Botte Seeds 
BEANS 
Bush, 1 Ib. to 150 ft., 50 to 60 Ibs. per acre 
Pole, 1 Ib. 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, ¥g inch in diameter, very straight 
stringless. Matures in 50 days. 
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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, 
almost % inch wide and equally thick. 
Very fleshy, strictly stringless, fine 
aoe tender. Seeds coffee brown. 53 
ays. 
Tendergreen.. A bush bean of utmost 
value. The plants make a strong and 
vigorous growth. They are well branched 
Beans: 
Beets. 
Vitamins A, G. 
Carrots: Vitamins A, B, C, G. 
Corn: Vitamins A, B, C, G 
Cucumbers: 
Lettuce: Vitamins A, B, C, G, E. i 
Garden fresh vegetables are the richest, surest source of health- 
giving, health-preserving vitamins. Grow ’em yourself. 
market gardener. 
and carry a great quantity of beautiful 
light green beans. The pods grow 6 to 7 
inches long. They are round, extremely 
meaty, and absolutely 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 brownish- 
black eye. (Fz.) 
Golden Wax, Top Notch. Blight resistant. 
A splendid home garden and canning va- 
riety. Plant small, productive. Pods very 
attractive; golden yellow; 4% to 5 inches 
long, % inch wide, thick, oval; fleshy, 
brittle, stringless. Seeds white, splashed 
with violet, carmine and purple. 
Grow Your Own Vitamins 
Vitamins A, B, C, G. 
Vitamins C, G; greens: Onions: 
Vitamins A, B, C. 
Muskmelon: Vitamin C. 
Vitamins B, C, G. 
Parsley: Vitamin C. 
Squash: Vitamins A, B. 
Tomatoes: Vitamins A, B, C. 
Turnips: Vitimin C; greens: 
Vitamins A, B, C, G 
Here is a truly selective list of vegetables for the home and 
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.). 
Pole Beans 
Mature in 75-80 days 
Blue Lake or Improved White Creaseback. 
Splendid snap bean for home garden and 
early market. Good climber, heavily pro- 
ductive. Pods light green, 514 inches long, 
Y inch wide, almost as thick; nearly 
stringless, very fleshy, brittle, tender. 
Seeds white; excellent for baking. 
Kentucky Wonder. The oldest favorite of 
all pole beans should be in every garden. 
The dark green pods are round and 
curved, measuring 9 to 10 inches; string- 
less 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 
Ex- 
good climber and heavy producer. 
cellent for home or market. (Fz.) 
Turn to page 19 
for easy-to-follow 
illustrated cultural 
directions. 
