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Beans— Dwarf Wax Sorts — eontinued. TBcaPS — Varieties for Shelling. 



LARGE PACKKTS, 5C. EACH, POST-PAID. 



BOSTON si\f AT.T. PEA. This new bean sells in Boston 

 and New York markets from thirty to forty cents a bushel 

 above the ordinary varieties of pea and medium beans. It is 

 early, hardy and prolific and yields from fifty to sixty-fold 

 ■witli ordinary field culture. We have frequently picked over 

 one hundred pods from one plant, averagnng six beans to the 

 pod. The seed is small, round and handsome. Pkt., oc; 

 pint, loc; qt., oOc; peek, $1.10; bush., $4.00. 



NEAV SNOWTLAICE FIELD. This new variety, in- 

 troduced some five years since, has given wonderful results. 

 It has proven very much earlier and more prolific than either 

 the common standard Pea Bean or Prolific Tree Bean. The 

 plant grows upright, holding its pods well up from the 

 ground. They are borne in thick clusters, and ripen all at 

 once. Pkt., oc; pint, 15c.; qt.. oOc; peck, SI. 25: bush., $4.25. 



BURLEVGAJIE IVEEDIUMS. This is the leading field 

 bean in Central New York. On tl)e "Genesee Flats" fifty 

 bushels to the acre is not an uncommon yield. The beans 

 are pearly white in color, and do not rust or spot. Burlin- 

 game Mediums are much sought after by dealers everj' 

 where, and command top-notch prices. Pkt., oc; pint, 10c. 

 qt., 20e.; peck, Sl.OO; bush., 83.75. 



PROLITIC TREE. A valuable variety for field cul- 

 ture, growing abo\it twenty inches in height, branching out 

 in all directions, bearing its pods so high that they do not 

 touch the ground. The.v resemble the common Navy Bean, 

 more rounded at the ends and verv white, cooking in less 

 time. Pint, lOc; qt., 20c.; peck, $1 60; busli., S3.75. 



AVhite Navy, or Pea Bean. A well-known standard 

 sort for field culture. Seed white, nearly round. Very pro 

 ductive. Pint, lOc; qt., 20c.; peck, 90c; bush., 83.25. 



Koval Dwarf, or Wliite Kidney. Among the best as 



j a winter bean. Pint, lOc; qt., 20c.; peck, Sl.CO; bush., $3.50. 



I White Marrowiat. Extensively grown for sale as a dry 



1 bean for winter use; excellent shelled, either green or drv. 



Pint, 10c; qt, 20c.; peck, 90c.; bush., 83.25. 



Dwarf Horticultural. A dwarf variety of the Horti- 

 cultural Pole Bean. Pint, 13c.; qt., iic. 



Photograph of a plant of tlie New Valentine Wax Bean. 



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New Valentine Dwarf Wax Bean. 



The Earliest "Wax Podded Variety. 

 Wonderfully Prolific. 



Positively Free from Rust. 



Absolutely String^less. 



This new variety, since we first offered it two years ago, 

 has rapidly become popular witli market gardeners on ac- 

 count of its extreme earliness. It is an improved Round Pod 

 Extra Early Valentine, with handsome round yellow or wax 

 pods. The type is so perfectly fixed that only one plant with 

 green pods, and that probably from a stray bean, was found 

 in the field of the originator, Mr. T. V. Maxon, the noted 

 bean grower of Jefferson County, N. Y'. It is the earliest wax 

 bean yet produced; planted June 18th, pods over four inches 

 long were picked July 25th. Pods very meat.v, entirely 

 stringless, entirely free from rust, and of the best quality. 

 All who saw our field before harvest pronounced it the most 

 uniform and fullest podded field of beans they had ever seen. 

 Market and family gardeners will make no mistake in plant- 

 ing it largelv. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 1.5c.; qt., oOc; peck, 81.50; 

 bush., 85.00. 



Fuller's Ringleader — Dwarf Black 

 Wax Bean. 



Our good opinion of this new Bean has been confirmed 

 by another year's trial at Floraeroft Trial Grounds, as well as 

 by thousands of most favorable comments from our custom- 

 ers who tested it, and who all agree in pronouncing it one of 

 the earliest, best and most productiveof all Wax Beans. Pkt., 

 5c.' pint, 20c.; qt., 35e.; peck, 81.75; bush., 86.50. 



C. H. TowLAND, Frankfort. N. J., Feb. 4, 1896, writes: 

 ^' I never planted beans that came so early and yielded as 

 ■well as the Ringleader Black Wax. I can truly recommend 

 them." 



Chas. M. Peterson, Peninsula, Ohio, writes: "Ring- 

 leaderis the only Wax Bean I have ever grown that was ab- 

 solutely free from rust, although I have all the so-called rust- 

 proof varieties." 



TOSEMITE MAj>IMOTH AVAX. The enormous pods 

 of this splendid new bean frequently attain a length of ten 

 inches, with the thickness of a man's finger. They are nearly 

 all solid pulp, the seeds being very small when the pods are 

 fit for use. Pods are a rich golden col or and absolutely string- 

 less, cooking tender and delicious. It is enormously produce 

 tive, fifty of its monster pods having been counted on one 

 bush. Pkt., be.; pint, 20c.; qt., 35e. 



GRISWOUJ'S EVERBEARING WAX. Pkt., 5c.; 

 pint, ;30c.; q t., 6 0c. 



Dwarf White "Wax. Similar to Black Wax, except in 

 color of seed. Pint, 1.5c ; qt., 30c.; peck, $1.25; bush., 84.50. 



Plant of Dav's Leafless Medium. 



DAY'S LEAFLESS flEDlUH BEAN. 



A WONTJERFUI, NEW FIELD BEAN. 



This improved variet.v was offered by us for the first time 

 last year. Tlie originator, Mr. Wm. H. Day, who is one of 

 the most successful field bean culturists in New York State, 

 has been experimenting for years with different kinds of 

 beans, and this sort represents four years' constant work. 

 Tiie beans are a beautiful pearly white in color, and run very 

 uniform in size. The pods are long, well filled, containing 

 from five to seven beans each, each stalk containing from ItO 

 to 200 pods, producing 50 to 60 bushels per acre. We had one 

 stalk planted in a field, and given ordinary culture, that pro- 

 duced 973 beans that weighed 12 ounces. The vine stands 

 up well, grows abundant foliage, and, just previous to the 

 time of ripening, all the leaves fall off, so that each and 

 every pod is exposed to the action of the sun's rays and ri- 

 pens evenly. Another great feature is that it is extremely 

 early in ripening, maturing in its entirety in from seventy to 

 eighty days from date of planting. Pkt, 5c.; pint, 15c.; qt., 

 30c.; peck, 81.25; bush., $4.50. 



