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Title: Annual catalogue of celebrated seeds
Identifier: annualcatalogueo1896jaev (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: J. A. Everitt (Firm); Everitt, J. A; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Indiana Indianapolis; Vegetables; Flowers; Grasses; Commercial catalogs
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : J. A. Everitt
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Everitt's Alpha POLE BEAN. The Earliest Pole Bean in Existence. Can be grown as far North as Bush Beans. Introduced in 1896. It is with no small degree of satisfaction that we pffer this new bean to our customers. Each seedsman aspires to be the first in offering now things, and the great competition to secure re- ally valuable vegetables oftentimes runs the price up to high altitudes. We never let price prevent us from securing a really good article, and we paid for the stock of ^his bean, about 2 bushels, §75. Our experience with it the season just past proves that our investment was a wise one. We have several splendid varieties of green pod pole beans, but none of them approach Ev- eritt's Alpha in earliness by more than two weeks. This bean is so early < that it can be grown in the far north, wherever bush beans succeed, while for any section they are unsur- passed in productiveness by any pole bean, whether grown on poles or with corn. The vines produce nearly all pods and very few leaves. On this account they may be planted close to- gether, about 2x3 feet. Also are better suited to grow in corn, not pulling the stalks down like the beans with heavy foliage. The vines keep in bearing a long time. Quality is in all respects equal to the well known Kentucky wonder. The color of the seed is bright yellow, which is different from any other pole bean, thus pro- claiming them a distinct sort. They have never been known to rust or blight. Pods long, round, thick, stringless. The beans that are enjoyed the most are usu- ally the ones that come first. This is the bean to grow. Also, the bean that brings the most money is the earliest. Here we have it again. ftg5?*» As soon as the merits of this bean are known it will be grown as generally as the now famous Kentucky Wonder. Price—Pkt. 10c, pint 40c, quart 60c, 4 quarts $2.00, delivered to any ad- dress. ICEBERG LETTUCE.' Quick Growing, Hard, Handsome Heads, Exquisite in Flavor. There is no handsomer or more solid Cabbage Lettuce in cultivation— it is strikingly beautiful. The large, curly leaves which cover the out- side of the solid heads are a bright, light green, with very slight reddish tinge at the edges; they have small indents, which are constantly filled with dewdrops. They are thus kept fresh, and show a remarkably crystalline appearance, which well warrants the name of Iceberg.
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