CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



BBANS, 



DWARF OR BUSH, WAX PODDED OR BUTTER VARIETIES. 



SRUST-PROOF 

 GOLDEN WAX BEAN 



If wanted by mail, add 8 cents per pint and IS 

 cents per quart to cover postage. 



Begin sowing tlie Uwarf or Bush varieties the first week 

 oi May, if the ground is in fit condition. For successive 

 crops sowing may be made every two or three weeli:s, 

 until the first of July. Sow thinly in drills from 2 to 8 

 inches deep, and from 18 inches to 2 feet apart. If the soil 

 i.s rather poor, the former depth will suffice : if rich, the 

 latter. One quart to 100 feet of #rill ; 2 bushels to the acre 

 in drills. 



The pole varieties should be sown in hills about four 

 feet apart, dropping five or six seeds in each hill, to the 

 depth of about two inches. Being more tender than the 

 Bush varieties, the planting of them should bedclayed about 

 two weeks after the usual time for planting the latter A 

 sandy soil suits them best, but the hills should have a lib- 

 eral quantity of manure worked in previous to planting the 

 seed. 1 quart to 150 hiils; 10 to 12 quarts per acre. 



CURRIES' RUST-PROOF GOLDEN WAX. 



The best Wax Bean for Market Gardeners. The earliest of all Wax 

 Beans. Pods full of meat, tender and absolutely strlngless. 



It ispositively proof against rust. For whilegrown 

 side by side, for several years, with other Wax Beans, 

 all of them more or less aflecied by rust, many of 

 them completely ruined by it, this Bean remained 

 entirely free from rust. Not only is it rust- 

 proof, but It possesses the most excellent quality 

 of being exceedlngjly crisp and tender, with 

 no approach whatever to stringiness, and of 

 , a most delicious flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; 

 quart, 25 cts.; peck, $1.50 ; bushel 85.50 



Davis Wax — The plant is a vigorous grower, carrying 

 the pods well above the ground. The pods arelong, 

 straight and of a clear waxy color, often growing 

 to a length of 7 to 8 inches. It is stringless, of fine 

 flavor and an excellent shipper ; whlteseeded. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, S1.50;bushel 5.50 



Improved Prolific Black "Wax — This Bean origi- 

 nated from the old Black Wax, but is much supe- 

 rior to its parent. It is much more productive and 

 the pods are longer, straighter and roi'uder. Pkt.. 

 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, SI. 35; bushel, 5 00 



Golden Wax— One of the best Snap Beans, with golden 

 yellow pods of excellent flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 

 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, 81.85 ; bushel 5.00 



Improved Golden Wax — An improvement on the old 

 Golden Wax. Pods larger and more prolitic. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, 81.25; 

 bushel 4.50 



Golden-Eyed Wax — An early variety, very hardy, a 

 sure cropper, very productive and of good quality. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, 81.25; 

 bushel 4 50 



Flageolet Wax— A valuable variety, coming in about 

 the same time as Golden and Black Wax. Pods, 

 large and very productive. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 16 

 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, 81.50; bushel 5.00 



White Seeded Wax— Except in the color of its seed, this variety bears a strong 



resemblance to the Black Seeded Wax. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; 



peck 81.35; bushel 8500 



Yosemite Mamnaotli Wax— .^ gigantic Bush Bean. The pods also grow to an 



enormous size, frequently growing over a foot in length and as thick as a man's 



finger. The pods are a rich golden color, cook very tender and of very fine flavor. 



Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 85 cts.; peck, 82.00 ; bushel ".50 



Wardwell's Kidney wrax— Is as early as the Golden Wax, very prolific, hardy, 



and is a strong grower. The pods are large and handsome. Pkt. , 10 cts.; pint. 



15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, 61.50; bushel 5.50 



BEANS— Bush Lima. 



Lima Beans do not receive the attention in our State that they deserve. Sown at the 

 same time as Wax Beans, they mature a crop of shell beans by August. These shelled 

 Lima Beans are admitted to be the most delicately flavored of all the bean family. Limn 

 Beans and shelled green corn constitute the famous dish called "Succotash," so muc h 

 used in the Eastern States. 



Jackson W^onder Dwarf Lima— An extraordinarily productive variety, with 

 broad, flat pods similar in shape to the small Lima. The pods may be used as 

 Snap Beans when young, and when filled shelled as Lima Beans. Pkt. ,10 cts.; 



pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, 81.25 ; bushel 5,00 



Burpee's Bush Lima — Grows about 20 inches high. Beans about the size of 



large Pole Limas. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, '20 cts.; quart, 30 cts.; peck, 81.75; bushel fi 50 



Henderson's Bush Lima — The earliest and most productive of all the Bush 

 Limas, coming in directly alter the Green and Wax podded sorts ; it Is therefore 

 a decided acquisition, filling up the gap between the Dwarf and Pole Beans. It 

 is of true Bush form, and will come into bearing the latter part of July and con- 

 tinue yielding an enormous crop of delicious Beans all through the summer. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 15 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, 81.35; bushel 5 00 



BEANS— English or Broad. 



German, ©arteiiboftnc. French, Feve de Marais. 



Plant early in spring in rows about 4 feet apart, seed 4 inches apart in the row and 

 2 inches deep. As soon as the lower pods are set, pinch the top off the plant to insure 

 well-filled pods. Perfectly hardy. 

 Broad Windsor— The best. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 30 cts. 



HLIRPEh. s BCSH LIMA BKAN. 



