6 GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
Green Podded Varieties—Cont. 
: 52 days. A round-podded, stringless shipping and market 
Black Valentine variety. Pods 6 to 6% inches long, dark green, slightly curled. 
1 Ib., 40c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 Ibs., $3.50; 25 Ibs., $7.75; 50 Ibs., $15.00. 
Pi ntiful 50 days. Very desirable for shipping or for the home and market 
enul garden. It is a green flat-podded bush bean, an improved, very pro- 
ductive variety of the Bountiful type. Long straight, medium deep green pods, 
brittle, stringless of a distinctive flavor. Notably resistant to common rust. 1 
Ib., 40c; postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs., aaa 25 estos 50 Ibs., nts ; 
70 days. A ver roductive, hardy, vigorous late sort. 
Refugee or 1000 to I Pods b to 5% inches long, somewhat slender, round and 
slightly curved. almost stringless and of good quality; color light green. 1 Ib., 
40c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs., Spel 25 ae elas 50 ee $15.00. iba 
65 days. e most popular green-podded, 
Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead ciimbing Bean; early and. productive. 
Pods 8 to 9 inches long, very slender. 1 Ib., 40c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs., 
$3.50; 25 Ibs., $7.75; 50 Ibs., $15.00. 
Du h Ca K if (Snijboonen). 65 days. Pole Bean. Green snap pods, 7 to 8 
tc S€ ANNE inches long, straight. flat, brittle. of good quality; best as a 
shell bean. Beans very flat, ivory-white. 1 Ib., 40c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 
10 Ibs., $3.50; 25 pe pie 50 Ibs., Saree: ; fi ee 
64 days. An outstandin ean for its ornamental purposes bu 
Scarlet Runner may also be used for breen shell or snap Beans. Vine 10 to 12 
ft. tall, dense glossy dark green. Has large, beautiful scarlet blossoms. Pods 
6 to 6% inches long, broad, oval, fleshy, stringy, fair quality in young stage. 
1 Ib., 40c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 Ibs., $3.50. 
Lima Beans Pole Varieties 
: : 88 days. An improved strain, vigorous, midseason, 
King of the Garden Lima productive. Pods 5 to 6 inches long, very flat and 
wide, and uniformly four-seeded. 1 lb., 40c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs., $3.50; 
25 Ibs., $7.75; 50 Ibs., $15.00. 
° (Sieberts). 80 days. An early midseason variety. 
Early Jersey Pole Lima Very productive and highest quality. Pods 5 to 6 
inches long; beans rather thicker than the King of the Garden, but of the same 
type. 1 lb., 40c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs., $3.50; 25 Ibs., $7.75; 50 Ibs., 
$15.00. 
Dwarf or Bush Varieties 
° (All-America Selection.) 72 days. A prolific bush Lima orig- 
Baby Potato Lima inated as a field cross between Henderson’s Bush Lima and 
one of the potato Lima types. The seeds are small but thick, of bright green 
color when fresh, and similar in flavor to Fordhook. Adapted not only for 
produce market, but also for canning and quick freezing. 1 lb., 55c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 10 Ibs., $5.00; 25 Ibs., $11.50; 50 Ibs., $22.50. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima 75 days. Both beans and pods are larger than 

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The Original Legume Inocs' +> 
the old type. The pods measure 5 to 6 inches 
Jong by 1% inches wide and are of a luscious 
flavor. They are frequently borne in clusters 
of from 5 to 8 pods. 1 Ib., 55c, postpaid. Not 
eae 10 Ibs., $5.00; 25 Ibs., $11.50; 50 Ibs., 
22.50. 
° 75 days. A most ex- 
* Fordhook Bush Lima cellent variety and 
exceedingly popular with market gardeners. 
Pods are about 5 inches long, containing 4 
to 5 large, oval-shaped, very thick, white 
beans. 1 Ib., 55c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 
10 Ibs., $5.00; 25 Ibs., $11.50; 50 Ibs., i : 
$22.50. Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima 
° (Baby Lima). 65 days. A vigorous, 
* Henderson Bush Lima hardy, very early and small type of 
Bush Lima. Pods small, about 3 inches long. containing 38 to 4 
. small, flat, white beans. 1 Ib., 40c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 Ibs., 
» $3.50; 25 Ibs., $7.75; 50 Ibs., $15.00. 
Beets 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. One ounce to 50 feet of drill; 6 to 8 
pounds per acre, Beets prefer a well-prepared friable soil planted from 
1% inch to % inch deep, according to the texture of soil. For an early 
crop sow in drills 1 foot apart. Sow as early as the ground can be 
worked in the spring. When plants are large enough to use as greens, 
thin to 3 inches apart in the row. Beets can be sown as late as July 
for main crop. Hen manure is recommended as a fertilizer in the rows; 
care being used that the seed does not come in immediate contact with 
the fertilizer. 
‘ 55 days. An early variety. It is turnip- 
* Early Wonder shaped and is always smooth. The flesh is a 
color and is of excellent quality. Tops are small and erect. Ex- 





beautiful deep red 
Detroit ceptionally good for early bunching. Oz., 20c; 1%4 Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
Dark ’ (Morse’s Strain.) 55 days. The best for market garden or 
eee Detroit Dark Red home use. Roots smooth, medium size, globe-shaped; skin 
Strain) dark red; flesh solid vermilion-red. Tops small, upright, dark green, shaded red. 
Oz., 20c; 14 Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 


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