2 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLE 
VARIETIES 
ARTICHOKE 
GREEN GLOBE 
The standard variety for home, market garden and shipping; widely grown in California; 
heads large, globular, deep green; scales very fleshy at base. The flower buds are the part 
eaten. Plants bear the second year from seed and last several years. (The Jerusalem 
Artichoke is entirely different, being a tuberous rooted member of the Sunflower family). 
ASPARAGUS 
*x MARY WASHINGTON 
A recently developed rust resistant strain, producing large deep green sprouts of splendid 
quality. 

Lee 
Rogueing a field of beans at our Oakview Seed Breeding Station 
BEANS 
Beans are planted at our Oakview Seed Breeding Station near Detroit about June 10th. 
We have indicated the number of days required under ordinary circumstances for the common 
garden varieties to produce snap pods. The descriptions are of pods at the snap stage of growth. 
In the field beans we have indicated the days required to mature the crop. In the Lima beans 
we have noted the number of days required to produce green shell beans under ordinary 
conditions and the descriptions are of green shell pods. 
It is noteworthy that the earlier varieties of garden bean do produce snap pods as early 
as 40 days from planting in the spring under particularly favorable circumstances. We 
have chosen to use in our descriptions the average of many seasons’ observation. The length 
of time required does vary according to the section of the country in which the crop is 
grown. The number of days indicated is particularly useful in comparing the earliness 
of varieties. 
