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Hallawells Califamia VEGETABLE SEEDS 
ASPARAGUS 
Sow seeds early in spring in drills 2 feet apart 
and when well started thin out to 3 inches 
apart. When one year old transplant into per- 
manent beds. 
PARADISE—Produces more high quality aspar- 
agus than any other variety and is considered 
one of the best for freezing. Cut the tips every 
day during cutting season. It is early and will 
produce a good crop one year from planting 
the roots or 2 years from seed. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 75c; Y% Ib. $2.25. 
ARTICHOKE 
Sow any time the weather is favorable, prefer- 
ably in March or April. Transplant when 6 
inches high in rows 5 feet apart, and 4 feet 
between the plants. Save offsets from best 
plants for new supply, as artichokes never 
come true from seed and some will be inferior. 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE. Pkt 2567702, p50. 
BUSH BEANS 
Plant beans when soil is warm, in rows 18 to 
24 inches apart; make a furrow about 2 inches 
deep and drop the beans 2 to 3 inches apart 
in the row. Cover with soil and firm it with the 
back of the rake. Bush beans grow cbout 16 
to 24 inches high. If you pick them when they 
are young they are stringless and delicious. A 
packet of seed will sow about 25 ft. of row, 1 
Ib. about 150 ft. 
Pkt. 25c; Y2 lb. 50c; lb. 85c; 
5 lbs. $3.50 
BOUNTIFUL — One of the best home garden 
beans. Plants are large, thrifty and prolific, 
bearing fleshy, light green pods about 7 inches 
long. They are stringless and of fine quality. 
BROAD WINDSOR, LONG POD (Fava)—A fine 
variety for shelling when green. Pods are very 
long and the beans green and tender; endures 
frost. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL (Italian Bush Bean) 
—Green beans in 53 days, and mature for 
green shelling in 60 days. Pods are dark green 
and stringless at the snap stage, becoming 
splashed with carmine later. 
EDIBLE SOYBEANS—This new edible soybean 
is very prolific and most desirable as a green 
shell bean. About 90 days. 
TOP NOTCH GOLDEN WAX—52 days. Good 
robust plants yielding more than the usual 
number of stringless brittle pods 5 to 5% inches 
long. A well flavored home garden bean, 
Beans, Top Notch Golden Wax 
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POLE BEANS 
Pkt. 25c; ¥ lb. 50c; lb. 85c; 
9 lbs. $3.50 
Plant in warm and moderately dry soil about 
5 or 6 beans around poles spaced 2 to 3 ft. apart. 
1 pkt. for 10 poles, 1 lb. for 50 to 60 poles. They 
may also be planted along a fence or trellis. 
BLUE LAKE (Stringless Pole)—A very fine pole 
bean which is widely used for processing. 
Pods round, medium green and stringless when 
young. Seed is small, oval, white. 
KENTUCKY WONDER (Old Homestead) — The 
most widely used pole bean; fine for home or 
market garden. Excellent climber; thrifty, pro- 
lific. Pods are medium green 9 to 10 inches 
long, round, fleshy and brittle. 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX — An exceedingly 
productive variety, bearing a large quantity of 
tich golden yellow pods which are thick, string- 
less and very tender. 
ROMANO £(Italian) — Prolific pale green pod 
bean; popular in the San Francisco Bay area. 
SCARLET RUNNER —A great favorite; both 
ornamental and useful; producing dazzling 
scarlet flowers during the summer months. 
BLUE COCO POLE BEAN—65 days. Considered 
by gourmets one of the finest flavored beans 
in the world, this most exceptional blue-purple 
pod French bean, is having a well deserved 
revival. Resistant to disease, and very produc- 
tive. Pods will grow 9 inches long, but best 
when picked at six inches. Turn green, ot 
course, in cooking. Pkt. 35c; ¥ lb. 75c; lb. $1.25. 
Bush Lima Beans 
LIMA BEANS 
Limas are very sensitive to cold and over- 
moist ground and should be planted when the 
soil is warm. Plant 5 or 6 beans in a hill. Plant 
in a rich, mellow soil and cultivate frequently. 
One pound of bush limas will plant 75.-hills. 
Pkt. 25c; Y2 lb. 50c; lb. 85c; 
9 Ibs. $3.50 
IMPROVED BUSH LIMA —Plants uniformly 
dwarf and enormously productive. Pods large, 
containing 4 to 6 large thick beans. 
THOROGREEN—A very productive baby lima 
with 3-inch pods containing 3 or 4 broad flat 
green beans which retain their color even when 
mature. 
POLE — LIMA 
KING OF THE GARDEN—A vigorous and pro- 
ductive pole lima with very long pods, each 
containing 5 to 6 large beans of delicious flavor. 
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Beet, Early Wonder 
BEETS 
Where the winters are mild beet seeds may be 
sown the year around. For a continuous supply 
sow every few weeks. Space rows about 1% 
to 2 ft. apart and cover seeds 2 inch deep. A 
packet will sow 20 ft. of row, an ounce 100 ft. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN — Table or market size 
beets in 58 days. Roots are flat globe-shaped, 
with a small tap root; color purplish red; tops 
medium size for bunching or greens. A fine beet 
for home garden or for bunching. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c; Y lb. $1.00; lb. $3.00. 
EARLY WONDER — Grows quickly and pro- 
duces small beets that may be cooked with 
the tops, during the thinning process. Roots 
are semi-globular; dark purplish red with small 
tap root. Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c; % lb. $1.00; Ib. $3.00. 
DETROIT DARK RED—Tops are medium, dark 
green tinged with red. Roots globular, smooth, 
uniform, with a small tap root. It is one of the 
darkest red beets, sweet, tender and of fine 
quality. Pkt. 15c; oz. 45c; % lb. $1.25; Ib. $3.50. 
IMPROVED BLOOD TURNIP—A selected strain 
of Early Turnip Beet. Flesh is blood red and of 
excellent quality; remains in good condition for 
a long time; tops are green, and meduim to tall. 
Pkt. 15c; oz. 35c; 4 lb. $1.00; lb. $3.00. 
BROCCOLI 
ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING—An excellent 
vegetable for home garden or for market. An 
erect plant with central heads or bud clusters 
which are deep green when ready to cut. 
Pkt. 20c; Ya oz. 50c; oz. 90c; Ys Ib. $2.25. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS 
Sow and cultivate same as cabbage and set the 
plants in rows 24% feet apart and 2 feet apart 
in the rows. One ounce will produce about 2000 
plants and will mature in about 150 days. 
Grows 20 inches high and is well covered with 
small sprouts which are very solid and excel- 
lent in flavor. Pkt. 25c; Y% oz. 75c; oz. $2.50. 
