MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR J899. 



NEWi 

 PODl 



NEW STRINGLESS GREEN POD BEAN. 



Extreme earliness and extra good quality are the two points which I desire to emphasize in 

 connection with this promising bean, which I list for the first time this year. It is a quick grower, 

 being ready for market long in advance of the old Valentine. Its quality is so high in point of 

 brittleness, that its enthusiastic friends have described it as the only really stringless green pod 

 beau in cultivation. The pods are full and fleshy and nearly straight, and are produced in great 

 abundance. They are from 5% to ()3>2 inches long, light green in color, very tender and of excel- 

 lent flavor. They remain in edible condition for a considerable time, and are therefore well 

 adapted to the requirements of market gardeners. I am so well pleased with its earliness, its 

 quality and its productiveness, as to be able to highly commend it to my friends as well worthy 

 the first place in the book. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents, postpaid. Peck, 92.00. 



NEW GOLDEN LAZY WIVES POLE BEAN. 



ROGER S LIMA WAX BEAN 



ROOER'S LIMA WAX BEAN. 



Pod very broad and fiat; the broadest of all wax bush beans. The 

 color is a semi-transparent, glossy, lemon wax, the pods assuming that 

 hue soon after they are formed. They retain their bright, attractive 

 rolor when picked, and do not become tough. In quality the pods are 

 tender, juicy, delicious and excellent in every way. The plant is 

 branching and vigoi'ous, with glossy foliage, and the pods are borne in 

 great profusion; often 50 to a plant. Thin sowing is necessary, two 

 plants to a hill being sufficient. The heavy pods hang beneath the pro- 

 tection of the leaves, and thus escape injury from sun, rain and dew. 

 Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents, postpaid. 



JONES' STRSNGLESS WAX BEAN. 



A new and desirable yellow pod bush bean, with white seeds. The I 

 pods are round and plump, and attain a length of five to seven inches. 1 

 They are thick and fleshy, and as handsome in the basket as on the | 

 bush. The pod is perfectly stringless, of prime quality in every way, | 

 and delicious to the taste. The plants make a vigorous growth and are I 

 uniformly productive. A most valuable variety. Pkt., 15c.; 2 pkts, 25c. JONES' STRINGLESS WAX. 



NEW GOLDEN LAZY WIVES POLE BEAN. i 



I take great pleasure in introducing to the American public, for the first time, a wax or yellow | 

 pod form of the favorite and justly famous Lazy Wives pole bean. The new candidate for favor 

 has all the good points of its celebrated and widely known ancestor, and has the additional ad- 4 

 vantage of being four to five days earlier. The pods are broad, fleshy and stringless, retaining r 

 their tender qualities until almost ripe, making perfect snap shorts. The vine is a natural climber, 

 needing no help to get up the pole, and bearing freely all summer. Nothing can exceed its 

 productiveness. The pods are rather flat In shape, and when full grown are 6 to 8 Inches long. 

 When cooked they are rich and buttery. The variety is quite hardy and free from disease, and 

 no pole bean is more easily grown, and none is more universally satisfactory and profitable. I 

 predict a great future for the new pole bean. As this Is the very first year that Golden Lazy Wives 

 has been oflfered by any one, the supply of seeds Is necessarily limited. Pkt., 15 cts. ; 2 pkts., 25 cts 



