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fieux Golden-Eyed Batten Wax Bean. 



This splendid bush bean is earlier than the popular Wardwell's Kidney Wax and Golden Wax 

 sorts. The vine grows about one and a half feet high, and is strong and vigorous, holding its heavy load 

 of handsome pods well off the ground, thus keeping them clean and attractive. The pods are long, 

 straight and flat. They are larger and handsomer than Golden Wax, and remarkably y>-i?^yVc>W2 blight 

 arid rust. When picked along with other wax varieties, this bean keeps bright and crisp long after the 

 others are wilted and unsalable, which makes it one of the best for market and shipping. It is also one 

 of the very best dry shelled beans, being very much like the White Marrow when baked. It will pay 

 every market and family gardener to plant a considerable portion of his crops in this variety. Pkt., loc. ; 

 pint, 30c.; qt., 50c., post-paid; qt., 35c.; peck, $1.75; bush., $6.50, bj' freight or express. 



CURKIE'S RUST-PROOF BLACK WAX. In de- 



acribiiig this new bean, one of the largest bean growers of 

 the North, writes as follows: "" Currie's Rust-Proof has 

 proved to be a novelty worthy of its name. After four 

 years' e.xperience with it, tested side by side with wax 

 beans from other growers, we have found it nearest to per- 

 fection of them all. For earliness it is at the head of the 

 wax bean family. Habit, upright and robust, holding the 

 pods well from the ground. Pods, long, flat and straight, of 

 a beautiful golden color; quality, not surpassed, and for 

 productiveness unequalled. " All the above claims we have 

 fully substantiated in our own tests, atid we recommend it to 

 our market customers with the greatest confidence. Pkt., 

 lOc; pint, .3.5c.; qt., 60c.: peck, S2. 00; bush., 37.50. 



NEW PROLIFIC GERiVIAN, or CYLINDER 

 BLACK "WAX. This is an entirely new and iinproved 

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

 ated b.v 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, 

 etraighter, longer and of an even, rich golden color. Our 

 stock isgrown for us by the originator. Pkt.,10c.; pint., 25c.; 

 qt., 45c., post-paid; qt., 30c.; peck, S1.75; bush., $6.25, by 

 freight. 



. SCARLET ANI> VIOLET FLAGEOLET, or PER- 

 FECTION WAX BEANS. These varieties were brought 

 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 the Violet has larger pods. We rec- 

 ommend them as among the largest and most showy beans. 

 SCARLET FLAGEOLET WAX. Pkt., lOc; pint, 25c.; 

 qt., 50c., post-paid; peck, S2. 00 : bush.. S7.00. 



VIOLET, or PERFECTION ^VAX. Pkt, lOc; pint, 

 25c.; qt., 50c., post-paid ; peck, $2.00 ; bush., 37.00. 



WARDAVELL'S EARLY DWARF KIDNEY W^AX. 



This variety, introduced b.v us si.\ years ago, has given 

 unbounded satisfaction wherever tried. Gardenere unani- 

 mously pronounce it the hardiest and most productive 

 wax bean they ever grew. The most valuable point, liow- 

 ever, in its favor is that it does not show the slightest indi- 

 cation of rust or spot. 'It is greatly superior to the well- 

 known Dwarf 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, with two shades 

 of reddish purple more or less visible, and a distinct kidney 

 shape. Pkt., lOc; pint., 25c.; qt.. 45c., post-paid; peck. Si. 75; 

 bush.. S6.50. 



NEW SPECKLED WAX. The best late vrax podded 

 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 

 those who wish to plant but one variety, this is the best. 

 Pkt., lOc; pint, 35c,; qt., 60c.; peck, §2.00; bush., $7.50. 



GRISWOLD'S EVERBEARING WAX. This new 

 bean originated with Thomas Griswold, the well-known 

 Connecticut seed grower. The pods are thick, fleshy, entirely 

 stringless, growing six to seven inches in length, an exceed- 

 ingly rich, buttery and fine-flavored when cooked. Their 

 greatest value, however, is in their everbearing chnracler, 

 beginning to be;\r early and continuing to produce their mag- 

 nificent pods in great abundance throughout the entire season. 

 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., lOc; pint, 40c.; qt., 7.5c. 



Dwarf White Wax. Similar to Black Wax, except in 

 color of seed. Pint, 30c.; qt,, 50c.; peck, $1.75; bush., $6.50. 



