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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



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feiPOLE BEANS, 



IBcanS "Pole or "Running. 



MEW GOLDEN ANDAXUSIA WAX BEAN. (See 

 illustration. ) Tliis new bean, introduced by us eight years 

 since, has created a decided sensation \vherever grown. 

 It originated in Andalusia, Bucks County, Pa., witli a cele- 

 brated bean grower. Our illustration gives some idea of its 

 uoiidcrful productiveness. It is nothing unusual to pick one- 

 half bu.shel to three pecks from a single vine at one picking. 

 The pods are five to si.x inclies long, broad, thick, very 

 fleshy, and entirety stri7iglcss,far surpassing all other varietifs 

 m (/lis respect, and retaining these important qualities until 

 almost ripe. The pods, when fully grown, are from five to 

 six inches long, exceedingly rich, buttery and fine flavored. 

 The vines cling well to the poles, a very important feature, 

 as the weight of a vine filled with such a mass of large pods 

 is very great. They commence bearing in great abundance 

 when the vines are quite young, and continue to bear pro- 

 fusely the entire season. The beans when dry are round as 

 a bullet, pure white in color, and also make a fine shell or 

 winter bean. Large pkt., .5c.; pint, 30c.; qt., 5oc , post-paid. 

 Qt., 40c.; 4 qts., S1.40 ; peck, S-'.25; bush., S8.00, by freight or 

 express. 



MASTIFF GOLDEN POD. This magnificent new pole 

 bean, in size and appearance of pod, bears the same relation 

 toother pole varieties as the Yoseinite Mammoth Wax does 

 to the dwarf sorts. Its enormous pods are remarkably hand- 

 some and fleshy, and of rich, buttery flavor when cooked. 

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

 of the pod itself, when tit for use as a string bean. Per pkt., 

 10c. ; 3pkts., 25c. 



EAKLY GOLDEN CLUSTER W.1X POLE BEAN. 

 This 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 ai"e 

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

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

 mencing ten days after the Dwarf Golden Wax, it continues 

 to bear profusely vmtil frost sets in. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 20c.; 

 qt., 3.5C.; peck, $2.00; bush., S'.OO. 



LAZY WTFE'S. The best and largest Green Podded 

 Pole Bean, first introduced by us a few years since, has 

 become a great fiivorite. The pods grow from fourto six 

 inches long, entirely stringless, and of a rich, buttery flavor 

 when cooked. The pods remain green, and retain their 

 tender, rich, stringless flavor until nearly ripe. The beans 

 are white, and unsurpassed as shell beans for winter use. 

 They are pronounced by nil who have grown them the best 

 green podded snap-short Pole Bean in cultivation. We can- 

 not commend this bean too highly. Pkt., .5c.; pint, 30c.; 

 qt., 50c., post-paid; qt., 3.5c.; peck, $1.75; bush., 86.50, by 

 express. 



WHITE CKEASEBACK, or EAT HOKSE. A well- 

 known and highly esteemed Southern variety. Very pro- 

 ductive. Forms very full, round pods, very fleshy, entirely 

 stringless and distinctly creased along back, hence its name. 

 This variety is especially valuable for its extreme earlines9 

 and its habit of perfecting all of its pods at the same time. 

 Pint, l:^c.; qt., 2oc.; peck, $1.50; bush., $5.50. 



I3IPKOA'ED KENTUCKY WONDER, or OLD 

 HOMESTEAD. A very large and fleshy podded green Pole 

 Bean, rapidly becoming popular in the Middle 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 reachingnine or 

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

 very prolificsort, and one of the very best. Pkt., 5c. ; pint, 

 20c.; qt., 3.5c.; peck, $1.75; bush., $6.00. 



SPECKLED CUT-SHORT, or CORN-HUL. 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 ; podsshort, cylindrical and ten- 

 der. Pkt.. 5c.; pint, lac; qt, 30c.; peck, $1.25; bush., S4.75. 



SOUTHERN PROLIFIC. A splendid, vigorous and 

 productive variety. Pods in clusters, succulent and deli- 

 cious; matures quite eailyand continuously, hearing until 

 frost. .Pint, 1.5c.; qt., 30c.; peck, $1.50; bush., $5.00. 



HORTICULTURAL LIMA. A cross between the 

 Dwarf Horticultural and Dreer's Improved Lima, and com- 

 bining the good qualities of the latter with the earliness of 

 the former. Its extreme earline.'^s will permit of its bein^ 

 planted far north of where any true lima bean can be gro\yn. 

 Vines medium sized, not much branched and not running 

 overfourfeet usually, but fruiting freely to the ends; leaves 

 large, coarse, wrinkled, green, re.sembling Dwarf Horticul- 

 tural; pods borne in clusters, three to six inches in length, 

 flat, almost straight. We advise all our customers to give 

 this bean a thorough trial, as it is a variety of undoubted 

 merit. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 25c.; qt., 45c., postpaid; qt., 30c.; 

 ■peck, $1.50; bush.. $5.50. 



OTHER GOOD POLE BEANS. We can also supply 

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

 pkt.; 20c. p<-r pint; 35c. per qt.: German Black W^ax 

 Pole or Iiiiliaii Chief, Scarlet Runner, Early Black- 

 Lima. Dutch Case Knife, Horticultural or Wren's. 

 Egg, Red Seeded Giant Wax. 



