2 QUALITY SEEDS FOR THE HOME GARDEN 
YELLOW BUSH SNAP BEANS 
Vitamins a b c g Pkt. will plant 20 ft. row 
25 PUREGOLD WAX: 65 days. Plants are 
dark green, vigorous, very productive, and 
resistant to common bean mosaic. Pods 514 
inches long, round, slim, golden yellow. 
The flesh is tender and brittle — excellent in 
quality. In our trials it comes on a week or 
more later than Pencil Pod Black Wax and 
ripens over a long period. It is a good 
canning and freezing variety. Seed white 
with brown eye. Pkt. 25¢; 14 Ib. 50¢; Ib. 
85¢; 2 lbs. $1.65. 
POLE BEANS 
A woven wire fence makes an ideal support 
for pole beans, or you can use poles. Another 
way is to set posts at each end of the row; be- 
tween them run a wire 4 to 5 ft. above the 
ground and another just above the row. Stout 
string run up and down between the wires 
will act as a support for the beans. If rows 
are long, additional posts may be required. 
*57 EARLY LEVIATHAN LIMA: 79 days. 
Pole limas are very high in quality, only 
slightly later than the bush limas and are 
ideal for home gardens as they yield more 
in a small space. Vines vigorous, strong 
climber, 6-7 ft. Pods 414-5 in. long, 
straight and containing 5 to 6 large, flat 
beans. 14 lb. will sow 35 ft. row. Pkt. 25¢; 
Y% lb. 50¢; Ib. 85¢; 2 lbs. $1.65. 
55 KENTUCKY WONDER SNAP BEAN: 
65 days. Vines are vigorous, 5 ft.; pods have 
a distinctive flavor and fine quality espe- 
cially if picked young. Pods 7 in. long, 
round, curved —cans and freezes well. Pkt. 
25¢; VY lb. 50¢; Ib. 85¢; 2 Ibs. $1.65. 
*56 SCOTIA SNAP BEAN: 72 days. We like 
Scotia better than Kentucky Wonder. It 
produces a smoother, straighter pod and 
holds in edible condition longer. Vines 414 
to 5 ft., very hardy. Pods 6 in. long, round, 
smooth, green, tender and of distinctive 
flavor. Pkt. 25¢; 14 Ib. 50¢; lb. 85¢; 2 Ibs. 
$1.65. 
SHELL BEANS 
Vitamins BG Pkt. will plant 20 ft. row. 
50 SENECA HORTICULTURAL: 60 days. 
A favorite in New England and many other 
sections, Seneca Horticultural is used as a 
green shell bean to be eaten fresh, canned 
or frozen. Seneca is a new early strain of 
Horticultural or Cranberry bean that pro- 
duces heavy yields of pods 6 to 8 in. long, 
straight and heavily splashed with bright 
red which gives them a striking and attrac- 
tive appearance. Seeds large, pinkish-buff 
mottled with red. Pkt. 20¢; 14 lb. 45¢; Ib. 
HOG salsa pled: 
MANGELS 
FOR STOCK FEEDING 
105 GIANT HALF SUGAR ROSE: 90 days. 
Roots are long oval, tapered, grayish white 
with rose colored shoulder; flesh white, rich 
in sugar. On account of growing partly out 
*24 PENCIL POD BLACK WAX: 56 days. 
In our opinion Pencil Pod is still the best 
wax bean to grow. Plants are large, stocky, 
vigorous and productive. Pods 6 in. long, 
round, slightly curved, fleshy, golden yellow, 
tender, stringless and excellent in flavor and 
quality. It is a fine canning and freezing 
variety. Pkt. 25¢; 1% Ib. 50¢; Ib. 85¢; 2 Ibs. 
$1.65. 
DRY BEANS FOR BAKING 
Vitamins B G 
45 MICHELITE (Michi-leet): 90 days. The 
best of the small white navy beans. Noted 
for heavy yields and disease resistance. 
Plants small with short runners; beans 
small, white, smooth and very uniform in 
size and shape. Pkt. 20¢; 14 lb. 45¢; Ib. 70¢; 
2 Ibs. $1.35. 
47 CALIFORNIA RED KIDNEY: 100 days. 
Plants large, thrifty and runnerless. Pods 
43/4 in. long. Beans large, red, kidney shap- 
ed. California grown seed is free from 
blight. Pkt. 20¢; 14 lb. 45¢; lb. 70¢; 2 Ibs. 
$1.35. 
46 CERTIFIED PERRY MARROW: 95 days. 
Large, plump white beans of good quality. 
The variety is semi-trailing in growth habit. 
The pods well off the ground. It matures 
nearly as early as Michelite. An especially 
pure strain developed by Dr. Munger of 
Cornell. Pkt. 20¢; 14 lb. 45¢; Ib. 70¢; 2 Ibs. 
$1.35. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS 
Vitamins a B CG 
Pkt. will plant 10 ft. row; 1% Ib. 35 ft. 
All Lima Bean seed treated before shipment. 
*35 FORDHOOK U. S. 242: 75 days. We 
have found after several years of testing 
limas on our farms that Fordhook 242 is the 
best large seeded bush lima bean for both 
market and home use. It has proven itself 
more productive and much more depend- 
able even under unfavorable weather con- 
ditions than the old Fordhook. Pods are 
uniform and well-filled with plump, thick, 
oval beans of finest quality. The flavor is 
delicious and is not only excellent to eat 
fresh but is also best for freezing and can- 
ning. Pkt. 25¢; 1% Ib. 50¢; lb. 85¢; 2 Ibs. 
$1.65. 
36 TRIUMPH: 72 days. A new “baby lima” 
that has taken the place of Baby Potato be- 
cause of superior quality. The pods are 
small, about 3 in. long and are tightly filled 
with 3 or 4 thick delicious small beans. The 
flavor is excellent and they hold their green 
color well for both canning and freezing. 
Pkt. 25¢; 1% Ib. 50¢; Ib. 85¢; 2 Ibs. $1.65. 
37 EARLY MARKET: 70 days. An early 
flat-seeded lima that we feel is superior to 
Burpee’s Bush Lima which we have previ- 
ously listed. Noted for heavy yields of large 
pods, each containing 3 or 4 large deli- 
cious flat beans of fine quality. Pkt. 25¢; 1% 
Ib. 50¢; Ib. 85¢; 2 Ibs. $1.65. 
“We had almost four bushels of Puregold Wax 
Beans from one pound of beans.” 
Mar. 2, 1951 Mrs. Frank Smith 
R. 1, Williamston, Mich. 
BEETS 
Vitamins b c g Pkt. will sow 20 ft. row; an ounce 80 ft. 
Sow beets early in the spring and for continuous harvest plan to make additional sowings 
at 2 or 3 week intervals until early August. Plan to put some late planted Detroit Dark Red 
beets in a pit or root cellar and cover with sand; they will keep in tender condition for use 
well into the winter. 
*90 DETROIT DARK RED: 68 days. Most 
home gardeners plan on using a part of 
their beets fresh for the table and canning 
the surplus. While Detroit Dark Red is not 
quite as early as our other varieties it has 
far better color and quality making it the 
ideal table, canning and pickling variety. 
Our special strain of Detroit is noted for its 
uniformity and fine red color. Pkt. 20¢; 
oz. 40¢; 4 lb. 80¢. 
92 EARLY WONDER (Tall Top Strain): 
65 days. Tall, upright, green tops tinged 
with red. A popular bunching beet. Roots 
flattened globe-shape with small collar and 
tap root. Interior color deep crimson red 
zoned with a lighter shade. Pkt. 20¢; 1 oz. 
40¢; 14 Ib. 75¢. 
91 CROSBY: 60 days. ‘Tops short but 
strong. Roots flattened globe-shape with 
small collar and tap root. Interior color 
bright vermillion red with lighter zoning. 
Crosby is early and popular as a market 
bunching beet. Widely used as an early 
table beet. Pkt. 20¢; 0z. 40¢; 14 Ib. 75¢. 
of the ground and the long ovoid shape, 94 BEETS FOR GREENS. A rapid growing Breeding better beets is one of Robson Seed 
the crop can be harvested easily and at less 
expense than any other root crop. Pkt. 15¢; 
oz. 25¢; 14 Ib. 45¢; Ib. $1.10. 
large topped variety especially suited to the 
production of beet greens. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 35¢; 
V4 |b. 60¢. 
Farms major projects. Joe Robson says, ‘Here is 
a sample of our Detroit Dark Red Beet. It has 
the shape, color and vigor that makes it so pop- 
ular as a garden and canning variety.” 
FOR OTHER COMMERCIAL VARIETIES AND LARGER QUANTITIES SEE PAGES 30 TO 34. 
