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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



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New Pencil Pod 

 Wax Bean 



This fine new variety originated with 

 Mr. Keeney, of Le Roy, N. Y., who ha-^ 

 introduced more fine varieties of bush 

 beans than any other grower. It is a 

 strong and vigorous grower and very 

 hardy. It has long, slender, straight 

 handsome pods, shaped very much like a 

 pencil, hence its name, they are perfectly 

 round and smooth, of a rich yellow color, 

 absolutely stringlcss and veiy tender. It 

 is without doubt, one of the finest strains 

 of wax beans known. It is very early, 

 enormously productive and destined to be- 

 come the most popular of Wa.\ Beans. 

 Price per pkt. 10 cts., 2 pkts. 15 cts., pt. 

 30 cts., qt. 60 cts. 



New Giant String- 

 less Qreen Pod 

 Bean 



This new Giant Podded Bean, comes highly rec- 

 ommended. It is a seedling from the well known 



Red Valentine. It is claimed by the introducers that 

 it is ready for the market with a more prolific crop 

 of pods a week earlier than this variety. The pods 

 are one-third larger, averaging five to six inches in 



length. They are always absolutely stringless, round, 

 full and fleshJ^ It is very prolific, and surpasses 



other varieties in crispness and flavor. No market 

 or family gardener can afford to miss planting this 

 fine new variety. Price per pkt. 10 cts., 2 pkts. \h 

 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. HO cts. 



One packet each of the three new varieties of Dwarf Beans 

 described on pages 3 and 4 for only 25 cents. 



Pencillaria Zeaoides 



A new Fodder Plant of untold value. To the farmer, for its immense growth of hay. To the dairy- 

 man, for its excellent fodder. To the stockman, for its quick-growing forage. To the poultryman, for 

 seed. It is a native of Central America. It is an annual plant, having broad foliage, very much re- 

 sembling com leaves; and if allowed to develop fully will attain a height of from 10 to 12 feet and 

 bears numerous heads from 18 to 20 inches in length and one inch in diameter, completely covered with 

 thousands of seeds, much relished by poultry. It is of rapid growth, throwing out from one plant num- 

 erous suckers, and if cut as soon as it reaches the height of two or three feet, it can be mowed from 

 4 to 6 times according to the latitude, and yields several tons of dry hay per acre. If allowed to grow 

 6 or 7 feet high, and cut when the flower heads begin to develop, it wil yield the heaviest fodder crop 

 per acre of any plant now in cultivation. For feedi ng it is equal to any fodder, and is relished by all 

 kinds of stock, either green or dry. Price per pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



