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Title: 1961 catalog
Identifier: 1961catalog19jste (find matches)
Year: 1961 (1960s)
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 Seed Company, Inc.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Include Some of These Better Varieties In Your Garden > ARTICHOKES Culture—Planting time, Southern States: Sow seeds in seed bed from December to June, \V2 ounces of seed to 150 feet of row 3 inches apart in the row and rows 1 foot apart (will produce 150 plants). Cover V2 inch with earth. Transplant in October to open ground IVi feet apart in ro-.vs and rowrs 3 feel apart. LARGE GREEN GLOBE—French grown. Pkt., 20c; oz. SI.00 postpaid. Grow Them from Sleekier's High Quality Seeds ASPARAGUS Culture—Planting time. Southern States: Sow seed January to April in seed bed, 4 ounces of seed to 150 feet of row, 2 inches deep in rows 18 inches apart (will produce about 800 plants). Transplant to specially prepared Asparagus beds December to February, 12 inches deep, 24 inches apart in rows 4 feet ajjart. Send for book on Asparagus Culture, $2.75, postpaid. MARY WASHINGTON—Result of development by U. S. Department of Agriculture to produce a rust-resisting viaorous strain of Giant Asparagus. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c; Vi lb., 75c; lb., S2.25, postpaid. MARY WASHINGTON ASPARAGUS ROOTS, 12 for 85c; 25 for S1.45, postpaid. Not prepaid, 100 for $3.00.
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GARDEN BEANS ASPARAGUS TENDERGREEN Culture—Planting time, Southern States: Spring, January to May; Fall, August tc November. Plant 1 pound to 150 feet of row IVi bushels to one acre; drop two beans every two or three inches in rows; IV^ feet apart, cover one inch with earth. Average production green beans about 100 bushels per acre. TOP CROP—50 days. Mosaic resistant, heavy yielding. Round pods—5Vi to 6 inches long and very meaty pods. SNAP BEANS, DWARF or BUSH—GREEN PODDED Height of bush 15 to 25 inches. All varieties marketed as green beans except Red Kidney and White Navy or Boston which ore left to mature. ASGROW BLACK VALENTINE STRING- LESS—48 days. An improved selection of the old Black Valentine which is stringless 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 blotched with light fawn. An improve- ment on Full Measure. TENN. GREEN POD—50 days. Good home garden variety, dark green, slightly stringy, but very flavorful. HARVESTER — A white seeded, green podded bush Snap Bean. Stringless, medium green color, pods medium long. Plants are upright, about 18 inches tall, late maturing and a good shipping bean. 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. 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 o£ the best for ccmning and shipping purposes. 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—Left to maturity. A red kidney- shgped 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.

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