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Title: 1956 giant dahlia flowered zinnias : Steckler Seed Company, Inc
Identifier: 1956giantdahliaf19jste (find matches)
Year: 1956 (1950s)
Authors: J. Steckler Seed Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New Orleans, La. : Steckler
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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TENDERGREEN SNAP BEANS, DWARF OR BUSH—GREEN PODDED Height of bush 15 to 25 Inches. All varieties marketed am green beans except Red Kidney and Whit* Nary or Boston which are left to mature. ASGROW BLACK VALENTINE STRING- LESS—48 days. An improved selection of the old Black Valentine which Is strtngless and yet retains the valuable quality of the old type of being Immune to damage by light frosts. TENDERGREEN—53 days. Desirable for home and market garden. Pods round, fleshy, dark green, strictly stringless, of fine quality. Seeds brown, mottled and Culture—Planting time. Southern States: Spring, January to May; rail, August to November. Plant 1 pound to 150 feet of row IV* bushels to one acre; drop two beans every two or three inches In rows; IV2 feet apart, cover one inch with earth. Average production green b«ans about 100 bushels per acre. blotched with light fawn. An improve- ment on Full Measure. BLACK VALENTINE—49 days. Pods about five inches long averaging 6 to 7 beans to each pod. Excellent shipper, very hardy and productive, one of the best sorts. BOUNTIFUL—53 days. Pods longer than Black Valentine and flat. A prolific bearer, abso- lutely stringless at all stages, the very best for private and shipping purposes. BURPEE'S STRINGLESS—50 days. Pods round, 5 inches long, tender and brittle. Absolutely stringless and largely grown for canning purposes, among the very best for shipping and private use. GIANT STRINGLESS—54 days. An exceed- ingly productive sort, plants are large, vigorous and spreading. Pods large and nearly round and of medium green color. Quality is very good for home use and one of the best for canning and shipping purposes. STREAMLINER—55 days. One of the most pro- ductive of the bush green types. Long straight, semi-flat pods, 7 in. long and fleshy. Quality excellent, stringless. Seed whits kidney shape, also excellent for dry- ing. LOGAN—52 days. Cross between the U. S. 5 Refugee and Stringless Black Valentine. It is resistant to powdery mildew and com- mon bean mosaic RED KIDNEY—Loft to maturity. A red kidney- shoped bean used for baking and soup. CONTENDER—54 days. A recent introduction, with resistance to common bean Mosaic and powdery mildew. Pods are stringless, round and seed buff lightly mottled. Ideal for home, marketing and shipping. BUSH WAX BEANS Height of Bush 15 to 25 inches SURE CROP WAX—53 days. Vigorous and hardy, fleshy, stringless pods about six Inches long, nearly round. A desir-
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ASPARACUS able variety for shipping as w»ll as home use. DAVIS STRINGLESS WHITE KIDNEY WAX—52 days. White kidney-shaped beans. Pods hght yellow, long and straight, a heavy producer. PENCIL POD WAX—52 days. Fairly hardy and productive, medium early, the very best for home use and near markets; pods are long, straight, round, fleshy, tender, absolutely stringless. IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX—48 days. Used largely by home gardeners; heavy bearer, vigorous grower. Pods large yellow, solid, brittle and waxy texture, and absolutely stringless. A good rust resisting variety. BUSH UMA BEANS Height of Bush 15 to 25 Inches NEW CALICO or JACKSON WONDER BUSH BUTTER—65 days. Pods short, used also for shelling. Name "Calico" derived from appearance at maturity. An excellent Southern bean, both for family use and for shipping, cannot be too highly recommended. FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA—77 days. An im- proved dwarf Uma, sometimes cuUed Potato Bush Lima. Plants are vigorous and erect, pods produced in large clus- ters, medium green, a popular variety for home and marketing purposes. BURPEE'S BUSH UMA—77 days. Plants are uniform dwarf, vigorous and productive, pods medium green, very large, about five inches long. An extensively used bush lima. FORDHOOK 242 BUSH LIMA—72 days. Strong, vigorous, bushy plants, literally loaded with medium pods containing 3 to 4 small, ilat plump beans. Beans until frost. HENDERSON'S BUSH or BABY LIMA—68 days. Extremely early, hardy and productive, pods ore medium dark green, short, flat, of excellent quality either green-shelled or dry. Much used by canners. CANGREEN—A new green seeded small bush lima of the Henderson type. Strong grower, more proUiic and with slighUy larger seeds. 1/2 lb. BOUNTIFUL Bean Prices (Pkt—lOcJ Bush Green, Wax and Lima Asgrow Black Valenttne S .35 Tendergreen 35 Black Valentine (old type) 35 Bountiful 35 Burpee Stringless 30 Giant Stringless 30 Red Kidney (Mahogany) 35 Streamliner 35 Contender 35 Logan 35 Surecrop Wax 30 Davis Stringless White Kidney Wax. 35 Pencil Pod Wax 35 Improved Golden Wax 30 New Calico or lackson Wonder 30 Baby Fordhook 35 Burpee Bush Lima 35 Fordhook 242 35 Henderson Baby Lima 30 Cangreen Lima 35 Postpaic Lb. 1 V 5 lbs. ,—Not Postpaid—^ 15 lbs. 60 lbs. S .65 $2.50 $4.70 $16.00 .65 2.60 4.80 17.00 .65 2.45 4.00 13.50 .65 2.55 4.80 17.00 .55 2.55 4.30 15.65 .55 2.45 4.30 15.50 .65 2.65 4.90 17.50 .65 2.75 4.95 18.60 .65 2.80 5.30 19.00 .65 2.65 5.40 19.75 .55 2.45 4.70 16.40 .65 2.65 4.85 18.00 .65 2.60 4.80 17.75 .55 2.55 4.80 17.75 .55 2.40 4.15 14.75 .65 2.55 4.60 .65 2.75 4.95 18.40 .65 2.65 4.85 18.00 .55 2.45 4.15 14.85 .65 2.55 4.25 14.95 STECKLER SEED COMPANY, Inc.. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

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