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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



CiUESNELI.'S IMPROVED RUST-PROOF OOLDEN WAX BEAN. 



IMPKOV^ED KUST-PKOOF GOLDEN 

 WAX BEAN.— (GrenueU's Strain.) 



From our own crops of tliig splendid variety, and tlie 

 high opinions of market gardeners who have tlius far grown 

 it, we beUeve that it must entirely take the place of the well- 

 known Golden Wax, ivhich 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 hardiest of all the Wax 

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

 Golden Wax, much superior in quality and absolutely 

 rust-proof. It outyielded the Golden Wax two to one in 

 post seasons. There are two strains of "Improved Golden 

 Wax" on the market, but Grennell's strain, as offered by us, 

 will be found decidedly the best. Pint, lidc; qt., 40c.; peck, 

 81.35: bush.,S5.00. 



CUBKIE'S KUST-PROOF BLACK WAX. The de- 

 mand for this new bean has been so great, especially from 

 the.South, the past two seasons, that we Avere entirely sold 

 out before the season was half over, and we were obliged to 

 return the money to many of our customers. 



For earliness they are at the head of the Wax Bean fam- 

 ily. Habit upright and robust, holding their pods well from 

 tlie ground; foliage remarkably vigorous and healthy ; pods 

 long, flat and straight, of a beautiful golden color; quality 

 not surpassed, and for productiveness unequalled. Pint, 

 25e.; qt.,45c.; peek, SI. 40; bush., S5.2.=i. 



NEW PROLIFIC GERMAN, or CYLINDER 

 BLACK WAX. This is an entirely new and improved 

 strain of the old favorite German or Black Wax Bean, origin- 

 ated by a large bean grower of Genesee County, N. Y. We 

 fln-l it very superior to the old strain, being much earlier 

 and more than twice as productive. Pods ]ierfectly round, 

 str. lighter, longer and of an even, rich golden color. Our 

 stock i< grown for us hv the originator. Pkt., lOc; pint, 25c.; 

 qt.,4')c.; peek, SI. 40: bu.sh., S5.2i. 



WAKDWELL'S EARLY DWARF KIDNEY WAX. 

 This variet.v, introduced by us seven years ago, has given 

 unbounded satisfaction wherever tried. It is almost rust- 

 proof and greatly superior to the well-known German Black 

 Wax or Golden Wax sorts in every respect. The vines are 

 remarkably vigorous, hardy ;ind productive ; the pods are 

 very large, smooth, showy, tender, perfectly .etringless, and 

 of unusually fine quality. The entire pod" assumes a rich 

 golden color at a very eariv stage of growth. The dry beans 

 are white, with two shades of reddish purple more or less 

 visible, and a distinct kidnev shape. Pkt., lOc; pint, 20c.; 

 q., 40c.; peck, $1.35; bush., $5.00. 



YOSEWITE MAMMOTH WAX. The enormous pods 

 of this splendid new bean frequently attain a lengtli ot ten 

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

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

 litforuse. Pods are a rich golden color and absolutely slring- 

 less, cooking tender and delicious. It is enormously produc- 

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

 bush. P"kt., lOc; pint, 30c.; qt., 55c.; peck, f2.50. 



NEW GOLDEN-EYEU BUTTER WAX. BEAN. 

 This fine market variety is pronounced by lending market 

 men who have grown it, the handsomest and most »ala- 

 ble of any they have ever had. Tliey can be sold when 

 other sorts. are a drug. It is earlier than the popular Ward- 

 well's Kidney Wax and Golden Wax sorts. The vine grows 

 vigorously about one and a half feet high, holding the gi-eat 

 profusion of handsome pods well off the ground, thus keei> 

 ing them clean and attractive. The pods are long, straiglit 

 and flat, larger and handsomer than Golden Wax and remark- 

 ably free from blight and rust. The fact that when picked 

 along with other was varieties it keeps bright and crisplong 

 after the others are wilted and unsalable, inakesit one of the 

 be3t for shipping long distmces. It is also one of the very 

 best green shelled beans, and excellent dry, being very nmch 

 like the White Marrow when baked. Having grown a large 

 (lop on one of our farms in northern New York, the p^st 

 season, we are able to offer it at much reduced prices. Pint, 

 JOc; qt.,40o.; peck, SI. 25; bush., $1.75. 



NEWSPECKLED WAX. The best late waxpoddrd 

 bean. Its long, cylindrical, waxy yellow pods are tender, 

 crisp, and of the best quality when in condition to use for 

 snaps, while as a green shelled bean it has no superior. For 

 tliose who wish to plant but one variety, this is the be^t. 

 Pkt., lOc; pt., 25c.; qt., 4.5c.; peck, SI. 40; bush., S5.25. 



GRISWOLD'S EVERBEARING AVAX. This new 

 bean originated with Thomas Griswold, the well-known 

 Connecticut seed grower. The pods are thick, fleshy, string- 

 less, growing six to seven inches in length. Their greatest 

 value, however, is in their everbearing character, beginning to 

 bear early and continuing to produce throughout the entire 

 seiwon. The stalk is stiffer and branches out more than any 

 other bean, hence they should never be planted less than ten 

 inches apart in the rows. Pkt., 10c. ; pint, 40c.; qt., 75c. 



Dwarf White Wax, Similar to Black Wax, except in 

 color of seed. Pint, 25c.: qt.. 45e.; jieck, $1.50; bush., $5.60. 



SCARLET AND VIOLET FLAGEOLET, or tER- 

 FEOTION WAX BRANS. These varieties were brouglit 

 from Germany several years since. They do not difler ma- 

 terially. Both have vigorous, strong-growing vines, bearing 

 very large, long, flat and tender pods. The Scarlet Flageolet 

 is a little the earlier, but tlie Violet has larger pods. AVe rec- 

 ommend them as among the largest and most .'howy beans. 



SCARLET FL.AGEOLET WAX. Pkt., lOc; pint, 25e.; 

 qt., 45c., post-paid; peck, SI. 75; bush., S6. 50. 



VIOLET, or PERFECTION WAX. Pkt, lOc; pint, 

 25c.; qt., 50c., post-paid; peck, $2.00; bush., 57.50. 



BEANS.— Varieties for Shelling. 



LARGE PACKETS, lOC. EACH, POST-PAID. 



BOSTON SMALL PEA. This new bean sells in Bos- 

 ton market at from thirty to forty cents a bushel above the 

 ordinary varieties of pea and medium beans. It is early, very 

 hardy and prolific and yields from fifty to sixty-fold with 

 ordinary field culture. We have frequently picked over one 

 hundred pods from one plant, averaging six beans to the 

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

 pint, 25c.; qt, 45c.; peck, $1.25; bush., S4. 75. 



NEW SNOAVFLAKK FIELD. This new variety, in- 

 troduced five years since, has given wonderful results. It 

 has proven very much earlier and wore prolific than either the 

 common standard Pe.a Bean, or Prolific Tree Bean. The 

 plant grows upright, hoi ding, its pods well up frcm the ground. 

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

 leaves fall off earlier than with other varieties, thus opening 

 the pods to the sun. We believe it will eventiially supplant 

 the old varieties of White Pea Beans. Pkt., lOc; pint, 2:c.; 

 qt., 45c.; peck. SI. 2.5 ; bu.sh., $4.75. 



BURLINGAME MEDIUMS. This is the leading field 

 bean in Central New York. On the "Genesee Flats" fitly 

 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 soughtafter by dealers everywhere, 

 and always command top-notch market prices. Pkt., lOc; 

 pint. 20c.; qt.,3oc.; peck, $1.10; bush., S4.00. 



PROLIFIC TREE, A valuable v.ariety for field culture, 

 growingabout twenty inches in height, branching out in all 

 directions, bearing its pods so high that they do not touch the 

 ground. They have yielded at the rate of nearly one lum- 

 dred bushels to tlie acre. They resemble the common Navy 

 Bean, more rounded at the ends and very while, cooking 

 in less time. Pint, liOc; qt.,35c.; peck,S1.10; bush.,S4.00. 



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

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

 ductive. Pint, 20c.; qt., 3.5c : peck. $1.00; bush., J3.75. 



Roval Dwarf, or White Kidney. Among the best as 

 a winter bean. Pint. 2nc.; qt., 35c.; peck, S1.20; bnsh., $4.25. 



Wliite Marrowfat Extensively grown for sale as a dry 

 bean for winter use; excellent shelled, cither green or dry. 

 Pint. 20c.; qt., 35c.; peck, $1.00; bush.,S3.75. 



Dwarf Horticultural. A dwarf variety of the Horti- 

 cultural Pole Bean. Pint, 20c.; qt., ^lOc. 



