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Edible Soy Beans taste much like limas and are even richer in 
protein and fat. Most gardeners find them easier to grow. 
DRY BEANS FOR BAKING 
Vitamins B G 
Our ancestors knew how to beat the high cost of liv- 
ing. They substituted beans for meat. Michelite is a 
new pea or navy bean bred for disease resistance, yield 
and baking quality. 
The Red Kidney may be baked like Michelite or 
boiled and combined with meat in Spanish dishes. 
Some prefer to shell the Red Kidney before it is ripe 
and can the beans for winter use. 
50 CERTIFIED MICHELITE (Michi-leet) : 90 days. 
150 seeds per oz. Pkt. will plant 50 ft. row. Plants 
small with short runners; three to four days earlier 
than Robust and resistant to Mosaic. Beans are 
small, white, smooth and very uniform in size and 
shape. Pkt. 15c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c; 2 Ibs. 95c; 
: ee $1.75; 15 Ibs. $4.45; 50 lbs. $13.40; 100 lbs. 
25.00. 
51 CALIFORNIA RED KIDNEY : 100 days. 
per oz. Pkt. will plant 20 ft. row. Plants large, 
thrifty and runnerless. Pods 434 inches long. 
Beans large, red, kidney shaped. California grown 
seed is free from blight. Pkt. 15c; % lb. 30c; lb. 
50c; 2 Ibs. 95c; 5 Ibs. $1.75; 15 Ibs. $4.45; 50 Ibs. 
$13.40; 100 Ibs. $25.00. 
60 seeds 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Vitamins b C g 
Pkt. should produce 150 plants 
1 oz. should produce 1,000 plants 
Seed hot water treated 
Culture same as Broccoli 
*130 LONG ISLAND IMPROVED DWARF: 90 
days. Plant dwarf, compact, 20 inches tall, and 
very uniform. Stem well covered with firm, round, 
tiny cabbage-like heads which mature in succession. 
Light freezes improve the quality. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 
80c; oz. $1.35; 1% lb. $4.00; % Ib. $7.00; Ib. $12.00. 
* 
“Have found your seeds to be of highest quality. I especially 
appreciate your frank statements as to the relative merits of 
varieties.”’ 
Feb. 7, 1947 Mrs. Charles W. Creasy 
Mt. Airey Farm 
Catawissa, Pa. 
EDIBLE SOY BEANS 
Vitamins a BG 
Pkt. will plant 30 ft. row 
X% |b. will plant 100 ft. row 
For many centuries the soy bean has been an impor- 
tant food of Northern China. The soy bean is high 
in protein and makes an excellent substitute for meat. 
During the past few years edible varieties have been 
developed suitable for our climate and taste. Edible 
soy beans are shelled and cooked as green beans in 
same manner as limas. Soaking the pods for a few 
minutes in boiling water makes shelling much easier. 
*80 GIANT GREEN: 85 days. Plant 26 in. high. 
Large seeded; pods contain 2 to 3 green beans. An 
excellent early variety for home garden and canning. 
Pkt. 15c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c; 2 Ibs. 95c; 5 Ibs. $1.85; 
15 lbs. $4.65; 50 Ibs. $14.40; 100 lbs. $27.00. 
SHELL BEANS 
Vitamins B G 
Pkt. will plant 30 ft. row 
1 Ib. will plant 150 ft. row 
60 Ibs. will plant 1 acre 
Seneca Horticultural is used as a green shell bean 
to be eaten fresh, canned or frozen. Some of our 
foreign population remove the outside of the green 
bean and fry the cotyledons in olive oil. 
*60 SENECA HORTICULTURAL: 60 days. 66 
seeds per oz. A new early strain of Horticultural 
or Cranberry bean. Plant upright, thrifty, without 
runners. Pods 6¥% to 7 inches long, heavily splashed 
with carmine. Seeds large, pinkish-buff, mottled 
with red. ‘Pkt. 20c; % Ib: 35c; lb. 55c; 2 Ibs. 
$1.05; 5 Ibs. $2.10; 15 Ibs. $5.50; 50 Ibs. $16.90; 
100 Ibs. $32.00. 
BROCCOLI 
Vitamins Ab CG 
Pkt. should produce 150 plants 
1 oz. should produce 2,000 plants 
Seed hot water treated 
If started in greenhouse or hot bed April Ist and 
transplanted into open ground, broccoli will be ready 
for use the first week in July. Later plantings can be 
made in the open ground and either transplanted or 
thinned to 24 inches in the row. Rows should be 3 feet 
apart. Some seasons aphids are rather troublesome, 
especially on early crops. We think best quality heads 
are produced from seed sown about June Ist. 
DeCicco is reported to be especially desirable for 
quick freezing. The center head should be cut out 
early. If this is done the side branches will develop 
larger and more uniform heads. You will have to 
watch broccoli for cabbage worms. These can be con- 
trolled by the use of DDT before the plants head, and 
Rotenone from then on. 
*121 ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING: 70 days. 
Plants 3 to 4 ft. high, branching and vigorous. Cen- 
ter head large and compact. Fewer but larger side 
heads formed than on DeCicco. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 
45c; oz. 60c; % Ib. $1.70; % Ib. $2.95; Ib. $5.00. 
120 DeCICCO: 60 days. Plants medium tall, light 
green and very productive. Heads cylindrical, com- 
pact, many formed on side branches. Pkt. 20c; 
Y% oz. 65c; oz. 85c; % lb. $2.50; % lb. $4.40; Ib. 
$7.50. 
