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£Q,flt$0 — Green Podded Dwarf or Bush Beans. 



One quart will plant 100 feet of drill; 

 \to\ l A bushels 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 saddled-backed, or creased along the back 

 caused by the rounded swell of the flesh}' 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 varieties, 

 viz. : unusual hardiness, extreme earliness and productiveness. Qt. 15c; 

 peck, $1.00; bush., $3.50. 



Giant Stringless Green Pod. — This variety should not be compared 

 with New Stringless Green pod, from which it is entirely distinct resem- 

 bling 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, $1.00; bush., $4.00. 



New Stringless Green Pod. 



Hopkin's Improved Red Valentine. — This strain is an 

 improvement over the Extra Early Red Valentine, 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 unsymmetrical 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., 15c; peck, 80c; bush., $3.00. 



Extra Early 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 darkgreen 

 color; fully 10 days earlier than the Early Red Valentine, 

 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., 15c; peck, 80c; bush., £3.00. 



Early Red Valentine. — The old standard variety; early 

 round pods and very prolific. Qt., 15c; peck, 75c, bush., 

 .75. 



HopKin's Improved Red Valentine. 



(New) Black Valentine. — Possesses 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 earlv and late planting. 

 Qt., 20c; peck, $1.00; bush., $3.50. 

 1 (New) Longfellow. — This is a remark- 

 ably early String Bean. The pods are 

 6^ inches long, pale soft green in color, 

 perfectly straight and round. The flavor 

 is very delicious, and retains its beautiful 

 color almost intact when prepared for 

 thetable. Quart, 20c; peck, 90c; bush., 

 $3.00. 



