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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



Dreer's Golden Gluster Wax Pole Bean. 



[See Colored Plate, Second Page of Cover.) 



Without exception the best Pole Bean. It bears jirofusely its long golden-yellow beans in clusters of three to six 

 from bottom to top of pole, and continues iu bearing from the middle of July till the vines are cut by frost. Among 

 private gardeners it is taking the place of the dwarf beans, as it furnishes a supply of string beans through the entire 

 reason. In all the points requisite to a good bean this varietv excels. 



Pkt., 15 cts. : 2 for 2.5 cts. ; pint, .^5 ots. ; quart, 60 cts. ; peck, $4.50. 



Copyright, 1888. By Peter HeDdersoD, &, Co. 



Hendei'^on's peW Bugh Lima Bean. 



The Pfew Bash Lima produces a continuous crop from the time it comes into bearing (it is fit for the table In 

 this' latitude by the middle of July) until frost, and being enormously productive, a very small i)atch will keep a 

 family supplied with this splendid vegetable throughout the season. Twelve packets will plant five rows, each fifty 

 feet long, which is ample for an ordinary family. The beans are of the size of the Sieva or Southern Lima, and of 

 delicious quality. 



This is undoubtedly the most valuable vegetable novelty that has been introduced in many years. Those who have 

 been deterred from cultivating the most delicious of vegetables — the Lima Bean — owing to great trouble and expense 

 of procuring the unsightly poles on which to grow them, can plant the New Bush JLima, as it grows without the 

 aid of stakes or poles, in compact bush form, from fifteen to eighteen inches high, and produces enormous crops of 

 delicious Lima Beans, whicli can be as easily gathered as the common bush beans. 



The New Bush Lima is at least two weeks earlier than any of the climbing Limas. This fact alone would stamp 

 it as the most valued novelty of recent years, but when in addition to this we realize that it is a true bush bean, 

 requiring no supports, some idea of its great value can be realized. 



Pkt., 25 cts. ; 5 pkts., Sl.OO. 12 pkts., .?2.00. 



WARDWELL'S DWARF KIDNEY WAX BEAN. 



Vines of medium size, erect, hardy and productive. Pods long, broad, flat and of a delicate waxy yellow, brittle 

 and entirely stringless. Beans white and a distinct kidney shape. It is very early, of fine buttery flavor, and is 

 destined to become a leading string bean^ and winter shelled sort. The yield considerably exceeds that of the Golden 

 Wax. Pkt., 15 cts. ; 2 for 25 cts. ; quart, 40 cts. ; i bush., $2.50. 



LOW'S CHAMPION BUSH BEAN. 



Excellent a-s a Shell Bean tor summer or winter. The bushes are very stocky and strong in growth ; the pods, four 

 to five inches in length, are of a beautiful light green color when ready for the table, turning white as they mature, 

 but still fleshy and tender. The pods contain from five to seven large beans of a bright red color and of finest flavor, 

 either green or dry. Pkt., 15 cts. ; 2 for 25 cts. ; quart, 35 cts. 



DATE WAX BEAN. 



A very prolific variety, bearing profusely large golden yellow pods. Earlier than Golden Wax. The pods are 

 long, free from strings, and remain in good condition a long time. 



Pkt., 10 cts. ; quart, 40 cts. ; i bush., .$2..'>0. 



