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Long experience enables us to offer you this carefully chosen selection which we know 
will give the best results in this area. Varieties suitable for freezing marked (Fz.) 
No matter how much work and care you put into your vegetable garden you can not 
expect good results unless you use reliable seed. We pride ourselves on the quality of our 
seeds and sell them with confidence that you will find them highly satisfactory. 
ASPARAGUS 
1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 Ibs. per acre 
Soak seed 24 hours, sow in spring, 15 
to 20 seeds to the foot. Cover 2 inches. 
Transplant to permanent beds the next 
spring. 
Mary Washington. The most extensively 
grown variety. Large green spears with 
tight, purple-tinted tips, of fine quality. 
Heavily productive and very uniform. 
(F'z.) 
BEANS 
Bush, 1 Ib. to 150 ft., 50 to 60 Ibs. per acre. 
Pole, 1 lb. to 150 hills, 30 to 35 Ibs. per acre. 
Lima, 1 Ib. to 150 ft., 30 to 50 Ibs. per acre. 
Bush, Green Pod 
TOP CROP. All America Selections Gold 
Medal Winner for 1950. Developed by the 
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plant is vig- 
orous and very prolific, carries the pods 
low. Resistant to common bean mosaic. 
The 6-inch long pods are medium green, 
round, % inch in diameter, very straight, 
stringless. Matures in 50 days. 
Dwarf Horticultural. Particularly desir- 
able green shell and snap bean for home 
and market garden. Plant medium high, 
thrifty and productive. Pods dark green 
at snap stage (53 days). 
Improved Stringless Green Pod. High 
quality for home and market garden. 
Plant large, thrifty, heavily productive. 
Pods medium green, 5% inches long, al- 
most % inch wide and equally thick. 
Very fleshy, strictly stringless. fine 
grained, tender. Seeds coffee brown. 53 
days. 
Tendergreen (Improved Refugee). <A 
bush bean of utmost value. The plants 
-make a strong and vigorous growth. 
They are well branched and carry a great 
quantity of beautiful light green beans. 
The pods grow 6 to 7 inches long. They 
are round, extremely meaty, and abso- 
lutely stringless. 54 days. (Fz.) 
Bush, Wax Pod 
Average maturity 52 days from seed 
Black Wax, Pencil Pod. Very desirable 
for home and market garden and for 
truckers. Plants large and _ thrifty. 
Heavily productive over long period. 
Pods handsome bright yellow, 5% to 6 
inches long, % inch thick, cylindrical; 
very fleshy, stringless, brittle, fine 
grained, and tender. Quality unexcelled. 
Kidney Wax, Round Pod. (Brittle Wax.) 
Valuable for home garden and canning. 
Plants are erect, medium large, prolific. 
Handsome pods of waxy light yellow, 5% 
to 6 inches long, thick and round. Very 
fleshy, brittle, strictly stringless and 
without fibre. Seeds white with browish- 
black eye. (Fz.) 
Golden Wax, Top Notch. Blight resis- 
tant. A splendid home garden and can- 
ning variety. Plant small, productive. 
Pods very attractive; golden yellow; 414 
to 5 inches long, % inch wide, thick, oval; 
fleshy, brittle, stringless. Seeds white, 
splashed with violet, carmine and purple. 
Pole Beans 
Mature in 75-80 days 
Blue Lake or Improved White Crease- 
back. Splendid snap bean for home gar- 
den and early market. Good climber, 
heavily productive. Pods light green, 54% 
inches long, % inch wide, almost as 
thick; nearly stringless, very fleshy, brit- 
tle, tender. Seeds white; excellent for 
baking. 
Kentucky Wonder. The oldest favorite 
of all pole beans should be in every gar- 
den. The dark green pods are round and 
curved, measuring 9 to 10 inches; they 
are stringless when young. Seeds light 
brown. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. An early and 
hardy bean somewhat resembling the 
Kentucky Wonder except in color of pods 
which are light yellow and broader. If a 
wax podded bean is desired this is the 
one best variety to plant. Seed oval, flat- 
tened, somewhat shriveled, dark brown. 
Oregon Giant. We highly recommend 
this variety to Northwest home garden- 
ers. It keeps producing until killed by 
frost. Large, fleshy pods, 10 to 12 inches 
in length, stringless, light greenish yel- 
low, splashed with red. A very tasty bean 
that requires very little care. 
Potomac. Six inches long, slender and 
round, this stringless meaty bean is a 
good climber and heavy producer. The 
snap beans are excellent for home or 
market. (Fz.) 
Lima Beans, Bush 
Burpee’s Improved Bush. Plants large, 
heavily productive. Pods large, 4% to 5 
inches long. Usually contains 4 large, 
thick beans. Dry beans large, flat, green- 
ish white. Mature in 75 days. 
Cangreen. 68 days to maturity. Can- 
green is notable for the green color of the 
fleshy part of the seed in the dry stage. 
Attractive for canning. Yields a prolific 
erop. (Fz.) 
Fordhook 242. Developed by the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture. Large, 
spreading plant with slightly curved 
pods containing 3-4 light green beans of 
excellent quality, good for canning and 
freezing. Good in high temperature (Fz.) 
Lima Beans, Pole 
Oregon Pole Beans. Proven over many 
years to be well adapted to our cool 
Northwest climate. A strong, vigorous 
grower, bearing continuously until frost, 
Pods are at their best when yellow. 
King of the Garden. Plants tall, good 
climber, hardy and vigorous. The pods 
are flat, 1% inches wide, about 6 inches 
long and contain 4 to 5 large oval green- 
ish white beans. Seed large, flat and 
white. Matures in 8§ days. 
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Complete 
PRICE LIST 
of VEGETABLES 
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Bush Bean, Greenpod TOP CROP 
All America Gold Medal Winner 1950 
LIMA BEAN 
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