WM. ELLIOTT & SONS' GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1897. 



REFUGEE WAX BEAD'S. 



BEANS, DWARF OR BUSH. 



German, Bohne. — French, Haricot. — Spanish, Frijorenano. 



One quart will plant 100 feet of drill. 



^g° Sjjecial rates hij the bushel to Market Gardeners and 



Truckers. 



'Bush. Beans may be had in fine condition throughout the 

 season by planting at intervals of two weeks, from the begin- 

 ning of May until the middle of August ; they should be 

 planted in drills 3 feet apart and 1 inch deep. 



Extra Early Red Taleiitine. Productive, tender and succu- 

 lent and of fine flavor : about ten days earlier than 

 Early Valentine ; remains longer in the green 

 state than most of the varieties. Perpt., 15 

 cts.; qt., 25 cts.; pk., SI. -HO. 



Early Mohawk. Very early, hardy, productive and 

 ' of rich flavor ; extensively planted in the 

 Southern States for shipping to Northern mar- 

 kets. Perpt., 15 cts.; qt.,xl5cts.; pk., Si. 25. 



Extra Early Refugee. Very tender and produc- 

 tive ; the best variety for pickling ; a great 

 improvment on the old Refugee. Per pt., 15 

 cts ; qt.j 25 cts.; pk , $1.25. 



Low's Chaiupiou. Very productive, with perfectly 

 stringless, large green, flat pods. Per pt., 15 

 cts.; qt., 25 cts ; pk., SI. 50. 



Improved Nonpareil. An excellent snap or shell 

 sort. Flat, green pods, stringless, early, hardy 

 and very prolific ; a valuable variety for fam- 

 ily or market garden. Per pt , 15 cts.; qt., 25 

 cts.: pk.,S1.50. 



Warren. This new bean is pronounced by good au- 

 thority to be one of the richest flavored bush 

 beans in cultivation ; vigorous and upright in 

 growth and vervproductive. Per pt. , 20 cts. ; 

 qt., 30cts.;pk.,'S1.75. 



Green Flageolet (Wonder of Fraut-e). Tlie best of 

 the newer dwarf French varieties ; the pods 

 are long and straight. The beans are bright 

 green, retaining their fresh appearance when 

 cooked. Perpt., 15 cts.; qt., ;-iO cts.; pk., .$2.00. 



Dwarf Horticultural. A bush variety of the well- 

 known horticultural Pole Bean, i'er pt., 15 

 cts.; qt., 25 cts.; pk., $1.25. 



Newington Wonder. Verj- productive, pods crisp and 

 tender ; a valuable variety for forcing. Per pt., 

 15 cts.; qt., 25 cts.; pk., $1.50. 



Early China. An old standard variety that is very 

 early. Perpt.. 15 cts ; qt., 25 cts : pk.. $1.25. 



Long Yellow Six Weeks. A very early, prohfic and ex- 

 cellent variety. Per pt.. 15 cts.; qt., 25 cts.; pk., 

 $1 25. 



Large White Kidney. Excellent as a Shell Bean, 

 gTeen or ripe. Per pt., 15 cts.; qt.. 25 cts.; pk., 

 $1.25. 



DWARF WAX VARIETIES. 



Improved Golden Wax. A valuable improvement on 

 the old Golden Wax ; very early and entirely 

 stringless ; pods very long, tender, brittle and of 

 delicate flavor. Per pt., 20 cts.; qt. , 30 cts.; pk., 

 $2.00. 



Black ^Vax. or Butter. One of the most desirable va- 

 rieties grown. The pods are translucent, waxy- 

 yellow and stringless. Per pt., 20 cts. ; qt., 30 

 cts.; pk..S2.00. 



White Wax. One of the best for family use. String- 

 less waxy -yellow pods, very brittle, tender and 

 of delicious flavor. Per pt. , 20 cts. ; qt.,30cts.; 

 pk., $2.00. 



Flageolet Wax. One of the best wax sorts ; early, 



very productive, with pods one-thii-d longer than 



any other variety of Wax Beans. Per pt., 20 cts.; 



qt.,35cts.;pk.,.S2.00. 



Wardwell's Dwarf Kidney Wax. Extra early : purely wax 



pods, long, flat and 'remarkably free from rust. Per 



pt., 15 cts.; qt.. 30 cts. 

 Yosemite Mammoth Wax. The pods of this variety often 



attain the length of 10 to 12 inches and the thickness 



of a man's finger. Entirely stringless, rich golden 



color, enormously productive and excellent quality. 



Per pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; pk., $2.50. 

 Refugee Wax. This is a perfect Refugee bean with golden 

 "yellow pods. Suitable for early or late sowing. An 



immense vielder Per pt., 2(i cts.; qt., 30 cts.; pk., 



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