MICHELL'S VEGETABLE SEEDS 
BEANS 
Sure-Crop 
Stringless 
Wax 
Beans, 
Stringless Green-Pod Beans 
ASPARAGUS 
ASPERGE (Fr.) SPARGEL (Ger.) 
Sparacio (Ital.) 
Sow 5 pounds per acre for roots, or 
1 ounce to 50 feet 
A well-cared-for Asparagus bed improves 
with age and lasts for many years. It may be 
established from seed, but much time is saved 
by planting roots. ’Seeds should be sown 
thinly in early spring in rows 1 to 2 feet apart. 
Thin out the weakest plants so the remainder 
will be 4 inches apart. When one or two years 
old, transplant in the pe ermanent bed in rows 
3 feet apart, setting the roots 1 to 1}4 feet 
pana from where it can be cut three 
ater. 
Giant Washington. A rust-resisting va- 
riety with long, stout, dark green spears 
with ai rich purple tinge. Pkt. 10c.; oz. 30c.; 
Paradise. New. Commercial growers claim 
this to be far superior to the Washington 
types. Pkt. 15c.; oz. 75c.; Y4Ib. $2.50. 
years 
Asparagus Roots 
Ready about March 20 for spring planting; 
about November 1 for fall planting 
The two-year roots usually produce two 
peers after ioe Our stock is especially 
ne in quality 
Giant Washington. 2- 
100, $4.00; 1000, $30.00. 
. roots, 50, $2.50; 

Prices quoted on Beans are prepaid in 
quantities up to 5 pounds to the First and 
Second Zones; for other Zones, see Parcel 
Post Table on page 1. Larger quantities 
shipped at purchaser’s expense. 
Every garden should have Beans, among 
the finest of all vegetables. They are appe- 
tizing, rich m vitamins, and delicious fresh, 
canned, or dried. Bush or Snap Beans grow 
quickly and yield heavily. The Pole type is 
e heaviest yielder over a Jong period. 
MICHELL’S DWARF 
BEANS | 
Haricors Narns (Fr.) BuscHBOHNEN (Ger.) 
Facinoti Nant (Ital.) 
Green-podded Varieties 
Bountiful. Flat-podded, 
stringless, tender and a prolific bearer. 
Pkt. 10c.; 4Ib. 25c.; Ib. ABc.s 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
53 days. 

Early Red Valentine. 52 days. An extra- 
early variety, maturing a crop in 40 to 50 
days. Pods 5 a 6 inches long, round, thick, 
tender, and of good quality. Pkt. 10c.; 
YeIb. 25c.; Ib. 40c.; 5 Ibs. $1.85. 
Giant Sitrimgless. 53 days. | Vigorous 
grower and a great producer of large, round 
pods, from 514 to 614 inches Jong. Pkt. 
10c.; 4b. 25c.; Ib. 45c.; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
Keystonian. 52 days. Honorable Mention, 
944 All-America Selections. This new 
dwarf green Bush Bean will become a fa- 
vorite because of its combined productive- 
ness, hardiness and high quality. Pods are 
6 to 6% inches Jong, mean, straight, string- 
less and of superb quality, making It suit- 
able for canning, freezing, and home use. 
Pkt. 10c.; lb. 25c.; Ib. 45c.; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
Longreen. This new variety is an improved 
strain of the popular Tendergreen Bean, 
the distinct difference being that the pods 
average an inch longer and it is a heavier 
producer. They are the same attractive 
type—round, stringless and fiberless, ma- 
pee: at the same time. Plants are slightly 
ia and ears? Ieaved. Pkt. 15c.; 
40c.3 1 
ees tes to 55 days. 
amon; 
' : The leader 
a Ay Has ouse forcing varieties. 
Pods Light silvery green, 
ee it cont entirel stringless and 
ess. Fine pees Pkt. 15c.; YIb. 
35c.; ‘Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.2 
Stringless bie Valentine 49 days. An 
improvement over the old strain on Black 
Valentine. Pods Jong and slender, semi- 
rine and stringless. Pkt. 10c.; Mlb. 
5c.; lb. 40c.; 5 Ibs. $1.85. 
Stringless Green-Pod. 50 he s. Round- 
podded sort that is early, ific, and a 
continuous bearer. Pi B to 6 inches 
long, very SEEN Even when the pods 
they retain their 
10c.; lb. 
begome quite old 
aut qualities. Fs 
. 45c.; 5 Ibs. $2.00 

Tenor steers 52 days. An early s Tess 
with round pods at least e inches 
eady for use 52 days after sowing. 
lone. 
Pkt. 10c.; Ib. 25c.; Ib. 45c.; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 

Plant 90 pounds per acre; 2 pounds 
for a 100-foot row 
A rich, sandy loam suits Beans to perfec- 
tion. Toward the end of April, or still better, 
in May, sowings may be made and may be ~ 
repeated every two weeks until August. Have 
the rows about 2 feet apart. Sow quite thinly | 
in the row and about 2 inches deep, thinning 
out to 7 4 to 6 inches apart in the rows. 
Dwarf Varieties of Shell Beans 
FOR WINTER 
These are always useful ine an baked 
beans, etc. They can be used in the green 
state, like other sorts, when picked very 
young. Plant when ground i is Warm In spring 
and up to July 1, in rows 2 feet apart, Beans 
3 inches apart in the row. 
Boston Navy or Pea. 93 days. Snowy white 
variety of small see Pkt. 10c.; 4b. 25c.; 
Ib. 45c.; 5 Ibs. $2. 
Long-Pod Broad : ‘Fava. 75 days. An 
English Bean used in the dry state, shelled. 
Plant in rows about 3 feet apart, 8 inches 
apart in the row. Pkt. 10c.; Ib. 25c.; 
ib. 45c.; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
Dwarf Horticultural. 54 days. One of the 
best early Shell Beans. Thick, flat, string- 
Iess pods colored red and green; Beans 
arge, round, and speckled. Pkt. LO 
Yelb. 30c.; Ib. 50c.; 5 Ibs. $2.25. 
Red Kidney. 95 days. Pods long, kidney- 
shaped, light red. Pkt. 10c.; %Ib. 25c.; 
Ib. 45c.; 5:Ibs. $2.00. 
White Marrow. 100 days. Larger than 
Boston Navy Bean and extensively planted 
for shelling for winter or for using in the 
ey a Pkt. 10c.; Ib. 30c.; Ib. 50c.; 
S 
Yellow-podded Varieties 
Improved Rustproof Golden Wax. 
Rust-Resistant. 51 days. Vigorous 
grower. One of the best of the Wax 
Pods flat, medium Jength, good 
Yelb. 30c.; Ib. 50c.; 
Beans. 
quality. Pkt. 10c.; 
5 Ibs. $2.25. 

Pencil-Pod Black Wax. 55 days. A round- 
podded, hardy, very early sort that is en- 
tirely ane apie 10c.; Wb. 25c.; 
Ib. 45c.; 5 Ibs. $: 
Round-Podded ‘Kidney Wax. 58 days. 
Rust-resistant. Vigorous grower with fleshy, 
stringless pecs es 10c.; lb. 30c.; Ib. 
50c.; 5 Ibs. $2. 
Sure-Crop Stringless na may ve fae: Very 
produceyes be planted 
early. hardy or at ote of excellent 
OS Lone - 10c.3; Ib. 25c.; Ib. 45c.; 
Ibs. 
Edible Soy Beans 
Bansel. 95 days. An early home-garden 
variety fine for green shelling, not susce 
tible to shattering. They are a delectab 
Neepiables = either green or dry, and ell 
wanted ding to bees or Soy Beans 
can be cook imilar to Lima 
Beans. ieee are orotbe ae highly resistant 
to disease and insects. . 10c.; 4 Ib. 20c.; 
Ib. 35c.; 5 Ibs. $1.50. 
SPECIAL ATTENTION | 
Vegetable Seed prices listed in this Catalog | 
have been formulated according to the pro- 
posed regulation of the Office of Price ade 

ministration. If there are any changes subse- 
quently made by the OPA our prices will be 
adjusted to conform with their regulation. 

2 HENRY F. 
MICHELL CO., 
516 AND 518 MARKET ST., 
PHILADELPHIA 5, PA. 
