POLE BEANS. 



U WHITE (REASEBACK Thisvery 



r- choice pule bean, known through many sec- 



- lions of the South as the Popular Fat Horse 

 <S Bean shoulii have been catalogued long ago by 

 J Northern seedsmen. One difficulty, however, has 

 J; I icen that the seed has always been scarce. I have 

 j hail, however, a crop grown for me the last three 

 fj years, and take great pleasure in being able to 



- offer it to my customers. For string beans the 

 C Creaseback is especially desirable, being of a 



-beautiful light green color, stringless, about six 

 i> inches long, perfectly round, with a crease in the 

 jj back, and of mo<t excellent quality. They ripen 



- very early ; in fact, it is the earliest of any 

 green pod pole bean I know, and pods are 



X, thick from one end of the pole to the other. Crease- 



» back for early, Lazy Wives for late, makes an ex- 

 ~ cellent combination. Pkt., 10c; pt, :30c.; qt., 55c. 



2* NEW GOLDEN WAX POLE I have 



given my customers a very fine pole bean above, 



3 but have still another that, to say the least, is a 



t» perfect beauty. White Creaseback is a green- 



' * podded bean." Golden Wax has the finest, rich, 



o round, fleshy, stringless, beautiful golden-yel- 

 »3 low pods, seven to nine inches long, I have ever 



~ seen. In flavor it equals any in cultivation, 

 W while the vines begin bearing its early as any other 

 J* pole bean grown, and almost as early as any'Dwarf 

 2 Wax variety. It has only one fault, and that is 

 2 that the vines do not take the pole quite asreadily as 

 5 the Lazy Wives or Creaseback, but then it is earlier 

 ^i than either, and when its other superior qualities 

 pj are taken into consideration, not an order for 1889 

 5 should omit it. Packet, 15 cents ; pint, 40 cents. 



MAULE'S IMPROVED DUTCH 



m Rl'-V-VER This new bean is without a doubt 



m PAR THE MOST PRODUCTIVE POLE 

 p BEAN IN CULTIVATION. The illustration 

 ? gives but a faint idea of the immense yield. I 

 ? have never seen anything that could begin to 

 9 equal them, and all planting Dutch Runner this 

 «■ season I am sure will agree with me. They are 

 " also wonderfully early. Pods are very large and 

 e handsome, almost equal to the Large Lima. la 

 ■J flavor they are superior, and cooked green in 

 q Summer yon will find them eqnal any 

 m succotash yon ever made. They continue in 

 — bearing from July right up to frost. Packet, 15 

 cents ; pint, 35 cents ; quart, 65 cents. 



£ EARLY MAINE This pole bean, also 



£ called Essex Prolific, comes to me from Maine, 

 •8 where it is much esteemed on account of its earli- 

 2 ness, productiveness, and other good qualities. It 

 ^ produces clusters of beautiful "pods, rive to six 



. inches long, from the bottom of the pole to the top, 

 ro which in quality are hard to beat, being stringless 

 Q and of that rich, agreeable flavor when cooked 

 m that is so desirable for a good snap-short. Vines 

 W are of strong growth and cling well to the poles. 

 58 It is certainly a most excellent variety, and 

 Q my customers will do well to give it a triaL Packet 

 H 10 cents ; pint, 30 cents ; quart. 55 cents, 

 y NEW GOLDEN CLUSTER.— This new 



^ variety is an improvement on all the good qualities of the Giant and Dwarf Wax, 

 g and is distinct in seed, in color and habit of growth. The pods retain their ten- 

 <• derness and plumpness long after the beans have attained a large size, so that only 

 gj a few days elapse after they cease to be fit for string beans before they are fit to 

 <. shell. The pods are a beautiful golden yellow, and are from six to eight inches 

 p long, borne profusely in clusters of four to six. Commencing to bear ten days after 

 55 the Golden Wax, it continues to produce an abundance of pods until frost sets in. 

 ., Packet, 10 cents ; pint. 35 cents ; quart, 60 cents. 



a LAZY WIVES. — For years the demand for this variety has been 



C so great as to entirely exhaust my supply. See Specialties. Packet, 15 

 ■« cents ; pint, 35 cents ; quart, 00 cents. 



SALEM IMPROVED LIMA. 



— This is a selected strain of the 

 Large Lima, but it is so far superior 

 to the Lima Beans that I know most 

 ■of my customers see and grow, that 

 I must give it a prominent notice in this catalogue. In the first place I think you 

 will rind it the most productive, and, therefore, best table Lima you have ever 

 grown. Pods are produced in large clusters, five to six large beans often in a pcd, 

 and ripens only a very short time after the Extra Early Lima. The vines continue 

 in bearing right up to frost. The King of the Garden is a first-class Lima in every 

 way. but I think the Salem Improved fully equals, if it does not surpass it. It cer- 

 tainly beats it in strong, regular growth on my trial grounds. Packet, 10 cents; 

 pint, 35 cents ; quart, tiO cents. 

 EXTRA EARLY LIMA — The earliest of all. See Specialties. Pkt. 15c. 

 KING OP THE GARDEN — See Specialties. Pkt., 15c.; pt, 35c.; qt., 



DREER'S IMPROVED LIMA Very productive, and pods are 



always full of extra plnmp beans of the most delicious and superior 

 quality. Packet, 10 cents ; pint, 35 cents ; quart, 60 rents. 



LIMA BEANS, 



FRENCH ASPARAGUS Having 



had several calls tor this lean. I I:;-, 

 cured a limited quantity of seed from France. 

 A Philadelphia gardener says of it: •• 1 have 

 grown all varieties of beans, and 1 consider the 

 Asparagus Bean the most delicious prod 

 best I have ever had." Podsgrowtrom two to four feet long, and are 

 produced In great abundance. In coloi they are a beautiful gn 

 and delicious, so that tiny will not only prove a great curiosity wherever 

 grown, but also a desirable variety as well'. Packet. 



How long a pod can my customers grow of 



Asparagus Bean ! I will pay. Oct. 1. 1 *>*'.). $95 



for the longest ratted 



from Muulc's 



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SALEM IMPROVED EI MA. 



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