J ^ QClf\S 9~^ reen P°dded Puar] or &ush Beans. 



One quart 

 1 to 



will plant 

 1 54 bushels 



100 feet of drill; 

 to the acre. 



Plant as soon as the ground is warm and dry in drills two and one-half feet 

 apart, and drop the beans three inches apart. For a succession sow every three 

 weeks until the 15th of August. Hoe often, but never when wet with dew or rain, 

 as earth will rust the leaves and injure the crop. 



New Stringless Green Pod. — This excellent Bean produces a 

 vine similar to the Red Valentine, but fully two to three days earlier. 

 The pods are a rich green, very round and straight, five inches long, 

 solidly meaty and broad, deeply saddle-backed, or creased along the back 

 caused by the rounded swell of the fleshy sides. The pods are tender, 

 brittle, and of finest flavor ; always entirely stringless, even when fully 

 matured. It combines in itself the chief merits of all the other varie- 

 ties, viz. : unusual hardiness, extreme earliness and productiveness. 

 Qt., 20c; peck, $1.40; bush., $5.00. 



Giant Stringless Green Pod. — This variety should not be 

 compared with New Stringless Green Pod, from which it is entirely dis- 

 tinct, resembling more closely the Valentine ; the pods averaging one- 

 third larger than the latter variety ; it is nearly a week later than Extra 

 Early Valentine if planted at the same time. The plants are of a strong 

 growth, very productive, pods 5 to 6 inches long, light green, slightly 

 curved and very meaty. The very round pods are brittle and stringless 

 at all stages, and of mild flavor. Qt, 20c; peck, $1.25 ; bush., $4.50. 



New Stringless Green Pod. 



?-# Hopkins' Improved Red Valentine. —This 



strain is an improvement over the Extra Early Red Valen- 

 tine, for while retaining all the best qualities of this sort it 

 produces pods fully ten per cent, larger, which assures a 

 larger crop. Vines very uniform, making little or no top 

 growth. The seed is long, of medium size and unsym- 

 metrical in shape ; the color is very distinct, pink marbled 

 •with deep red. It is a cut short, round podded, green sort, 

 of fine quality, and one of the best varieties for market 

 gardeners and shippers. Qt., 20c; pk., $1.00; bush., $3.75. 



ExtraEarly Red Valentine.— The standard green 

 podded Dwarf Snap Bean, for the trucker and shipper, it 

 being the surest cropper of any vine, erect with coarse, dark- 

 green leaves; pods medium size, and very tender, of dark- 

 green color; fully 10 days earlier than the Early Red Val- 

 entine, and is usually ready to pick in forty-five days from 

 time of planting ; very hardy and productive. We know 

 of no stock of Red Valentine which can be compared with 

 that we offer. Qt, 20c; peck, $1.00; bush., $3.75. 



Early Red Valentine.— The old standard variety ; 

 early round pods and very prolific. Qt., 20c; peck, 90c; 

 bush., $3.50. 



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Hopkins' Improved Eed Valentine. 



(New) Black Valentine — Possess- 

 es all the merits of the Red Valentine, 

 and in addition has other valuable points. 

 The pod is fully one-third longer than 

 the Red Valentine and is perfectly round 

 and straight; of a beautiful green color. 

 It is suitable for early and late plant- 

 ing. Qt., 25c; peck, $1.50; bush., $5.50. 



(New) Longfellow.— This is a re- 

 markably early String Bean. The pods 

 are 6j4 inches long, pale soft green in 

 color, perfectly straight and round. The 

 flavor is very delicious, and retains its 

 beautiful color almost intact when pre- 

 pared for the table. Quart, 25c; peck, 

 $1.50; bush., $5.50. Crop very short. 



