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Stangen Boh/ien, Ger. 



POLE BEANS. 



Haricots, a rames, Fr. 

 Frijol vnstago, Sp. 



CULTURE. — Pole Beans, e'^pecially Limas, require warm and very rich, loamy soil. Plant when the soil has become well 

 warmed through in spring. If planted in cold or soggy soil, the seed will rot. Use poles 5 to 8 feet long set in rows 4 feet 

 apart each way, or in drills, if wire trellis is used. Plant 4 to 6 Beans around each pole, and thin out to 3 plants to a pole, or 2 

 to 3 Beans may be planted in hills a foot apart under a wire trellis. Cultivate freely, and if possible top-dress around each hill 

 with small quantity of poultry manure, compost, or some good fertilizer. When hoeing, work this dressing well into the soil. 

 Sprouted Limas transplant easily. You can get a picking ahead of your neighbors by starting the Beans under glass in April and 

 transplanting to open ground in proper season. One quart will plant 150 to 200 hills. 



Packets of Beans, 10 cts. each, postpaid. 



Carpinteria Lima. (See Specialties, page 5.) Pt., 28 cts.; qt., 

 50 cts., postpaid. By e.xpress or freight: Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 

 cts.; 4 qts., $1.10; peck, 512.00. 



Early Leviathan Lima. The earliest variety of pole lima; pro- 

 duces pods in clusters. A good variety where the season is short. 

 Pt., 28 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. By express or freight: Pt., 

 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



Dreer's Improved Lima. (See cut.) A very superior early 

 variety of excellent quality and great productiveness. This vari- 

 ety is without doubt the best for private gardens. The quality is 

 much better than any other variety, the Beans cooking rich and 

 mealy. Pt., 28 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpiaid. By express or 

 freight: Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



Early Jersey Lima. This variety matures a few days earlier 

 than the King of the Garden. Pods contain three and four large 

 beans each. Pt., 28 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freight: Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., I^I.IO; peck, S;2.00. 



Seibert's Early Lima. Early and a great improvement on the 

 large Lima. Pt., 28 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freight: Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



King of the Garden Lima. A vigorous grower, bearing large 

 pods, varying in length from 5 to 8 inches. Pt., 28 cts.; qt., 50 

 cts., postpaid. By express or freight: Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts,; 

 4 qts., $1.10; peck, <;2.00. 



Small Lima, or Sieva. Beans small, good quality. Pt., 28 

 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. By express or freight: Pt., 20 cts.; 

 qt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



POI.E BEANS— WAX POD. 



Kentucky Wonder Wax. (See Specialties, page 4.) Pt.,33 

 cts.; qt., 55 cts., postpaid. By express or freight: Pt., 25 cts.; 

 qt., 40 cts.; 4 qts., $1.:.'5; peck, $2.25. 



Dreer's tiolden Cluster Wax. Bears long golden-yellow 

 pods in clusters, and continues for a long time. Pt., 33 cts.; qt., 

 60 cts., postpaid. By expre.ss or freight: Pt., 25 cts.; qt., 45 

 cts.; 4 qts., $1.60; peck, $2.50. 



POI.E BEANS— GREEN POD. 



Kentucky Wonder, or Old Homestead. Excellent for 

 snap-shorts and matures early. The vines make a strong, vig- 

 orous growth, climb the poles well and produce quantities of 

 the large pods, which grow in clusters and are of good qual- 

 ity. Pt., 28 cts. ; qt., 50 cts. , postpaid. By express or freight: 

 Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



White Creaseback, or Best of All. Early, productive and 

 fine quality; pods about 5 inches long and are produced in 

 clusters. Pt., 28 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freight: Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



Lazy Wife's. A late variety, excellent for snap-shorts or 

 shelled. Pods about 6 inches long and are thick and meaty, 

 with fine flavor. Pt., 28 cts. ; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. By express 

 orfreight: Pt, 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts. ; 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. The best variety 

 of this type. Pods 5 inches long, pale green, but become 

 streaked with red when mature. Pt., 28 cts.; qt., 50 cts., 

 postpaid. By express or freight: Pt, 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; 

 4 qts., .$1.10; peck, $2.00. 



Scarlet Runner. Mostly used as an ornamental climber, but 

 edible and may be cooked in same manner as other snap-beans, 

 or used as a shelled bean. Pt., 28 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. 

 By express or freight: Pt, 20 cts ; qt, 35 cts.; 4 qts., $1.10; 

 peck, $2.00. 



White Dutch Case°Knife. Pt, 28 cts.; qt., 50 cts., post- 

 paid. By express or freight: Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., 

 $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



White Dutch Runner. Pt, 28 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. 

 By express or freight: Pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts.; 4 qts., 

 $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



BROCCOI.I. 



Spargel-Kohl, Ger. Chou-Brocili, Fr. Broculi, Sp. 

 White Cape. Large, compact heads of a creamy-white color 

 and of good flavor. Culture same as for late Cauliflower. 

 Pkt, 10 cts.; o/.., 40 cts.; J lb., $1.25. 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS. 



Rosen-Kohl, Ger. Chou de Bruxelles, Sp. 



Culture. — Sow seed for plants in frames or open ground. Set 

 plants in early spring, and for succession up to July, making 

 rows 3 feet apart and having the plants stand 1^ to 2 feet apart 

 in the row. Cultivate same as Cabbages. 



One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 



Dreer's Select Matchless. A small-leaved variety of this 

 desirable vegetable, which through careful selection has been 

 brought to perfection. Grows freely during the summer, and 

 is fully developed by the early frosts, at which time the stems 

 are thickly set with sprouts: Pkt, 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; } lb., 

 $1.00. 



Long Island Half Dwarf. An American variety, thoroughly 

 acclimated; dwarf, robust habit; will endure the climatic 

 changes better than the foreign sorts, and much freer from 

 mildew and aphis. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; J lb., $1.00. 



