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BEANS 



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BEANS BY PARCEL POST. 



The prices given in tliis catalogue for Beans 

 of all kinds are for same to be sent by express 

 or freight, at purchaser's expense. If pints or 

 quarts are wanted sent by Parcel Post, remit 

 extra as follows, to points 



Eist of Mississippi River 8 cts. pt., 1"2 cts. qt. 

 West of Mississippi River 15 cts. pt,, 25 cts. qt. 



DIJVARF VARIETIES 

 OF SHELI^ BEAIVS. 



Packets of all varieties of Beans, 10 cents each. 



Aiichigan Wonder Pea Bean. This variety 

 of Pea Bean will outyield all others, and is 

 safer to grow because it ripens earlier and ma- 

 tures the entire crop about the same time. By 

 express or freight, at purchaser's expense, Pt., 

 ] '■> cts.; qt., 25 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as 

 noted at top of page); 4 qts. , 90 cts.; peck, 

 81.50. 



Boston Pea Bean (iV'f»y). Seeds are small, 

 very short, almost round, and solid white. 

 By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, 

 Pt., 15 cts.; qt., 25 cts. (if by Parcel Post 

 add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., 90 cts.; 

 peck, .$1.50. 



White Marrowfat. By express or freight, 

 at purchaser's expense, Pt., 15 cts.; qt., 25 

 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of 

 page); 4 qts., 90 cts.; peck, $1..')0. 



White Kidney, or Royal Dwarf. By ex- 

 press or freight, at purchaser's expense, Pt., 

 15 cts.; qt., 25 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as 

 n ited at top of page); 4 qts., 90 cts.; peck, 

 SI. 50. 



Black Turtle Soup. By express or freight, 

 at purchaser's expense, Pt. , 15 cts.; qt. , 25 

 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of 

 page); 4 qts., 90 cts. ; peck, §51.50. 



Red Kidney. By express or freight, at pur- 

 ciiaser's expense, Pt., 20 cts. ; qt. , 30 cts. (if 

 bv Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 

 4'qts., $1.00; peck, 81.75. 



Qreen Flageolet ( Wonder of France). By 

 express or freight, at purchaser's expense, Pt., 

 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as 

 noted at top of page); 4 qts., $1.75. 



Broad Windsor. An English variety, used 

 as a shell Bean. By express or freight, at 

 purchaser's expense, Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; 

 (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of 

 page); 4 qts., .$1.10. 



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DWARF OR 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 the 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 bent-fit in hastening 

 maturity and increasing the yield. One quart will plant 100 feet of row; f bushel for an acre. 



Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima. Thisvariety of Bush Lima 

 Bean is very desirable o-i account of earliness and productive- 

 ness. The plants are of strong, upright growth, and are com- 

 pletely covered with large pods, many of which contain four 

 Beans, which are fully as large as the Pole Limas. The 

 Beans are flat in shape and of excellent quality. By express 

 or freight, at purchaser's expense, Pt. . 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts. (if 

 by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., SI. .50; 

 peck, $2.50. 



Burpee's Bush Lima. A bush form of the Large White 

 Lima which is of good quality. By express or freight, at pur- 

 chaser's expense. Pi., 25 cts.; qt., 40 cts. (if by Parcel Post 

 add as noted at toji of page); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 



Burpee — Improved Bush Lima. Pods and Beans are ex- 

 tremely large. Plant grows more erect than Burpee's Bush 

 Lima. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, Pt., 

 30 cts. ; qt., 50 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of 

 page); 4 qts., $1.75; peck, $3.25. 



Dreer's Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of the Dreer's Im- 

 proved Lima. The Beans grow close together in the pods 

 and are thick, sweet and succulent. By express or freight, at 

 purchaser's expense, Pt., 25 els.; qt., 45 cts. (if by Parcel 

 Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $1.50; peck $2.50. 



Fordhook Bush Lima Bean. This valuable variety is a 

 perfected form of Dreer's Bush Lima, which variety it resem- 

 bles in form of pod and shape of Bear, but both are larger 

 and the plant is of a strong, upright growlh, protecting the 

 pods from contact with the soil, thus preventing rust or rot. 

 By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, Pt., 30 cts.; 

 qt., 50 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 

 4 qts., $1.75; peck, $3.25. 



Henderson's Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of the Sieva or 

 Small Lima. By express or freight, at purcha.ser's expense, 

 Pt., 20 cts.; qt.,'30 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at 

 top of page); 4 qts., $1 10; peck, $2.00. 



