NOVELTIES AND 

 SPECIALTIES IN 



VEGETABLE SEEDS 



FOR 

 1897. 



Our list of Novelties includes varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds of recent introduction, pro- 

 duced by growers and specialists in this country and abroad, and 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 improvement on existing sorts are added to the general list. 



LIMA WAX BEAN. 



Named Lima Wax, as it has bright, glossy foliage and the 

 bloom resembles the Dwarf Lima. The pods are very broad 

 and flat and of excellent quality. ' The plant is 

 branching and vigorous, with an immense amount 

 of foliage, pods are borne in the greatest profu- 

 sion, often a single plant having from 50 or 60 or 

 more pods. They require thin planting (two 

 beans being sufficient for a hill) on 

 very rich soil, and will run true and 

 not sport. 



The pods are the broadest of all 

 Wax Bush Beans, color transparent 

 glossy lemon wax, having the yellow 

 waxy appearance very soon after the 

 pods are formed. When picked will 

 retain their bright, attractive appear- 

 ance for a long time and do not be- 

 come tough. Quality very tender, 

 juicy, and flavor delicate. 



Being white seeded, retaining its 

 rich color, and delicious flavor, when 

 canned, it will be most desirable for 

 canners' use. Pint 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts. 



TRIUMPH OF THE FRAMES. 



(New Dwarf Forcing Bean.) 



This excellent variety was among our trials during the summer of 1896, when it 

 proved its wonderful productiveness and quality as a forcing bean to be among 

 the first. Produces a long slender pod of a dark green color in profusion ; they 

 -can be picked quickly, as they grow in an almost solid mass beneath the foliage, 

 very early and extremely tender, being very dwarf', it can be sown in hotbeds for 

 forcing, as it can be grown in small space. Pkt. 15 cts.; pt. 35 cts.; qt. 60 cts. 



GOLDEN CHAMPION (Wax Pole Bean). 



After a thorough test of this excellent variety with the many varieties of 

 Pole Beans during the '96 trials, we are induced to place it to the front 

 again ; while it is not a new novelty, it merits all the praise as well as plac- 

 ing it with the new introductions for '97. It is the earliest Wax Pole sort, 

 bearing very large wax pods of excellent quality and rich golden colored 

 beans ; as it remains tender for a very long time, and continues bearing 

 through the season along with the Dreer's Golden Cluster (to which it is 

 akin), it is a valuable sort for every garden as well as for the trucker. Pkt. 

 10 cts.; pt. 25 cts.; qt. 40 cts. 



VALENTINE WAX BEAN. 



An improved extra early Valentine Bean, with round wax pods. It is 

 •without exception the earliest Wax Bean, being even earlier than Refugee 

 Wax. The pods are very meaty, and with so very little string that they 

 may justly be called stringless. It is remarkably free from rust and re- 

 mains a long time without becoming tough. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 20 cts.; qt. 

 ■30 cts.; peck §1.75. 



HARVEL OF PARIS BEAN. 



A splendid early Dwarf Snap Bean, of French origin, very vigorous, and 

 •of remarkably great and prolonged productiveness. Pods green, .long and 

 slender. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 20 cts.; qt. 35. 



DREER'S BUSH LIHA BEAN. 



This valuable dwarf variety of our Improved Lima Pole Bean is increas- 

 ing in popularity as it becomes more widely known. It is a true Bush Lima, 

 .growing from 1£ to 2 feet high and producing pods in great abundance. The 

 beans grow close together, producing three or four, and sometimes five beans 

 in a pod. The beans are short and thick, similar to the Dreer's Improved 

 Pole 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 ; pt. 20 cts ; qt. 40 cts.; peck §2.25. 



Golden Champion Wax Polo Bean. 

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