
BILLY HEPLER 
This is the BILLY HEPLER SHED COM- 
PANY’S first catalog. We hope that you will find 
some item in it that will make your garden more 
interesting or more productive. 
The BILLY HEPLER SEED COMPANY will 
bring you novelties and new varieties especially 
suited to the short summers of the north. Some 
of these like the Tiny Tim tomato or the M13 
sweet corn are designed for the home garden or 
the road side stand alone. Others like the Merri- 
mack Wonder pepper, Early Chatham tomato, 
Butternut squash, and the Flash bean have found 
commercial acceptance. Still others like the Sol- 
dier and the Jacob’s Cattle beans are widely 
grown in northern New England and yet have 
never found their way into commercial channels. 
All the seed offered is grown locally and is 
therefore more expensive than commercially 
grown seed. In some cases very little seed is 
available. However, we are glad to share with 
you what little we have. If you like to experi- 
ment we hope you will try some of the heirloom 
beans. Many of them date back to the Indians 
who loved their brilliant colors. 
TOMATO 
TINY TIM—An introduction of the Horticultural 
Dept., University of New Hampshire. This is 
a dwarf tomato with small fruit. It may be 
started in August, transplanted to a five inch 
