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Title: Capitol city seeds for 1957
Identifier: capitolcityseeds19fwbo_5 (find matches)
Year: 1957 (1950s)
Authors: F. W. Bolgiano & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : F. W. Bolgiano
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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549. Topcrop Bush Beans 551. Tendergreen. (53 days.) Produces quantities of stringless, round, meaty, tender, deep green pods, 63.-2 to 7 inches long. Pkt. 15c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 5 lbs. $2.50, postpaid. Lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, not postpaid. 538. Tennessee Green-Pod. (54 days.) Flat, dark green pods 6 to 7 inches long. Oval, flat, yellowish brown seeds. Pkt. 15c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.25; 5 lbs. $2.60, postpaid. Lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 95c; 5 lbs. $2.10, not postpaid. 549. Topcrop. (50 days.) Resistant to /*^tf\ common Bean mosaic Plants up- (Jflj) right and vigorous, attaining a —' height of 18 inches and a spread of about 24 inches. Light green pods 6 inches long, round, slightly creaseback. Entirely stringless, brittle, meaty and without fiber. Recommended for canning and freezing. Pkt. 15c; lb. 75c; 2 lbs. $1.30; 5 lbs. $2.75, postpaid. Lb. 55c; 2 lbs. $1.00; 5 lbs. $2.25, not postpaid. 532. Wade. (55 days.) An excellent /Q\ home and market-garden variety \S\) ar,d well adapted for processing. -S Plant 18 to 20 inches tall; foliage very dark green. Resistant to common Bean mosaic, Bean virus 15 and pow- dery mildew. Deep green pods 5J4 to 6 inches long, round, tender and meatv. Pkt. 15c; lb. 75c; 2 lbs. $1.30; 5 lbs. $2.75, postpaid. Lb. 55c; 2 lbs. $1.00; 5 lbs. $2.25, not postpaid. 523. White Half Runner. (60 days.) Pods round, light green, 4 inches long, stringy and fibrous when full grown. Pro- ductive vines with short runners. Pkt. 15c; lb. 75c; 2 lbs. $1.30; 5 lbs. $2.75, postpaid. Lb. 55c; 2 lbs. $1.00; 5 lbs. $2.25, not postpaid. Wax Beans 541. Best Yet Wax. (52 days.) The erect, bushy plants are disease-resistant. Rich lemon-yellow in color and oval in form, the pods are brittle and absolutely stringless. Superlative for the home gardener, the market gardener and the canner. Pkt. 15c; lb. 75c; 2 lbs. $1.30; 5 lbs. $2.75, postpaid. Lb. 55c; 2 lbs. $1.00; 5 lbs. $2.25, not postpaid. 552. Improved Golden Wax. (50 days.) Our improved strain of Golden Wax, rust- proof to a remarkable degree and an early and free producer of perfectly stringless, thick, flat, yellow pods. Pkt. 15c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 5 lbs. $2.50, postpaid. Lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, not postpaid. 542. Pencil-Pod Black Wax. (52 days.) Long, round, bright yellow pods; string- less. Pkt. 15c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 5 lbs. $2.50, postpaid. Lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, not postpaid. 540. Sure-Crop Stringless Wax. (53 days.) Pods are 6 to 7 inches long, flat, tender. Pkt. 15c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 5 lbs. $2.50, postpaid. Lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, not postpaid. 524. Cherokee. (50 days.) Vines, large and /*^\ erect, are highly productive of oval- \sS) shaped uniform pods, 5 to 6 inches V_y long. Bright golden yellow, tender and stringless at all stages. Black seed. Pkt. 15c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 5 lbs. $2.50, postpaid. Lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, not postpaid. Climbing or Pole Beans One pound will plant 100 hills; 30 pounds, an acre 543. Cherry Pole, Horticultural, or Cut- short. (75 days.) Short, pale green pods streaked with red; Beans splashed and spotted with wine-red. Pkt. 15c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 5 lbs. $2.50, postpaid. Lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, not postpaid. 553. Kentucky Wonder or Old Home- stead. (65 days.) Silvery green stringless pods hang in great clusters from base to top of the pole. These Beans cook deli- riously tender. Pkt. 15c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 5 lbs. $2.50, postpaid. Lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, not postpaid. 527. Lazy Wife. (74 days.) For snaps and green shelled or dry Beans. Stringless pods, 5 to 7 inches long. Seed roundish, white when dry. Pkt. 15c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 5 lbs. $2.50, postpaid. Lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, not postpaid. 572. White Creaseback or Cornfield. (65 days.) Pods are stringless when young and the dry Beans are small and ivory- white. Pkt. 15c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.20; 5 lbs. $2.50, postpaid. Lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, not postpaid. 569. White-Seeded Kentucky Wonder. (64 days.) Pods 8 to 9 inches long, oval, tender and stringless at market stage. Recommended for freezing. Seed white, flat, kidney shaped. Pkt. 15c; lb. 70c; 2 lbs. $1.25; 5 lbs. $2.60, postpaid. Li>. 50c; 2 lbs. 95c; 5 lbs. $2.10, not post- paid.
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553. Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans WASHINGTON, D. C For quantity prices write for market-growers' list

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