ASPARAGUS 
CULTURE —Is a delicious spring vegetable. 
Produces best when planted in well drained 
soil with southern exposure. One ounce of 
seed will sow 40 feet of drill; 2 pounds pro- 
duces enough roots for an acre. A year may 
be saved by buying plants and setting them 
out in rows 4 feet apart and 2 feet apart in 
the row. 
MARY WASHINGTON—An improved deli- 
cious variety, with large deep green sprouts. 
BROCCOLI 
Closely allied to the Cauliflower. In grow- 
ing Broccoli, a seed-bed should be prepared 
and the seed sown in May. The plants will be 
ready to transplant late in June or early in 
July, and should be set in very rich mellow 
ground, in rows about 2% feet apart, leaving 
18 inches between the plants. 
ITALIAN GREEN (Calabrese), 55-60 Days 
—Is the best sprouting sort for all purposes. 
Resembles a fine head of Cauliflower with 
compact large green cluster of buds. Plants 
are 20 inches tall, leafy, with blue-green 
foliage. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
90-95 Days 
A species of the Cabbage family, which 
produces miniature heads from the sides of 
the stalk. These heads are a great delicacy, 
cooked in the same way as cauliflower. Sow 
seed about the middle of May, in a seed-bed, 
and the plants afterward set in rows 2 feet 
or more apart, and cultivate like cabbage. 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED (Paris Mar- 
ket)—-Grows dwarf and compact. About 20 
inches tall with round cabbage-like balls of 
1% inches in diameter. Very desirable sort. 
BEANS 
CULTURE—Require good, well drained, 
manured soil. Do not plant until ground is 
dry and warm. Sow in drills from 2 to 3 
feet apart; 1 to 2 inches deep, plant 2 to 38 
inches apart in the drills. Use % pound to 
100 feet of drill, 60 pounds to the acre. For 
season’s supply, plant at intervals of one to 
two weeks until midsummer, cultivate shallow 
and never when foliage is wet. 
DWARF WAX OR BUSH SORTS 
BLACK WAX PENCIL POD, 52 Days— 
Produces crisp, tender, stringless pods in 52 
days. Flavor is excellent. Yellow pods are 
5 to 6 inches long, keeping a long time in 
condition for snaps. Seeds are black. 
BLACK WAX SURE CROP or BOUNTI- 
FUL—Is desirable for truckers and shippers 
as well as home gardens. Pods are golden 
yellow, brittle and stringless with fine tex- 
ture and quality. Seeds are jet black. Pro- 
duces in 52 days from planting. 
BRITTLE WAX or ROUND POD KIDNEY, 
58 Days—Has superior quality for both can- 
ning and home use. Produces vines from 14 
ROYAL QUALITY SEEDS 
to 15 inches tall and pods 5132 to 6% inches 
long which are of excellent quality and abso- 
lutely stringless. Color of seed is white with 
dark brown to black irregular eye rings. A 
very fine sort. 
DAVIS STRINGLESS WHITE WAX, 52 
Days—Is valuable for shipping to market. 
For family use, should be picked quite young. 
Seed is kidney shaped, pure white. The dry 
beans are excellent for cooking. 
GOLDEN WAX IMPROVED, 51 Days— 
This is one of the most productive, earliest 
dwarf beans for the market or home garden. 
Pods are 5 inches long, broad, flat, a golden 
yellow and stringless. Seed is white, covered 
with purplish red. An old standard sort, but 
is hard to surpass. 
Golden Wax 
GOLDEN WAX TOPNOTCH, 51 Days— 
Plants medium, small, compact; pods golden 
yellow, 5 inches long, brittle and _ stringless. 
Seed is white with brownish marking about - 
the eye. Has an excellent buttery flavor and 
is a heavy yielder. 
UNRIVALED WAX, 53 Days—Plant is 
dwarf and stocky with light yellow, narrow, 
brittle pods 4% inches long. Seed is small, 
glossy, golden brown; high quality. 
WARDWELL’S KIDNEY WAX, 55 Days— 
Is early, hardy and productive. Makes long, 
flat, brittle yellow pods. Seed is kidney 
shaped, good sized, white, with dark mark- 
ings at the eye. Deserves a place in every 
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DWARF GREEN POD OR 
BUSH SORTS 
BOUNTIFUL STRINGLESS, 48 Days—A 
green-pod bush bean which bears very early 
and continues throughout the season. Pods 
beautiful rich green, very thick, broad, long 
and uniform; meaty, tender, fine quality; 
stringless until quite old. Can be used as 
dry bean for winter use. A splendid market 
variety. Seeds solid straw color. 
