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*3canS — "Pole or Kunning. 



NEW GOLDEN ANDALUSIA WAX BEAN. This 



new bean, intioduoed by us seven years since, lias created a 

 decided sensation wherever grown. It originated in Anda- 

 lusia, Buclcs County, Pa., with a celebrated be^i grower. 

 Our illustration gives some idea of its ii;oti(hr/i(l pruducUve- 

 ness. It is nothing unusual to pick one-half bushel to three 

 pecks from a single vine at one picking. The pods are five 

 to six inches long, broad, thick, very fleshy, and entirely 

 stringless^ far surpassing all other varieties in this respect, and 

 retaining tliese important qualities until almost ripe. The 

 pods when fully grown are from five to six inches long, ex- 

 ceedingly rich, buttery, and fine flavored. The vines cling 

 well to tile poles, a very important featme, as the weight of a 

 vine filled with such amass of large pods is very great. They 

 CDUiinence bearing in great abundance when the vines are 

 quite young, and continue to bear profusely the entire season. 

 The beans Avhen dry are round as a bullet, pure white in 

 color, and also make a fine shell or winter bean. Large pkt., 

 lOc; pint, 30c.; qt., 55c., post-paid. Qt., 40c.; 4 qts., $1.40; peek, 

 ^2.23 ; bush., $8.00, by freight or express. 



MASTIFF GOLDEN POD. This magnificent new pole 

 bean in size and appearance of pod bears the same relation 

 to other pole varieties as the Yosemite Jlammoth Wax does 

 to the Dwarf sorts. Its enormous pods are remarkably 

 handsome and fleshy, and ofrich buttery flavor when cooked. 

 The beans, when dry, are of a light yellow, almost the color 

 of the pod itself when fit for use as a string bean. Owing to 

 the severe drought the past season our crop is so short we can 

 only offer it in packets this season. Per pkt.,10c.; .Spkts., 25c. 



EARLY GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX POLE BEAN. 

 Tills new variety is distinct in seed, 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 days after they cease to be fit for string beans they are fit 

 to shell. The pods are a beautiful waxy yellow, from six to 

 eight inches long, borne in clusters of four to si.x. Com- 

 mencing ten days after the Dwarf Golden Wax, it continues 

 to bear profusely until frost sets in. Pkt., 10c. ; pint, 20c.; 

 qt., Sw.; peck, $2.00; bush., $7.50. 



IMPROVED KENTUCKY W^ONDEK, or OLD 

 HOMESTEAD. A very large and fleshy podded green Pole 

 Bean, rapidly becoming popular in the Bliddle and Southern 

 States. It is two weeks earlier than the well-known South- 

 ern Prolific, with much longer pods. Vines vigorous, climb- 

 ing well and very productive, bearing their pods in large 

 ■clusters; blossoms white; pods green, often reaching nine or 

 ten inches, nearly round when young, and very crisp. A very 

 prolific sort, and one of the very best. Pkt., lOc; pint, 20c.; 

 qt., ;«c.: peck, $1.75; bush., $6.50. 



SPECKLED CUT-SHORT, or CORN HILL. An old 

 variety, very popular for planting among corn, and will give 

 a good crop without the use of poles; vines medium, with 

 dark-colored, smooth leaves ; pods short, cylindrical and ten- 

 der. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 15c.; qt., 30c.; peck, $1.50; bush., $5.50. 



SOUTHERN PROLIFIC. A splendid, vigorous and 

 productive variety. Pods in clusters, succulent and delicious; 

 matures quite early and continuoiislv, bearing until frost. 

 Pint, 15c.; qt., 30c.; peck, $1.50; bush.," $5.50. 



HORTICULTURAL LIMA. A new bean of great 

 merit, being a cross between the Dwarf Horticultural and 

 Dreer's Improved Lima, and combining the good qualities of 

 the latter with the earliness of the former. Its extreme earli- 

 ness will permit of Its being planted far north of where any 

 true lima bean can be grown, while its prolificness and the 

 quality of the green shelled beans make it a desirable addi- 

 tion to any garden. North or South. Vines medium size, not 

 much branched and not running over four feet usually, but 

 fruiting freely to the ends; leaves large, coarse, wrinkled, 

 green, resembling Dwarf Horticultural; pods borne in clus- 

 ters, three to six inches in length, flat, almost straight, termi- 

 nating abruptly to a short point, green, and carry three to six 

 beans; dry beans about the size and sliape of Dreei's Im- 

 proved Lima, but marked the same as Dwarf Horticultural. 

 We advise all our customers to give this bean a thorough 

 trial, as it is a variety of undoubted merit. Pkt., 10c. ; pint, 

 15c.; qt., 3Uc.; peck, $1.75; bush., $6.50. 



OTUtR GOOD POLE BEANS. We can also supply 

 the following excellent varieties of pole beans at 5c. per 

 pkt,; aOc per pint ; 35c. per qt. German Black Wax 

 >'ole or Indian Cliief, Scarlet Runner, Early Black 

 Lima, Dutch Case Knife, Horticultural or Wren's 

 Egg, Red Seeded Giant W^ax. 



The Best Seeds are Cheapest. 



M. F. Hammond, Strong's Prairie, Wis., March 28, 1895, 

 writes: " I exhibited twenty-eight vegetables and roots at our 

 County (Adams) Fair last Fall, and was awarded eleven first 

 and five second premiums. All these prize-winners were 

 products of your seeds and there was the greatest competition . 

 I have dealt with several of the leading seedsmen the past 30 

 years, but have found that your seeds have been the best, 

 in all respects, I have ever planted." 



Jno. G. Entkekin, Vineland, N. J., May 10, 1895, writes: 

 " Thanks for extra seed and fair dealing. I commenced buy- 

 ing seeds from you twelve years ago, and also started some 

 of my people in Cape May County at the same time, and they 

 and I still continue customers of your house. No better seeds 

 can be had." 



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