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Title: 1964 : Steckler Seed Company Inc
Identifier: 1964stecklerseed19jste (find matches)
Year: 1964 (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
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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ASPARAGUS Culture—Planting time, Southern States: Spring, January to May; Fall, August to No- vember. Plant 1 pound to 150 feet of row IVi bushels to one acre; drop two beans every two or three Inches in rows; IV2 feet apart, cover one inch with earth. Average pro- duction green beans about 100 bushels per acre. TENDERGREEN 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 are left to mature* ASGHOW 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. TOP CROP—50 days. Mosaic resistant, heavy yielding. Round pods—5V& to 6 inches long and very meaty pods. NEW LONGVAL —High yielding, mosaic resistance, drought and heat tolerant. Straight oval pods, dark emerald-green. Plants about 16V4 inches. RED KIDNEY—Left to maturity. A red kidney- shaped bean used for baking and soup. 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. 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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TOP CROP BUSH WAX BEANS Height of Bush 15 to 25 Inches IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX—48 days. Used largely by home gardeners; heavy bearer, vigorous grower. Pods large yellow, solid, brittle and wary texture, and absolutely stringless. A good rust resisting variety. BUSH LIMA BEANS Height of Bash 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. HENDERSON'S BUSH or BABY LIMA—68 days. Extremely early, hardy and pro- ductive, pods are medium dark green, short, flat, of excellent quality either green-shelled or dry. Much used by can- ners. THOBOGREEN — A new green seeded small bush lima of the Henderson type. Strong grower, more prolific and with slightly larger Bean Prices f (1/4 lb. 30« Bush Green, Wax & Lima Vl D>. Asgrow Black Valentine 5 • ; ° Tendergreen Longval ' Tenn. Green Pod •'" Bountiful - Vi Top Crop Contender '■ Harvester 50 Red Kidney -;° Improved Golden Wax New Calico or Jackson Wonder Henderson Baby Lima • Thorogreen Postpaid- Lb. 5 lbs. ,—Not Postpaid-^ 15 lbs. 50 lbs. $ . 90 S 3. 1 5 $4.30 $12.65 . 90 3.15 5.00 15.25 . 90 3.15 6.35 19.00 .-90 3.15 4.50 .90 3.15 4.75 14.50 .90 3.15 5.00 .90 3.15 4.50 13.35 .90 3.15 5.60 17.00 .90 3.15 4.75 14.50 .90 3.15 5.20 15.85 .90 3.15 4.15 12.50 . 90 3.15 4.15 12.00 .90 3.15 4.30 13.00 STECKLER SEED COMPANY, Inc. NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA

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