Novelties and....- 



...specialties in Vegetable Seeds. 



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

 produced by growers and specialists in tbis country and abroad, and the descriptions given are 

 mainly as received from tbe 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. 

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



A Decided Novelty, 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 profusion, often a single 

 plant having from 50 to 60 or more pods. When 

 in bloom the plant is completely covered with 

 flowering spikes, and as the pods form in clusters 

 they sink beneath the dense foliage 

 which shields them from light showers, 

 heavy dews and hot sun, which is a 

 protection against their spotting or 

 rusting and becoming soiled, as com- 

 pared with other sorts. 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 appearance for a 

 long time and do not become tough. 

 Quality very tender, juicy, and flavor 

 delicate. Seed small oval, pure white, 

 which is much in their favor compared 

 with a colored bean. 



Having wonderful productiveness,, 

 attractive appearance and keeping 

 qualities, it is likely to become a 

 favorite for main crop with truckers. 

 Owing to its tenderness, fine quality and delicious flavor it cannot help but please those who want the best. Being white 

 seeded, retaining its rich color, and delicate, delicious flavor, when canned, it will be most desirable for canners' use. 



Per pkt. 15 cts., 2 pkts. 25 cts., 10 pkls. §1.00. 



Dreer's Improved Red Valentine 

 Bean. 



Extra early round pod. Our strain of this popular and 

 excellent variety is a great improvement on the Early Red 

 Valentine, which we have long ago discarded. It is much 

 earlier, pods being ready to pick, under favorable conditions, in 

 thirty-two days from germination. It is one of the most profit- 

 able sorts for private use or market. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., 

 qt. 25 cts., peck §1.25, bu. $4.25. 



Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax Bean. 



A strong-growing bush variety of remarkable vigor and free- 

 dom 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 100 fold. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 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 remains a long time without 

 becoming tough. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., peck §2. 00. 



Davis Kidney Wax Bean. 



A new and distinct kidney wax variety; one of the main 

 points of its superiority over other sorts is its extreme hardiness 

 and excellent shipping qualities. The pods are long, straight, 

 oval, clear waxy white and handsome, often growing to a length 

 of seven to eight inches and when fit for use are quite stringless 

 and of fine flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 50 cts. 



Dreer's Bush Lima Bean. 



This valuable dwarf variety of our Improved Lima Pole Bean 

 is increasing in popularity as it becomes more widely known. 

 It is a true Bush Lima, growing from H 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. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., peck §3.C0. 



Marvel 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. 35 els., qt. 

 GO cts. 



Dwarf Lyonnaise Bean. 



This is not a novelty, but it deserves to be much better known 

 than it is at present. It is a very fine sort in every respect, 

 producing abundantly its extra long, roundish, slender green 

 pods. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 60 cts. 



New French Pole Bean, 

 Four to Four. 



Of middling height and average earliness, this variety may 

 truly be described as one of the most prolific in existence. The 

 pods are almost invariably produced in bunches of four, in 

 steady succession from near the soil up to the tip of the vines, 

 Pkt. 15 cts., pt. 50 cts. 



Postage on Beans 8 cents per pint, 15 cents per quart, when sent by mail. 



