Porfoction Brand. Josted. GARDEN SEEDS 
Every lot of Perfection Brand Seed is thoroughly tested for active, abundant, and vigorous life, 
The exacting nature of these tests has won the confidence of thousands of Southwestern gardeners 
recommend them to their neighbors and friends. 
ASPARAGUS 
Plant early spring, cover 1 inch. Requires 
three years to produce crop from seed. Sow 
seed thick in rows 20 inches apart. Seed is 
so use plenty of water. The following 
year roots will be ready for transplanting. 
Plant roots 20 inches apart in rows 3% feet 
apart. 
Mary Washington—Best rust resistant type. 
Produces rich, thick, dark green stalks. It 
is an early variety. 
Pkt., 10¢; oz., 20c; % Ib., 60c, postpaid. 
Asparagus Roots—Mary Washingion. 
75¢ per dozen, postpaid. 
GARDEN BEANS 
Given moisture, this crop can be planted in 
the South in succession until the middle of 
August. 
The bush varieties should be planted 14% 
inches deep in drills, 18 inches or 2 feet apart, 
2 inches apart in the drill. The pole variety 
should be planted two or three beans in a hill, 
2 feet apart each way. Give them clean cul- 
tivation, mellowing the soil between them, but 
not going too deep. Do not hoe them when wet 
from dew or rain, as this induces rust of leaves 
or 
A pound will plant 100 feet of drill! 2 
bushels, or 120 Ibs. to the acre in drills. Fora 
larger yield of beans, use Nitragin. 
GREEN POD BUSH 
Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod—Splend?fd for 
market and home garden. It is stringless in 
reality as well as name. It is an abundant 
cropper and the pods are thick, round, fleshy 
and nearly straight. Ready for picking in 
45 days. 
Pkt. 10c; Y2 Ib. 35c¢; Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Tendergreen Stringless Green Pod—Exception- 
ally tender, entirely stringless, meaty pods 
that snap like icicles. The pods are 6 inches 
long, perfectly round. Makes in 54 days. 
Pkt. 10¢; Y2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Tennessee Green Pod—This dwarf, early, inter- 
mediate snap bean is very popular in some 
sections of the South. The vines are large, 
somewhat spreading, and prolific. The pods 
are very long—very often 6 to 7 inches, fiat, 
irregular in shape, dark green, and of ex- 
cellent quality. 
Pkt. 10¢c; Y2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60¢; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
TOPCROP BEAN 
Logan—A U. S. Department of Agriculture 
development. Excellent for market and can- 
ning. 
Pkt. 10¢; V2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60¢; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Bountiful Stringless Green Pod—An early varie- 
ty. Flat pods 6 inches long, light green. 
Pkt. 10¢; V2 Ib. 35c¢; Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Stringless Red Valentine—Popular for home 
gardens because of its hardiness and earli- 
ness. 
Pkt. 10¢: Y2 Ib. 35c¢; Ib. 60c: 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Giant Stringless Greenpod—This is a great im- 
provement over the old-time favorite, Red 
Valentine. Exceedingly productive and very 
hardy. Light green stringless pod 6 inches 
in length, round and fairly straight. 55 days. 
Pkt. 10¢c: V2 Ib. 35c¢; Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Toperop—50 days. Winner of the Gold Medal 
of the All America trials for 1950. Originat- 
ed by the U.S.D.A. It has everything, in- 
cluding the Tendergreen quality, 7 inch pods, 
heavy yield and resistance to the wide spread 
mosaic disease. 
Pkt. 10c; V2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60¢; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Contender—47 days. Another new type. Earli- 
est bean yet introduced, it shows exceptional 
yield and quality. Is resistant to bean 
mosaic. 
Pkt. 10¢; V2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60¢: 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Commodore (Bush Kentucky Wonder)—Matures 
in 65 days. Round pods, 8 inches long, 
fleshy and stringless. Has a most appealing 
pole bean flavor. 
Pkt. 10c; Ib. 70c, postpaid. 
WAX POD BUSH 
Pencil Ped Black Wax—Rich yellow pods from 
5 to 6 inches long; entirely stringless, very 
meaty and tender. 
Pkt. 10¢; V2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60¢; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Top Notch Golden Wax—Very valuable rust- 
proof strain of the Golden Wax which stands 
drouth remarkably well. 
Pkt. 10¢; Y2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60¢;: 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
POLE OR RUNNING 
BEANS 
A word about Pole Beans. Many growers 
hesitate to plant pole beans because of the 
searcity of poles. This objection is easily over- 
come and the greater profit in growing the 
pole varieties should be sufficient reason for 
going to a little extra care. Plaster laths will 
answer the purpose and cost very little. 
Kentucky Wonder Green Pod—Brittle, string- 
less, meaty, delicious flavor. The plants are 
vigorous climbers; pods are borne profusely 
in clusters; they average from 7 to 9 inches 
long; are of attractive green color; round 
and very brittle when young. 
Pkt. 10c; V2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
White Seeded Kentucky Wonder—A hich yield- 
ing type of Kentucky Wonder, resistant to 
certain forms of rust. Pods are 8 inches in 
length, round, stringless, fleshy, light green. 
Pkt. 10¢; Y2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax—This remarkable vigor- 
ous-growing wax-podded pole bean is very 
similar to the green-podded Kentucky Won- 
der, but the very long pods are a little broad- 
er. very fleshy, and quite stringless as snaps, 
Pkt. 10¢; V2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60c¢; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Cut Short or Cornfield—Green beans: resem- 
bling those of the Bush Valentine dry beans, 
red speckled. 
Pkt. 10c; V2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60¢; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
so that only the most vital product is shipped 
who plant Perfection Brand Seeds and gladly 
PENCIL POD BLACK WAX 
Missouri Wonder—A late variety with 5-inch 
fiat, curved pod, color medium green. Meaty, 
stringy, good quality. Long bearing corn- 
hill beans. 
Pkt. 10¢; V2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60¢; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
Carolina or Sieva Pole—(Small White Beans)— 
Vigorous variety; very early and productive. 
Pods are short, fat and curved; heans white, 
small and kidney-shaped. 
Pkt. 10c; 2 Ib. 35c¢; Ib. 60¢; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Giant Speckled Pole—Vine grows 7 to 9 feet 
tall; pods 5 to 514 inches, $3 beans per pod, 
slightly curved, large-flat. Produces large — 
seed of beautifully contrasted colors. Very 
prolific. 
Pkt. 10c; V2 Ib. 35c¢; Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
Florida Speckled Pole Lima—The most prolific 
of the Pole Limas. Seeds are about the size 
of the Sieva, but are speckled white and 
brownish red. 
Pkt. 10c; V2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
King of the Garden—(Large White Lima)—An 
improved strain of the large white, of more 
prolific character and with larger pods and 
beans. 
Pkt. 10c: V2 Ib. 35¢; Ib. 60c; 5 Ibs. $2.50, 
postpaid. 
SHELL BEANS | 
improved Navy—Small seed. White and round. 
Pods 4 to 5 inches. 
Pkt. 10c; V2 Ib. 30c¢; Ib. 50c, postpaid. 
__ Pick Beans Young for Top Qual- , 
ity and High Yield. 
A second application of plant | 
food to pole beans after the first — 
picking will increase their vigor — 
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