringless, very meaty and 
tender. i 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 40c, postpaid. 
IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX — Very 
valuable rust-proof strain of the Gold- 
en Wax which stands drouth remark- 
ably well. 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 40c, postpaid. 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
CAROLINA or SIEVA POLE—(Small 
White Beans) — Vigorous variety; 
very early and productive. Pods 
are short, flat and curved; beans white, 
small and kidney-shaped. 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 45c, postpaid. 
KING OF THE GARDEN — (Large 
White Lima)—An improved strain of 
the large white, of more prolific char- 
acter and with larger pods and beans. 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 45c, postpaid. 
SPECKLED POLE LIMA— The most 
prolific of the Pole Limas. Seeds 
are about the size of the Sieva, but 
are speckled white and brownish red. 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 45c, postpaid. 
GIANT SPECKLED POLE—Vine grows 
7 to 9 feet tall; pods 5 to 5% inches, 
3 beans per pod, slightly curved, 
large-flat. Produces large seed of 
beautifully contrasted colors. Very 
prolific. 
Lb., 45c, postpaid. 
DWARF LIMA BEANS 
Plant when ground is dry and weather is 
warm in ruws 2 feet apart, dropping the beans 
6 inches apart in the row, eye down, covering 
Lane l inch of soil. One pound will plant 100 
ills. 
EARLY MARKET BUSH (U. S. 142)— 
Bronze Medal 1944 All-America 
Awards. This variety is best com- 
pared to Burpee’s Bush Lima, in plant 
structure, type, etc., bearing curved 
pods of about the same size, but pro- 
ducing slightly smaller seed. It is a 
flat seeded type. 
The outstanding feature of the 
EARLY MARKET BUSH, however, 
is its very early maturity and its 
ability to yield under hot weather con- 
ditions. Matures approximately the 
same time as Henderson’s Bush and 
makes heavy yields where no other 
large type lima would set pods. 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 45c¢, postpaid. 
ILLINOIS LARGE PODDED—This is 
a large-vined bush lima. The vines 
are very vigorous, and pods set freely 
even in hot weather. The pods are 
larger, more than 3% inches in length 
and 1 inch in width, and are attractive 
when picked. The beans are large and 
flat. Vine growth is upright and the 
beans are held well off the ground. 
Matures about the same time as the 
Henderson Bush Lima but the beans 
are somewhat larger, running 800 to 
900 per pound, compared to 1,150 to 
1,250 of Henderson. 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 40c, postpaid. 
BURPESE'S BUSH LIMA — The stout, 
erect bushes grow from 18 to 20 inches 
high and 2 to 3 feet in diameter. They 
are laden with large, luscious beans. 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 40c, postpaid. 
HENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA—This is 
the earliest variety, being fully two 
weeks ahead of any other sort in ma- 
turing. The beans are small and very 
fine for canning. , 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 40c, postpaid. 
JACKSON WONDER BUSH LIMAS 
—It is of true bush form, about 2 feet 
high, bearing greatest profusion of 
broad, flat pods, each having from 
3 to 5 medium-sized flat, han somely 
speckled beans, which cook quickly 
and are of superior flavor. 
Pkt., 10c; Ib., 40c, postpaid. 


EARLY MARKET BUSH LIMA 
EDIBLE SOY BEAN 
BANSEI — The beans are delicious 
when eaten green or dry, and are 
superior to navy beans for baking. 
The food value is very high because 
of the fat and protein content, and 
they are also an excellent source of 
Vitamins A, B and G. Bansei ma- 
tures in about 95 days, highly drouth 
resistant, and very productive. Seed 
is bright green when young and yel- 
low when mature. Plants grow about 
24 inches high and require no support. 
Cook and serve similar to lima beans. 
Pkt., 10c; 1 Ib., 35¢, postpaid. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS ‘ 
Brussels Sprouts are a very delicate vegetable, 
and: deserve a more general cultivation than 
they receive. The plant belongs to the cabbage 
family and should be grown and cultivated like 
miniature cabbages. Very hardy; improved by 
frost. An ovnce will produce 2,000 plants. 
DWARF IMPROVED — Bearing a 
small crop of small, solid, and tender 
heads. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 60c, postpaid. 

PERFECTION BRAND SEEDS—Since 1966 
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