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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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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TOP CROP NEW LONGVAL — High yielding, mosaic resistance, drought and heat tolerant. Straight oval pods, dark emerald-green. Plants about I6V2 inches. 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 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 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. BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA—77 days. Plants ore uniform dwarf, vigorous and productive, pods medium green, very large, about five inches long. An extensively used bush lima. HENDERSON'S BUSH oir 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. THOROGREEN — A new green seeded small bush lima of the Henderson type. Strong grower, more prolific and with slightly larger seeds. Bean Prices .* .40 40 —Postpaid- Lb. $ .70 .70 .85 .70 .80 .70 .80 .70 1.00 .85 .75 .80 .70 .80 .70 .75 r-Not P« 15 lbs. $4.30 4.75 6.35 4.50 4.95 4.30 5.20 4.75 8.40 5.40 4.60 5.20 4.30 4.75 4.15 4.30 (Pkt.—lOc) Bush Green, Wax & Lima Asgrow Black Valentine Tendergreen «.. 5 lbs. $3.00 3.25 3.45 3.25 3.30 3.00 3.40 3.25 3.75 3.45 3.25 3.40 3.00 3.25 2.85 3.00 50 lbs. S12.65 14.30 Longval „ „„..„„........„....„ Tenn. Green Pod 45 40 19.00 Bountiful „ „.,....„.....„...„„.. 45 46 15.00 13.00 Contender - 45 40 55 15.85 14.30 27.00 Red Kidney 45 40 17.00 14.00 Improved Golden Wax „.... New Calico or Jackson Wonder Burpee's Bush Lima -... 45 40 45 15.85 12.50 14.50 40 12.00 Thorogreen 40 13.00 STECKLER SiEO COMPANY, Inc., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

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