OLDS’ SUPERB VEGETABLE SEEDS 
ASPARAGUS 
ASPARAGUS CULTURE: Plant seed early in the spring after soak- 
ing the same for about twenty-four hours in warm water. Plant in 
drills one foot apart at least one inch deep. The following spring 
select the best roots and plant in a permanent bed. It takes three 
years to grow an asparagus bed from seed, two years from one-year- 
old roots. One ounce of seed will sow a 100-foot row producing about 
300 plants. Five pounds of seed are required for an acre. 
*1. MARY WASHINGTON GIANT RUST PROOF. The 
result of years of breeding and selecting by the United States Bureau of 
Plant Industry. The stalks are larger and more tender than those of 
other varieties and apparently immune to rust. Mary Washington as- 
paragus will meet the needs of both market gardeners and home garden- 
ers, Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 1% lb., 70c; Ib., $1.95, postpaid. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS. See page 35. 
OLDS’ GARDEN SNAP BEANS 
BUSH VARIETIES 
Please Note:—The 
figure after each va- 
riety shows the time 
required after the 
seed is sown to first 
picking. 
Please Note: All 
: Varieties marked »% 
Mary Washington Giant are _ excellent for 
Rust Proof. freezing. 
CULTURE: Sow the bush varieties as soon 
as the ground is warm and the season favorable 
and every two weeks for succession. Plant in 
rows two feet apart, the beans two inches apart 
in the row and 1% inches deep. For pole beans 
use poles 8 to 10 feet long and set them about 
4 feet apart. Plant 4 to 6 beans about one inch 
deep around each pole and later thin to three 
plants to a pole. For Bigger Crops Inoculate 
Your Garden Beans and Peas with Nitragin. See 
next page. One pound will plant 100 to-150 feet 
of drill, 65 pounds one acre. Packet will plant 
18 to 25 feet of drill. Do not work when the 
plants are wet as this will cause rust. 
* 19. REFUGEE STRINGLESS. (70 
days.) The stringless pods measure 5 to 5% 
inches in length, somewhat slender, round and 
slightly curved. The color is light green. Very 
fine grained and of good quality. Seeds violet 
splashed with buff. Pkt., 10c; 1% Ib., 35c; Ib., 
55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 5 Ibs., $2.20, postpaid. 
x 15. STRINGLESS GREEN POD. (52 
days.) A bush or dwarf variety. It is early, » 24. PENCIL POD BLACK WAX. (53 
hardy and productive, bearing handsome dark days.) Best of all the dwarf black seeded wax 
green pods which are entirely stringless even varieties. The pods are round, 6% to 7 inches 
when fully matured. The pods are five or more long, straight, and crease-backed. Early and 
very round and straight. Seeds 
PEt:, 20c 31521 b:,- SO crab... 5067372 
$2.00, postpaid. 
inches long, 
very productive; entirely stringless and a clear 
coffee brown, 
yellow in color. Quality excellent. Seed black. 
Pkt., 10c; Y2 Ib., 35c; lb., 55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 5 
Ibs., $2.20, postpaid. 
*22. TOPCROP. (50 days.) This variety 
won the 1950 Gold Medal Award in the All 
America Trials. The remarkable feature of this 
bean is that it is resistant to common bean 
mosaic. See page 1 for illustration and complete 
description. Pkt., 10c; Y% Ib., 40c; Ib., 65c; 2 
Ibs., $1.20; 5 Ibs., $2.50, postpaid. 
13. BOUNTIFUL. (50 days.) A string- 
less Dwarf Bean, extra early, tender, large- 
podded, and a bountiful yielder. The flat green 
» pods are entirely stringless, 6% to 7 inches 
_ long, very tender and have a delicious flavor. 
/ This bean is a continuous bearer—the first in 
the spring, and the last in the fall. Seeds straw 
color. -Pkt., 10c; 2 Ib., 35c; Ib., 55c; 2 Ibs, 
$1.00; 5 lbs., $2.20, postpaid. 
* 17. TENDERGREEN. (54 days.) A 
new dwarf, green podded variety of very fine 
quality. The fleshy pods are absolutely string- 
less, measuring about 6 inches in length. Slightly 
later than Stringless Green Pod. Tendergreen is 
very productive and in our trials proved the 
best variety for late planting. Seeds mottled 
brown and fawn. Pkt., 10c; Y% Ib., 35c; Ib., 55c; 
2 Ibs., $1.00; 5 lbs., $2.20, postpaid, 
* 20. IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX. (50 
days.) The standard flat, wax-podded bush va- 
riety. The Golden Wax has long been a popular 
favorite and this Improved strain surpasses the 
old Golden Wax in several ways. The pods are 
4 to 4% inches long and very handsome; of a 
rich golden-yellow color. Seeds white with brown 
eye. \ Pkt., 10c; 42 1b.; 85c;_ Ib.; 55¢e; 2 Ibs., 
$1.00; 5 lbs., $2.20, postpaid. 
21. LOGAN. (48 days.) A mosaic resistant 
bean of superior quality. Our favorite green pod 
bean. See page 3. Pkt., 10c; % Ib., 40c; Ib., 
65c; 2 lbs., $1.20; 5 Ibs., $2.50, postpaid. 
—4=— 
Ibs., 90c; 5 lbs., 
Stringless Green Pod. 
Plentiful Bean. 
11. PLENTIFUL. (50 days.) It is true 
to its name in productiveness bearing medium 
dark green pods 7 inches or more in length, 
straight and somewhat larger than Bountiful. 
Entirely stringless at all stages of growth and 
is of the highest quality. It is probably the 
best of the flat podded green snap beans. Vine 
is 16 to 18 inches tall, medium green, erect, 
vigorous, and compact. Seeds are black. Pkt., 
10c; % Ib., 35c; 1b., 55¢; 2 Ibs., $1.00; 5 Ibs., 
$2.20, postpaid. 
* 16. GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN 
POD. (54 days.) Similar to Stringless Green 
Pod, although the pods are longer, straighter 
and more slender. The pods are also more de- 
pressed between the beans and slightly lighter in 
color. Fairly early, hardy and of the highest 
quality. Seeds yellow brown. Pkt., 10c; % Ib., 
30c; Ib., 50c; 2 Ibs., 90c; 5 Ibs., $2.00, postpaid. 
36. DWARF HORTICULTURAL. (55 
days.) Also known as Dwarf Cherry, Ruby, 
Speckled Cranberry. Pods are 4% to 5 inches 
in length and about 5 to % inch in width. 
Semi-round, straight to slightly curved. String- 
less, light green in snap stage, becoming pale 
yellowish-green with prominent splashes of scar- 
let or carmine in shell bean stage. The vigorous 
dark green, coarse foliage is about 15 to 17 
inches in height. The beans are pink tinged on 
buff with irregular spots of carmine or maroon. 
Excellent for succotash. Pkt., 10c; 1% Ib., 35c; 
lb., 55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 5 Ibs., $2.20, postpaid. 
* 18. KEYSTONIAN. (52 days.) A 1944 All 
America Contest Winner and a fine green pod 
variety. See page 2. Pkt., 10c; ¥% lb., 35c; Ih.,, 
55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 5 lbs., $2.20, postpaid, 
* 12. ROUND POD KIDNEY WAX. 
(Brittle Wax.) (58 days.) Plant large, erect, 
medium green, vigorous and productive. 5%4-inch 
pods, handsome in appearance, medium yellow, 
round, slightly curved, and deeply creased back. 
Extremely brittle, fleshy, succulent. Entirely 
Stringless and_ fiberless. Beans white, kidney- 
shaped with black eye. Standard of highest 
quality. Pkt., 10c; Y, Ib., 35c; Ib., 60c; 2 Ibs., 
$1.10; 5 lIbs., $2.40, postpaid. 
Round Pod Kidney Wax. 
