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HENDERSON'S joy gash Line Bean 
nent. This has been due to its 
great merit, which the public were 
quick to recognize as soon as if was 
brought to their attention. One of 
the most valuable characteristics 
of the Bush Lima Bean is its ex- 
treme earliness, as it comes in from 
two to three weeks ahead of any of 
the climbing Limas, thus supplying 
us with a delicious vegetable at a 
time when the garden is somewhat 
bare, filling in, as it does, the gap 
between Peas and the Pole Limas. 
The small size of Henderson’s Bush 
Lima, which at first was urged as 
an objection to it, has proved one 
of the strongest points in its favor, 
as tlie public, rightly enough, prefer 
small beans, always associating 
great size in beans or peas with 
coarser quality. 
Henderson’s Bush Lima is enor- 
mously productive, bearing contin- 
uously throughout the summer 
until killed by the frost. Its great- 
est merit, of course, lies in the 
fact that it is a true bush variety, 
requiring no support from stakes 
or poles, but at the same time, the experience of all who have grown it has been, that it excels 
as weil in quality, quantity and earliness. (See cut.) 10 cts. per pkt.; 40 cts. per 44 pt.; 75 cts. per 
pt.; $1.00 per qt, 
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MAMMOTH WAX BUSH BEAN 
A GIANT AMONG BEANS. 
We had hoped this season to have been in position to offer this variety at lower prices, but 
owing to the disastrous season which we have had for the Bean crop, we are compelled to main- 
tain the prices of last year. Would say, however, that the Yosemite Bean is of such gigantic 
growth that, really, a small quantity of seed will go further than with an ordinary Bush Bean. To 
do it justice, the Yosemite should be planted at least one-half wider than ordinary Bush Beans. 
This is the prototype of anew race of Wax Bush Beans, and is regarded by eminent authori- 1 
ties as second only in value and distinctiveness to the Bush Lima. The name was suggested to 
us for this splendid new Bean on account of its enormous size. The pods frequently attaina 
length of ten to fourteen inches, with the thickness of a man’s finger, and are nearly all 
sa solid pulp, the seeds being very small when the 
SA NG pods are fitfor use. The pods are arich golden 
Fated fest Vae9 color, and are absolutely stringless, cooking 
. eee NE pam tender and delicious. This is the coming Wax 
ie WO OIAG Bean for family or market purposes. It is 
enormously productive, as many as 50 of its 
: een monster pods having been counted on one bush. 
ee ae (See cut.) Price, per pkt., 15 ets.; 16 pt, 75 
i row cts.; per pt., $1.25; per qt., $2.00. 
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EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE BEAN. 
The old Refugee Bean is so well and favor- 
ably known that this new variety will be quickly 
appreciated. Itis similar in every respect to 
the ordinary Refugee, but is nearly two weeks 
earlier. Itis enormously prolific, and from its 
earliness is almost certain to produce a crop, 
4no matter how unfavorable the season. Our 
stock of this variety has been specially selected 
and improved, and we recommend all to give it 
atrial. (See cut.) 20 ets. per pt.; 35 cts. per 
qt.; $1.75 per pk. ; $6.00 per bus. 
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EARLIER 
SS No novelty that has ever been sent out has received as wide distri- 
5 bution, in so short a time, as Henderson’s Bush Lima. Three years ago 
the entire stock of this variety was growing on an obscure plantation in 
Virginia; to-day it will be found in almost every garden on this conti- 
YOSEMITE MAMMOTH WAX BUSH BEAN, 
