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LIMA BEAN, Fordhook Bush 
Pole Wax-Podded Beans 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. 70 days. Flat yellow, stringless pods. 
LIMA BEANS 
Lima Beans are very susceptible to cold and seeds should not be 
planted until the ground has become thoroughly warm. They should 
be sown on well-enriched land, with the rows 3 feet apart, placing the 
Beans 6 inches apart in the row. Plant about 114 inches deep, 4% 
pound to 50 feet of row. 
Bush Varieties 
Burpee’s Improved Bush. 75 days. Produces large pods which con- 
tain 4 or more thick Beans. The dry Beans are flat, greenish white, 
Cangreen. 65 days. Small-seeded, similar to Henderson’s Bush in 
size. Retains green color to canning stage. 
Fordhook Bush Lima. 75 days. Thick, meaty pods containing 3 or 
4 seeds. Both the green shell and the dry Beans are large and 
plump. 
Fordhook Baby Lima. 70 days. Bush about 14 inches high, erect 
and runnerless. Dark glossy green pods 2% inches long, with 3 or 
4 Beans. Excellent for canning. 
Henderson’s Bush (Baby Lima). 65 days. A popular canning 
variety. Pods contain 3 or 4seeds. Dry Beans are white. 
Jackson’s Wonder Bush. Medium-sized pods holding 4 or 5 thick 
Beans of good quality. 
Pole Varieties 
King of the Garden. 88 days. An improved strain of the large white 
Pole Lima. Pods 5 to 6 inches long, containing 4 or 5 large Beans of 
good quality. 
Red-speckled Pole. 88 days. Large flat Bean. Very prolific and of 
excellent quality. 
Sieva or Carolina. 75 days. Popular pole Butter Bean, with pods 3 
inches long. Early, prolific, and of excellent quality. 
Beans are the most important garden vegetables. They con- 
tain both Vitamins A and B,, are the most nutritious and whole- 
some. Plant plenty of Beans. 
We do not pay postage on Beans. If ordered by mail, add for 
handling and postage: ¥2lb. 20 cts.; lb. 25 cts.; 2 lbs. 30 cts.; 
5 lbs. 40 cts. 
BEANS, POLE WAX 
Kentucky Wonder Wax 
LIMA BEANS, BUSH 
Fordhook 242 
Fordhook Baby 
Cangreen Rane 
All Other Bush Varieties....... 
Vlb. Lb. 2 Ibs. 5 Ibs. 
$0 25 $0 45 $0 85 $2 
LIMA BEANS, POLE 
Sieva or Carolina 
Other Varieties 
BEETS. Postpaid. 
All Varieties Table 
All Varieties Stock 
SWISS CHARD. Postpaid. 
Both Varieties 
For larger Quantities See Price Sheet in Front of Catalog. 
A field in California that is under the direction of our contract 
grower. Here our ‘‘root’’ seeds such as beets and carrots are grown 
on a vast scale. 
BEETS 
Light, well-fertilized loam is best for growing Beets. Successive 
plantings at two-week intervals are preferable, using an ounce of seed 
for a 50-foot row, and 6 to 8 pounds for an acre. Sow in rows 1% feet 
apart, and when the plants are about 2 inches high, thin to 3 inches 
apart. Beet tops are among the most vitamin-rich products of the 
whole vegetable garden. For winter storage, late Beets may be packed 
in moist soil in a cool cellar. 
Crimson Globe. 69 days. Second early. Globe-shaped; deep crim- 
son. 
Crosby’s Egyptian. 60 days. Early. Flattened globe-shaped; 
medium dark-red, tops medium size. 
Detroit Dark Red. 68 days. Main-crop variety. Roots round, 
smooth, deep blood-red. Good for late summer and fall. 
Early Blood Turnip. 68 days. Second early. Turnip-shaped, bright 
red; long tap-root. Used for both early and main crop; desirable 
for winter use. 
Eearly Eclipse. 65 days. Root globular; flesh bright red, marked 
with white, fine grained. 
White Sugar. 90 days. Large. Excellent for table use or for stock. 
Heavy yielder. 
Vitaminized Gardens 
Beets contain Vitamin B, health and nutrition necessity. Young 
Beet tops are superior to spinach and turnips for greens. 
MANGEL-WURZEL or STOCK 
BEETS 
Sow from April to July, in drills 2 feet apart, thinning to 10 inches 
apart. Sow 6 pounds of seed per acre. 
Golden Tankard. Flesh yellow and inclined to color the milk. 
Large root, usually larger at the bottom than at the top. 
Mammoth Long Red. Flesh white, veined pink. Roots 18 inches 
long, and 6 inches across, grow half above ground. Often yields 30 
to 50 tons per acre. 
SWISS CHARD 
Sow the seed about an inch apart and an inch deep, in rows 1% to 
2 feet apart. When 3 or 4 inches high, thin to 8 to .10 inches apart. 
An ounce of seed plants 50 feet of row. 
Fordhook Giant. 60 days. Grows to an immense size. Large, fleshy, 
blue-green, much-crinkled leaves cf thick texture. Stems pearly 
white, often 214 inches wide. 
Lucullus. 60 days. In season from early spring to late autumn 
The pale green foliage may be used like spinach and the broad 
white stems like celery. The roots are not edible. 
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