Grow 
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 Seedtone Disinfectant with the seeds at time of 
planting. When the seedlings are ready to be moved, 
they 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 tnches 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 ts abundant fertility. 
% Mary Washington. 2-year-old roots, $6.00 per 100. 
3-year-old roots, $8.00 per 100. 
PEAS, Gradus 
Lb. 75 cts. 
26 LETTUCE, Great Lakes 
Pkt. 25 cts.; oz. 95. cts. 
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. 
296 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. 
591 Kentucky Wonder. 85 days. Stringless, meaty, 
7 to 9-inch green pods, thick but tender and brittle. 
Pkt. 25 cts.; 4%lb. 45 cts.; Ib. 85 cts. 
591A Kentucky Wonder Wax. 65 days. One of the best 
pole wax Beans. Pkt. 30 cts.; '4lb. 75 cts.; Ib. $1.25. 
597 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.; %lb. 75 cts.; Ib. $1.25. 
Italian Pole Bean 
593 Worcester Special. I 
as a snap Bean; 80 days for ripe shell. 
productive. 
(Italian Pole Bean.) 70 days 
Enormously 
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.; Ib. 80 cts.; 
5 Ibs. $3.50. 
RADISH, Cherry Belle 
Pkt. 20 cts. 
BEANS, Golden Wax 
Lb. 90 cts, 
LIMA BEANS 
Bush Fordhook 242 
our Owe VEGETABLES for Good Eating 
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 1144 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. 
590 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.; 
Vélb. 40 cts.; Ib. 75 cts.; 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
535 Bountiful. 48 days. A heavy yielder, and one of the 
earliest. The flat, light green pods are 61% to 7 inches 
long, in clusters, and absolutely stringless. Pkt. 20 cts.; 
VéIb. 40 cts.; Ib. 75 cts.; 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
541 Burpee’s Stringless Green-pod. 49 days. Thick, 
round, dark green pods 5 inches Iong, that are brittle 
and tender. A standard for many years. Pkt. 20 cts.; 
Vélb. 40 cts.; Ib. 75 cts.; 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
594 French Horticultural. 65 days. A bush shell Bean 
that is extremely prolific. Pods dark green, becoming 
splashed with vivid a imson. Seeds full oval with pmkish 
buff. Pkt. 25 cts.; 4Ib. 75 cts.; Ib. $1.25. 
%540 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.; 
léIb. 50 cts.; Ib. 85 cts.; 5 Ibs. $4.00. 
538 Topcrop. 51 days. Gold Medal Winner for 1950. 
Round green pods, slightly curved. Flesh thick, entirely 
stringless and without fiber. Pkt. 25 cts.; 4lb. 50 cts.; 
Ib. 90 cts.; 5 Ibs. $4.25. 
595 The Prince. 53 days. A new exhibition ve iriety. A 
first prize winner at the Greenwich Flower Show for 
several years. Stringless, mez aty, extra- long pods of 
fine flavor. Also good for growing under glass. Pkt. 
35 cts.; lb. 75 cts.; Ib. $1.25. 
BEET, Detroit Perfected 
Oz. 45 cts. 
Lb. 85 cts. 
BROCCOLI, Calabrese 
Pkt. 25 cts. 
