


SCHLING’s Vegetable Seeds 
All our seeds are grown for us by the most competant growers, and the strains, without exception, are 
of the highest perfection. Purchaser pays transportation on Horseradish Roots, Artichoke, Potatoes, 
Farm and Clover Seeds, plants, fertilizers, insecticides, tools and all garden requisites, except where 
free delivery is specified. Peas, Beans, and Corn postpaid to 4th zone only. 
ASPARAGU 
WASHINGTON ; 
RUST-RESISTANT 
The Best and Only 
Asparagus for the 
Home Garden 

Yields a crop two 
years ahead of all 
other varieties; ab- 
solutely rust-resist- 
ant; largest, sweet- 
est, most tender, 
and succulent 
shoots. So far ahead 
in ev point of 
other eating varie- 
ties that we recom- 
mend it as the only 
variety to plant in 
the home garden or 
on the farm. 
Extra-Selected, 
Heavy Crowns, 
No. 1. 100, $5.35; 
1000, $45.00. 
Not prepaid. 
GARDEN or TABLE BEETS 
_ Sow as early as the ground ‘can be worked, in 
rich garden soil. Sow in drills Y2 to 1 inch in 
depth. Successive sowings can be made until July. 
One ounce will sow 40 feet of drill; 
5 to 6 pounds for an acre. 
SCHLING’S FIRST-EARLY BLOOD BEET. Turnip 
Shape. Ready for use in 40 days. Choicest of 
edible Beets. Turnip-shaped, somewhat flat at 
the bottom, and a deep red, fine grained, tender 
and sweet. 
Schling’s Wonder Beet. Originator’s seed. All- 
America Gold Medal. Semi-globe type, flesh 
deep red, smooth skin with small neck. Very 
tender. 
Extra-Early Egyptian. Smooth, flat, turnip-shaped 
rcots of the finest quality; flesh deep red and 
very tender. 
Detroit Dark Red. (Special Stock.) Large, finest 
quality, oval, and matures in 50 days. We rec- 
ommend this variety for main crop and for win- 
ter storage. 
Luscious Green Top. Grown primarily for its bright 
green tops that are prepared the same as 
Spinach. More palatable and with a higher per- 
centage of Vitamins than other Beet Tops. Root 
is satisfactory for all purposes. 
Winter Keeper. The most satisfactory Beet for late 
sowing and Winter storage. It retains its deli- 
cious flavor throughout the entire storage 
period. Pkt., 20¢; oz., 60c; VY Ib., $2.00. 
FLAVOR-RITE BEANS 
Dwarf or Bush Green-Podded 
Culture. Beans grow well in any good garden 
soil. Usually the first planting can be made the 
last week in April, followed by successive plantings 
: while the ground is cold or wet, so do not plant 
ares a bes varie ehh gee ea ne open $ before the ground is warm. For very best results, eid heres 
F Lakelateiey tootsie) Celatel Coldeye) inl) lot tela sy | aliaxelavtel eels however, the seed can be started in pots in a |Bush Li 
and cover. When well up, draw the soil up against ush Lima 
the plants and cultivate frequently. Do not culti- 
vate them when the dew is on the plants, as this 
frequently causes rust. One pound of seed is suffi- 
cient for 50 feet of drill. 
BOUNTIFUL STRINGLESS (Schling’s Improved Se- 
lected Stock). Stringless; surpasses all others in 
crisp, tender qualities and fine flavor. 
IMPROVED STRINGLESS GREEN-POD (Tender- 
green). Round, dark green, stringless, tender, of 
finest quality. 
Plentiful. All-America Bronze Medal. An improved 
Bountiful type. Strong, productive plants, light 
green, straight flat pods entirely stringless and 
of excellent flavor. 
Stringless Black Valentine. A very early, round- 
podded variety of excellent quality. 
Dwarf Butter or 
Wax-Podded Bush 
({MPROVED GOLDEN WAX. Rustproof. (Special 
Stock.) Six weeks. Long, flat, straight, fleshy, 
tender pods, entirely stringless, of the finest 
quality. 
Pencil-Pod Black Wax. Pods 51/4 to 6 inches long, 
round, straight. 
Sure-Crop Stringless Wax. Entirely stringless. 
hardy, and rust-resistant. 
Green Pole Beans 
Scotia (Or Striped Creaseback). Accredited by 
some to be the finest Pole Bean, white seeds. 
Old Homestead or Kentucky Wonder. Marvelously 
productive, bearing abundantly and continuously 
from July to frost. Large, thick, stringless pods, 
which are meaty, tender, and delicious. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. The finest runner Wax 
Bean.’ Huge pods in large clusters. _ 
Scarlet Runner. The pods are long, straight, fleshy, 
tender when young, and can be used like any 
other string Bean; the Beans shelled are pre- 
pared in the same manner as Limas and are very 
delicious. Also grown for its bright scarlet flow- 
ers, which are borne profusely and are very 
ornamental. 
Edible Soy Bean 
“Green Giant. The quickest maturing variety of 
Soy Bean. A delicious garden vegetable high in 
vitamins. Pkt., 25c; V2 Ib., 50c; Ib., 85c. 
Lima Beans, Dwarf or Bush 
Bush Limas are nearly two weeks! earlier thar 
Pole Limas. The seed is quite tender, and will rot 
hotbed or in the greenhouse and the plants set out 
when the weather is settled. Plant in rows 3 feet 
apart and from 4 to 6 inches apart in the row, 
always edgewise, with the eye down. 
One pound will plant a row 50 feet long. 
Baby Potato Bush Lima. All-America Silver Medal, 
1940. Most outstanding Bush Bean to date. 
Bred for exquisite flavor and prolific production. 
The pods mature very uniformly in approxi- 
mately 72 days from sowing. 
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. Best variety for the 
home garden; very productive and of fine flavor. 
Beans are large, almost round, plump, of rich 
/ buttery flavor. 
“fordhook 242. A selection of Fordhook that is 
highly recommended for freezing and canning. 
The crop matures at one time. 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA. Plant bears 
heavily, and the pods fill out very evenly. The 
Beans are more flat than Fordhook. 
HENDERSON’S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA. Very 
small Beans, but the most prolific of all white- 
seeded Bush Limas. 
Pole Lima Beans 
Where poles can be secured, these Beans are 
more productive than the Bush varieties. Set poles 
3 feet apart, enrich the soil in the hills by mixing 
with it a liberal supply of fertilizer or well-rotted 
manure. Do not plant until the ground is warm 
One pound will plant 50 poles. 
LEVIATHAN EXTRA-EARLY. Earliest Pole Lima, 
anda very heavy bearer. Pods 5 to 6 inches 
long, with Beans of delicious flavor. We recom- 
mend it as the most prolific Pole Lima Bean. 
Carpinteria or Large Green-Seeded Pole Lima. The 
seeds have a decided green tinge, even when 
old, which they retain after cooking. 
English Broad Beans 
Long Pod. The Broad Bean is grown entirely as o 
crop for shelling. Somewhat larger than Limas, 
delicious when cooked. English Broad Beans are 
very hardy and the seeds should be sown at the 
same time as Peas. 

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Green Bush Bean, 
Bountiful 

Beet, 
Schling’s 
Wonder 
PRICES OF BEANS AND BEETS (Unless Otherwise Noted) 
BEANS, such as Bush and Pole Snapbeans, Bush and Pole Limas, Wax Beans, etc. Pkt., 15¢; 
Vy tb., 35¢; tb., 65c; 2 ths., $1.20; 5 Ibs., $2.75. 
BEETS, All Varieties. Pkt., 15¢; oz., 50c; V4 tb., $1.50; [b., $4.00. ; i 
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