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ARTICHOKE 
LARGE GREEN GLOBE 
Used for home garden planting and shipping; heads large, slightly elon- 
gated; scales thick at base. Quite different from Jerusalem Artichoke, 
which is grown for its tuberous root. 
ASPARAGUS SEED 
MARY WASHINGTON 
pues latest development of rust resistant asparagus; larger than the 
original Washington, with very tight tips of fine quality. 
BEANS — BUSH GREEN PODDED VARIETIES 
CuLtureE. Beans are easily frost killed, so plant them at Corn plant- 
ing time, on light, dry land. Cold, wet weather will rot the seed in the 
ground and fresh manure causes a rank growth of vine with a lack of 
pods. Hand cultivated beans can be drilled in poor soil as close as 16 
inches, but in rich soil with machine cultivation, 30 inches is required. Drill 
6 beans to the foot and cover one inch deep, or plant 4 beans to the hill, 
18 by 24 inches apart. Two pounds of seed should plant 200 feet and 60 
pounds an acre. Plant every other week for a succession up until August 
first in the latitude of Chicago. Frequently your later plantings will turn 
out the best. Shallow cultivation only should be given at all times and do 
not cultivate when the plant is in bloom as the plant will drop its blossoms; 
never cultivate when wet, as it causes rust. Pick beans before the bulge 
of seed appears and pick them clean to continue the plants bearing. Number 
of days is from planting to first picking. Beans respond well to complete 
commercial fertilizer. Apply at planting time and again when they bloom. 
BOUNTIFUL 50 
Vine light green, 18 inch upright, strong growing bush. Stringless 
at all stages, somewhat inclined to be fibrous as pod ages. Ex- 
ceptional cropper. Pod light green, average 7 inches long by % inch 
wide, thin and flat. Very meaty. Excellent market garden and shipping 
variety; also good for home garden when picked early. Seed pale yellow, 
medium large, kidney shape. 
BROAD WINDSOR, FAVA OR HORSE BEAN 70 
Plants dark green, 20 to 24 inches, tree type of growth with scant 
foliage. Pod shiny dark green, 4 inches long, thick and broad. Used as 
a green shell. Seed large, flat, odd shaped, dark yellowish color with a 
black eye. 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD 50 
Plants large, very productive. Pods curved, round, 5% to 6 inches long; 
medium green, meaty, stringless and of excellent quality. One of the best 
varieties for canning cut beans and very popular with home gardeners. 
Seeds dark brown. 
COMMODORE (DWARF KENTUCKY WONDER) 63 
Bush is 16 to 18 inches tall, very prolific. Pods are round, slightly curved 
and twisted; refined round podded Kentucky Wonder type; tender, brittle, 
almost stringless and fiberless. Seed is mahogany red, slender kidney shape. 
CONTENDER 49 
Pod—5i4” x is”, semi-round. Flesh thick, fiberless and stringless, medium 
dark green. Plant—14” to 16”, vigorous, mosaic resistant, very prolific, pods 
borne low. Seed—Medium large, long oval, excellent for green shelled as 
well as snap beans. 
DIXIE WHITE 52 
Vines light green, 18 inches high. Pods light green, 4 inches long, round 
and straight; stringless when young. A most wonderful yielder. Ex- 
cellent as a dry shell bean; flavor equal or better than Navy. 
FULL MEASURE 54 
An excellent market gardeners’ and canners’ bean. Plants hardy, branch- 
ing freely and bearing a good crop of pods. Pods 6 to 6% inches; round, 
La a deep green and strictly stringless. Seeds brown mottled with 
yellow. 
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