Green Podded Bush Beans 
Keep your garden working all season. Enjoy tender, stringless green Beans until 
freeze-up time. For a sucession of crops sow the seed every two weeks until July. 
| pkg. will plant a 25-foot row; 2 Ib. will plant 100 feet. 
Bountiful. Most popular Flat-Podded Green Bean. The vigorous, hardy plants bear great quan- 
tities of thick, broad, solid and meaty pods about 7 inches long. They are tender, of the highest 
quality and unusually delicious in flavor. This Bean retains its stringless quality even into ma- 
turity. Seed is brown. Season 51 days. Pkg. 15¢;. 1 Ib. 356; Ib. 65¢7 Salbseozse 
Contender. A new and the most promising looking green Bean that has been developed in 
many years. Pods are long, slender, more round than oval, very handsome, good: quality, abso- 
lutely stringless. The plant is vigorous growing, mosaic resistant, and yields a tremendous crop 
that is easily picked. Pkg. 15c; Vo Ib. 35c; Ib. 65c; 5 Ibs. $2.35 
Plentiful. The Best Flat-Podded Green Bean. Bronze Meca!l, All-America Selections, 1938. This 
is the top quality Flat Green Bean. The long, straight, light, fresh green pods are very smooth, 
entirely stringless whenever you pick them, and very meaty. The plant is very sturdy, grows about 
15 inches high and bears a good crop of handsome pods every season. You can depend on 
Plentiful. Pkg. 15c; VY Ib. 35c; Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.25 
Rival. An outstanding new green-podded bush Snap Bean. Plant is vigorous in growth, healthy, 
resistant to common Bean mosaic. Pods are round, not as smooth, and not nearly as long as 
Contender, but they do have splendid quality and the plant is a tremendous yielder. : 
Pkg. 15c;_6 Ib. 30c; Ib. SSesSiibsao2a 5 
Stringless Slack Valentine. Oval-pod type. Very early maturing, slim, oval, smooth, dark 
green Bean. A favorite with commercial growers for its fine appearance and very good keeping 
qualities. Seed is black. Ready in 55 days. Pkg. 10c; Y% Ib. 30c; Ib. 55¢; 5 Ibs. $2.15 
Supergreen. A mosaic-resistant green-podded Bean with slender round pods that are very long, 
of top quality and absolutely stringless. The plant is very sturdy and grows about 15 inches high. 
Beans are ready for a first picking in about 56 days. Pkg. 15c; 5 Ib. 35c; Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.25 
xTendergreen. Straight, round pods 6'4 inches long, absolutely stringless and of the very high- 
est quality. It has just about everything. A very heavy and early yielder of Beans of the finest 
flavor and quality. Of course they are stringless. Ready to eat in 53 days. Seed is brown. 
Pkg. 15c; Y2 Ib. 35c; Ib. 65c; 5 Ibs. $2.35 
Topcrop. Gold Medal Winner 1950. Developed by Dr. W. J. Zaumeyer, U.S.D.A., Beltsville, Md. 
for home gardens, market gardens, shipping and processing. A splendid freezer. Ready for pick- 
ing in 52 days. Very heavy yielding, mosaic resisting plants. Pods, slender, round, straight, 
smooth and stringless. A very dependable cropper, In trials it has outyielded Tendergreen, Full 
Measure, Longreen and other round podded varieties. Pkg. 15c; Y2 Ib. 40c; Ib. 70c; 5 Ibs. $2.45 
In 1887 James Vick was asked by a customer in Grand Summit, Kansas: ““Why won’t Lima 
Beans bear here? They grow and blossom all summer but do not set.” Mr. Vick answered: “Plant 
the Beans on the poorest piece of soil you have and don’t fertilize. Keep the vines pinched off 
at the top of the poles.” 
Brussels Sprouts 
The small heads, resembling Cabbage, are formed 
along the stalk. Prepare like Cabbage or in cream, 
like Cauliflower. Sow seed in spring; transplant and 
cultivate same as Cabbage, except leaves should be 
broken down in fall, giving heads more room to grow. 
Freezing improves the quality of the sprouts. They 
may be left in the ground, here in the North, until 
December. Ome package of seed will produce 350 
plants; one ounce, 3500 plants. 
Catskill. We consider 
this the best of the Long 
Island Improved class. 
The plants are very dwarf, 
compact and_ uniform, @ 
producing very firm, 
round solid sprouts close 
to the stem. Very pro- 
ductive. Originally devel- 
oped in the Catskill Mt. 
section of New York 
State, known for the high 
quality of its sprouts. 
e 
Pkg. 20c; Vp oz. $1.00; 
Broccoli ae Kee? 
A vegetable very similar to Cauliflower but less deli- 
cate in flavor. Hardy, thrives best in cool weather and 
should be hoed and watered frequently. Sow the seed ati 
inside or in cold frames in January or February and set 
out plants when ground is warm. A large bluish green 
flower bud head forms in the center. After this is When visiting Roch- 
removed, small heads are produced on side branches. ester stop in and see 
Cultivate same as Cauliflower. A package of seed will us. We have a store 
make about 350 plants. An ounce, 3000. at the corner of Stone 
and Ely Streets, right 
De Cicco. A new very early kind making a large in the heart of the 
center head within 60 days after planting and. con- downtown shopping 
tinuing to bear for many weeks. This kind produced district. You will al- 
more edible heads of high quality than any other ways be welcome. 
Plentiful is a splendid variety in trials last season, 
flat-podded Bean Pkg. 15¢3: 1: 0z."40c>" oz! 65c 
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