yielding at the 

 rate of 100 bushels 

 per acre. It is the 

 finest stock food 

 imaginable, never 

 sheds its foliage 

 even in the driest 

 weather. The 

 foliage is profuse 

 and rich, and plant 

 being a dense 

 mass of lea ves and 

 beans. It begins 

 to ripen quite ear- 

 ly in the summer, 

 and continues to 

 bloom until stop- 

 ped by the frost. 

 It is one of the 

 most valuable for- , 

 age crops that can | 

 be grown. It is a 

 perfectly dwarf bean, grows about 2 feet high, loaded from the ground up with beautiful pods; has a 

 strong stiff stalk which enables it to bear up the beans without poles or sticks." My friends will have 

 to make some allowance for the above description, however, as on my trial grounds it was no better 

 than many others. Packet, 10 cents ; 3 packets, 25 cents. 



LAZY WIVES POLE BEAN.— This variety 

 originated in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where for a 

 number ot years, it has been the most popular Pole B> 

 grown. Pods are wonderfully broad, thick, fleshy, and, I 

 above all,, entirely stringless. In these respects they 

 surpass any other I know of. Then, again, the pods retain 

 their rich, stringless and tender qualities until they are 

 almost ripe ; so much so, in fact, that I am perfectly safe 

 in saying they are the best of all Snap-Shorts. They also 

 surpass every variety in the way vines cling to the pole, 

 and every bean grower will at once acknowledge this is a 

 most important qualification. Its name, I think, implies 

 productiveness, tor, the vines being covered all Su mm er 

 with masses of beautiful pods, it is just the sort to suit lazy 

 wives, as a mess can soon be picked for dinner. Pods are 

 rather flattish, oval shape, and, when fully grown, are 

 from 4 to 6 inches long, exceedingly rich, buttery, and fine 

 flavored when cooked. They are hardy, easily grown, and 

 enormously productive. I could furnish hundreds of 

 testimonials from persons who have grown and used the 

 Lazy Wives Bean, all claiming it to be the best Bean they 

 have ever tried, and many have discarded all other kinds, 

 using this for an early and late snap-short, and also as dry, 

 shell or Winter bean ; and such is the peculiar taste and 

 pleasant flavor of this Bean that we have known many 

 persons who could not be induced to eat other varieties of 

 string beans after tasting Lazy Wives, if they could obtain 

 the latter. Packet, 15 cents ; pint, 35 cents. 



IMPROVED KENTUCKY WONDER 

 POLE BEAN — This Bean, while a very old variety, has 

 lately been so improved as to deserve cultivation by all 

 people who like a nice long green podded pole bean. It is 

 very early, enormously productive, the pods actually 

 hanging in clusters from the top to the very bottom of the 

 pole. At the same time they are very long, stringless, and 

 always cook remarkably tender. In fact under its new 

 name, the Old Homestead, it has been recommended as 

 the best of all green podded pole beans. Packet, 15 cents ; 

 pint, 35 cents. 



EXTRA EARLY LIMA.— Also known as Earlv 

 Jersey. This is 10 days to two weeks earlier than any other 

 pole Lima, and until the introduction of THE NEW 

 BUSH LIMA four years ago, was the earliest in cultiva- 

 tion. Notwithstanding its earliness it still equals the 

 ordinary large Lima in quality and productiveness, while 

 the beans are equally as large. Many in the North who 

 have never been able to raise Lima Beans until they 

 planted this variety have had great success with Extra 

 Early Lima. Pkt, 10 cents ; pint, 40 cents ; quart, 75 cents. 



JACKSON WONDER.— This Bean has created con- 

 siderable excitement in many parts of the South, where 

 last season it was sold at avery high price. The Southern 

 Cultivator, published at Atlanta, Ga., has this to say about 

 it, " Jackson's Wonder Bean is a combination Bean, for 

 when the flat pods are just barely grown they are a perfect 

 snap short, and are delicious as a snap bean. After they 

 pass this stage they are to be shelled and eaten as a lima 

 bean. Their flavor is rich and delicious. It is immense- 

 ly productive 



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