NOVELTIES AND 

 SPECIALTIES 



IN 



VEGETABLE SEEDS 



FOR 

 1899. 



On these pages we offer Novelties and Specialties of rare merit. All have been carefully 

 tested on our Trial Grounds. Descriptions are written from actual experience with each 

 variety and illustrations made from photographs. 



Natural Size Pod. 



Dreer's New Wonder Bush Lima Bean. 



The Peer of Bush Limas. 



Dreer's New "Wonder Bush Lima Bean. Earliest, 



and the Only One That Does 



Not Throw Runners. 



This new strain of Bush Lima Bean has given wonderful satisfaction, both in producing fine, 

 large beans and in holding steadfastly to its dwarf habit, growing 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 important feature, heretofore unknown in Bush Limas of the large 

 type, it is also the earliest of all Bush Limas, and a great improvement on the original type of 

 large White Bush Lima, being 10 to 15 days earlier. 



Seed planted on our Experimental Grounds on June 29th, produced fully-matured beans on August 17th, just seven weeks from 

 date of planting. 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 Limas. The beans are of flat 

 shape, and fully equal in flavor to the famous Dreer's Bush Lima, so well and favorably known. 



Dreer's New Wonder Bush Lima is without doubt the best of its class, and a decided acquisition. The earliest, 

 dwarfest, most prolific and best quality of all, and should be planted in every garden, where, for space occupied, it will give the 

 largest and best returns of any other vegetable. Pkt. 15 cts. ; 2 pkts. 25 cts., postpaid ; pint 60 cts.; quart §1.00 by express. If 

 by mail, add% cts. per- pint, 15 cts. per quart. 



Early Spring Cabbage. 



Earliest Flat Cabbage. Early as the Jersey "Wakefield. 



This variety fills a long-felt need. It is fully 

 as early as the Jersey Wakefield, but the heads 

 are of the round, flat type of Early Summer. 

 It has very few, small outer leaves, thus 

 allowing its being planted as close, as any 

 variety known, and producing the largest num- 

 ber of heads per acre. The type is thoroughly 

 fixed and heads grow remarkably uniform in 

 size and shape ; stem short and heart very 

 small, making almost entire head fit for use. 

 The quality is extremely fine, veins small, and 

 not the least sign of coarseness. A great point 

 in its favor is the fact that the heads harden 

 at an early stage of growth, so that they are 

 really fit for use before fully matured. This 

 variety has all the good qualities of the Early 

 Summer, with the additional great advantage of 

 being equally as early as the Jersey Wakefield. 

 We advise all our customers to try this variety. 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts. ; Jib. $1.50. 



Early Spring Cabbage. 



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