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Fordhook Bush Lima Beans 
Bush Lima Beans 
Sow I quart of seed to 100 feet of drill 
Cutture. Seed 2 inches apart or plant in 
rows 2 feet apart and make hills 1 foot apart 
in the rows. About 75 days. Soil C. Vita- 
mins A, B, C, G. 
Burpee’s Improved. Bears an abundance 
of thick, kidney-shaped Beans. 
Fordhook. Everybody loves these delicious 
thick, roundish Beans of just the right 
shade of green. The sturdy bushes bear 
the pods in clusters of 4 to 6, the pods 
averaging 4 large Beans each. 
Henderson’s Dwarf. Popular Baby Lima. 
Its flavor is excellent. 
FOR A BUMPER CROP, USE NITRAGIN 
ON ALL BEANS. See page 27. 
All Beans weigh 60 pounds per bushel 
If Beans are to be sent by Parcel Post, add 
20c per pt.; 22c per qt.; 34c per Wpk.; 53c 
per pk.; $1.61 per bus. This applies to lst 
and 2d zones only. Packets sent postpaid. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS 
PEERLESS (U. S. 243). 
A dwarf Fordhook type 
introduced for 1948 by 
the U. S. Dept. of Agri- 
culture, developed from a 
cross of Fordhook and 
Henderson’s Bush. Small 
plant. Gray-green foli- 
age; pods similar to 
.Fordhook. Seeds about 
half-way in shape and 
size between Henderson 
and Fordhook. Excellent 
for freezing. 
Fordhook 242. Similar to 
the regular Fordhook, but 
more open in growth; pods 
shorter, curved, contain- 
ing 3 to 4 slightly smaller 
Beans, but of same quality 
and color. Superior under 
adverse growing condi- 
tions. Will not displace 
regular Fordhooks. 
Baby Fordhook. Matures 
in about 70 days. Stocky 
bush; big root system; 
bears green-seeded, thick 
potatotype Limas. Stands 
cold and wet, also ex- 
treme heat. Very prolific. 
Pole Lima 
Sow 1 quart of seed to 
100 poles 
CuttureE. These require 
poles 8 to 10 feet long. 
Plant in May. Set poles 4 feet apart each 
way, and plant 4 to 6 Beans, 1 inch deep, 
around each pole. Thin to three plants to a 
pole. 90 days. Soil C. i 
Carpinteria. Large pods filled with plump, 
thin-skinned, tender, fine-flavored Beans. 
Dreer’s Improved Challenger or Potato 
Lima. Beans round and thick, of delicious 
flavor, easy to shell. Immense cropper. 
Early Leviathan. The earliest large Pole 
Lima. Very productive. 
King of the Garden. Vigorous grower, 
bearing large pods, 5 to 8 inches long. 
Beans large and of rich flavor. 
GIANT-PODDED. The largest of all Pole 
Limas. Pods 7 to 8% inches long and 
14% inches wide. The Beans are extra 
large and of superb flavor. Vines 10 to 12 
feet high. The pods are produced in clus- 
ters of from 4 to 8 until killed by frost. 
Sieva or Small White Lima. Butter Bean. 
Early and productive; a great drought 
resister but juicy and of fine flavor. 
BEANS, BUSH LIM 
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King of the Garden 
Sieva (Small White Lima).................... 
Giant-podded .... 
Dreer’s Improved Challenger (Potato Lima)i 5. 10 45 80 
BEETS, COW (Mangel-Wurzel) 
Mammoth Long Red 
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BEETS, TABLE 
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Pkt. Pt. Qt. VApk. Prk. 
......$0 10 $050 $090 $2 75 $5 00 
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10 45 80 250 450 
10 45 80 250 450 
10 35 65 225 400 
: 10 45 80 250 450 
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Oz Yb Lb. 
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1 35 1 10 10 Ibs 
Pkt Oz Alb. Lb. perlb 
Metre $0 10 $0 15 $050 $150 $1 40 
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Larger quantities quoted on request. All Beans weigh 60 lbs. per bus. 
BEETS, TABLE 
Sow 1 ounce of seed to 60 feet of drill; 
5 pounds to an acre in drills 
Cucture. Beets like rather light soil pro- 
vided it is thoroughly mixed with manure. 
For main crop sow in the spring as soon as 
ground becomes fit to work, in drills 114 feet 
apart and 1 inch deep. For winter use sow 
as late as July. Thin out to stand 5 to 6 inches 
apart. About 60 days. Soil A. Vitamins 
TALL TOP BUNCHING. This splendid 
Beet is nearly a perfect globe, about 10 
inches around, with smooth skin free from 
rootlets; the flesh ts a rich blood-red, 
nicely ringed, never stringy and always 
tender and sweet. Excellent for canning. 
PERFECTION DETROIT DARK RED. 
The ideal Beet for market gardeners. It is 
the darkest red and most uniform Beet 
ever introduced. Just the right size top 
for bunching and will run better than 99 
per cent, extremely dark red in color with- 
out visible zones. 
Crosby’s Improved Egyptian. 
sirable. Fine for early market. 
Detroit Dark Red. A fine early variety with 
globe-shaped roots of brilliant red. 
Early Wonder. A very early dark red Beet 
similar to Crosby’s Egyptian in shape. It 
Is sweet and tender and a good variety for 
the home-garden. 
Extra-Early Eclipse. 
top. 
Early Blood Turnip. Old standby. 
Cow Beets - Mangel-Wurzels 
Used for feeding cattle. Sow 5 pounds per acre 
CuttTurRE. Sow in April and May in 
thoroughly plowed, well-manured soil, in 
drills 2 inches deep and about 18 inches 
apart. Thin out to 12 inches. Low ground is 
best adapted for Mangel-Wurzels. 100 days. 
Soil A. 
Golden Tankard. Large, yellow, excellent. 
Mammoth Long Red. Immense; long; red. 
Very de- 
Round root. Small 
WE PAY POSTAGE ON ALL PACKETS, 
OUNCES, AND 4 POUNDS OF SEEDS. 
For larger quantities consult Parcel Post 
chart on page 1. 
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Perfection Detroit 
Dark Red Beets 
1-3-5 E. Lombard St., Baltimore 2, Md. 
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