To Our (ustomers — 
You, your fathers and your grandfathers have in many instances favored 
us with your seed business in an uninterrupted flow over these past 63 years. 
By your faithfulness and through your insistence on quality you have made 
it possible for us to devote unusual care and attention to the breeding and 
selection of improved varieties and superior strains. We enthusiastically 
expect that you will make our sixty-fourth year another in the chain and 
thereby benefit yourselves by new introductions and outstanding improve- 
ments listed in this catalog. 
The name GUNSON and GOOD SEED have become synonymous 
and we are confident that our deliveries to you this year will enhance 
and continue that well earned reputation. You, in turn, may buy with 
confidence. We look forward to serving again your continuing needs. 
Sincerely yours, 
L. P. GUNSON & CO. 
ASPARAGUS 
CULTURE. Pour hot, but not boiling, water on the seed and let it stand until cool; pour it off 
and repeat two or three times, with fresh hot water. Then sow in drills one foot apart and two inches 
deep in light, rich soil. When the plants are well up, thin to about one inch apart and give frequent 
and thorough cultivation during the summer. The plants will be fit to set the next spring. The 
permanent beds should be prepared by deep ploughing or spading and thoroughly enriching the 
ground with stable manure or other fertilizer. Set the plants about four inches deep and one to 
two feet apart in rows four to six feet apart. After the plants are well started give frequent and 
thorough cultivation. The next season the bed may be cut over two or three times, but if this is 
done, all the shoots, no matter how small, should be cut. After the final cutting, give a good dress- 
ing of manure, ashes and salt. 
CALIFORNIA 500 (New) 
This is the first definite improved Washington strain in many years. Earlier 
than Mary Washington, producing noticeably larger and more uniformly 
compact heads, with consistently high yields. Excellent for canning or freezing. 
Pkt. 20c, oz. 75c, 14 lb. $1.75, 1% lb. $3.00 
MARY WASHINGTON 
The best of the several strains of rust resistant asparagus originated by the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture. The shoots are larger and grow more rapidly 
than other varieties. Very vigorous with thick stalks, deep green in color with 
purple tips. The best variety for commercial planting. 
Pkt. 15c, oz. 40c, 14 Ib. 90c, lb. $2.75 
BEANS 
A packet of bush beans will plant 25 feet of row; a pound 150 feet; 60 to 75 lbs. 
per acre. 
CULTURE. Plant about one inch deep in rows 2 to 2% feet apart, dropping seed 2 inches apart 
Beans are extremely sensitive to both cold and water. In this latitude do not plant before May 10th 
and sow every two or three weeks until August for successive crops. Do not cultivate or pick beans 
when plants are wet. 
WAX PODDED BUSH VARIETIES 
DAVIS STRINGLESS WHITE WAX _ 52 Days 
This white seeded variety developed from the old Davis White Wax is 
entirely stringless. Excellent as a snap bean and can be allowed to ripen 
and make the finest quality baking beans. Pods thick, flat, light yellow, 
straight, very uniform, 61% inches long and attractive. 
Pkt. 15c; lb. 75c; 4% bu. $15.00; Bu. $28.00 
