140 RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
SPECIALTIES and NOVELTIES for 1894, 
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Thorburn’s Extra Early Market Bean... 
Thorburn’s Extra Early Market , possesses in full the delicious flavor character- 
Bean. This Bean was introduced here from | istic of the Challenger-Lima; a merit which in 
Germany two years ago. The intreducer claims | a Dwarf Lima is exclusively its own. In this 
for it to be an exceedingly vigorous and | respect it differs from all other Bush Limas. 
healthy grower and enormously productive; the It is exceedingly productive; the pods are 
pods being borne in clusters and as many as | short and unusually thick and display the 
35 or 40 beans on each plant. In earliness of | seeds inside by prominent knobs. They con- 
ripening it is a few days ahead of the Monawk | tain from two to four beans. One plant is 
and fully a week earlier than ‘‘Best oF Au”. | sufficient in a hill. 
It is rust-proof, the seeds are black, the pods Price per packet, 10c.; per pint, 50c.; per 
are of a light green color, long and perfectly | quart, $1.00. Postage extra, 15c. per quart. 
round, solid-fleshed and of very soft marrow. $ = 
For EARLINESS, PRODUCTIVENESS, SOLIDITY OF White Rockdale Corn. ( Nev.) 
FLESH AND ROUNDNESS OF POD, it excels any | This new Southern variety of field corn origi- 
bean now in cultivation. “ | nated in Georgia, and was first brought out 
I think this variety will become the leading here by me last year. I only had a limited 
‘i aie mAh coats: Ee ‘ quantity which I distributed among several of 
bush bean for the New Orleans Market gard- | : i Phe 
Mick tak) heres et ee | my customers for trial. It has turned out to 
eners for shipping as well as for family use. # . . Ss ee ‘ 
SST = oe i Baa 7 Fi be all what is claimed for it by the originator. 
Give it atrial. Have only a limited supply, This i cased larbo ae 
only in packages of 10c, each | It is medium early, produces large, heavy an 
: : 5 : ; well filled ears; which are well covered by the 
Thorburn’s Dwarf Lima Beans. | shuck, thus protecting the grain from birds 
The originators claim this bean to be a dwarf | and the weather. Small cob, deeply dented 
form of the Challenger Lima Pole Beans. It | grains; it is flintier than the Mosby's prolific, 
is a veritable dwarf Lima, growing only from | of a pure white color and makes excellent 
12 to 18 inches high, perfectly fixed in habit | meal. Has given general satisfaction wherever 
and with hardly any inclination to run to | tried; even in poor piney-wood land. It has 
vine. Itis more easily cultivated and takes | given the best yield and results at the Louis- 
up less room than the running sort. It is also | iana Experiment Station, where it was tried 
earlier in bearing than the pole varieties. It | alongside of other kinds, under the name of 
