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PETER HENDERSON & CO. S CATALOGUE OF SEEDS. 47 



BEANS— ENGLISH OR BROAD. 



German, Gartenbohne. — French, Few de Marais. — Spanish, Haba. 



This class is very hardy, and should be planted as soon as the soil is in good state in spring. 



Plant four inches apart and two inches deep* in drills four feet apart. To insure well-filled 

 pods, pinch off the tops as soon as the lower pods begin to set. 



(Add 25c. per quart extra if to be sent by snail.) 



Per pt. Per qt. 



Early Mazagan. Very early and hardy, and bears freely 15c. 30c. 



Broad Windsor. Best for general use 20c. 40c. 



Sword Long-Pod. An excellent variety 15c. 30c. 



BEANS-DWARF OR BUSH. 



German, Bohne. — French, Haricot. — Spanish, Frijorenano. 



A succession of sowings can be made from the first week in May until September. Plant in 

 drills about two inches deep, and from eighteen inches to two feet apart, according to the rich 

 ness of the soil; the poorer the soil the closer they can be planted; the plants should be about 

 three inches apart. ^ 



(Add 25c. per quart extra if to be sent by mail. Pints furnished at quart rates.) 



Per qt. Peck. Bush. 



Early Feejee. The earliest variety; very prolific 30c. $1 75 $6 00 



Early Valentine, Early, productive, tender, succulent, and of excel- 

 lent flavor; continues longer in the green state than most of the 



varieties , 30c. 150 5 00 



Early China. Rather earlier than the preceding, but not Quite so pro- 

 ductive ; of good quality 25c. 1 50 5 00 



Early Mohawk. An excellent early variety; very productive and of 



good quality 30c. 175 6 00 



Long Yellow Six- Weeks. Early and prolific ; an excellent variety for 



general crop 30c. 1 50 5 00 



Early Rachel. One of the earliest; very productive 30c. 1 75 6 00 



Black Wax or Butter. The pods, when ripe, are of a waxy yellow, 



transparent, very tender, and delicious ; an excellent variety 40c. 2 00 7 00 



White Seeded Wax. A variety with wax-like pods very similar 



to the black seeded wax, except in color of seed 40c. 2 00 7 00 



Newington Wonder. A wonderfully productive sort, pods very crisp 



and tender, a valuable variety for forcing 30c. 1 75 6 00 



Refugee, or Thousand to One. Very productive, though not early ; 



young pods extremely tender, and of fine flavor; extensively grown 



as a main crop 25c. 1 50 5 00 



Large White Kidney. Excellent as a shell bean, green or ripe 25c. 1 50 5 00 



White Marrowfat. Extensively grown for sale in the dry state ; of 



average quality as a string bean, but excellent shelled, either green 



or dry 25c. 150 5 00 



Red Kidney or Chilian. Largely used for field culture 30c. 1 75 6 00 



' BEANS-POLE OB, EUNNING. 



German, Stangen- Bohne. — French, Haricots d. Barnes. — Spanish — Judias. 



These are more tender, and require rather more care in culture than the Bush Beans and 



should be sown two weeks later than these; they succeed best in sandy loam, which should be 



liberally enriched with short manure in the hills, which are formed according to the variety, 



from three to four feet apart; from five to six seeds are planted in each hill, about two inches, 



(Add 25c. per quart extra if to be sent by mail. Pints lurnisbed at quart rates.) 



Per qt. Peck. Bush. 



Large Lima. This is esteemed the best of all the Pole Beans, and is 



almost universally grown, both for market and for private use 50c. $3 00 $10 00 



Small Lima or Si eva. Is p^lier and more hardy than the preceding. . 50c. 3 00 10 00 



Dreer's Improved Lima. -> ne distinctive features of this variety are 

 early maturity, large yield, and extra quality of Bean. It is also 

 claimed that it produces more shelled Beans to the pole than the 

 large Lima 20c. per pkt. $1 00 



Dutch Case-Knife. A very productive variety, and one of the earliest ; 



sometimes used as " snaps," but generally shelled, 40c. 2 25 8 00 



Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. A popular variety for pri- 

 vate use; equally serviceable in the green state or when shelled. .. . 40c. 2 25 8 00 



Scarlet Runner. A great favorite in European gardens, both as an 

 ornamental plant, and a useful vegetable. It grows to the height 

 of ten feet, producing dazzling scarlet flowers 50c. 3 00 10 00 



