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WAX OR YELLOW: 
PODDED VARIETIES. 
Packets of all varieties of Beans, 10 cents each, 
Hodson Wax-pod. (See page 4.) Pt., 20 cts, 
(postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 85 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts. ); 
4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. 
Michigan White Wax. (See cut.) A white- 
seeded Golden Wax Bean. The plant grows 
larger than Golden Wax, and produces an abundant 
crop of large, meaty pods, which are of a bright 
golden-yellow color and of superior quality, It is 
also a fine Bean when dried and used for soup and 
baking. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 
cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. 
Improved Rust=proof Golden Wax. An im- 
provement on the original Golden Wax. The pods 
grow long, nearly straight, broad, flat and clear yel- 
low. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35. cts. 
(postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. 
Improved Prolific Black Wax. (Cylinder Waz). 
This is a marked improvement on the old Black 
Wax; pods waxy yellow, very tender and produc- 
tive. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. 
(postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. 
Wardwell’s Kidney Wax. A popular variety of 
Wax Beans, bearing long, flat pods, of a delicate 
waxy yellow, stringless and brittle, producing a 
heavy crop. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 
35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, 
$2.00. 
Stringless Refugee Wax. An improved type of 
the Refugee Wax, to which it is far superior in every 
way. The plants are of very robust growth and ex- 
tremely productive. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); 
qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 66 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, 
$2.25. 
Pencil Pod Black Wax. It is an improvement on the Pro- | 
lific Black Wax, hardier and more prolific. Pods are long, 
pencil-like, very tender and brittle. In color they are a rich, 
dark yellow. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 83 cts.); qt., 40 cts. 
(postpaid, 56 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 
Round Pod Kidney Wax. This handsome variety of 
‘ wax-podded Bean is an improved type of the well-known 
Wardwell’s Kidney Wax. The pods are long, straight and 
extremely handsome; an exceedingly heavy bearer, and is of 
excellent quality. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 40 cts, 
(postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 
Currie’s Rust-proof Wax. An improvement on the old- 
fashioned Golden Wax. It is absolutely rust-proof; the pods 
grow long, flat, are very tender and of the finest quality. Pt., 
20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 
4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. : 
Saddle=back Wax. This variety is of beautiful shape and 
color, and produces pods that are long, round, very solid and 
absolutely stringless. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 40 
cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 
Scarlet Flageolet, or Perfection Wax. An excellent 
golden: podded dwarf Bean. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts. ); 
qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 
Yosemite Mammoth Wax. A giant among Beans. The 
' pods, frequently reaching a length of from 8 to 10 inches, are 
of great thickness. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 
cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. 
Davis Wax. Pods are flat, very long, white, straight and 
handsome. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (post- 
paid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00, 
Crystal Wax, or Silver Bean. Pods silvery-white and very 
tender, Pt,, 20 cts, (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (post- 
paid;-50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00, 
BE AN S—conninven. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS. 
Culture.—Select land that is especially warm, rich, and well 
supplied with vegetable fibre or humus. Plant as soon as the 
soil has become warm in spring, Make the rows 2 feet apart 
and give to each plant 6 inches space in the row, A top- 
dressing of poultry manure, ashes, or some good fertilizer or 
compost around the plants will be of much benefit in hastening 
maturity and increasing the yield. 
Dreer’s Wonder Bush Lima. Very early, Plants upright, 
compact, and completely covered with large pods, many of 
which contain four Beans fully as large as the Pole Limas. 
Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts, (postpaid, 50 cts. ); 
4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. 
Dreer’s Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of the Dreer’s Im- 
proved Lima, ‘The Beans grow close together in the pods, 
producing 3 to 4 and sometimes 5 in a pod, and are thick, 
sweet and succulent, Pt,, 20 cts, (postpaid, 28 cts,); qt., 3d 
cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts,, $1.15; peck, $2.00. 
Fordhook Bush Lima Bean. This valuable variety is a 
perfected form of Dreer’s Bush Lima, which variety it re- 
sembles in form of pod and shape of Bean, but both are larger 
and the plant is of a strong, upright growth, protecting the 
pods from contact with the soil, thus preventing rust and _ rot. 
Pt,, 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts, (postpaid, 60 
cts.); 4 qts,, $1.50; peck, $2.50. 
Burpee’s Bush Lima. A bush form of the Large White 
Lima, Pt,, 2) cts, (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts, (postpaid, 
50 cts,); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. 
Burpee—Improved Bush Lima. Pods and Beans are ex- 
tremely large. Plant grows more erect than Burpee’s Bush 
Lima and is more productive, Pt., 2) cts, (postpaid, 33 cts. )} 
qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts,); 4 qts,, $1.50; peck, $2,50, 
Henderson’s Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of the Sieva or 
Small Lima, Pt,, 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts,); qt., 30 cts. 
(postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.75. 
