VEGETABLES 
ARTICHOKE ASPARAGUS 
Green Globe Mary Washington 
Plant—3-5 feet tall. j ; Improved strain of rust-resistant Wash- 
Heads—3 to 4 inches in diameter, globu- ington type. Early, large spear with 
lar, bluntly cone shaped and deep green. tight tips that are long standing. 
A perennial, the flower buds of which are 
the edible portion. It requires a long 
season to develop and, therefore, pro- 
duction is limited to the South and West 
Coast. Most productive on fertile soil. 
BEANS 
Northrup King bean seed is grown in the Inter-Mountain area and the Far-West 
where soil and climatic conditions combine best to produce good seed. Our trained per- 
sonnel supervise planting, rogueing, harvesting and threshing of crops. 
At our Idaho and Minnesota breeding and trial grounds, the high quality of bean 
seed in use is maintained by plant selection, establishing of pure lines and increasing 
basic seed stock. Here annual observations are also made of new introductions by other 
bean breeders. On this basis strains are selected for further study. When the variety 
meets our required standards it is added to our list. 
The maturity days listed after the varieties described are based on average perform- 
ances at our trial grounds near Minneapolis: 
Wax and green beans are noted at snap stage. 
Lima beans are noted at edible stage. 
Field beans are noted at maturity. 
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A Porn of N. K. & Co.'s bean trials near Minneapolis 
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