Novelties and Specialties 



...IN VEGETABLE SEEDS... 



Our list of Novelties iucliKles varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds of recent introduc- 

 ti<ni, produced by growers and specialists in tliis country and abroad, an<l the descriptions 

 given are mainly as received from the introducers. All are carefully tested in our trial 

 grounds during- the summer, and such as show an iini)rovemeut on existing sorts are added 

 to the general list. In our general list all tested standard varieties are offered that are 

 meritorious. 



Dreer's Bush 



Lima Bean. 



This valuable dwaif variety of our 

 Improved Lima Pole Bean is increas- 

 ing in popularity as it becomes more 

 vi'idely known. It is a true bush Lima, 

 growing from 1^ to 2 feet high and 

 producing pods in great abundance. 

 'J"he beans grow close together as 

 shown in our illustration, producing 

 three or four, and sometimes five beans 

 in a pod. The beans are short and 

 thick, similar to the Dreer's Improved 

 I'ole Lima, and are equal in tenderness 

 and quality to that choice variety, 

 which is regarded as the sweetest and 

 most desirable sort for cooking and 

 table use. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; 

 quart, 50 cts.; peck, $3.50; (by mail, 

 65 cts. per quart). 



Keeney's Rustless 

 Golden Wax Bean. 



A strong-growing bush variety of 



remarkable vigor and freedom from 



rust. It sends out short tendrils on which pods are formed in addition to those near the central 



stalk of the plant, which accounts for its wonderful productiveness, amounting, under favorable 



conditions, to from 100 to 150 fold. 



The pods are meaty and well-filled, thick, flat when young, and semi-round later; of rich yellow color 

 and fine quality, and entirely stringless even when large enough to shell. If the pods are picked as 

 fast as formed, the plant continues to furnish a bountiful supply for an unusually long season. Pkt., 

 15 cts. ; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. 



Currie'.s Rust-Proof Wax Bean. This new 

 variety is claimed to be absolutely rust proof ; pods long, flat, 

 tender and of fine quality. It is early, productive and a good 

 all round bean, ripens about with the Kidney Wax, color of 

 dry beans, bluish black. Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 40 

 •ts.; peck, §2.00. 



Grenell's Improved Golden Wax Bean. Early, 

 prolific, pods nearly straight and flat, not so long as the well- 

 known Golden Wax and not turning to a golden wax color quite 

 so young, but bears in greater profusion. Pkt., 10 cts. ; pint, 20 

 cts.; quart, 40 cts. ; peck, S2. 00. 



Saddle-Back Wax Bean. This is a cross between 

 the Yosemite Wax and the Black-eyed Wax, possessing all the 

 good qualities of those varieties. The pods are large, long, 

 straight, round, very meaty and absolutely stringless. It is a 

 very profuse bearer, yielding from 25 to 40 pods to a plant. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts. ; quart, 40 cts. 



Burpee's Bush Lima Bean. A bush form of the 



Large Lima Bean. The permanency of this strain appears to 

 have been fixed from its origin, as successive crops have de- 

 veloped and perpetuated the dwarf form without variation. 

 Per pkt., 10 cts. ; pint, 25 cts.; qt., 50 cts.; peck, $3.50. 



Jackson Wonder Bean. A wonderfully prolific 



dwarf bean, growing from 18 to 30 inches high; seeds broad, 

 flat and beautifully variegated, similar in shape to the Lima, 

 and can be used in the same way. When the pods are young 

 they make excellent snap beans. It is not waxy and cooks 

 easily and quickly. Valuable as a forage plant, yielding an 

 immense crop of ensilage or dry fodder. Pkt., 10 cts. ; pint, 

 20 cts. ; quart, 40 cts. 



Golden Champion Wax Pole Bean. This proved 



to be the earliest in our trial grounds last year and certainly is 

 one of the best of the wax-podded pole beans; pods are long, 

 cylindrical, much curved, very fleshy, stringless, bright golden 

 yellow color, borne in clusters, unusually prolific and of excel- 

 lent quality. Pkt., 10 cts. ; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 40 cts. 



Thorburn's Valentine Wax Bean. 



This is an improved Extra Early Valentine Bean, with round 

 wax pods, which originated with a well known cultivator of 

 Jefferson Co., N. Y. It is without exception the earlie.st Wax 

 Bean, being even earlier than Refugee Wa.x. The pods are very 

 meaty, and with so very little string that they may justly be 

 called stringless. It is the best quality for snap beans of any 

 Wax Bean in use. It is remarkably free from rust, and remains 

 a long time without becoming tough. Pkt., 25 cts. ; J pint, 50 

 cts. ; pint, 80 cts. ; quart, $1.50. 



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Add for postage on Beans when sent by mail 8 cts. per pint, 1.5 cts. per qnart. 



