POLE PE/1NS 



WHITE CREASEBACK — This very 

 choice pole bean, known through many sec- 

 tions of the South as the Popular Fat Horse 

 Bean, should have been catalogued long ago 

 bv Northern seedsmen. One difficulty, how- 

 ever, has been that the seed has always been scarce. 

 I have had, however, a crop grown for me the last 

 four vears, and take great pleasure in being able 

 to offer it to mv customers. For string beans the 

 Creaseback is especiallv desirable, being of a 

 beautiful light green color, stringless. about six 

 inches long, perfectly round, with a crease in the 

 back, and of most excellent quality. They ripen 

 very early ; in fact, it is the earliest of any 

 green pod pole bean I know, and pods are 

 thick from one end of the pole to the other. Crease- 

 back for earlv. Lazv Wives for late, makes an ex- 

 cellent combination. Pkt., 10c; pt., 30c; qt., 50c 



NEW GOLDEN WAX POLE.— I have 

 given my customers a verv fine pole bean above, 

 but have still another that, to say the least, is a 

 perfect beautv. White Creaseback is a green- 

 podded bean. Golden Wax has the finest, rich 

 round, fleshy, stringless, beautiful golden-yel- 

 low pods, seven to nine inches long, I have ever 

 seen. In flavor it equals any in cultivation, 

 while the vines begin bearing as early as any other 

 pole bean grown, and almost as early as any Dwarf 

 Wax varietv. It has only one fault, and that is that 

 the vines do not take the pole quite as readily as 

 the Lazv Wives or Creaseback, but then it is earlier 

 than either, and when its other superior qualities 

 are taken into consideration, not an order for 1893 

 should omit it. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts. 



MAl'LE'S IMPROVED DUTCH 

 RUNNER.— This new bean is without a doubt 

 FAR THE MOST PRODUCTIVE POLE 

 BEAN IN CULTIVATION. The illustration 

 gives but a faint idea of the immense yield. I 

 have never seen anything that could begin to 

 equal them, and all planting Dutch Runner this 

 season I am sure will agree with me. They are 

 also wonderfully early. Pods are very large and 

 handsome, almost equal to the Large Lima. In 

 flavor they are superior, and cooked green in 

 Summer yon will find they equal any 

 succotash yon ever made. They continue in 

 bearing from July right up to frost. Packet, 10 

 cents ; pint, 35 cents ; quart, 60 cents. 



CUNSHINE Wax Pole Bean.-This 

 wttl ontyleld, it is claimed by the 

 introducer, Golden Cluster and this 

 Is saying a great deal. On a pole in full 

 bearing the yellow of the pods greatly 

 predominates over the green of the 

 foliage, hence its name, Pods are per- 

 fectly straight, 6 to 8 Inches long, flat 

 when young, of fine quality and 

 entirely stringless. Packet 15 cents. 



NEW GOLDEN CLUSTER— This new variety is an improvement on all 

 the good qualities of the Giant and Dwarf Wax, and is distinct in seed, in color and 

 habit of growth. The pods retain their tenderness and plumpness long after the 

 beans have attained a large size, so that only a few davs elapse after thev cease to 

 be fit for string beans before they are fit to shell. The pods are a beautiful golden 

 yellow, and are from six to eight inches long, borne profuselv in clusters of lour to 

 six. Commencing to bear ten days after the Golden Wax, it continues to produce 

 an abundance of pods until frost sets in. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 35 cts.; qt., 60 cts. 



SALEM IMPROVED 



LIMA.— This is a selected strain 



of the Large Lima, but it is so far 



superior to the Lima Beans that I 



ice in 



e my catalogue. In the first place I think you will find it the most productive, and, 

 >J therefore, best table Lima you have ever grown. Pods are produced in large 

 h clusters, five to six large beans often in a pod, and ripens only a very short time 

 P after the Extra Early Lima. The vines continue in bearing right up to frost. The 

 ■? King of the Garden is a first-class Lima in every way, but I think the Salem Improved 

 * fully equals, if it does not surpass it. It certainly beats it in strong, regular growth 

 J on mv trial grounds. Packet, 10 cents ; pint. 35 cents ; quart, 60 cents. 

 ,2 DREER'S IMPROVED LIMA.— Very productive, and pods are 

 5 always full of extra plump beans of the most delicious and superior 

 £ quality. When green they are nearly as large as the Large Lima, thicker, sweeter 

 ™ and more tender, remaining green in the pod for a long time after maturing. 

 V Packet, 10 cents ; pint, 30 cents ; quart, 50 cents 



Lirid BEA1N5 



Dreer's Bush Lima.— This Bean is exactly the same variety as Dreer's Im- 

 proved Lima mentioned above, except that instead of being a pole bean, it is a bush 

 form of this variety. It is certainly an acquisition, and I consider it one of the best of 

 the Dwarf Large Lima Beans; as it is very prolific and the earliest with the 

 exception of Henderson's, which matures about two weeks sooner. Packet, 15 cents; 

 2 packets, 25 cents ; 5 packets, 50 cents ; 12 packets, $1.00. 



FRENCH ASPARAGUS — Having 

 had several calls lor this bean, I have pro- 

 cured a limited quantity of seed from France. 

 A Philadelphia gardener says of it: "I have 

 grown all varieties of beans, and I consider the 

 Asparagus Bean the most delicious production 

 and best I have ever had." Pods grow from 

 two to four feet long, and are produced in 

 great abundance. In color they are a beautiful green, tender and delicious, 

 so that they will not only prove a great curiosity wherever grown, but also 

 a desirable variety as well. E. M. Pace, Virgil" City, Mo., raised the prize 

 Asparagus Bean in 1SS9. It was 30^ inches long. Packet, 15 cents. 



Burpee's Bush Lima.— Seldom has a Bean been so thoroughly adver- 

 tised. We have this year grown a nicecrop from seed obtained last year from 

 the introducer at a cost of one cent for each bean, which I now take pleasure in 

 offering my customersat 15 cts. per pkt.; 2pkts., 25cts.; 5pkts.,50ets.; I2pkts.,|l. 



