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and of a rich golden yellow color. The variety is tender in pod and of very fine 

 quality. It remains in edible condition a long time without becoming tough. The 

 pure white beans are excellent for baking. The plants were scarcely productive 

 enough, but otherwise it is a very promising variety. 



Bush Beans, Planted May 31. 



Variety. 



Black Valentine 



California Worder 



Crystal White Wax 



Cream Valentine 



Cylinder Black Wax. 



Davia Wax 



Detroit Wax 



Dwarf Horticultural 



itwarf Lyounaise 



Earliest Hardiest 



Electric Tree 



Goddard 



Golden Wax 



Improved Goddard 



Jones Round Pod Wax ... 



Jones Stiingless 



Mohawk 



No. 1 



Koiters' Lima Wax , 



Stringless Green Pod 



Stringless Valentine 



Triumph of the Frames.. 



Valentine Wax 



Valentine Wax 



Yosemite Vi«mmoih Wax 



Seedsuiau. 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 



Northrup, King & Co., Minneapolis. Minn... 



H. W. Buckbee& Co., Rockford, 111 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich. 



W. W. Rawson & Co., Boston, Mass 



J. M. Thorburn, & Co., New York 



T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va 



H. W. Buckbee & Co,, Rockford, 111 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich 



Jas. Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich 



Peter Henderson & Co., New York 



H. W. Buckbee & Co., Rockford. Iil 



W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, Pa 



Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia, Pa 



H. A. Dreer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa 



D. M. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich 



Sunset Seed Co., San Francisco, Cal 



Sunset Seed Co., San Francisco, Cal 



Stringless Valentine.— From Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia, Pa. Plants of strong, 

 healthy growth; foliage dark green. Edible July 25. Pods five to six inches long, 

 round, nearly straight, dark green. It is not so early as Red Valentine, but the 

 pods are less stringy and have a longer season. An excellent green-podded variety. 



Triumph of the Frames.- ^rom H. A. Dreer & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Plants are 

 of weak growth and bear few pods. Pods are long, narrow, flattened, dark green, 

 tender, juicy and of fine flavor, but are too thin and narrow for substance. 



Summary of Varieties. 



The following wax sorts have given the best satisfaction here: Cylinder Black 

 Wax, Davis Wax, Golden Wax and Jones Stringless. Among the better green pod- 

 ded sorts would be Red Valentine, Stringless Green Pod and Stringless Valentine. 



POLE BEANS. 



The unusual exemption from early frosts, during the fall of 1898, gave an op- 

 portunity for some varieties of pole beans to mature that in ordinary seasons would- 

 not have done so in this locality. 



Black Lima.— A very productive variety, bearing small pods that contain three to 

 four small, purplish-black beans. It usually does not mature before the j)lants are 

 killed by frost. 



Challenger.— Plants of strong, vigorous growth and bear large pods that are 

 filled with large, thick, white beans of good quality. An excellent market 

 sort. 



Golden Cluster.— Perhaps the best pole bean for snap purposes. The large pods 

 are tender, of very good quality and produced abundantly until the plants are 

 billed by frost. 



Golden Lima.— While not so strong-growing as some, the plants are fairly pro- 

 ductive and the pods contain from three to five large, golden yellow beans of very 

 high quality. A fine variety. 



