FORBES VEGETABLE SEEDS 
A selection of strains, some old and some new, 
but all are today’s best 
With uncertain world conditions you'll be wise to grow your own vegetables this year. 
It’s interesting and healthful, too, not to speak of the supply of nourishing food at little cost. 
But it’s not all fun. To succeed use good soil in the sun, plan well, and carefully select your 
varieties. Keep your crops free from weeds and well cultivated. But most important of all, 
plant the best seeds, for good vegetables do not grow from poor seeds. 
Since 1898 Forbes Seeds have been used in huge quantities by the farmers who grow the 
vegetables you buy at your vegetable store. Use these same Forbes Seeds in your own garden. 
ASPARAG U S One ounce will produce 300 plants (For Roots see page 40) Pkt. 15c; oz. 40c 
For heavy yields m May and June each year keep the soil fertile. Don’t cut stalks until the third year. 
Mary Washington Rustproof. Large, vigorous, straight, dark green shoots tinged with purple, of extra. fine 
quality. Immune to asparagus rust. Grow roots in close rows, and transplant the next year to the prepared bed. 
BEANS 
Dust or spray the underside of leaves each week with rotenone before the bean beetles get started. 
DWARF GREEN-PODDED BEANS One pound sows 100 ft. All, pkt. 15c; Mlb. 35c; Ib. 65c; 5 Ibs. $2.75 
Limited plantings every 10 to 14 days from May to August will provide fresh beans all season. 
Black Valentine Asgrow Stringless. (50 days.) Medium-sized plants with numerous nearly straight, 6-inch, green 
pods of rounded cross section. These are entirely stringless and tender. Does best in a rather heavy soil. 
Bountiful. (48 days.) The heaviest yielding flat-podded variety with sturdy bushes and light green, somewhat 
curved, 614-1nch stringless pods, in clusters which are easy to pick. Thrives in any garden soil. 
Contender. (54 days.) The vigorous, very prolific plants are resistant to mosaic and powdery mildew and yield 
7-inch, dark green, smooth, slightly curved, stringless pods of oval cross section. Extra-fine for freezing when young. 
Longreen (Tendergreen Long Pod). (52 days.) Strong, prolifte bushes with round, straight, deep green, 7-inch pods 
of extra fine quality and absolutely stringless. It has replaced Tendergreen as Longreen pods are one inch longer. 
Topcrop. (52 days.) All-America Gold Medal, 1950. Vigorous, well-branched, 16-inch plants, immune to mosaic, 
with heavy yields of 6-inch, round, strictly stringless, straight to slightly curved pods. Fine for canning and freezing. 
DWARF WAX-PODDED BEANS One pound sows 100 ft. All, pkt. 15c; M44Ib. 35c; Ib. 65c; 5 Ibs. $2.75 
Cultivate beans only when the plants are dry. For best quality pick before they reach full size. 
Cherokee Wax. (50 days.) A golden yellow counterpart of Asgrow Stringless Black Valentine with heavy yields 
of straight, 614-inch oval, golden pods, meaty and of good quality. The vines are vigorous and productive. 
Sure Crop Wax. (53 days.) Straight, flat, deep yellow, 614-inch pods, brittle and stringless, in great numbers on 
large, vigorous bushes. These beans are highly rust-resistant and of extra fine quality and flavor. 
GREEN POLE BEANS One pound will plant 100 hills Pkt. 15c; “4b. 35c; Ib. 65c; 5 Ibs. $2.75 
For hills, set rough 7-foot poles every 2 or 3 feet and plant 6 beans around each, thinning to 3 plants. 
Kentucky Wonder. (65 days.) The round, light green, deeply creased pods, 7 to 9 inches long are stringless when 
young and of high quality. The vines are very vigorous and produce heavily throughout the season. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS One pound will plant 100 feet Each, pkt. 15c; 4Ib. 40c; Ib. 75c; 5 Ibs. $3 
Plant 2 or 3 seeds, with eye down, every 10 inches in the row and later thin to one plant. 
Baby Fordhook. (66 days.) Erect, branching, vigorous, 18-inch plants with a large yield of 21-inch pods each 
holding 3 or 4 small plump green limas of fine flavor and quality. Excellent for both canning and freezing. 
Fordhook 242. (75 days.) Somewhat spreading well foliaged plants with a heavy yield of 31% to 4-inch, uniform, 
slightly curved pods, each holding 3 to 4 light green beans of excellent quality. Sets well even m hot weather. 
POLE LIMA BEANS One pound will plant 100 hills Each, pkt. 15c; 14Ib. 40c; Ib. 75c; 5 Ibs. $3 
These yield more limas than the bush varieties in the same space but are later in maturing. 
Challenger. (92 days.) Vigorous, productive vines that climb well. The straight, smooth, 4 to 5-inch pods, in great 
number, contain 4 to 6 large, thick beans of light green color. They are of good flavor and quality. 
King of the Garden. (88 days.) The extra large pods, produced in great abundance through the season, are broad, 
flat, smooth, 6 inches long and hold 4 to 5 large, flat, greenish white beans of excellent quality. 
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Sure-Crop 
Wax Beans 
Fordhook 242 
Bush Lima Beans 
c Bountiful Beans 
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Contender 
Beans 
