ALLEN’S VEGETABLE SEEDS 
ALL SEEDS BY MAIL POSTPAID UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED 
Asparagus 
Mary Washington. Rust resist- 
ant. Large, tender stalks. 
Sow seed as soon as ground 
ean be worked; same as peas. 
Transplant following year. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 lb. 50c; 
lb. $1.50. 
Brussels Sprouts 
Sow and transplant like cab- 
bage. 2500 plants per ounce. 
Sluis’ Big Crop. 90 days. Strong 
plants; heavy producers. % 
oz. 10c; oz. 75c; %4 lb. $2.00. 
Broccoli 
-Start indoors and transplant 
in rows 2 feet apart each way. 
Cut before flower buds open. 
2500 plants per ounce. 
Italian Green. 75 days. Sim- 
ilar to cauliflower in table 
use. Large, green heads. \% 
oz. 10c; oz. 50c; %4 lb. $1.50. 
Hansen Inoculators 
Garden Size. Contains a mix- 
ture of bacteria for inocu- 
Sweet Peas, Garden 
Garden Beans, Lima 
lating 
Peas, 
Beans, and Lupines. Pkt. 10c. 
Beans 
Plant seed after ground is 
warm and throughout summer. 
Sow seed 3 inches apart in 
rows. Pole Beans are planted 
in hills 4 feet apart. % pound 
plants 50-foot row. 
Wax or Yellow Podded 
(Bush Beans) 
Price of Yellow and Green- 
Podded Beans: 14 lb. 20c; \% lb. 
35c; 1 lb. 50c. Express Collect, 
5 lbs. $2.25; 10 lbs. $4.00. 
Brittle Wax or Round Pod Kid- 
ney Wax. 54 days. Very ten- 
der. Entirely stringless. 
Davis White Wax Stringless. 
52 days. Long thick pods. 
Heavy bearing. Good for dry- 
ing. 
Pencil Pod Black Wax. 52 days. 
Best round-podded Wax Bean 
for market. 
Green Podded 
(Bush Beans) 
1% Ib. 20c; 4% Ib. 35c; 1. 1b. 50c. 
Express Collect, 5 lbs. $2.25; 10 
Ibs. $4.00. 
Tendergreen. 54 days. Abso- 
lutely stringless. Fleshy pods 
about 6 inches long. Very 
productive. 
Topcrop. 50 days. Resistant to 
bean mosaic. Very heavy 
yielder and holds good dark 
green color. 
Burpee’s Stringless. 50 days. 
Round green pods 6 inches 
long; thick and brittle. Good 
yielder. 
Red Valentine Stringless. 52 
days. Pods round and fleshy. 
Enormous producer. 
Pole Beans 
VY Ib. 20c; % lb. 35c; 1 1b. 50c. 
Express Collect, 5 lbs. $2.25; 10 
lbs. $4.00. 
Kentucky Wonder. 65 days. 
Stringless pods 7 inches long. 
Good dry or green. If gath- 
ered will produce large crops 
tile Lost: 
Edible Soy Beans 
Bansei. 90 days. Adapted to a 
short growing season. Green 
beans turn yellow when ripe. 
IAD Loc; 6221 bs 20; Lb: 
40c. Express Collect, 5 lbs. 
$1.75. 
Bush Limas 
1b. 20c; % Ib. 35c; 1 1b. 6Oc. 
Express Collect, 10 lbs. $4.75. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima, 
75 days. Pods 5 to 6 inches 
long. Finest quality beans; 
good for freezing. 
Fordhook 242. 72 days. Does 
better in hot weather than 
many Limas. Baby-Lima type. 
Big yields. 
Pole Limas 
Y% Ib. 20c; 144 lb. 40c; 1 Ib. 60c. 
Express Collect, 10 lbs. $4.00. 
King of the Garden. 85 days. 
Large pods filled with beans 
of mammoth size. Vines bear 
early and continue until frost. 
Field Seed Beans 
Hand-Picked Marrow. By Mail, 
lb. 50c. 
Hand-Picked Navy. 
lb. 50c. 
Hand-Picked White Kidney. By 
Mail, lb. 50c. 
Hand-Picked Red Kidney. By 
Mail, lb. 50c. 
By Mail, 
Beets 
Plant as early as ground can 
be worked, 3 to 4 inches apart, 
in rows. Beet tops are very 
good as greens. % ounce plants 
50 feet of row. 
14 oz. 10c; oz. 20c; % Ib. 50c; 
Ib. $1.50. 
Allen’s Select. 45 days. Several 
years ago we noticed in a 
bed of Crosby’s Egyptian, a 
Beet that grew faster and 
larger and matured earlier 
than the rest. After careful 
testing we became convinced 
that this Beet is not only of 
commercial value but de- 
served trial by all lovers of 
Beets. It is globular, dark 
red, fine flavored and a good 
keeper. Excellent for greens. 
Crosby’s Egyptian Improved. 
50 days. A quick grower. 
Good for forcing indoors and 
a favorite with market gar- 
deners. Roots are slightly 
flattened globes, rich blood- 
red. 
Detroit Dark Red. 60 days. 
Small tops; can be planted 
close together. Very sweet, 
fine flavor for table use. 
Eclipse. 55 days. Smooth, 
roundish roots, bright red 
and very fine textured. Grows 
fast. 
Sugar Beets 
Klein Wanzleben. 90 days. The 
most cultivated and probably 
the best heavy yielder. %4 oz. 
10c; oz. 15c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 
$1.00. 
Mangel Wurzel 
1% oz. 10c; oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; 
lb. $1.00. 
Golden Tankard. 100 
big cropper of 
shape. Skin and flesh golden 
yellow. Claimed to contain 
more sugar than anyother. 
Mammoth Long Red. 110 days. 
Grows to an immense size; in 
good soil has yielded 1400 to 
2000 bushels per acre. 
days A 
long, round 
Carrots 
Sow the seed as early as the 
ground can be worked. Plant it 
thinly in rows. An ounce will 
plant 100 feet of row. 
Y% oz. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 lb. 60c; 
lb. $1.75. 
Chantenay. 72 days. Thick 
stump roots 5 inches long; 
fine grained, deep orange. 
Best half-long variety for 
table use. 
Improved Danvers. 75 days. A 
standard market sort, fine for 
table use. Rich orange, 6 to 
8 inches long, 2% inches 
thick. 
Improved Long Orange. 85 
days. Immense producer of 
long Carrots; good keeper; 
valuable stock feed. 
Improved Nantes. 
Half-long, blunt; 
root, very little core, 
orange, smooth. 
Oxheart. 75 days. 
65 days. 
small tap 
Skin 
Forms a 
thick root 8 to 4 inches in 
diameter; tender, orange-red 
flesh. Produces large crops. 
New Early Coreless. Completely 
without core. Tapering 8-in. 
roots of deep orange. Best 
for table, market and stock 
feeding. 
Sweet Corn 
Corn should not be 
until the soil is thoroughly 
warm and dry. Plant 6 kernels 
in a hill and space the hills 3 
feet apart; thin to 3 plants in 
each hill. Keep well cultivated. 
A pound plants 200 hills. 
% 1b. 15c; % Ib. 25c; lb. 45c. 
By Express, 10 lbs. $3.00; 25 
lbs. $6.00. 
Barden’s Wonder Bantam. 80 
days. Beautiful yellow corn. 
Stalks grow 5 to 6 feet tall; 
ears 8 to 10 inches in length. 
De Lue’s Golden Giant. 8( days. 
Larger ears and stalks, mak- 
ing it the most productive of 
the best yellow Sweet Corns. 
Golden Bantam. 8( days. Most 
exquisite quality; bright 
golden yellow color. Can be 
planted very early for it is 
quite hardy. Small stalks 
grow close together and pro- 
duce 2 to 3 ears each. 
Golden Sunshine. 74 days. Com- 
pact ears, about same size as 
Golden Bantam, Very rapid 
grower; earliest of golden 
group. 
Stowell’s Evergreen. 95 days. 
Large ears bearing tender, 
planted 
sweet white kernels. Good 
late variety. 
Cabbage 
Sow seed indoors and trans- 
plant outdoors in early spring. 
Set the plants 1% feet apart in 
rows. 2000 plants per ounce, 
YW oz. 10c; oz. 30c; 14 Ih. $1.00; 
lb. $2.75 
Copenhagen Market 70 days. 
An early, round-headed Cab- 
bage. Light green leaves and 
remarkably solid head. 
Danish Ballhead. 100 days. 
Heads are medium to large 
size. Fine white color; good 
keeper. 
Early Jersey Wakefield. 65 
days. Fine early variety for 
summer use. Grows quickly; 
cooks tender. Medium size, 
solid head. 
Glory of Enkhuizen. 78 days. 
Early; round dark green 
heads; medium size, good 
quality. Especially good for 
sauerkraut. 
Golden Acre. 65 days. Small, 
but very fine variety. Pro- 
duces uniform, tightly folded 
and well-blanched heads; best 
table type. 
Improved American Savoy. 100 
days. Large heads of 
wrinkled leaves of excellent 
flavor. 
Penn State Ballhead. 105 days. 
Produces more tons per acre 
and is less subject to disease 
than original strain of Ball- 
head. Hard heads 6 to 7 
inches deep, late in season. 
Premium Flat Dutch. 100 days. 
Large, heavy, hard heads. 
Very tight and compact; fine 
late sort. 
The Ideal Red. 90 days. Very 
early; round, solid red head 
with few outer leaves. 
Chinese Cabbage 
Chihili. 75 days. Early and 
sure-heading variety; grows 
18 to 20 inches tall and 8 to 
4% inches thick. Firm, well- 
blanched heads taper near 
the top. 
Hybrid Sweet Corn 
¥% Ib. 20c; 144 Ib. 30c; lb. 50c. 
By Express, 5 lbs. $2.30; 10 lbs. 
$4.00. 
Golden Cross Bantam. 85 days. 
Wilt-resistant and high yield- 
ing. This corn, product of 
crossing two pure lines, is 
not only resistant to bac- 
terial wilt but produces 
larger crops of beautiful ears, 
8 in. long with 10 to 14 rows 
of golden yellow kernels. 
Tochief. 89" days. ao oe All 
American Winner. Rated best 
main crop yellow sweet corn. 
Ideal for eating fresh, can- 
ning and freezing, 8 to 9-inch 
ears filled right to the tips. 
Marcross C6.13. 72 days. Stalks 
short but sturdy, highly re- 
sistant to Stewart’s disease. 
Ears long, plump, abruptly 
tapered at the tips. 10 to 14 
rows of light yellow kernels. 
Pop Corn 
14% lbh. 15c; % Ib. 25c; lb. 50c. 
Not prepaid, 5 lbs. $1.25. Write 
for larger quantity prices. 
Japanese Hulless (Tom Thumb). 
100 days. 5-foot stalk with 2 
to 3 ears to the stalk. Waxy 
white kernels; pops snowy 
white. 
South American (Dynamite). 
100 days. 2 ears to a stalk. 
Ears 6 to 7 inches long with 
12 to 14 rows of large, yel- 
low kernels; excellent pop- 
ping quality. (29) 
