NEW AND CHOICE 



VEGETABLE SEEDS FOR 1902. 



On the following seven pages we offer a select list of new and valuable varieties of vegetables, which, on account of their merit, we 

 consider worthy of special notice. All these varieties have been carefully tested by us on our trial grounds, and the decriptions 

 given are from actual experience with each variety. The illustrations shown were made from photographs of specimens" raised 

 from our seed, therefore they are true and not drawn from imagination. 



DRB£R'S " ^WONDER " 



BUSH LIMA BEAN. 



This Bush Lima Bean was introduced by us 

 in 1898. It is an improvement on the Burpee's 

 Bush Lima, and grows absolutely in the bush 

 form, without the least sign of a runner — the 

 ends of branches being filled with buds there is 

 no chance for runners. In addition to this im- 

 portant feature, it is also the earliest of all Bush 

 Limas, much earlier thaii the original type. 



Seed planted on our Experimental Grounds 

 on June 29th produced fully-matured beans on 

 August 17th, just seven weeks from dale of plant- 

 ing. No other Bush Lima has such a 

 record for earliness. 



It is the most productive of all Bush Limas. 

 The plants grow dwarf, upright and compact, 

 and are completely covered with large pods, many 

 of which contain four beans, which are fully 

 as large as the largest of the Pole Lini.is. 

 The beans are of fiat shape, and fully equal in 

 flavor to the famous Dreer's Pole Lima, so well 

 and favorably known, 



Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima is with- 

 out doubt the best of its class, and a de- 

 cided acquisition. The earliest, dwarfest. most- 

 prolific and best quality of ail. Pkt., 10 tts.; 

 pint, 30 cts. (postpaid, 38 cis.); qt., .50 CIS. 

 Dreer's " Wo.nder" Bish Lima. (postpaid, 65 cts.); 4 qts., $1..50. 



PENCIE POD 



BI.ACK: WAX BEAN. 



This splendid variety of Black Wax Bean is 

 a great improvement on the old and favorably 

 known Improved Prolific Black Wax. It is 

 without a doubt hardier and more productive. 

 This is occasioned by its containing a little of 

 the Refugee Wax blood, from which parent it 

 also obtains its beautiful long, round and pencil- 

 like pod, hence the appropriateness of its name. 

 The color of the pod is a rich d.irk yellow, 

 much handsomer and decidedly more attractive 

 than' the ordinary lighter colored Black W.ix 

 Pod. Another very important feature in favor 

 of the Pencil Pod is that it is extremely tender 

 and brittle, and while not quite as early as the 

 old style Black Wax, it comes along in season 

 witli the regular standard sorts, and remains in 

 good picking condition much longer than the 

 other sorts. This variety is worthy of the at- 

 tention of every one who has a garden, and will 

 also prove an extremely valuable one for the mar- 

 ket gardener, the beautiful long, golden-yellow 

 pods presenting such a fine appearance that it 

 is bound to meet with ready sale. Our stock 

 was grown especially for us by the originator, 

 and we are pleased to thus be able to furnish our 

 customers with the true stock of this most ex- 

 cellent variety. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts. (post- 

 paid, 33 cts.); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 

 4 qts., $1.00 ; peck, $1.60. 

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Penxil Pod Black W.\x Bean. 



