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Wade Bean. 
GOLD MEDAL BEAN 
*14. WADE. (63 days.) Received 1952 
Gold Medal All-America award. Named after 
Dr. J. H. Wade of the Charleston, S. C., Re- 
gional Vegetable Breeding Laboratory, who was 
credited with its introduction. It is resistant 
to common bean mosaic and powdery mildew. 
Deep green pods, 5% to 6 inches long, round 
and slender, containing a reddish brown seed. 
Somewhat taller than Tendergreen, which en- 
ables it to hold its pods well up off the ground. 
Pods are very smooth, containing approximately 
one-third as many hairs as the average com- 
mercial variety. It is slow to wilt, losing its 
water content slower than the average variety. 
Ideal for freezing, canning or market. Excep- 
tionally heavy yielder of fine quality snap beans. 
Pkt; W0cs7241b., Sbc3 lb, .65¢"" 2 Thst, $1.20; 
5 lbs., $2.50, postpaid. 
EARLY GREEN CELERY 
124. SUMMER 
PASCAL. (85 
days.) An _ early 
green celery of su- 
perior quality. 
Thick, tender stems 
measuring 8 to 9 
inches to the first ‘ 
joint. The plant is sturdy and robust, making 
a thick, solid plant. The unblanched stocks are 
exceptionally fine in flavor. Nothing finer for 
an early celery. Pkt., 10c; Y% oz, 45c; oz, 
80c; % Ib., $2.35, postpaid, 
Summer 
Pascal 
Celery. 
Congo Watermelon, 
ANTHRACNOSE RESISTANT 
WATERMELON 
261.5. CONGO® (O0mdays:.)i— Uses. D> vAe 
46-40. Released from the Regional Vegetable 
Breeding Laboratory of the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture at Charleston, South Carolina. 
It is a cross of an African variety, which was 
resistant to anthracnose with Iowa Bell, and 
later crossed with a variety called Garrison. 
The melon was bred for the shipping trade. A 
fairly large melon, larger than Kleckley’s Sweet. 
The light stripe is considerably darker than is 
normal in a strip watermelon, giving somewhat 
the appearance of a solid green. The flesh is 
medium red, seeds whitish or brown, and sugar 
content high. Shows slight resistance to fusarium 
wilt. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 4 Ib., 75c; lb., $2.25, 
postpaid, 
Upper ear, Golden Cross Bantam. 
Lower ear, Gold Rush. 
69-DAY HYBRID SWEET CORN 
*137. GOLD RUSH HYBRID. (69 days.) 
This hybrid is ten days earlier than Golden 
Cross Bantam and nearly equal to it in size and 
quality. It has produced from seed to market 
in 66 days. Ears are about 8% inches long, 
12 to 14 rowed, slightly tapered and are 
well filled to the tips with attractive, tender, 
sweet, yellow kernels of fine quality and flavor. 
Stalks grow about 6 ft. tall, and many wil! produce 
two ears per stalk. We consider this the finest 
early hybrid sweet corn grown today. If you 
are a truck gardener we would advise that you 
switch some of your acreage to this variety. 
PEt, oC 5 LD toe Ip. ocr 2 1DS..son. 40s 
5 lbs., $2.90, postpaid. 
Golden Delight Muskmelon. 
MUSKMELON 
236. GOLDEN DELIGHT. (84 days.) 
In appearance it somewhat resembles the Bend- 
er’s Surprise. Fruits are elongated 4 to 5 by 5 
to 7 inches. The flesh is thick orange or salmon 
and very firm, Under adverse growing conditions 
it seems to stand up better than other varieties 
of its type. Fine flavor and of excellent quality. 
Skin is slate gray but matures a fairly deep 
yellow. Ribs are wide and shallow with open 
netting, tapering somewhat at the blossom end. 
A very desirable home and market melon. 
Pkt., 15c; 0z., 45c; 4% Ib., $1.30; Ib., $3.95, 
postpaid, 
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Urbana Tomato. 
HIGH YIELDING TOMATO 
439. URBANA. (75 days.) A very heavy 
yielding new variety bred from parent stocks 
produced by Prof. W. A. Huelsen of the Univer- 
sity of Illinois. In the Vineland, Ontario, trials 
in 1951 it outyielded in both early and total 
yield all 100 varieties including hybrids in the 
trial. The fruit is deep scarlet, medium size, 
smooth, globe shaped and the flesh is deep scar- 
let, firm with thick walls and small seed cavity. 
Plants compact, bushy, with many short branch- 
es. Has a spread of 2 to 3 feet which allows a 
large number of plants per acre. Good foliage 
protection for fruit. Pkt., 10c; 2 0z., 40c; oz., 
70c; “%4 lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
CHINESE CABBAGE 
69. MICHIHLI. (72 days.) This sure 
heading Chinese cabbage is somewhat larger than 
Chihli with rich, dark green outer leaves without 
a yellowish cast. Trimmed heads are well 
blanched, firm, crisp, tender, and fine flavor. In 
trials they produce fully 99 per cent heads desir- 
able for market. Prices: Pkt., 10c; % oz., 20c; 
0z., 30¢; Y% lb., 80c; 1b., $2.45, postpaid. 
Michihli Chinese Cabbage. 
