
4 ASPARAGUS bl f 
A hardy perennial; will bear over Vegeta i or 
VEGETABLE 20-year period if properly cared for. Freezing 
m8 Werecommend purchase of ASPARA- ; : 
CUS EROOES: railier than -swedsi as The symbols (fr) following the variety 
roots produce crop 2 years earlier. names indicates vegetables suitable 
If seed is used, sow thinly in drills | for home freezing. 
in early Spring. Cover to ¥2" depth. 
Thin plants to 6 inches apart and Sure Crop Stringless—Handsome, rich 
when a year old transplant to heavily yellow pods. Sturdy, brittle. 6-6¥% in. 
enriched beds. 1 oz. sows 60’ of drill. long. Strictly stringless, 53 days. 
Mary Washington (fr)—Thick tall green Beans, Pole 
spears with purple tops. Highly rust 
resistant. Rapid growing. Tender, 

In warm ground, set poles ¢ to S 
long, slanting a bit to the north ix 
BEANS rows 4 apart. (Extending north anil 
Green Podded, Dwarf or Bush south the poles will be 3’ apart in the 
Sow in rows 214 to 214’ apart. Plant row.) Plant 5 to 8 beans about he: 
seed 1%” to 2” deep and 3 to 4” eep around each pole. When growth 
apart. Do not plant until danger of *5 sufficient thin to four plants. 
frost is past. Press soil around seeds. Caution: To avoid spreading plant 
Thin young plants to about 6” diseases, do not cultivate or pick when 
apart. Keep cultivated until plants plants are wet. 
blossom. (DO NOT CULTIVATE  jondon Horticultural or Cranberry— 
when blossoms are at prime or when Hardy, good climber, 5” pods flat-oval, 
plants are wet with dew. Keep vines dark green when young, splashed with 
picked to insure a longer bearing red, Slightly curved, stringless, little 
period.) Plant every two weeks. fiber and very fleshy. 70 days. 
Black Valentine Stringless (fr)—Hardy, Kentucky Wonder (f)—Strong climber 
early maturing, very productive. it, | long-bearing, 
dark green, 6-6% in. long, brittle, . : 
smooth, stringless. Seeds black. 49 days. Kentucky Wonder Wax (tr}—Vigorous, 
a mt good climbing plants, waxy-yellow pods, 
Bountiful (fr-—An early, heavy-yielding {Jat and nearly stringless. 68 days. 
variety. The leading flat podded bean 
| for market arid home use. Fiat, light- Lima, Dwarf or Bush 
green, stringless, but slightly fibrous Plant in dry, warm ground. Make 
pods of finest quality. 47 days. rows 2' apart and drop beans 6” apart 
Stringless Green Pod (fr)—Large, sturdy i row. Cover with 1” of soil. Can 
plants. Meaty round pods, brittle and also be planted in hills, 3’ apart one 
strictly stringless. Medium green pods, way and 2' apart the other way. Use 
oval, yellowish-brown seed. 54 days. 4 10 6 beans per hill. 
Giant Stringless Green Pod—5%” pods Burpee’s Improved Bush (fr)—Best of 
almost round. Meaty, stringless and flat seeded bush limas. Pods contain 
brittle. Medium Green, 53 days. four or five large beans of excellent 
Plentiful—Productive, early. Flat, medi- quality. 75 days, 
um green pods, 6 to 7-in. long, strictly | Fordhook Bush (fr)—Straight pods with 
stringless. Choicest quality. All-Ameri- plump, large beans, excellent quality. 

ca Bronze Medal 1939. 51 days. Henderson’s Bush—Know as Baby Lima 
Tendergreen (fr)—Large, erect plants. or Butter Bean. Plant small, early and 
Abundant, round, dark-green pods, bushy. Very productive. 65 days. 
strictly stringless and fleshy. 54 days. Continued on Page 8 
Wax Podded, Dwarf or Bush ; 
: Improved Golden Wax (fr)—Small erect 
C : . _ plants, moderately productive. Straight, : Beans 
BEANS thick, flat pods, creamy yellow and =  _ 
1. Bountiful 2. Stringless Green Pod  Stringless. 51 days. IS¢ PER ad AL 4 | 
3. Tendergreen 4. Giant Stringless Green Pencil Pod Black Wax (fr)—Stocky, large, ALL OTHER VEGETABLE SEEDS 10¢ 
Pod 5. Kentucky Wonder 6. Kentucky strongly productive plants. Pods, golden EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED 
Wonder Wax 7. Golden Wax, Improved. yellow, tender, stringless. 55 days. : 



OLD GARDENER SAYS.... Spinach. Somehow this tones down the’ 
“earthy” taste that some object to in chard. 
One excuse for growing your own vege- And have you tried lettuce cooked with 
tables (beside the fact that they cost you young peas? A wonderful combination. 
less) is that you can never buy them as Young green onion tops with peas is an- 
good as you can pick them from your own other. Speaking of green onions, try cook- 
garden. ing them in bunches like asparagus and 
serving with Hollandaise sauce. A real 
treat for epicures! 
Don’t be conservative when it comes to 
using your own produce, It costs you so 
sense to buy gar- . little and you get so much that it will pay And, if you have a freezer, try freezing 
den seed from the. you to try some interesting combinations. clean washed mint for winter use in fresh 
seedsman=—and A special favorite with many is a mixture. mint sauce. Remove flower buds and 
of half Swiss Chard and half New Zealand course stems before freezing, 
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