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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



BEANS, Dwarf or Bush. 



Ger. Bohne. Ft. Haricot 



One quart will plant 100 feet of drill. 



DWARF, or Bush Beans, require no supjDort, 

 and may be planted in hills or drills, the latter 

 way being preferred. Make the drills eighteen 

 inches apart, two inches deep, and drop the 

 beans four inches apart in the seed drill. Keep 

 clear of weeds, hoeing when dry. Beans are 

 tender annuals, and cannot be safely planted 

 till danger from frost is past. Plant every two 

 weeks for a succession. 



If wanted by Express or Freight, deduct for post- 

 age, 8 cts. per pt, 15 cts. per qt. 



WAX-PODDED VARIETIES. 



IMPROVED EARLY GOLDEN WAX — ( Rust 

 Proof Strain.) A great improvement on the 

 popular old Golden Wax Bean. Early, the pods 

 are long, brittle, entirely stringless, and of a 

 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 pkb. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts,, qt. 40 

 cts., pk. $1.50, bu, $0.00. 



EARLY PROLIFIC BLACK WAX. A popular 

 variety wherever known; the pods a waxy yel- 

 low, solid, tender, and almost transparent, 

 stringless. Very early and productive. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $1..50. 



EARLY WHITE WAX. The pods are waxy yel- 

 low, solid, tender, and seeds pure white. As a 

 snap bean it is unrivaled . Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 

 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $1.50. 



GOLDEN-EYED WAX. This variety is ex- 

 tremely early and vigorous, growing very rap- 

 idly, and yields great profusion of tender, 

 succulent pods. The pods grow uniformly 

 handsome, without a spot, and keep well after 

 being picked. All who prefer a wax bean will 

 find in this variety a gem. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 

 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk., $1.50, bu. $6.00. 



BLACK-EYED WAX. This variety has already 

 made a most favorable impression. It is a 

 cross between the Black and Golden Wax, and 

 one of the earliest varieties in cultivation. It 

 is a robust grower, productive, tender, and of 

 fine flavor. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 

 cts., pk. $1.50, bu. $6.00. 



EARLY FLAGEOLET WAX, or BURPEE'S PER- 

 FECTION WAX. This bean is certain to please 

 every one wlio plants it. Pods of a beautiful 

 golden color, often a foot in length, exceed- 

 ingly tender and succulent and enormously 

 productive. Medium en.rly and considered one 

 of the best. Per pkt, 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 

 cts., pk. $1.50, bu. $6.00. 



WARDWELL'S KIDNEY WAX. This variety 

 is bound to take a front rank among the Wax 

 Bear- . It is one of the earliest in cultivation. 

 It is u strong grower, very productive, very 

 tender, and of exceptionally tine flavor. It is 

 very hardy. The bean for market gardeners 

 to grow; try it Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 

 40 ct9., pk. $1.50, bu. $0.00. 



SADDLE-BACK WAX. This variety marks a 

 great improvement in Wax Beans, in combining 

 handsome appearance for market and rare 

 quality for table use. The pod is large, long, 

 straight, round, vcrij full of meat and is abso- 

 lutely stringlcfiS. Wheu the pods are broken be- 

 tween the Beans there is no open spacn and cau be 

 sliced like a cucumber without showing any hollow 

 spaces. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 50 cts., pk. 

 «2.00. 



GOLDEN WAX BEAN. 



GREEN PODDED VARIETIES. 



BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA. See Novelties. 



IMPROVED EARLY RED VALENTINE- (Round 

 Pod Strain.) Early, productive, tender, suc- 

 culent, and of excellent flavor, cojitinuing 

 longer in the green state than most of the 

 varieties. This variety is often market^Me in 

 six weeks from the time of sov-ing in l^icv. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. SI. 25, 

 bu. $5.00. 



BEST OF ALL. This variety is one of the best / 

 green podded bush beans. The pods are long, 

 very fleshy, succulent, stringless, and of rich 

 flavor: they are produced early, and are 

 regarded as one of the most valuable beans for 

 market or family use. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 

 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $1.25, bu. $5.00, 



EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE. The old Refugee 

 Beau is so well and favorably known that this 

 new variety will be quickly appreciated. It is 

 similar in every respect to the ordinary Refu- 

 gee, but it is nearly two weeks earlier. It is 

 enormously prolific, and is iilmost certain to 

 produce a crop, no matter liow unfavorable 

 the season. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts. 



PROLIFIC TREE. This valuable variety for 

 field culture is the most prolific bean yet 

 known, growing 18 to 24 inches high, branching 

 out in all directions. Tliey yield from 50 to GO 

 bushels per acre. Plant in rows a feet apart, 

 one bean in a hill, 20 inches apart. Four quarts 

 are sufficient for an acre. Per pkt. 5 cts, pt. 

 20 cts., qt. ;J5 cts., pk. SI. 00, bu. $4.00. 



BURLINGAME MEDIUMS. In this variety we 

 have one of the earliest, hardiest, and most 

 productive field beans in America; they often 

 yield 40 bushels and over per acie. They ripen 

 several days earlier than the Marrow or Pea 

 Bean, and in a wet season will keep dry and 

 healthy, while other varieties rust and spot. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $1.00, bu. 

 $4.00. 



HENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA. This Bnsh Lima 

 grows witliout aid of ^-.takes or poles, in com- 

 pact bush form, from fifteen to eighteen inches 

 high, ana produces enormous crops of delicious 

 Lima Beans, which can be as easily gathi^red 

 as tlie common garden bush beans. It is at 

 least two weeks earlier than any of the climb- 

 ing Limas, and produces continuous crop from 

 the time it comes into bearing until frosl, and 

 being enormously productive, a very small 

 patch will keep a family supplied with this 

 splendid vegetable throughout the season. It 

 is a most wonderful cropper, bushen are loaded 

 with pods. Single plants have been grown 

 having ovei 250 pods on it, w)iii;h. when shelled, 

 produce over one pintof dry beans. The beans 

 are of i he s'ize of ihe Small Lima, and of tlie 

 same delicious quality a* tl)e Pole Lima. A 

 fine variety for market gardeners. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 50 cts. 



