VEGETABLE SEEDS of Exhibition Quality 

Vitamin-filled Snap Beans 

¥% |b. equals about 14 pint; 1 lb. equals about 1 pint; 2 lbs. equal about 1 quart; 15 lbs. equal about 1 peck. 
Allow 1 pound of seed to each 100 feet of row. 
Place the seeds 2 to 3 inches apart in drills and 
about 2 inches deep. The rows should be about 
11% feet apart. Cultivars frequently around your 
Beans, but always when plants and land are dry. 
Thin so that Bean plants stand 4 or 5 inches apart. 
Plant a 10- to 25-foot row every two weeks, starting 
around May 1 and continuing until August 10, 
Snap Beans begin to yield about 8 weeks after 
sowing. 
Green-Pod Bush Beans 
Ranger. * All-America Bronze Medal Win- 
ner for 1948. Produces an abundance of 
exceptionally fine-quality stringless round 
pods. Disease-resistant. Plant is of 
spreading half-runner type. Pkt. 25 cts., 
Yélb. 50 cts., Ib. 90 cts. 
Supergreen. Winner, Bronze Medal, AIl- 
Atierien Seed Selections for 1948. <A 
medium to late, high-quality variety with 
long slender, round-section pods, absolute- 
ly stringless and of superior flavor. Dis- 
ease-resistant; 15 inches high. Pkt. 25 
cts., 4b. 55 cts., Ib. $1. 
ongreen. New. Winner for 1946 of the 
All-America Seed Trials. Pods are 1 inch 
longer than other modern sorts, round, 
meaty, with no fiber or strings; their flavor 
is the best. The large plant seems hardier 
and a more certain cropper. Pkt. 20 cts., 
Y4lb. 35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
Keystonian. *% Winner of the All-America 
Award for 1944 as the best all-purpose 
Bean to date. Ideal for home use, canning, 
freezing, shipping and market gardening. 
The pods are long, straight, stringless, 
fiberless, dark green and of delicious qual- 
ity. Ready to pick in 8 weeks. Pkt. 20 cts., 
Yalb. 35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
Plentiful. Similar to Bountiful, but thicker, 
longer, straighter, and darker. They are 
also more nearly stringless. Matures in 50 
days and is resistant to rust. Pkt. 15 cts., 
Y4lb. 35 cts., Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 
Streamliner. Robust, and resists cool 
weather; the abundant, flattish pods aver- 
age 7 inches in Jength, are stringless. You 
may let the seeds ripen; they are white 
and make excellent Shell Beans. Pkt. 15 
cts., 4lb. 35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.00. 
Tendergreen. *% Handsome, 6-inch, round- 
podded Beans, without strings and of 
melting flavor. Pkt. 15 cts., 4lb. 35 cts., 
Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 
Bountiful. Very prolific and a continuous 
bearer. It is tender, of delicious flavor, and 
stringless if the flat pods are gathered when 
no more than 41% inches Iong. Bountiful 
is resistant to rust. Pkt. 15 cts., 4b. 35 
cts., Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 
Stringless Green-Pod. ~% Splendid first- 
early round-podded Bush Bean. Entirely 
stringless; 5 inches long, slightly curved. 
Yb. 30 cts., Ib. 55 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.50. 
Giant Stringless Green-Pod. »*% Favorite 
market variety. Pods are an inch longer 
than Stringless Green-Pod. lb. 35 cts., 
Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 
Stringless Black Valentine. % A heav 
yielder of stringless, green, pencil-shaped, 
thick, meaty Beans of finest flavor. Pkt. 
15 cts., 4b. 30 cts., Ib. 55 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.50. 
Dwarf Horticultural. Pods medium length, 
slightly curved, splashed bright red on 
yellow. The green-shelled Beans are fine 
flavored. VYlb. 35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
Wax-Pod Bush Beans 
Puregold. * All-America Bronze Medal 
Winner for 1948. Pods nearly 6 inches long, 
slender, pencil-round, stringless, and with 
wonderful flavor. Resists mosaic disease. 
58 days. Pkt. 25 cts., Ib. 50 cts., Ib. 
90 cts. 
Cherokee Wax. * All-America Winner for 
1948. Splendid new golden yellow variety 
with stringless oval-section pods. Hardy, 
vigorous and medium-early; prolific, meaty 
and of very fine flavor. Pkt. 25 cts., 4b. 
50 cts., Ib. 90 cts. 
Sure-Crop Stringless Wax. Large, sturdy 
plant bearing an abundance of handsome, 
golden yellow pods which are quite string- 
less. Resistant to rust. Pkt. 15 cts., 4b. 
35 cts., Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 
Brittle Wax. .* The earliest Wax Bean; 
also a great cropper. Pods are fleshy and 
entirely stringless. They are of fine flavor, 
round and solid, tender, brittle and en- 
tirely stringless. Pkt. 15 cts., 4Ib. 35 cts., 
Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
Black Wax. * Round pods; early; good. 
ee cts., 4Ib. 35 cts., Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. 
Golden Wax. Large, flat-section pods de- 
void of strings; tender and of excellent 
flavor. Mlb. 35 cts., Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 

* Kinds so marked suitable for Quick Freezing 

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The longer-podded Longreen Bean 
Refugee Beans for Eating 
Fresh or for Canning 
Sow in summer for late crop 
Stringless Refugee. % A very heavy crop- 
per; its flavor is wonderful and it is abso- 
lutely stringless. Valuable for immediate 
use, for pickling or for canning. lb. 
30 cts., Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75, 
A 25-foot row should yield 25 pounds or more of Beans (pods). They supply vitamins 
A and G; also phosphorus and copper. 
Asparagus Roots 
A plot of rich deep soil 8 feet by 50 feet will 
take 100 roots 12 ike apart; enough for an or- 
dinary family. Let the plants grow two full seasons 
before cutting. 
Paradise. * Fine new variety. Heavy 
producer of very large stalks. 2-yr. roots, 
$2.75 for 25, $5 for 50, $9 per 100, $80 
per 1000. 
Mary Washington. * Rust-resistant and 
vigorous. Colossal dark green shoots with 
a purple overtone. Large 2-yr. crowns, 
$2.50 for 25, $4 for 50, $7.50 per 100, $65 
per 1000. 3-yr. crowns for forcing, $3 for 
go 5220 for 50, $10 per 100, $87.50 per 
Purchaser pays transportation beyond 50 
miles on Roots. 
; Asparagus Seed 
One ounce sows 100 feet of drill; transplant to 
12 inches. Takes 3 years. 
Mary Washington. * Seed, pkt. 15 cts., 
oz. 35 cts., Ib. 85 cts., Ib. $2.25. 
ARUCULA (Rucola or Rocket). Salad 
. plant with sharp flavor and distinct odor. 
Healthful. Sow in drills 18 inches apart. 
Thin to 6 inches. Pkt. 20 cts., oz. 85 cts. 


- The Vitamins and Minerals 
ASPARAGUS. Furnishes vitamin Bi; also phos- 
phorus and copper. 
BEANS. They supply vitamins A and G; also 
phosphorus and copper. 
BROCCOLI. Outstanding as a supplier of vitamin 
A, and an excellent one of vitamin G. High in 
calcium, phosphorus and copper. 

Broccoli 
Cooks in twenty minutes, without unpleasant 
cooking odor. Sow indoors in March, and plant out 
24 inches apart. One ounce produces 3000 plants. 
Takes about 8 weeks from the time they are set 
out for the king sprout to be ready; side heads 
follow all summer. Sow in July for autumn. 
A 25-foot row should give you a total of 3 bushels 
of healthful food. 
Italian Market. * Bluish green head. Pkt. 
25 cts., 4oz. 55 cts., 1goz. 90 cts., oz. $1.50. 
Broccoli-Rape (Non-heading). Delicious 
cooking green, popular with Italian grow- 
ers. Leaves are smaller and thinner, buds 
are in less tight heads. Plant is ready when 
first yellow bud breaks. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 
55 cts., oz. 90 cts. 

GLOBE ARTICHOKES (Cynara Scoly- 
mus). One ounce produces 500 plants. The 
flower buds are eaten boiled or raw. Sow 
indoors, and set out in May in 3-foot rows 
with 2 to 3 feet between the plants. Mulch 
over winter in the North. Usually bears 
second year. 
Large Green. Pkt. 25 cts., Moz. 75 cts., 
oz. $1.25. 
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES ( Helianthus 
tuberosus). Has potato-like tubers. Plant 
in 3-foot rows, a foot apart in the row; cul- 
tivate occasionally. Qt. 75 cts., pk. $4.50. 
Purchaser pays transportation beyond 50 
miles on Roots, 
COLLECTIONS OF VEGETABLE SEEDS ARE DESCRIBED ON PAGE 12 
8 Vegetable Seeds 
PLAY SAFE by using LEGUME-AID. Enough nitrogen-fixing bacteria to treat 
up to 5 pounds of Beans, 10 cts.; up to 1 bus. each, Peas and Beans, 50 cts. 
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