Grow Your Own Vegetables for Good Eating 
Vegetables to Start Early Indoors 
Vegetables that can be started indoors or in the 
hotbed are: Artichokes, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, 
Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celery, Eggplant, Leek, Lettuce, 
Parsley, Onions and Tomatoes. February 15 to March 
15 is time enough for most of these vegetables. The 
seed may be started in flower pots, using the new 
sterile medium, Vermiculite, rather than soil. In- 
dividual varieties should be kept separate in each pot. 
The pots require less space than flats and may be 
handled much more easily. To insure against damping 
off, mix Rootone Disinfectant with the seeds at time of 
planting. When the seedlings are ready to be moved, 
eel may be transplanted into flats or directly into the 
hotbed. 
Varieties of vegetables that are starred % are 
especially adapted to freezing 
Asparagus 
Plant as early in the spring as the soil can be prepared. Dig 
a trench a foot wide and as deep; put in several inches of de- 
composed stable manure or use 5 pounds of a complete fer- 
tilizer and 10 pounds of hydrated lime for each 50-foot row. 
Cover fertilizer with soil and set the roots 8 inches below the 
surface of the trench. Space them 18 inches apart, with 3 feet 
between rows. Cover roots with several inches of soil and firm 
each root well; as the shoots grow, the trench can be filled in 
with soil. The secret with Asparagus is abundant fertility. 
%Mary Washington. 2-year-old roots, $5.50 per 100. 
3-year-old roots, $7.50 per 100. 
Artichoke 
Plant early in a greenhouse or hotbed. Set outside in May 
in rows 3 feet apart, space 2 feet apart in the row. Mulch in 
winter. Plants usually bear the second year. The flower buds 
are eaten boiled or raw. 
260 Green Globe. Pkt. 25 cts.; 3 pkts. 65 cts. 
Pole Beans 
Plant in hills, 5 or 6 seeds to a hill, and leaving 3 feet be- 
tween hills. Put 9-foot poles in place before planting. In- 
sects require same treatment as those on Bush Beans. Big 
advantage of Pole Beans is that they yield a continuous crop 
from the time they begin bearing until frost. 
592 Kentucky Wonder. 85 days. Stringless, meaty, 
7 to 9-inch green pods, thick but tender and brittle. 
Pkt. 25 cts.; lb. 40 cts.; lb. 70 cts. 
593 Kentucky Wonder Wax. 65 days. One of the best 
pole wax Beans. Pkt. 30 cts.; lélb. 50 cts.; Ib. 85 cts. 
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POLE BEANS, continued 
589 Scarlet Runner. The green fleshy pods are 6 inches 
long, with strings. Often grown for ornamental use be- 
cause of its scarlet flowers, but possesses as good a flavor 
as any other Bean. It makes an ideal climbing vine. 
Pkt. 25 cts.; 4b. 50 cts.; Ib. 85 cts. 
Italian Pole Bean 
601 Worcester Special. (Italian Pole Bean.) 70 days 
as a snap Bean; 80 days for ripe shell. Enormously 
productive. Pods 6 inches long, straight, stringless, 
dark green becoming yellowish green splashed with 
red as age progresses. Tender and snappy over a 
long period. Pkt. 25 cts.; Mlb. 45 cts.; lb. 80 cts.; 
5 Ibs. $3.50. 
Beans, Green-Pod Bush 
Plant after danger of frost has passed, and prepare the soil 
well. Sow in short rows at intervals of two weeks for a con- 
tinuous supply. Set seed 114 inches deep, 3 inches apart, 
with at least 2 feet between rows. Spray both sides of foliage 
with rotenone to check Mexican bean beetle. 1 pound will 
plant 100 feet of row. 
608 Asgrow Stringless Black Valentine. 51 days. 
Pods are long, oval, somewhat curved and entirely with- 
out strings. Plants bear an early crop. Pkt. 20 cts.; 
Vb. 40 cts.; Ib. 75 cts.; 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
536 Bountiful. 48 days. A heavy yielder, and one of the 
earliest. The flat, light green pods are 64 to 7 inches 
long, in clusters, and absolutely stringless. Pkt. 20 cts.; 
Vb. 40 cts.; Ib. 75 cts.; 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
542 Burpee’s Stringless Green-pod. 49 days. Thick, 
round, dark green pods 5 inches long, that are brittle 
and tender. A standard for many years. Pkt. 20 cts.; 
1éIb. 40 cts.; Ib. 70 cts.; 5 Ibs. $3.00. 
594 French Horticultural. 65 days. A bush shell Bean 
that is extremely prolific. Pods dark green, becoming 
splashed with vivid crimson. Seeds full oval with 
pinkish buff. Pkt. 25 cts.; Mlb. 50 cts.; Ib. 90 cts.; 
5 Ibs. $4.00. 
%587A Tendergreen. 53 days. Round tender pods 6 to 
7 inches long, meaty and tender. Early and continues 
for a long season. Excellent for freezing. Pkt. 20 cts.; 
YéIb. 40 cts.; Ib. 75 cts.; 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
587B Topcrop. 51 days. Gold Medal Winner for 1950. 
Round green pods, slightly curved. Flesh thick, entirely 
stringless and without fiber. Pkt. 25 cts.; lglb. 50 cts.; 
Ib. 90 cts.; 5 Ibs. $4.25. 
603 The Prince. 53 days. A new exhibition variety. A 
first prize winner at the Greenwich Flower Show for 
several years. Stringless, meaty, extra-long pods of 
fine flavor. Also good for growing under glass. Pkt. 
35 cts.; 14|b. 75 cts.; Ib. $1.25. 
McARDLE’S SEED CO., 384-388 GREENWICH AVE., GREENWICH, CONN. 
Beans, Wax oa 
4543 Golden Wax Topnotch. 52 days. Broad, flat yel- 
low pods 5 inches long, straight and brittle. Pods are 
borne well off the ground, early in the season. Mlb. 
45 cts.; Ib. 85 cts.; 5 Ibs. $4.00. ‘y 
605 Sure-crop Wax. 53 days. Thick, brittle, deep yel- 
low pods profusely produced. Plants are strong, upright, 
and bear a good crop. Pkt. 25 cts.; lb. 45 cts.; lb. 85 
cts.; 5 Ibs. $4.00. 
Lima Beans, Bush ‘ 
_ Grow best in rich soil. Plant after frost danger, when soil 
iswarm. Set seed V4 inches deep, and make sure eye of seed 
is down. Space seed 3 inches apart and Jater thin seedlings to 
6 inches, with 214 feet between rows. For insect pests, see 
Bush Beans. 1 pound will plant 100 feet of row. 
539 Burpee’s Improved Bush. 73 days. Broad thick 
pods containing 4 or 5 meaty Beans. Vigorous, pro- 
ductive plants about 20 inches tall; heavy yielder. 
Pkt. 25 cts.; 14lb. 45 cts.; Ib. 80 cts.; 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
%*609 Fordhook 242. 75 days. New. All-America 
Bronze Medal Winner. A heavy yielder of medium- 
sized pods of good eating quality; excellent for freezing. 
Pkt. 25 cts.; 4b. 45 cts.; Ib. 80 cts.; 5 Ibs. $3.75. 
607 Henderson’s Bush. 70 days. The “Baby Lima” 
seeds are small, flat and borne 3 or 4 to a pod. Pkt. 
20 cts.; 14Ib. 45 cts.; Ib. 80 cts.; 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
Lima Beans, Pole 
Culture same as Pole Beans. 
611 King of the Garden. 88 days. Pods are large and 
flat, containing 5 or 6 large Beans. Pkt. 25 cts.; Mlb. 
50 cts.; Ib. 90 cts.; 5 Ibs. $4.25. 
637 Leviathan. 80 days. Long, straight pods, easily 
shelled, are produced early in the season. Hardy and 
prolific. Pkt. 25 cts.; 144Ib. 50 cts.; Ib. 95 cts.; 5 Ibs. $4.25. 
Fava Beans 
589 Broad Windsor. One of the best of these broad Beans. 
Should be planted early for best results. Used like Lima 
Beans. Pkt. 20 cts.; 44Ib. 45 cts.; Ib. 80 ets. 
Edible Soy Beans 
554 Bansei. 95 days. Sow 1 pound per 100-foot row. 
YsIb. 35 cts.; Ib. 60 cts. 
Bean Beetle Dust 
Lucky Strike No. 1000 Dust is 
especially prepared to kill Mexican 
bean beetles. It is non-poisonous and 
may be used even if the Beans are on 
the plant. Bean beetles are no longer 
a problem when you use this material. 
Also can be used to kill the cabbage 
worm. Lb. 60 cts.; 5 Ibs. $2.00. 
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