Rickadionts 
Griffith & Shee 
| Wiseman Downs’ 
ASPARAGUS SEED AND. ROOTS 
One ounce of seed will sow a row 40 feet long and 
will produce about 600 plants; 5 pounds to the acre; 
150 roots to a bed 15x50 feet or 8000 to the acre. 
Mary Washington. This strain produces large, straight 
shoots, dark green in color, with heavy purple over- 
tone. It is nearer to being rustproof than any vther 
variety. Seed: Oz. 15c; %4 lb. 50c; Ib. $1.50. Roots: 25 
for 85c; 100 for $2.75. Prices on application for larger 
quantities. 
TESTED VEGETABLE SEEDS 
BUSH OR SNAP BEANS 
CULTURE—Plant after the weather has become 
settled, around the first of May. Sow in rows 2 to 2% 
feet apart, dropping the beans 4 inches apart in the 
row. Cover about 2 inches deep. Make successive 
sowings 2 weeks apart up to August Ist. One pound 
will sow a row 100 feet long; 60 pounds to the acre. 
Green Podded 
Bountiful. Stringless. Very hardy; as early as the Long 
Green Six Weeks. The best flat-podded variety. 
4 Ib. 20c; 1% 1b. 30c; Ib. 55c; 2 Ibs. $1.00; 15 lbs. $5.50. 
Burpee Stringless. Pods are dark green, absolutely 
stringless and mature early. %4 Ib. 20c; % Ib. 30c; Ih. 
55c; 2 Ibs. $1.00; 15 Ibs. $5.50. 
Full Measure. A very fine round stringless variety. 
Pods are long and borne in great quantities. %4 Ib. 
20c; 14 Ib. 30c; lb. 55c; 2 lbs. $1.00; 15 lbs. $5.50. 
Giant Stringless. Pods longer than Burpee Stringless 
and a shade lighter in color. %4 Ib. 20c; % Ib. 30c; lb. 
55c; 2 lbs. $1.00; 15 Ibs. $5.50. 
Horticultural Dwarf. An old standard Snap and Shell 
Bean. Pods about 5 inches long, almost stringless, 
greenish-yellow splashed with carmine. % Ib. 20; % 
Ib. 35c; lb. 60c; 2 lbs. $1.15; 15 Ibs. $6.50. 
Landreth’s Stringless (Improved Burpee’s). 6 to 7 inch, 
straight, round. dark green, stringless pods. Season 
54 days. % Ib. 20c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 55c; 2 Ibs. $1.00; 15 
Tbs. $5.50. 
Navy Beans. The white bean used as a dry winter bean. 

Tendergreen Beans 
¥% Ib. 15c; % Ib. 25c; Ib. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 15 lbs. $4.50. 
New Stringless Green-Pod. (Tender- 
green). Very similar to Full Meas- 
ure, much hardier, and more resist- 
ant to rust. %4 Ib, 20c; % Ib. 30c; 
Ib. 55¢c; 2 lbs. $1.00; 15 lbs. $5.50. 
Plentiful Stringless green-pod. The 
pods are fiat, medium green, 6 to 
7 in. long, strictly stringless at all 
stages, and of the choicest quality. 
Plants are most prolific. Black 
seeded. % Ib. 20c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 
55c; 2 Ibs. $1.00; 15 Ibs. $5.50. 
Stringless Black Valentine. The hard- 
iest of all Beans. The long, very 
handsome pods are productive and 
attractive. Has all the good qual- 
ities of the old variety and now, 
being stringless, it ranks first 
among early shipping varieties. 14 
Ib. 20c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 55c; 2 Ibs. 
$1.00; 15 lbs. $5.50. 
Stringless Red Valentine. Early green 
pods, round and thick, of fine qual- 
ity. % 1b. 20c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 55c; 
2 Ibs. $1.00; 15 Ibs. $5.50. 
Tennessee Green-Pod. A _ favorite. 
Pods 6 to 7 inches long, of excep- 
tionally fine flavor. 144 Ih. 20c; 1% Ib. 
30c; lb. 55c; 2 lbs. $1.00; 15 lbs, 
$5.50. : 
Yellow or Wax Podded 
Golden Wax Improved. Early, vigor- 
ous, and a bountiful vielder of 
shapely, tender pods. %4 Ib. 20c; % 
Ib. 30c; lb. 55c; 2 Ibs. $1.00; 15 Ibs. 
00. 
Sure-Crop Stringless Wax. Rich yel- 
low Beans 6 to 7 inches long, 
Yb. 20c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 55c; 2 Ibs. 
$1.00; 15 lbs. $5.50. 
Kidney Wax (Brittle 
Wax). An improved Wardwell’s 
Kidney Wax. Pods are _ long, 
straight, and of excellent quality. 
Heavy bearer. %4 Ib. 20c; % Ib. 35c;5 
lb. 60c; 2 lbs. $1.15; 15 Ibs. $6.50. 
POLE OR CORNFIELD BEANS 
1 lb. will plant 200 hills. Culture 
same as Pole Lima Beans. 
October, or Horticultural (Wren’s 
Ege or Cranberry). The pods are 
5% to 6 inches long, and can be 
used as snaps, for shelling when 
green, or dried for winter use. A 
splendid Bean for baking. % Ib. 
Round-podded 
20c; % lb. 35c; 60c; 2 Ibs. $1.15; — 
15 Ibs. $6.50. 
Old Homestead, or Kentucky Wonder. 
This is the old reliable green- 
podded Pole Bean and is also used 
very extensively in cornflelds. The 
pods are thick and fleshy, slightly 
curved, green, 7 to 10 in. long; 
when young are stringless. %4 Ib. 
20c; % lb. 30c; Ib. 55c; 2 lbs. $1.00; 
15 Ibs. $5.50. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. Golden yel- 
low. Pods are flat and fleshy, 
measuring 7 to 8 inches in length. 
\% Ib. 20c; % Ib. 35c;5 lh. 60c; 2 lbs. 
$1.15; 15 Ibs. $6.50. 
Lazy Wife. Pods green, slightly 
shorter than Kentucky Wonder, but 
thicker, and matured Beans white, 
much larger, and more meaty. %4 
lb. 20c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 55c; 2 lbs. 
$1.00; 15 lbs. $5.50. 
White Seeded Kentucky Wonder 
(Burgers). An improved strain 
White Seeded Kentucky Wonder. 
¥Y% Ib. 20c3; % 30c; Ib. 55c; 2 lbs. 
$1.00; 5 lbs. $2.00. 
McCaslan. Dark green pods, 8 in. 
long, flat, curved, brittle and fine 
grained; shows slight strings as 
the pods reach full size. Large 
white beans; delicious for dry shell 
use. 4% 1b. 20c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 55c; 
2 Ibs. $1.00. 
White Creaseback. Handsome green 
pods, 6 to 7 inches long, meaty, 
almost stringless, produced in clus- 
ters. Splendid shipper. %4 Ib. 20c; 
¥% 1b. 30c; lb. 55c; 2 Ibs. $1.00; 15 
Ibs. $5.50. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS 
CULTURE—Lima Beans are very 
susceptible to cold and seeds should 
not be planted until the ground has 
become thoroughly warm. They 
should be sown on well-enriched land, 
with the rows 2% feet apart, placing 
the beans 6 inches apart in the row. 
Cover about one inch deep. One pound 
will plant 50 feet of row. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima. A 
true and improved bush form. 
Vigorous and productive, with very 
large pods 5 inches long and usually 
contain 4 large thick Beans of ex- 
cellent quality which dry greenish 
white. %4 Ib. 20c; 1%4 Ib. 35c; Ih. 
60c; 2 Ibs. $1.15; 15 Ibs. $6.50. 
Burpee’s Bush Lima. Plants large, 
sturdy, hardy, and productive. Pods 
4 to 4% inches long, containing 3 
to 4 Beans which are as large as. 
any pole sort, flat and white. % Ib. 
20c; % Ib. 35c; Ib. 60c; 2 Ibs. $1.15;. 
15 Ibs. $6.50. y i 
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