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Brussels Sprouts 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS 



Brussels Sprouts are highly esteemed for cooking during the- 

 late fall and winter months. The sprouts resemble miniature cab- 

 bages, growing densely on the stalk of the plant, and are very 

 tender and of as fine a flavor as cauliflower. 



Culture. — Sow in May, the same as cabbage or cauliflower, 

 and transplant, in July, one foot apart in the rows, which should 

 be I to 2 feet apart. Let them remain until after frost. They are 

 very hardy and will stand this way until severe freezing weather, 

 when they can be taken up and buried the same as cabbage. 



Long Island Strain. The finest strain grown on Long Island for 

 the Xew York market. Long Island grown seed. Pkt. lo cts., 

 oz. 30 cts., Klb. 75 cts., lb. $2.50. 



Improved Half-Dwarf, or Paris Market. A half-dwarf strain bearing sprouts growing closely 

 on the stalk. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., Klb. 50 cts., lb. $1.50. 



BEANS 



CULTURK. — Early in the spring, after the ground is perfectly warm, the Beans should be sown 

 in drills 2 inches deep and 18 inches to 2 feet apart, dropping the Beans 3 inches apart in the drills. 

 Hoe well in dry weather and plant every two weeks for a succession. 



1 quart will plant 100 feet of drill, and 2 bushels will plant an acre 



BEANS, GREEN-PODDED BUSH 



Large, full-sized packages of any variety of Beans, lO cts. each by mall, postpaid. Half- 

 pecks and half-bushels at peck and bushel rates 



Stokes* Standard Green-pod Bush. 



STOKES'STAN DARDI 



These 

 Beans 



are absolutely stringless and from 5 to 6 inches long, crisp, round, full and fleshy and a splendid 

 yielder. Pkt. 10 cts., Hpt. 15 cts., pt. 25 cts.; by e.xpress, pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., 4 qts. 80c., pk. Si. 50. 



Giant Green-pod Stringless Valentine. 



One 

 of the 



SPECIALTY] 



best Green-podded Beans on the entire list, either for the home garden or for market. It is very 

 early, exceedingly prolific, with pods fully one-third longer than the old standard "Red Valentine." 

 The pods are round and handsome and without any string. Pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., postpaid; by e.\ 

 press or freight, qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.50, bus. I5.50. 



Bountiful Bush* This is a flat-podded Green Bean; enormously prolific and continuoii-- 

 * bearer, being the first in the spring and the last in the fall ; absolutely 

 stringless, very tender and excellent flavor. Pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., postpaid ; by e.xpress or freight, 

 qt. 25 cts., pk.'$i.50, bus. $5.50. 



Full Measure. 



A new, round Green - podded Bush Bean. A 

 cross between the famous "Yosemite Mammoth 



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Wax" and the old Refugee, and inherits the good qualities of both. Pods are 5 inches long; round, 

 firm but tender; entirely stringless and remains fit for use many days after maturity. Pt. 25 cts., 

 qt. 40 cts., by mail, postpaid ; by express, pt. 20 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.60, bus. $6. 



The Refu- 

 gee Bean is 



o ie of the best known varieties, but the great trouble was that it had a string when broken. This 



new stringless sort is a triumph of cart- 



Keeney's Stringless Green Refugee. 



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Giant Green-Pod Stringless 

 Valentine Beans 



Extra-Early Red Valentine. 



Giant Green-pod Stringless Valentine Beans 



ful selection and crossing, as it shows 

 the same handsome pod as the old Bean, 

 but without any string whatever. Pt. 25 

 cts., qt. 40 cts., by mail, postpaid; by 

 express, qt. 25 cts., Hpk. 85 cts., pk. 

 $1.60, bus. $6. 



This is America's standard 

 green - podded dwarf Snap 

 Bean. Ready for picking 45 days from planting; yields prodigiously, with its 

 full, round, meaty pods of unsurpassed tenderness and quality. Pt. 25 cts., qt. 

 40 cts., postpaid ; by express or freight, qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.25, bus. $4.75. 



Black Valentine. Very popular in the 



— ^— ^— — — — South for shippmg 

 to market, being a very vigorous, strong grower, making a long, handsome 

 Bean, very meaty and one of the best and most prolific market sorts. Pt. 25 

 cts., qt. 40 cts., postpaid; by express or freight, qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.20, bus. $4.50. 



This is two weeks earlier than the old 

 standard "Late Refugee," with Beans 

 equally good in every way. Pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., postpaid; by express or 

 freight, qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.25, bus. $4.75. 



Late Refugee, or 1,000 to 1. JJSel^Sdsomfro'und 



pod, very meaty and prolific and hardy ; enormously productive. Pt. 25 cts., 

 qt. 40 cts., postpaid ; by express or freight, qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.20, bus. $4.50. 



PEC I ALT Yl 



Extra-Early Refugee. 



