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DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 



Beans, Dwarf or Bush 



Ger. Bohne. Fr. Haricot. 

 One quart will plant one hundred feet of drill. 



DWARF, or Bush Beans, require no support, and 

 may be planted in hills or drills, the latter way 

 being preferred. Make the drills eighteen inch- 

 es apart, two inches deep, and drop the beans 

 four inches apart in the seed drill. Keep clear 

 of the weeds, hoeing when dry. Beans are ten- 

 der annuals, and cannot be safely planted till 

 danger from frost is past. Plant every two 

 weeks for a succession. 



PARCEL POST. If customers want their bulk 

 Beans sent prepaid, remit us the following amount 

 extra : 



For the 1st and 2nd zones from Pella, for l^ 

 pk. 12 cts., for 1 pk. 20 cts. 



For the 3rd zone, for % pk. 20 cts., for 1 pk. 

 85 cts. For larger quantity or longer distances, 

 will be cheaper by express. 



Wax-Podded Varieties 



IMPROVED EARLY GOLDEN WAX. A great 

 improvement on the popular old Golden Wax 

 Bean. Early, the pods are long, brittle, entire- 

 ly stringless, and of golden wax color. As a 

 snap bean it excels nearly every other variety 

 in tenderness and rich buttery flavor, while as 

 a shell bean it has no superiors. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., V2 pt. 20 cts., 2 for 35 cts., postpaid; by 

 express or freight, V2 pk. $1.60, pk. $3.00. 



EARLY PROLIFIC BLACK WAX. A popular va- 

 riety wherever known; the pods waxy yellow, 

 solid, tender, and almost transparent, string- 

 less. Very early and productive. Per pk. 5 

 cts., Vo pt. 20 cts., 2 for 35c, postpaid; by ex- 

 press or freight, V2 pk. $3.25. 



ROUND POD KIDNEY WAX. This new variety 

 is a selection from the famous Wardwell's Kid- 

 ney Wax Bean, and possesses the same excel- 

 lent market and shipping qualities of this pop- 

 ular variety. As its name indicates, its pods 

 are round instead of flat. The plant grows 

 strong and sturdy, with long, round, handsome 

 stringless pods of large size, very solid and full 

 of meat, crisp, brittle, and free from rust. It 

 is wonderfully early and productive, and will 

 become a very popular variety. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 V2 pt. 20 cts., 2 for 35 cts., postpaid. By 

 freight or express, % pk. $1.75. 



MICHIGAN WHITE WAX. Of this variety , the 

 introducer says : This sterling variety is al- 

 ready generally recognized as a bean possessed 

 of exceptionally valuable features. Briefly de- 

 scribed it is a white seeded Golden Wax; pods 

 golden, yellow and are fully as attractive as the 

 Golden Wax and of the same fine quality. Pods 

 comparatively broad, meaty and of superior 

 quality. Vine vigorous and unusually produc- 

 tive. Seed is clear white, a most valuable fea- 

 ture, as there is a constant demand for a, white 

 wax bean of good quality. Per pkt. 5 cts., V2 

 pt. 20 cts., 2 for 35 cts., postpaid; by express 

 or freight, V2 pk. $1.75, pk. $3.25. 



Improved Early Red Valentine Bean 



Green-Podded Varieties 



IMPROVED EARLY RED VALENTINE. Round 

 Pod Strain. Early productive, tender, succu- 

 lent, and of excellent flavor, continuing longer 

 in the green state than most of the vareties. 

 This variety is often marketable in six weeks 

 from the time of sowing in May. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., H pt. 20 cts., 2 for 35 cts., postpaid; by 

 express or freight, % pk. $1.75, pk. $3.25. 



SURE CROP STRINGLESS WAX. An extra 



early, perfectly stringless Wax Bean. A most 

 prolific cropper, plants hardy, blight and rust 

 resistant to a great extent. The handsome, 

 rich yellow pods average six to seven inches 

 long, almost round, % inch wide, very meaty 

 and sweet. The habit of the plant is branching 

 but sturdy and upright, every branch carrying 

 a heavy crop of the magnificent pods. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., % pt. 20 cts., 2 for 35 cts., postpaid; by 

 express or freight, % pk. $1.75, pk. $3.25. 



IMPROVED WHITE NAVY. This variety can 

 profitably grow to a much greater extent than 

 is now done as it is of easy culture, and one 

 that certainly pays better than most field crops. 

 It ripens early, before any danger from frost in 

 northern bean growing latitudes, and often 

 yields sixty fold with ordinary field culture. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., V2 pt. 15 cts., 2 for 25 cts., 

 postpaid; by express or freight, V2 pk. $1.00, 

 pk. $1.75, bu. $7.00. 



Golden Wax Bean 



