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early. It is larger, finer, stringless even when ma- 

 ture, and of exceptionally handsome appearance. Im- 

 proved Refugee is the most prolific of the green- 

 pods, and the best of them for quality, but with 

 slight strings. Of the "wax" type, Brittle Wax is 

 the earliest, and also a tremendous yielder. The 

 long-time favorite, Rust-proof Golden Wax, is an- 

 other fine sort, and an especially strong healthy 

 grower. The top-notch in quality among all bush 

 beans is reached, perhaps, in Burpee's W^hite Wax 

 — the white referring not to the pods, which are of 

 a light yellow, and fiat — but to the beans, which are 

 pure white in all stages of growth. It has one un- 

 usual and extremely valuable quality — the pods re- 

 main tender longer than those of any other sort. 



Of the dwarf limas there is a new variety which 

 is destined, I think, to become the leader of the 

 half-dozen other good sorts to be had. That is the 

 Burpee Improved, The name is rather misleading, 

 as it is not an improved strain of the Dreer's or 

 Kumerle bush lima, but a mutation, now thoroughly 

 fixed. The bushes are stronger-growing and much 

 larger than those of the older types, reaching a 

 height of nearly three feet, standing strongly erect; 

 both pods and beans are much larger, and it is a 

 week earlier. Henderson's new Early Giant I have 

 not yet tried, but from the description I should say 

 it is the same type as the above. Of the pole limas, 

 the new Giant-podded is the hardiest — an important 



