POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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IBcSnS — "Dwarf Green Podded Sorts 



LARGE PACKETS, 5C. EACH. 

 One quart will plant one hundred feet of drill ; two 

 bushels will plant an acre in drills. 



Please remember to add for postage 8c. per 

 pint or 15 c. per quart, on all beans when 

 ordered to be sent by mail. 



IMPROVED BOUND POD EXTRA EARLY VALENTINE. 



NEW IMPROVED KOUNB POD EXTRA EARI-Y 



RED VAIiENTINE. This is unquestionably the very best 

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

 earlier than the old Early Red 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., 10c ; 

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

 13c.; qt., 25e.; peck, 90c.; bush., $o.OO. 



NEW UNION WHITE VALENTINE. This variety 

 is much earlier and of a dwarfer habit than the old White 

 Valentine, the pods being rounder, smoother, plumper, more 

 meaty and entirely stringless. It possesses the peculiar and 

 valuable quality of remaining in a tender cooking condition 

 longer than any other green-podded variety. The beans, 

 when ripe, are pure white, thus enabling the grower to sell 

 them as shelled beans at a profitable figure. Pkt., oc; pint, 

 1.5c.; qt., 30c; pec k, 81 .2.5; bush., $4.75. 



EMPEROR WTLIilAM. A new extra early variety, 

 with lai-ge green flat pods of fine quality. It is very pro- 

 ductive and valuable for either family use or market. Can 

 al.so be used as a White Shell Bean when dry. Pkt., oc; 

 pint, 13c.; qt., 25c.; peck, 81.25; bush., S4..50. 



EARLY MOHAWK. The hardiest of the early varie- 

 ties, and will endure a light frost; largely planted in the 

 South. Pint, lOc; qt., 20c.; peck, 90c.; bush., $3.00. 



REFUGEE, 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 can- 

 ning; pods long, cylindrical, green, becoming white, streaked 

 witli purple; of good quality as snaps. Pint., lOc; qt., 20c.; 

 peck, 85c.; bush., $3.00. 



NEW EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE. This has all the 

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

 gradually superseding. It is ready for the 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 

 wet or dry season. It is a fine shipper and fast becoming one 

 of our most popular green-podded snaps for both spring and 

 summer planting. Our stock has been specially selected. 

 Pkt., 5c.; pint, lOc; qt., 20c.; peck, 90c.; bush., $3.25. 



BEST OF ALL. This bean originated in Germany. It 

 has long glossy pods, about twice as long as those of the Val- 

 entine, very tender and succulent, and an enormous producer. 

 Very popular in the South. Pint, lOc; qt., 20c.; peck, $1.00; 

 bush., 83.50. 



Early Long Yellotv Six Weeks. Hardy, prolific and 

 of good quality. Pint, lOc; qt., 20c.; peek, $1.00; bush., $3.50. 



Early China Red Eye. Of good quality, used as a 

 string or shell bean. Pint, 10c.; qt., 20c.; peck, $1.00. 



'Beans "Dwarf Wax Sorts. 



LARGE PACKETS, 5C. EACH. 



DAVIS KIDNEY WAX. See Novelties, page 1. 

 IMPROVED EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE W^AX. 



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 give seed in time for a 

 second crop in the fall. It is an Immense yielder. We offer 

 an improved strain of this variety, which is entirely siring- 

 less and much superior to the Refugee Wax as introduced a 

 few 3'ears since. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 13c.; qt., 2.tc.; peck, $1.25; 

 bush., 84.50. 



KEENEY'S RUSTLESS GOLDEN WAX (New). A 

 strong growing bush variety of remarkable vigor and free- 

 dom from rust. It sends out short tendrils, on which pods 

 are formed in addition to those near the central stalk of the 

 plant, which accounts for its wonderful productiveness, 

 amounting, under favorable conditions, to 100 to 150 fold. 



The pods are meaty and well filled : thick-flat when young 

 and semi-round later; of rich yellow color and fine quality, 

 and entirely stringless throughout, even when old enough to 

 shell. They are also free from that parchment>like lining 

 which makes other varieties tough, unless when very young. 

 If the pods are picked as fast as formed, the plant continues 

 to furnish a bountiful supply for an unusually long season. 

 Pkt., ;3c.; pint, 15c.; qt., 30c.; peck, $1.10; bush., $4.00. 



GERMAN BLACK WAX. A well-known and j .opular 

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

 productive. Pint, 13c.; qt., 25c.; peck, 90c. ; bush., $3.25. 



GOLDEN WAX. This popular variety is earlier than 

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

 stringless. Pint, 10c.; qt., 20c.; peck, 85c. ; bush., $3.00. 



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 hafdiest of all the Wax 

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

 Golden Wax, much superior in quality. It outyielded the 

 Golden Wax two to one in past seasons. There are two 

 strains of "Improved Golden Wa.x"on the market, but 

 Grennell's strain, as offered bv us, will be found decidedly the 

 best. Pint, 13c.; qt., 25c.; peck, $1.00; bush., $3.50. 



CURRIE'S RUST-PROOF 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. 



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., 2.5c.; peck, 90c.; bush., $3.25. 



NEW^ PROLIFIC GERMAN or CYLINDER 

 BLACK WAX. This is an entirely new and improved 

 strain of the old favorite German, or Black Wax Bean, 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 grown for us by the originator. Pkt., 5e.; pint, 13c.; 

 qt.,25c.; peck, $1.00; bush., $3.50. 



VTARDWELL'S EARLY DVFARF KIDNEY WAX. 

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

 almost rust^proof and greatly superior to the Avell-known 

 German 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 

 stringless, 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, Tvith two shades of reddish purple 

 more or less visible, and a distinct kidney shape. Pkt , 6c.; 

 pint, Vic; qt., •25c.; peck, 90c. ; bush., $3.25. 



NEW^ GOLDEN-EYED BUTTER W^AX. This fine 

 market variety is earlier than the popular Wardwell's Kid- 

 ney 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 others are 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 

 very much like the White Marrow when baked. Pint, 13c,; 

 qt., 25c.; peck, 90c. ; bush., $3.25. 



SCARLET FLAGEOLET WAX. Very large, long, flat 

 and tender pods. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 15c. ; qt., 30c.; peck, $1.50; 

 bush., $5.50. 



VIOLET, or PERFECTION WAX. Largest and 

 most showy beans. Pkt., 5e.; pint, 15c.; qt., 30c.; peck, $1.60; 

 bushel, $5.75. 



