five pounds of fruit per plant. To ascertain the market value of 
_ the large varieties as against the small, a five-pound basket of each 
variety was taken to a leading grocer in Geneva, who set his price 
on them and sold them readily at fifty cents per basket for the 
large, and forty cents per basket for the small varieties, a 
difference of only ten cents. This is accounted for by the fact of 
there not being any gooseberries in the market. The grocer said 
prices, gooseberries will be a very profitable crop. Such varieties. 
as Industry, Triumph, Whitesmith, Roesch, Seedling or Pearl, all 
of which bear fruits of the largest size, will pay even when the 
market is stocked with the older varieties. 
BEANS, BUSH. 
DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 
Saddle Black Wax.— A variety sent out last spring by Burpee 
_&Co. Pods ten inches long, very strongly recurved, smooth and 
_ of clear yellow color. Makes a very fine snap bean. Ripe beans. 
are long dark black. 
Henderson's Dwarf Lima—This variety ripened earlier this 
season than last, and gave a fair picking before being harvested. 
The pods are small, each containing from three to four beans. 
_ They are of the size of the Case Knife bean, but flatter. The 
-habit of growth, size of pod and general appearance are similar to 
the Dwarf Carolina. 
Dwarf Carolina.— Similar to the above with this exception, that. 
there are three distinct strains of seed, white, brown and speckled. 
Sieva.— It is very likely that the bush Lima is a dwarfed selec- 
tion of this, as the only perceptible difference between them is. 
that this variety is inclined to run or climb, although not enough 
to need poles. ! 
Currie’s Rust Proof Wax.— This makes an early and tender 
string bean. The ripe beans are very large, long and blue-black. 
» Cylinder Ivory Pod.— This was reported by us last year as being 
identical with Cylinder Black Wax, the habit of growth, size of 
pod, color and shape of bean being the same. ‘This year the Ivory 
Pod grew to the greater height, was slightly more productive and 
continued longer in bearing than the Cylinder Black Wax. The 
originator claims that they are better for string beans, as they 
and deep black. 
he could have sold any quantity at those prices. At half those 
ontinue green longer than the Black Wax. The beans are long 
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