Hummert’s Highest Quality Vegetable SEEDS for Florists | 

VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Prices f.o.b. St. Louis. Prices quoted are subject to change 
One of the most profitable spring crops for the green- 
house or hotbed plant is seedling vegetable plants for 
home gardens. We are offering vegetable seeds only in 
the best standard varieties for market and home garden. 
Should you desire anv variety not listed, please write. 
ASPARAGUS 
Mary Washington. (Rust-proof.) Undoubtedly the fin- 
est rust-resistant variety srown. Shoots thick: heavy 
eras of fine quality. Oz., 15c; 14 Ib., 50c; 1 Ib., 
1.50. 
BUSH BEANS, GREEN POD 
Plant seed when danger of frost 1s past and the soil 
is quite warm. in rows 18 to 30 in. apart for hand culti- 
vation or 214 to 3 ft. apart for field cultivation. Make 
furrows about 2 in. deep and space the beans 2 to 3 in. 
apart in the row. 
1 Ib. will plant 100 ft. of row. 
Bountiful Stringless. 48 davs. This is the best flat- 
podded stringless variety. The light green pods are 
6!4 to 7 inches long. 
Black Valentine Stringless. A shipping and market gar- 
den variety. True strain develops a fine, long, abso- 
lutely round, stringless pod. 
Stringless Green Pod. 52 davs. A very desirable dwarf. 
round, green-podded snap Bean, largely grown for 
the market. 
Tendergreen Stringless. 56 davs. A verv high quality 
green-podded sort. of the finest quality. Pods are 
perfectly round. 
Large pkt., 10c: 15 Ib.. 20c: 1 Ib.. 35c: 10 Ibs.. $3.00. 
BUSH WAX BEANS 
Golden’ Wax. 48 davs. A splendid home garden va- 
riety: also much used for canning. 
Pencil Pod Wax. 52 davs. The pods average 5 to 6 
inches in length. a round-podded wax variety: they 
are very solid. meaty and tender. 
Davis Stringless Wax. 48 davs. Plant large and thrifty. 
heavily productive over long period. Pods handsome 
bright vellow. 514 to 6 inches long. 
Above 3 Varieties: Large pkt., 10c: 14 Ib., 25c: 
1 Ib., 45c; 5 Ibs., $2.00. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima. 80 days. 
30 inches: handsome large pods. 
Fordhook Bush Lima. Large seeded bush lima of ex- 
cellent flavor. 
Henderson’s Bush Lima. 74 days. 
crops. 
conditions. 
Large pkt., 10c; 16 
Grows 10 to 
Produces enormous 

Ib., 25c; 1 Ib., 45c; 5 Ibs., $2.00. 

Tendergreen 
Stringless 
Stringless 
Green Pod 

Detroit Dark Red 
POLE BEANS 
One pound will plant 200 hills. 
Kentucky Wonder. Old Homestead. 65 days. 
celled for home and market garden. 
St. Louis Perfection. 70 days. An early maturing. 
green-podded. white-seeded pole sort, desirable for 
snaps and unsurpassed in its class as green shell 
Beans. The pods are round. 
Large pkt., 10c; 14 Ib., 25c; 1 Ib., 40c:; 5 Ibs., $1.85. 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
King of the Garden. 84 days. One of the best pole 
limas. large leaved. good climber. Pods about 414 
to 514 inches long. Large pkt., 10c; 14 Ib.. 25c: 
1 Ib., 40c; 5 Ibs., $1.85. 
SOUP BEANS 
Grown mostly for dried beans for winter use. 
Great Northern or Large Navy. Splendid field Bean. 
excellent flavor, cooks rapidlv. fine producer. 
Red Kidney. The old-fashioned baking Bean. Rich in 
flavor. Many uses. 
Large pkt., 10c; 14 Ib., 20c; 1 Ib.. 35c; 5 Ibs., $1.50. 
TABLE BEETS 
1 oz. to 60 ft. of row. 
Sow seeds as early in the spring as the ground can 
be worked. For a continuous supply make repeated 
sowings 3 to 4 weeks apart, allowing plenty of time for 
the last sowing to mature before frost. Sow seed _ in 
sae 114 to 2 ft. apart and cover with 1/5 in. of fine 
soil. 
Early Wonder. 50 davs. Earliest and best for forcing 
or home garden. Tops short flesh dark red. Pkt., 
10c; 0z., 20c; 14 Ib., 60c; 1 Ib., $1.50. 
Detroit Dark Red Selected. 55 days. Standard for 
home and market sarden. Uniform slobe-shaped. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 20c; 14 Ib., 60c; 1 Ib., $1.50. 
MANGEL BEET 
Used largely for winter feeding of vour stock. Sow 
seed in early spring in rows 2 to 3 ft. apart: cover with 
YY in. of soil. 
Mammoth Long Red. Oz., 15c; 14 Ib., 40c; 1 Ib., 90c. 
BROCCOLI 
Italian Green’ Sprouting. (Calabrese.) 85 days. The 
standard variety of sprouting Broccoli for home gar- 
ae market. Pkt.. 10c; 14 oz., 20c; oz., 35c; 14 Ib., 
1.00. 
Unex- 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Long Island Improved. 120 davs. Grown extensively 
on Long Island for the New York market, where it 
always brings a good price. Compact plants. 20 in. 
tall, with solid, round, Cabbage-like sprouts measur- 
Pkt., 10c; 
ing 1144 to 1% in., in diameter. 14 oz., 
ZoC7 O70 45C. 
Broccoli, 
Italian Green 
Sprouting 


