
The New Topcrop Gold Medal Winning Bush Type Green Pod Bean. 
Try it this year. It’s good. 
Clifford Colburn, one of the best known growers in Western New 
York State, did very well with our Detroit Red Beet last year. 
One pound will plant about 100 feet of row. It takes 60 to 70 pounds to plant an acre. 
25 pounds of any one kind wil! be supplied at the 100 lb. price. 
WAX POD BUSH BEANS 
Brittle Wax (Round Pod Kidney Wax)—58 days. Round, 
smooth, slightly curved light yellow pods 6 inches long, 
deeply creasebacked, fleshy, stringless, brittle, high quality. 
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CHEROKEE—50 days. A New Yellow podded very attrac- 

tive, high yielding bean that is already very popular on 
the market. The smooth, clear colored pods are oval in 
shape about 6 inches in length, Stringless and of very good 
quality. o libss, o2.25; 15) lbs.) 36:005 100 lbs, $36.00: 
Pencil Pod Black Wax — 55 days. Round pods, slightly 
curved, tender stringless, high quality. Strong growing 
plants that bear abundantly. The best round podded wax 
bean for market. 5 lbss, $2252 15 lbs:, 6.25>.100 lbs:, $38.00. 
Puregold—A1l America Bronze Medal Winner 1948. New 
60 day bush bean bearing 6 inch long pods slimmer than 
3rittle Wax, straight, round, deep golden yellow. Resistant 
to common mosaic and completely stringless. Not a particu- 
larly good market kind here for it matures its crop over too 
long a season. A good back yard and farm garden variety. 
5 DS ae2eeos Lov lbst, 6.207) 200) Tbs.) $386.00) 
Sure Crop Stringless Wax—This is the best flat podded yel- 
low bean both for market and for back yard growing. The 
plants are large and robust growing and dependable heavy 
croppers. Pods 6% inches long and straight and mature in 
DATAAY Sao) LOS aoe Ossie LDS: a DinORmOO lbs tao 4e0)0. 
LIMA BEANS 
Early Market—70 days. A new, very early, large podded 
bush lima bean developed by the U.S.D.A. The 4-inch pods 
are straight and hold 3 or 4 large flat beans. Of high quality 
and very attractive on the market. 5 lbs., $2.25; 15 Ilbs., 
$6.00; 100 Ibs., $36.00. 
FORDHOOK U. S. 242—75 days. A new and greatly im- 
proved Fordhook developed by the U.S.D.A. bred to stand 
hot dry weather and to bear crops in difficult seasons and 
now acknowledged to be the very best bush type larger lima. 
Pods hold 3 or 4 good size beans, are straight and uniform 
in shape and size. A great bean to yield, especially on the 
early pickings. A good freezer. We are selfish enough to 
think that this strain of U. S. 242 we offer you is a little 
better than any other. 5 lbs., $2.25; 15 lbs., $6.00; 100 lbs., 
$36.00, 
Triumph—70 days. Bronze Medal 1949. A new small, thick 
seeded bush lima. It is more prolific, larger and thicker, 
protected from sun with dark green foliage and particularly 
well adapted for canning and processing. 5 lbs., $2.25; 15 
lbs., $6.25; 100 lbs., $38.00. 


ARTICHOKE 
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ASPARAGUS SEED 
Mary Washington—Early, rust resisting, most 
Oz., 20c: % lb., 65c; 1b., $2.25; 10 lbs., $20.00. 
No. 500—A new kind developed by G. C. Hanna of the Uni- 
versity of California. Larger spears. More productive. Heads 

Green Globe 

popular. 
are more closed. Does not flower out as soon. Better for 
shipping, canning, freezing. Seed scarce. Oz., 45c; % lb., 
$1.50. 
Seneca Washington Asparagus Roots—sSee page 14. 
GREEN POD BUSH BEANS 
Bountiful—48 days. Straight flat pods, 7 in. long, light green 
and stringless. Good shipper. Most popular flat green bean 
for market, 5 lps. o2.Lo. Lb lbs.) $5.85; 000) lps, 554200. 
Broad Long Pod—150 days. Called Fava or Horsebean. 9 
in. pods, 1% in. wide generally holding 6 beans. 5 lbs., $2.15; 
15 lbs., $5.85; 100 lbs., $35.00. 
Contender—Everything points to this new kind as the com- 
ing bean for the market grower and processor. Pods are 7 
in. long, with very thick flesh and nearly round, very smooth 

and most attractive. Plant is vigorous, mosaic-resistant, 
hardy and ripens a tremendous crop very early. 5 Ilbs., 
$2.25: 15 lbs., $6.25. Seed scarce. 
Plentiful—Long straight flat podded. Very heavy yielder. 50 
daysi5 bss $205.15 ips. opeco > 00 Nbss 5:34.00: 
Stringless Black Valentine—51 days. Round, dark green 
pods. Will be replaced by the new Contender we offer this 
year, 5 lbs), 52.002 15Ibs:, $5.453 100 Ibs., $32.00: 
Supergreen—New 58 day, All America Bronze Medal Win- 
ner. Long, slim, smooth dark green, stringless pods, slightly 
longer and slimmer than Tendergreen. 5 lbs., $2.25; 15 lbs., 
$6.00; 100 lbs., $36.00. 
Topcrop—Developed by Dr. W. J. ZGaumeyer, U.S.D.A., 
Beltsville, Md., for the market gardener, shipper and proc- 
essor. Earlier than Tendergreen and Supergreen, ready for 
picking in 51 days. Plants 15 in. tall, very heavy yielders. 
Crop borne during a short interval, giving a few large pick- 
ings rather than a number of small ones. Pods long, slender 
and round, straight, smooth and stringless. A most depend- 
able cropper and mosaic resistant. Outyields Tendergreen. 
5 Ibs., $2.35; 15 lbs., $6.65: 100 Ibs., $40.00. 
Seneca Horticultural—Shellbean. 60 days. A new strain of 
Cranberry bean. Pods 6% in. long, heavily splashed with 
crimson. Thrifty plant. Seeds large buff mottled with red. 
b2e25s) Lb) lbs, $6.25; 100 Ibs:, $38.00. 
5 Ibs., $2.25; 
POLE BEANS 
Kentucky Wonder (Old Homestead )—65 days. Green pods 
i Ieinenlonen oD LbS.ie2ecos Lb lbs. +6-00%5100 Lbsrediso.0 0% 
Kentucky Wonder Wax—67 days. Round light yellow pods 
S in lone po 1DS sinaeeD rel oul bse 66.00% 100 Tbs. $36,007 
King of the Garden Lima—S88 days. 8 in. 
flat beans.) lbs= $2:252°1 > lbs... $6.2 




pods with 5 to 6 
100 lbs., $37.50. 


BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Catskill—We consider this the best of the Long Island Im- 
proved class. The plants are very dwarf, compact and uni- 
form, producing very firm, round sprouts very closely set to 
the stem. Very productive. Originally developed in the 
Catskill Mt. section of this state, known for the very high 
quality of its sprouts. Oz., $1.45; % Ib., $5.00; lb., $17.50. 
BROCCOLI 
DeCicco Strain—An extremely early kind producing heads 
ready for market ten days to two weeks before Early Cala- 
brese. Makes a high percentage of side shoots or sprouts ex- 
cellent for bunching or freezing. Plant medium tall, light 
green, very productive. Our stock of this strain has been 
carefully selected for uniformity and is highly recom- 
mended as the earliest maturing obtainable. Oz., 60ce:; ™%4 Ib. 
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