The House of Abel--Its Message to You 
IME marches on. For 23 years we have 
been issuing this catalog for your help and 
guidance in selecting your spring and fall 
plantings. Each year we not only endeavor to list 
the new offerings in the seed world, but to include 
information which will be of assistance to the 
planter. 
As part of our service, we extend to each and 
every customer the privilege of calling upon us with 
their planting problems. We endeavor to solve all 
the problems presented, regardless of how difficult 
they may be. Should we be unable to supply the 
information immediately, it is ever our pleasure to 
do some research work for the benefit of our cus- 
tomers. All of which is offered FREE. 
Our aim has always been, and always will be, to 
serve well all those who help to contribute to our 
success—our customers. All orders, and all re- 
quests, large or small, receive our very best atten- 
tion. 
In SEEDS, BULBS, and SUPPLIES, we offer you 
only the highest quality obtainable, because we only 
deal with reputable growers and manufacturers, so 
that their guarantee augments our own. 
Thanks to all our customers for their liberal sup- 
port and patronage, for they have made possible this 
twenty-third catalog. If you have been well served 
by the HOUSE OF ABEL, your neighbors and 
friends will weleome a word from you not only 
about ABEL’S QUALITY SEEDS but also about 
ABEL’S SERVICE. These two, quality and service, 
we have united for better business through you. 
Accept, please, our grateful appreciation. 

ORDER EARLY 
We will appreciate it if our customers will send us their 
orders for seeds, plants, bulbs, ete., during January and 
February. Your order can be filled at once and held for 
shipment when you wish same. No charge is made for boxes 
or packing, except for two bushel bags which are charged 
at cost and may be returned to us for credit. 
SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS 
Always state by what method you wish goods forwarded, 
otherwise we will ship according to our best judgment. 
HOW TO SEND CASH 
We prefer that you send either Post Office Money Order, 
check or Express Money Order for amounts above 50c and 
stamps, Money Order or check for less. 
NON-WARRANTY 
Wilbert N. Abel of Abel’s Seed House gives no warranty, 
express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, 
or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs or plants they sell 
and will not be responsible for the crop. If the customer 
does not accept the goods on these terms they are at once 
to be returned and the amount paid for them will be refunded. 

COMPLETE LINE OF FIELD 
SEEDS 
Write for samples and prices 
Due to conditions existing beyond our control, prices 
are subject to change without notice. 

Start Your Garden 
Due to fluctuating market, prices are 
subject to change without notice. 
---Buy Abel's Seeds 
Where this insignia appears in this 
catalog it indicates the varieties so 
marked are proven new introductions of 
merit and have received an award in 
the All-America Selection Trials. 

BUSH BEANS 
GREEN-PODDED 
SUPERGREEN. 58 days. The bush 
is medium green, upright, and about 
17” high. The 6” to 7” pods are slim, 
straight, round, smooth, dark green 
and stringless. Highly recommended 
for home gardens and canning. A 
consistently good yielder. Roger’s 
All-America Bronze Award Winner. 
VY pt., 30c; pt., 55c; qt., 95c; 2 qts., $1.85; 
4 qts., $3.60; 8 qts., $6.80; 1% bu., $12.00; 
Right 

MARTHA WASHINGTON 
ASPARAGUS 
MARTHA WASHINGTON RUST-RESIST- 
ANT ASPARAGUS. A variety bred up by 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture, at 
Washington, D. C., from a careful selection 
of plants of the Washington variety, and 
is now more popular and more widely 
grown than any other. It produces large, 
beautiful, straight, dark green tender 
shoots of the most delicious flavor. 
‘Large Two-Year-Old Roots of Genuine Martha 
Washington. Ask or write for prices. 
Martha Washington Seed. Can have a light 
cutting in 3 years. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; %4 
lb., 75c; 1lb., $2.25. 
BEANS 
Plant beans after all danger of frost is 
passed, in warm, dry, well prepared soil. 
The rows should be 2 to 3 feet apart and the 
seeds covered 1% to 2 inches deep. Thin the 
young plants to 3 to 6 inches apart in the 
rows. 
Shallow cultivation should be frequent until 
blossoming; then stop to avoid injury to 
the roots. (Root injury causes the blossoms 
to fall off.) For succession plant every 2 
weeks until mid-summer. Frequent picking 
of the crop insures long bearing. One quart 
of seed sows 100 feet, and 60 pounds sows 
1 acre. 
NOTICE 
In most every case a quart of beans 
equals two pounds. 
bu., $22.50. 
LONGREEN. 56 days. 
bean with round, straight, 
pods. STRINGLESS and a 
ducer. CANNING VARIETY. 
YZ pt., 30c; pt., 55c; qt., 95c; 2 qts., $1.85; 
4 qts., $3.60; 8 qts., $6.80; 14 bu., $12.00; 
bu., $22.50. 
7” pods. Snap- 
dark green 
heavy pro- 
GIANT STRINGLESS. 51 days. Medium- 
green pods 6” to 6%” long; meaty, round, 
slim, slightly curved, brittle and absolutely 
stringless. Seeds are a light brown color. 
The plants are of strong growth, compact, 
and bear a heavy crop of pods for a long 
time. Fulfills the same purpose as Burpee’s 
Stringless Green Pod for the home, market, 
freezing and canning. Pods are, however, 
not so thick, and lighter green in color. 
Productive and adapted to the entire United 
States. 
y% pt., 30c; pt., 50c; qt., 90c; 2 qts., $1.75; 
4 qts., $3.50; 8 qts., $6.40; 1 bu., $11.25; 
bu., $21.00. 
