Marshall's Matchless Vegetable Seeds 
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W. E. MARSHALL & CO. 
Morshoits TIATCHLESS VEGETABLE SttDS 
ASPARAGUS 
One ounce will produce about 200° plants 
Sow in Autumn or Spring as soon as the 
soil is in good working condition. At one or 
two years, transplant to permanent beds. 
Mary Washington. Resistant to Asparagus 
rust; most extensively grown variety. 
Large, green spears with tight purple tinted 
tips of fine quality. Pkt. 20c., oz. 50c. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
It requires 100 plants for a single row of 150 feet 
Culture—The permanent bed should be 
trenched or plowed very deeply, and well 
manured with rich, thoroughly decayed ma- 
nure. Set the plants 18 inches apart in rows, 
carefully spreading out and separating the 
roots and deep enough to admit of the top 
of the plants being covered 6 inches. 
3-year-old Roots—Mary Washington. 
Dark green. 25 for $3.25, 100 for $10.00 
2-year-old Roots—Mary Washington. 
25 for $2.25, 100 for $7.00 
ARTICHOKE 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of row, and produce 
about 500 plants 
A rich, sandy loam is best adapted for this 
plant. The seed should be sown in drills 
11% inches deep and 1 foot apart. Transplant 
to rows 3 feet apart. They reach maturity the 
second year. Protect in Winter by a covering 
of leaves or coarse manure. 
Large French Globe. Heads large, fleshy 
and of rich flavor. 
Pkt. 25c., 144 oz. $1.25, oz. $2.00 
BEANS 
Beans like a well drained, rich and light 
loam. Plant about the middle of April when 
warm and favorable and at intervals through- 
out the season for a succession, until the latter 
part of August. Bush varieties should be 
planted in drills 2 feet apart, and from 2 to 6 
plants to the foot in a row. Keep them well 
cultivated and draw the earth up to the stem. 
Dwarf Green-Podded Beans 
Black Valentine Stringless 55 days 
Pods are 6 in. long, slightly curved, oval or 
semiflat, dark green, very good quality. 
1% Ib. 35c., Ib. 65c. 
Bountiful 51 days 
Pods are 7 in. long, straight, broad, flat, 
light color, stringless. 1% lb. 35c., lb. 65c. 
Giant Stringless 56 days 
Pods are 6 in. long, round, fairly straight, 
light green. 1% |b. 40c., lb. 75c. 
Idaho Refugee 66 days 
Pods are 514% in. long, round, slightly 
curved, medium green, stringless, mosaic 
resistant. % |b. 40c., lb. 70c. 
Masterpiece 53 days 
This Bean is well named as it is a master- 
piece in this section of vegetables. Flat, 
firm, straight, stringless pods of luscious 
flavor. Superb for forcing and exhibition. 
1% |b. 75c., Ib. $1.25 
Plentiful 50 days 
Black-seeded Bountiful. Plants strong and 
productive; pods flat, light green and 
stringless. % |b. 40c., Ib. 70c. 
Stringless Green Pod (Landreth’s) 54 days 
Anearly, round, green-podded Bean; string- 
less, tender and crisp; pods are 6 in. long, 
slightly curved. Y% Ib. 35c., lb. 65c. 
DWARF GREEN-PODDED BEANS-Cont. 
The Prince 60 days 
Extremely long-podded. A very heavy 
cropper and the finest for exhibition or 
general purposes. |b. 75c., lb. $1.25 
Tendergreen 53 days 
An outstanding variety of superior quality. 
Plants are strong and vigorous, bearing 
attractive medium dark green pods 7 in. 
long. Pods are round, meaty, tender, 
stringless. 14 Ib. 40c., lb. 70c. 
Dwarf Wax-Podded Beans 
Sure Crop (Bountiful Wax) 62 days 
Pods are 61% in. long, flat, straight, deep 
yellow, stringless. 14 |b. 40c., lb. 70c, 
Top Notch Golden Wax (Imp. Golden). 
50 days. Pods are 5 in. long, flat, straight 
and yellow. Stringless. 1% lb. 40c., lb. 70c. 
Dwarf or Bush Lima Beans 
Burpee improved Bush 75 days 
Bush; 20 in. tall, compact, runnerless, dark 
green, Pods 5% in., curved, flat, with 3 to 5 
beans. Seed large, creamy white. 
V |b. 40c., lb. 70c. 
Fordhook 242 70 days 
Bush. Outstanding characteristic of 242 is 
its ability to set under adverse weather con- 
ditions. 242 has outyielded regular Ford- 
hook at a three to two rate. Quality is 
excellent. Recommended for freezing. 
VY |b. 45c., lb. 85c. 
Thorogreen (Henderson Type Green 
Seed) 08 to 7U days 
Plants 16 in., erect, runnerless, dark glossy 
green. Pods 3% in., curved, flat, with 
2 to 4 beans. Same habit, etc., as Hender- 
son Bush, except for distinguishing feature 
of green cotyledons. 1 |b. 40c., Ib. 70c. 
Dwarf Shell Beans 
Broad Windsor or Fava 74 days 
A green shell Bean, long-podded type. 
Large, erect plants. Pods of glossy green, 
5 in. long, 114 in. broad, 5 to 7 seeds. Used 
similar to Limas. 14 |b. 45c., Ib. 85c. 
Horticultural Dwarf (Speckled Cran- 
berry; Dwarf Cherry) 54 days 
Used for snap Beans, also for green shelled 
Beans. Pods green at early stage, splashed 
carmine at maturity; thick, flat, stringless. 
1% |b. 45c., Ib. 85c. 
Pole or Running Beans 
Sow from the first of May (except Limas) 
to late May, in hills 4 feet each way. Limas 
should not be planted until warm weather 
has fairly set in. One quart of Limas will 
plant about 100 hills, four or five Beans to a 
hill, and of the smaller sorts about 200 hills. 
Poles 8 to 10 feet long should be firmly set in 
the hills before planting seed. Set poles 4 feet 
apart each way, and plant four to six Beans 
about 1 inch deep around each pole. Thin to 
three plants to a pole if soil is rich; pinch off 
ends of plants when they overrun the top 
of the poles. 
Challenger 90 days 
Vine 12 ft. dark green, gray-green markings 
on the leaf. Pods 41% in., straight-backed, 
thick, plump, 3 to 4 beans, potato type. 
1% |b. 40c., Ib. 75c. 
Giant Podded (Carpenteria) (Leviathan). 
90 days. Vine 8 to 10 ft., vigorous and pro- 
ductive. Large pods, 6% in., contain 4 to 5 
oval-flat beans of excellent quality. Seed 
large, dull white. 1% Ib. 40c., lb. 70c. 
POLE OR RUNNING BEANS-Coxtinued 
Horticultural Pole (Speckled Cranberry). 
70 days. For home and market gardens asa 
snap and green shell Bean. Pods 5 in., flat- 
oval, slightly curved, stringless; shelled 
Beans of good flavor. 1% lb. 40c., lb. 70c. 
Kentucky Wonder (Old Homestead). 
65 days. Vine 5 ft., vigorous; large, crum- 
pled, medium green leaves. Pods 8% in., 
round, curved, silver-green, brittle, string- 
less in young stages. 14 lb. 40c., lb. 70c. 
King of the Garden 88 days 
Plants tall, good climber, vigorous, heavily 
productive. Pods flat, smooth, with 4-5 
large, oval greenish white Beans. 
14 |b. 40c., lb. 70c. 
Scarlet Runner 90 days 
Of large growth, 12 to 15 ft., with brilliant 
scarlet flowers. Used for decorative pur- 
poses as well as-for snap green shell 
Beans. 14 |b. 45c., lb. 85c. 
BROCCOLI 
(For Cultural Directions, see Cauliflower) 
Green Sprouting (De Cicco Strain) 50 days 
A tall, branching plant, forms a compact 
central head of bluish green flower buds 
resembling a loose head of Cauliflower. 
Pkt. 25c., 14 oz. $1.00, oz. $1.75 
Green Sprouting 70 days 
The tall, branching plant forms a compact 
head of bluish green flower buds. 
Pkt. 25c., 4% oz. 75c., oz. $1.25 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
One ounce will produce about 2000 plants 
Sow in May in shallow drills 1 inch deep 
and 12 inches apart; transplant in July. A 
very hardy, delicious vegetable which should 
find a place in every garden; greatly im- 
proved by hard frosts. 
Long Island Improved Strain 70 days 
Half-dwarf plants, 22 to 24 in. tall; stems 
thickly set, with firm, Cabbage-like balls, 
1)% in. in diameter, maturing successively. 
Pkt. 25c., 144 oz. $1.00, oz. $1.75 
Bountiful Bean 
