01020 BLUE LAKE BUSH BEAN. Our most popular with Commercial Canners and Packers. Heavy producer with long season. Tasty, tender, plump bean. Plants are vigorous with many branches. Upright growth for easy pick- ing. Pods are 5-1/2 to 6-1/2 in. long, round, with slow developing seeds so pods do not look lumpy. Excel- lent texture and fl avor, fresh or canned. Espe- cially good for freez- ing. White seeded. 55 days. (A) Pkt. $2.25; (N) 1/2 lb.
(P) 1 lb. $8.50; (P) 2 lb. $13.50; (P) 5 lb. $29.95.
75134 PUT ‘EM UP! A comprehensive home pre- serving guide for the creative cook, from drying and freezing to canning and pickling. Simple step-by-step instructions and 175 delicious recipes will have even the most timid beginners fi lling their pantries and freezers in no time! Find complete how-to information for every kind of preserving – refrigerating, freezing, air- and oven- drying, cold- and hot-pack canning, and pickling. Recipes range from the con- temporary and daring – Wasabi Beans, Cherry and Black Pepper Preserves, Pickled Fennel, Figs in Honey Syrup, Sweet Pepper Marmalade, Berry Bour- bon, Salsa Verde – to the very best ver- sions of tried-and-true favorites, includ- ing applesauce and apple butter, dried tomatoes, marinara sauce, bread and butter pickles, classic strawberry jam, and much, much more. Full color with photographs and illustrations through- out. 304 pages. By Sherri Brooks Vin- ton. Paperback, $19.95 each.
$5.25;
01033 DUKE BEAN. This was our free bean in 2010, and boy did our customers love it! A medium- large bush bean with the potential for very high yields. Tender pods are mid-green both inside and out, matur- ing at about 6 in. long. A real winner in greenbean casseroles. 55 days. (A) Pkt. (2 oz.) $2.45; (N) 1/2 lb. $7.95; (P) 1 lb. $12.95; (P) 2 lb. $20.95; (P) 5 lb. $41.50.
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NANKING BUSH CHERRY. Tasty bright red fruits are great fresh, right off the bush. They also make excellent jams and jellies. This beautiful ornamental shrub blooms in early spring with a mass of white fl ow- ers, followed by a fi ne crop of cherries. Excellent for wildlife and bird habitat. Easy-to-grow, resists drought, widely adapted. Eventually grows about 8 ft. tall by 10 ft. wide. 2-year-old bareroot plants. Super hardy. Zones 2-6. $7.95 each; 3 for $19.95; 10 for $59.95.
SUNFLOWER. Great for bragging, birds, and impress- ing the kids. This is the giant of giants, Giant Grey-Stripe. Produces huge heads up to 20 in. across that are fi lled with large, thin-shelled, very plump seeds that are high in protein. Use seeds for snacks, bird food or chicken feed. Not only is the head/bloom size impressive,
plant height … 8 to 12 ft. tall. Makes a good property line screen. 78 days. (A) Pkt. $1.75; 2 pkts. $3.15; (M) 1/4 lb. $5.50; (P) 1 lb. $12.95.
STICK CELERY. This attrac- tive ‘candy-striped’ variety re- tains its color even when cooked! Use the spicy stalks fresh or let plants bolt and use the seed as a spice. Slow to bolt. 100-120 days. (A) Pkt. (1,000 seeds) $1.95; (K) 1/2 oz. $9.95; (L) 1 oz. $17.95.
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30040 TRISTAR STRAWBERRY PLANTS. This delicious everbear- ing variety produces berries all season. You can look forward to a heavy early crop, a lighter summer crop and good yields again in the fall. Firm medium size fruits have an excellent sweet fl avor and an inviting bright red color. Hardy plants are resistant to several diseases. Good variety for hanging baskets. We recom- mend denser planting due to the light runner production of this unusual variety. Zones 4-8. 25 plants for $10.95; 50 for $18.95; 100 for $34.95; 400 for $111.95.
agree, this just might be the best tasting cuke – period. It has it all – long slim fruits with extra- thin, bitter-free tender skins, very dark green color on the outside, extremely crispy, burp-free and sweet on the in- side. Perfectly refreshing solo or in salads. Vigorous, disease resistant vines kick out big yields of 10 to 12 in. fruits. And early maturity to boot. 48 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.45; 2 pkts. $4.35; (J) 1/4 oz. $10.95; (K) 1/2 oz. $21.50.
02175 SWEETER YET HYBRID CUCUMBER. You may
01763 BLUE DENT CORN. The real Indian Corn from the American Hopi Indians. Very old Indian eating corn with a distinctively delicious fl avor, which many believe no other corn can equal. Slender ears on 5 ft. stalks have 8 rows and are 8 in. long, with very tender, tasty kernels in milk stage. Dries to an in- tense royal blue. 110 days. (A) Pkt. (1 oz.) $2.75; 2 pkts. $4.55; (M) 1/4 lb. $7.95; (P) 1 lb. $24.98.
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Tall purple stalks with green and purple husks. Excellent for freezing and canning. Yellow type. 83 days. (A) Pkt. (1 oz.) $2.45; 2 pkts. $3.85; (N) 1/2 lb. $9.45; (P) 1 lb. $16.95; (P) 4 lb. $57.95.
04898(X) COMPLETE ASPARAGUS GARDEN. You get three different varieties, 30 plants to- tal. This is a wonderful opportunity to start an asparagus bed at a bargain price. You get 10 healthy roots each of Mary Washington, Purple Sweet and Jersey Supreme. You'll marvel over the thick, tender, dark green spears of Mary Wash- ington. Purple Sweet produces heavy shoots that are deep, dark purple (turn green when cooked) with less fi ber and a unique taste. Jersey Supreme is disease resistant, cold and heat toler- ant, ensur- ing a good crop under diverse grow- ing condi- tions. Hardy perennial. 30 heavy roots (10 of each), $20.95.
SHUMWAY'S TOMATO & PEPPER PLANTS. America’s Top Varieties!
09850 Amish Paste – Described on page 52, 74 days. 09871 Goliath – Described on page 2, 65 days.
TOMATO PLANTS
09867 Delicious – Described on page 5, 77 days. 09856 Big Zac – Described on page 54, 80 days. 09857 Brandywine – Described on page 4, 90-100 days. 09880 Mortgage Lifter – Described on page 52, 75-85 days. 09746 Roma – Described on page 52, 75 days. 09860 Celebrity – Described on page 54, 70 days. 09865 Early Girl – Described on page 54, 57 days. 09606 Better Boy – Described on page 54, 75 days. 09892 SunSugar – Candy sweet gold cherry, 62 days. 09853 Big Beef – Described on page 54, 73 days. 09898 Viva Italia – Productive large salad pear, 72 days.
Growth habit of Roma and Celebrity are determinate, all others are indeterminate.
1 collection $17.95; 2 to 3 $15.95 each; 4 or more $14.95 each. 00975(X)
4 plants each of Brandywine, Red Brandywine, Black Brandywine and Yellow Brandywine.
TOMATO PLANT COLLECTION.
BRANDYWINE
TOMATO & PEPPER PLANT COLLECTION. 4 plants each of Early Girl tomato, Celebrity tomato, Big Beef tomato and Big Bertha pepper.
00955(X) COLLECTION PRICES.
09842 Super Heavyweight – Huge bell pepper, 77 days. 09810 King Arthur – Big, fat, sweet bell, 61 days. 09805 Big Bertha – Described on page 45, 70 days. 09816 Goliath – Described on page 5, 71 days.
SWEET PEPPER PLANTS
09837 Peter – Described on page 4, 90 days. 09829 Jalapeno Goliath – Described on page 44, 65 days. 09803 Biggie Chile – Described on page 44, 68 days. 09834 Mucho Nacho – Very hot Jalapeno, 68-70 days.
HOT PEPPER PLANTS
PRICES FOR ALL TOMATO & PEPPER PLANTS – MINIMUM ORDER IS 2 UNITS. Plants must be ordered in multiples of 4 plants of the same variety (no mixed units). 2 units (8 plants) $12.95; 3 to 11 units $5.50 each; 12 or more units $4.95 each.
Please specify when you want shipment. See date choices on page 53. Additional tomato plant collections – page 53. Additional pepper plant collections – page 45.
Sorry, we cannot ship these plants to AK, HI, CA, AZ, OR, or WA.
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03930 KANDY KORN HYBRID E.H. CORN. Perhaps the best corn overall. Extremely sweet, with super-high sugar content. Holds sweetness after harvest for 10 to 14 days. The most tender of all. Extremely good germination. Does not require isolation. Since its introduction in 1974, it has been one of our top selling varieties. Very uniform ears, 8 in. long with 14 to 16 rows of very consistent kernels. Plant height 8 to 9 ft. Grows well in all climates.
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