J. MANNS & CO.'S CHOICE SEEDS. 



New Found Pod Hidiiey Wax. 



New Round Pod Kidney Wax.— A striking ac- 

 quisition has been obtained in the list of Wax Beans through 

 the introduction of this variety. Up till now there has been 

 no round-podded Wax Bean possessing the excellent market 

 and shipping qualities of the well known Wardwell's Kid- 

 ney Wax. |The plant grows tall and strong with long round. 



handsome pods, of a rich golden color, which are entirely 

 stringless, and remain in a good marketable condition long- 

 er than any known. As a .snap brand it excels all others in 

 tenderness and richness of flavor. It has proved to be free 

 from rust, very early and prolific. The best wax bean for 

 market gardeners and shippers. Quart, 25c.; peck, $1.75. 

 Davis' Kidney Wax.— This plant is a vigorous 

 grower, carrying the pods well up from the ground. It will 

 produce at least one-third more bushels of pods to the acre 

 than any other Wax bean. The pods are long, straight, 

 oval, of clear waxj'-white color, and handsome, often grow- 

 ing to a length of seven to eight inches, and when fit for 

 use are quite stringless and of fine flavor. One of the main 

 points of superiority over other sorts is its extreme hardiness 

 and shipping qualities. Quart, 25c. ;peck, $1.50; bush., $6.00. 



Varieties for Use as Shell ^eans. 



These are grown in large quantities for the winter market. 

 They are desirable also to raise for home use. They should bo 

 planted in rows three and a half to four feet apart for horse culti- 

 vation, dropping three or four seeds ia hills one foot apart in the 

 row. The .and should be rich and the plants given frequent cultl • 

 vation during growth. When pods ripen the plants may be pulled 

 up on a clear day, well dried and stored in a barn for threshing 

 when convenient. 



White MarrOTvfat. — This is the standard variety 

 grown for white soup beans. The plants are semi-running 

 in habit, two feet in height and very productive. Beans of 

 good size, slightly oval, and quite thick through. Quart, 

 15c.; peck, 7oc.; bush., $2.75. 



White Kidney Royal Dwarf. — An excellent 

 shelled Bean, green or ripe. One of the best for winter- 

 use Seeds large, white, kidney shaped. Quart, 20c.; peck, 

 $1.00; bush , $.i.'iO. 



ERIMT 



Srfurt Sarlif Prolific Qroad Qeans, 



The growth of this Bean is entirely different from any of the ordinary varieties 

 known. The plant is of robust, upright, self-supporting growth, reaching a height of 

 30 to 40 inches, the pods are thick and well filled with 4 to 6 large beans in the pod, 

 somewhat larger than the ordinary lima. They are more hardy than most varieties 

 of Beans and can be planted earlier and withstands the drought well. 



DIRECTIONS: 



Plant in rows about two feet apart and six inches apart in the row, 

 covering one and a half to two inches deep. The top of the stalk should 

 be nipped off as soon as the plants begin to flower, as this produces earliness. 

 Qt., 20. 



Pifarf X,ima ^eans 



1 quart to 150 hills; 8 to 10 qts. to the acre. 



Burpee's Bush Lima.— Beans as 

 large as the large Pole Lima, but dwarf, and 

 ■come absolutely true from seed. The bushes 

 grow eighteen to twenty inches high, of 

 short growth, and always erect, branching 

 vigorously. The bush character is thor- 

 oughly established. It isan immense Bean, 

 bearing from fifty to two hundred handsome 

 large pods, well filled with very large beans, 

 ^uart, 25c.; peck, $1.50; bush., $5.00. 



Dreer's Dwarf Lima. — True bush 

 form of Dreer's Pole Lima. Matures early, 

 very productive, grow close together in the 

 pod, thick, sweet, tender and succulent. 

 ■Quart, 25c.; peck, $1.50; bush., $5.00. 



Dreer's WonderD^varf Lima. — 

 This new selection is quite a decided im- 

 provement on the well-known Burpee's 

 Bush Lima, being seven to ten days earlier, 

 with pods four to five inches in length, each 

 <:ontaining three and sometimes four large 

 "beans of finest flavor. This strain is of a 

 neat strictly dwarf growth, free from any 

 tendency to make runners; a large crop can 

 be grown from a small space. Quart, 25c ; 

 peck, $1.75. 



(i* Henderson's Dwarf Lima.— Pro- 

 duces beans of smaller size, is very produc- 

 tive and decidedly luscious. They grow 15 

 to 18 inches high and continue bearing un- 

 til frost. Quart, 25c.;peck,$1.50;bush., $6.00. 



These varieties are of true Bush or Dwarf form, growing but 

 eighteen to twenty inches high without supports. About two 

 weeks earlier than the Climbing Lima, abundant bearers until 

 frost. Plant in rows two feet apart, plants one foot apart In the 

 row. 



Burpee's Hush Lima. 



