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*6C3 nS "Dv/arf Green Podded Sorts 



LARGE PACKETS, 5C. EACH. 



One quart Trill plant one hundred feel of drill ; two 

 bushels will plant an acre in drills. 



Please remember to add for postage 8c. per 

 piut or 15c. per quart, on all Beans ■when 

 ordered to be sent by mail. 



IMPROVED EOUSD POD EXTR.4. EARLY VALEXTISE. 



NEW IMPKOVED KOITXD POD EXTRA EARIY 

 RED VAXEXTrSE. This is unquestionably the very best 

 anil earliest green snap-short bean. It is at least ten days 

 earlier than tlieold Early Ked Valentine, and is usually ready 

 to pick thirty-five to forty days from the time of planting. 

 The vine is dwarf, the pods are smooth, round, stringless and 

 very thickly set, remaining green and tender a long time 

 after they are fit to pull. Vines very uniform, making little 

 or no top growth, and producing enormously. Pkt., 5c : 

 pint, 20c.: qt., 40c., post-paid. By freight or express, pint, 

 13c.; qt.,25c.; peck, il. 00; bush.,S3.7\ 



NEW UNION WHITE VALENTINE. This variety 

 is a complete union of all qualities necessarv- to make a 

 dwarf green pod bean perfect. It is much earlier and of a 

 dwarfer habit than the old White Valentine, the pods being 

 rounder, smoother, plumper, more meatyand entirely string- 

 less. It possesses the peculiar and valuablequality of remain- 

 ing in a tender cooking condition longer than any other 

 green-podded variety. This, together with its extreme 

 earliness, makes it an exceedingly valuable sort for spring 

 or fall planting. The beans, when ripe, are pure white, thus 

 enabling the grower to sell them as shelled beans at a profit- 

 able figure. Pkt., lUc; pint, 15c.; qt., 30c.; peck, SI. 75; 

 bush., St; 00. 



E>lPEBOK TTELEIA^I. A new extra early variety, 

 with large green flat pods of fine quality. It is very produc- 

 tive and valuable for either family use or market. Can also 

 be used as a White Shell Bean when dry. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 

 13c.; qt., iSc.; peck,51.25: bush.,$i.T5. 



EARLY MOHAWK. The hardiest of the early varie- 

 ties, and will endure a light frost: largelv planted in the 

 South. Pint, lOc; qt., 20c.; peck, Sl.OO ; bush., S^.oO. 



I»rPROVED KOUXD POD EARLY 

 MOHAWK BEAX. 



This new and improved sort bears the same relation to 

 the old Mohawk Bean as our Improved Round Pod Valentine 

 does to the old Red Valentine. It is fully a week earlier than 

 the old Jlohawk, the pod is round and from lli to 2 inches 

 longer. The beans are larger and of better shape. They 

 yielded the past season over one-third more per acre on the 

 same soil with the common strain. The merits of this new 

 bean are sufficient to make it the most popular variety with 

 market gardeners for their first plantings. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 

 15e.; qt., Sric.; peck, SL 40; bush., ¥5.00. 



REFDGEE, or THOUSAND TO ONE. Vines large, 

 spreading, exceedingly hardy, with small, smooth leaves and 

 esteemed for late planting and for use as pickles, and for 

 canning; pods long, cylindrical, green, becoming white, 

 streaked with purple; of good qualitv as snaps. Pint, 10c.; 

 qt., -200.; peck, Sl.OO; bush., S3.50. 



NEW EXTRA E.ARLY REFUGEE. This has all the 

 first-rate qualities of the well-known Refugee, which it is 

 gradually superseding. It is ready for tlie market ten days 

 earlier, or about the time the ordinary Refugee is in flower. 

 An immense yielder, and sure to produce a crop in either a 

 Tvet or dry season. It is a fine shipper and fist becoming one 

 of our most popular green-podded snaps for^joth spring and 

 summer planting. Our stock has been speciallv selected. 

 Pkt., .^c.; pint, 10c.: qt., 20c.; peck, Sl.OO; bush., £J."5. 



BEST OF ALE. This bean originated in Germany. 

 It has long glossy pods, about twice as long as those of the 

 Valentine, very tender and succulent, and an enormous pro- 

 ducer. Verv popular in the South. Pint, 2.5c.: qt., 45c.; peck, 

 S1.-25 ; bush., S4.'25. 



Early Long Yellow Six "Weeks. Hardv. prolific and 

 of good quality. Pint, Kc: qt., 20c.; peck, Sl.OO : bush., S3,50. 



Early China Red E.?e. Of good quality, used as a 

 string or shell bean. Pint, 10c.; qt., 20c.; peck, Sl.OO, 



"Beans — "Dwarf Wax Sorts. 



LARGE PACKETS, 5c. EACH. 



DAVIS KIDNTTY W"AX, NEW VALENTINE WAX. 



See Novelties, page 1. 



LMPBOVED EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE WAX. 



This new variety is one of the earliest beans grown. It is a 

 perfect Refugee, with wax pods that are long, round, and of 

 golden yellow color. It is suitable for early or late sowing, 

 and when sown in the spring it will g^ve seed in time for a 

 second crop in the fall. It is an immense yielder. We ofler 

 •in improved strain of this variety, which is entirely string- 

 less and much superior to the Refugee Wax as introduced a 

 few years since. Pkt., 5c.; pint. Irtc.; qt., 30c.; peck, SI. 75; 

 bush.,S6.50. 



GERMAN BLACK "WAX. A well-known and popular 

 variety : pods when fit for use are waxy, yellow, tender and 

 productive. Pint, loc; qt., iDC.: peck, SI. 10: bush., S4. 00. 



GOLDEST WAX. This popular variety is earlier than 

 the old German Black Wax; pods long, brittle, entirely 

 stringless. Pint, 13c,: qt., iTC.; peck, Sl.lO: bush., Sl.OO. 



IMPROVED RUST-PROOF GOLDEN WAX (Gren- 

 nell's Strain). This variety is rapidly superseding the well- 

 known Golden Wax, which has for many years been a great 

 favorite with both market gardeners and private planters. It 

 originated with Mr. W. H. Grennell, a large bean grower of 

 New York State, and from whom we originally obtained our 

 seed. It is among the earliest and hardiest of all the Wax 

 Beans. The pods are straight, long and thicker than the 

 Golden Wax, much superior In quality and absolutely 

 rust-proof. It outyielded the Golden Wax two to one in past 

 seasons. There are two strains of '" Improved Golden Wax " 

 on the market, but Grennell's strain, as offered by us, will t>e 

 found decided! V the be.st. Pint, 1:5c.; qt., 25c.: peck, SI. 25; 

 bush., S4.50. 



CURRIE'S RUSTPROOF BLACK WAX. The de- 

 mand for this new bean has been so great, especially from the 

 South, the past two seasons, that we were entirely sold out 

 before the season was half over, and we were obliged to 

 return the money to many of our customers. 



For earliness, they are at the head of the Wax Bean fam- 

 ily. Habit upright and robust, holding their pods well from 

 the ground; foliage remarkably vigorous and healthy ; pods 

 long, flat and straight, of a beautiful golden color ; quality 

 not surpassed, and for productiveness unequalled. Pint, 13c.; 

 qt,, ijc.; peck, SI. 25: bush., 54.50. 



NEW PROLIEIC GERMAN, or CYLINDER 

 BLACK WAX. This is an entirely new and improved 

 strain of the old favorite German, or Black Wax Boan, origi- 

 nated by a large bean grower of Genesee County, N. Y. We 

 find it very superior to the old strain, being much earlier and 

 more than twice as productive. Pods perfectly round, 

 straighter, longer, and of an even, rich golden color. Our 

 stock is growTi for us bv the originator. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 13c; 

 qt., 2.5c.: peck. 31.^5: biish.. S4.50. 



"WARD WELL'S EARLY DW^ARF KIDNEY WAX. 

 This popular variety, introduced by us eight years ago, is 

 almost rust-proof and greatly superior to the well-known Ger- 

 man Black Wax, or Golden Wax sorts in every respect. The 

 vines are remarkably vigorous, hardy and productive: the 

 pods are very large, smooth, showy, tender, perfectly string- 

 less, and of unusually fine quality. The entire pod assumes 

 a rich golden color at a very early stage of growth. The dry 

 beans are white, with two shades of reddish purple more or 

 less visible, and a distinct kidnev shape. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 

 13c.; qt., 2-5c.: peck, SI. 25; bush.. S4..30. 



NEW GOLDEN-EYED BUTTER WAX. This fine 

 market variety is earlier than the popular Ward wcll'sKidney 

 Wax and Golden Wax sorts. The vine grows vigorously 

 about one and a half feet high, holding the great profusion 

 of handsome pods well off the ground. The pods are long, 

 straight and flat, and remarkably free from blight and rust. 

 The fact that when picked along with other wax varieties it 

 keeps bright and crisp long after the othersare wilted, makes 

 it one of the best for shipping long distances. It is also one 

 of the very best green shelled beans, and excellent dry, being 

 verv much like the White Marrow when baked. Pint, 1:5a; 

 qt.,"25c.; peck, SI. 10; bush., Sl.OO. 



