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Title: Catalog 1963
Identifier: catalog196319jste (find matches)
Year: 1963 (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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ASPARAGUS CultureâPlanting time. Southern States: Spring, January to May; Fall, August to No- vember. Plant 1 pound to 150 feet of row H4 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 BUSHâGREEN PODDED Height of bush 15 to 25 laches. All varieties marketed os green beans except Red Kidney and White Nary or Boston which ore left to mature. ASGROW BLACK VALENTINE STHING- LESSâ48 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. TENDERGREENâ53 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. GBEEN PODâ50 days. Good home garden variety, dark green, slightly stringy, but very flavorful. HARVESTER â A white seeded, green podded bush Snap Bean. Stringless, medium green color, p>ods medium long. Plants are upright, about 18 inches tall, late maturing and a good shipping bean. TOP CHOPâ50 days. Mosaic resistant, heavy yielding. Round podsâ5Vi to 6 inches long and very meaty F>ods. NEW LONGVAL âHigh yielding, mosaic resistance, drought and heat tolerant Straight oval pods, dark emerald-green. Plants about 16Vi Inches. RED KIDNEYâLeft to maturity. A red kidney- shaped been used for baking and soup. BOUNTIFULâ53 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, â 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 IMPROVED GOIDER WAXâ48 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 LIMA BEANS Height of Bush 15 to 25 Inches NEW CALICO or JACKSON WONDER BUSH BUTTERâ65 days. Pods short, used also for shelUng. 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 LIMAâ68 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. THOROGREEN â A new green seeded small bush lima of the Henderson type. j^â Strong grower, more prolific and with TOP CROP slightly larger seeds. Bean Prices ^ Postpaid v ^Wot Postpaid-^ (1/4 lb. 2Sc) Bush Green, Wax & Uma V2 lb. Lb. S lbs. 15 lbs. SO lbs. Asgrow Black Valentine S .40 $ .70 S2.95 S4.30 S12.65 Tendergreen â 45 .80 2.95 5.00 15.25 Longval 45 .85 3.25 6.35 19.00 Tenn. Green Pod 40 .70 3.25 4.50 Bountiful 45 .80 2.95 4.75 14.50 Top Crop 45 .80 2.95 S.OO Contender 40 .70 2.95 4.50 13.35 Harvester (1/4 lb. 35c) 55 1.00 3.75 5.60 17.00 Red Kidney 40 .75 2.95 4.75 14.50 Improved Golden Wax 45 .80 2.95 5.20 15.85 New Calico or Jackson Wonder 40 .70 2.95 4.15 12.50 Henderson Baby Lima 40 .70 2.85 4.15 12.00 Thorogreen 40 .75 2.95 4.30 13.00

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