This is an age of progress in gardening as 
well as in other professions. There isan increas- 
ing demand for better vegetables and flowers. 
The successful gardener, before ordering his 
supply of seeds, makes a careful study of one or 
more reliable seed catalogues. He has probably 
learned that there are two classes of seedsmen. 
One class offer each year, in bewildering num- 
bers, novelties from the four quarters of the globe, 
which they claim are destined to eclipse all simi- 
lar varieties heretofore known. Such catalogues 
the gardener must regard humorously if he con- 
siders them at all. 
There is another class of seedsmen who are 
constantly on the lookout for something of value. 
They keep closely in touch with experts in this 
and in foreign countries. New varietiesof proven 
and distinct merit are promptly included in their 
lists, after thorough trials, such as made by us 
each season at Cedarcroft Trial Grounds. 
The Hodson Wax Bean 
pods are brittle, tender and of fine 
texture. If picked when they 
should be, are entirely stringless. 
The fine table quality of the long, 
handsome pods will soon be appre- 
ciated. In our trial ground tests 
this variety was easily distin- 
guished by its rank growth, great 
vigor, productiveness and freedom 
from blight and rust. Pkt., 10c. ; 
pint, 25c.; qt., 40c., postpaid; qt., 
25c.; peck, $1.50; bush., $6.00, by 
freight or express. 
Hodson Green-Pod Bean 
Discovered in a trial plot of 
Hodson Wax. A strong, robust 
grower, unaffected by rust or blight, 
many of the bushes measuring 2 to 
24 feet in height and the same in 
breadth. Itisan enormous yielder, 
often producing 50 to 75 pods to the 
R. R. (24th and Chestnut Sts.). 
POD OF HODSON WAX. 
Novelties and Specialties in Vegetables 
SECTION OF OUR TRIAL GROUNDS. TESTING 
EUROPEAN NOVELTIES, 
The New Hodson Beans——Wax and Green-Pod 
The Hodsons are the latest novelties in beans, originating in Northern New York. 
A single plant of HODSON GREEN-POD BEAN. 
Express where this service is in op 
SEEDS FREE BY MAIL.—We pay postage on all seeds in packets, 
ounces and quarter pounds purchased from this catalogue. When pounds 
are ordered to be sent by mail, please add 10 cents per pound to pay postage. 
On Beans, Sweet Corn and Peas, by the pint and quart, we quote prices 
both ways, by mail, postage paid, and by freight or express, so that they 
can be ordered sent either way as desired. 
plant, and withstanding adverse weather conditions remarkably. 
It is a late variety, coming to maturity a little later than Refugee. 
The table quality is first-class. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 25c. ; qt., 40c., by mail, post- 
paid; qt., 25c.; peck, $1.40; bush., $5.50, by freight or express. 
FREE DELIVERY FOR 1907 
On and after January 1st, 1907 we will deliver free by Package Stamp 
eration, all orders for vegetable and 
flower seeds by the packet, ounce, pound, pint or quart that can be packed 
weighing up to 50 Ibs. (this being the weight limit by this service), and such 
as will be accepted by them. This service applies to Package Express from 
Market St. Ferry (Penna. R. R.), Chestnut St. Ferry (Reading Ry.), Broad 
St. Station (Penna. R. R.), Reading Terminal (Reading Ry.) and B. & O. 
REMITTANCES can be made by Check, Express or Post Office Orders, Registered Letter, or 2c. 
postage stamps. 
