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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



BEANS, Dwarf or Bush. 



Ger. Bohne. Fr. Haricot. 

 One quart icill plant loo 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 

 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. 



// wanted by Express or Freight, deduct for post- 

 age, 8 cts. j)er 2}t., 15 cts. per gt. 



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 w^ax color. As a snap bean it 

 excels nearly every other variety in tender- 

 ness and rich buttery flavor, while as a shell 

 bean it has no superiors. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 

 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $1.00, bu. $4.00. 



EARLY PROLIFIC BLACK WAX. A popular 

 variety wherever known; the pods waxy yel- 

 low, solid, tender, and almost transparent, 

 stringless. Very early and productive. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $1.25, bu. 

 $4.50. 



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. $1.25, bu. $5.00. 



GOLDEN-EYED WAX. This variety is extreme- 

 ly early and vigorous, growing very rapidly, 

 and yields great profusion of tender, succu- 

 lent pods. The pods grow uniformly hand- 

 some, without a spot, and keep well after be. 

 ing picked. Fine for shipping. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $1.25, bu. $4.50. 



BLACK-EYED WAX. This variety has already 

 nuuh' ;i most favoi-able 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. 35 

 cts., pk. .SI. 25, bu. .$4.50. 



EARLY FLAGEOLET WAX, or BURPEE'S PER- 

 FECTION WAX. This bean is certain to please 

 every one who plants it. I'ods of a beautiful 

 golden color, often a foot in length, exceeding- 

 ly tender and succulent and enormously pro. 

 ductlve. Medium early and considered one of 

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

 pk. $1.25. 



WARDWFLL'S KIDNEY WAX This varietv is 

 one of the earliest in cultivation. A strong 

 grower, very productive, very tender, and of 

 exceptionally fine flavor. It is very hardy. 

 The Ijean for market gardeners to grow; try 

 It. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt, 40 cts., pk. 

 $1.10. bu. $4.00. 



SADDLE BACK WAX. This variety marks 

 great iiiiprovenient in ^^'nx Beans, in (toniltin- 

 Ing handsome appearance for market and rarcx 

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

 straight, round, very full of meat and is ab- 

 solutely stringless. When the pods are broken 

 between the Beans there is no open space and 

 can be sliced like a cucumber without showing 

 any hollow spaces. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., 

 Qt. 40 cts., pk. $1.50. 



IMPROVED RED VAL.ENTINE BEAN. 



GREEN-PODDED VARIETIES. 

 STRINGLESS GREEN POD. See Novelties. 



IMPROVED EARLY RED VALENTINE-CRound 



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

 culent, and of excellent flavor, continuing 

 longer in the green state than most of the 

 varieties. This variety is often marketable in 

 six weeks from the time of sowing in May. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. $1.00, 

 bu. $3.50. 



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, ana are re^ 

 garded as one of the most valuable beans for 

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

 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. $1.00, bu. $3.50. 



EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE. The old Refugee 



Bean 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 almost certain to 

 produce a crop, no matter how unfavorable 

 the season. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 

 cts., pk. $1.25. 



PROLIFIC TREE. This valuable variety for 



field culture is the most prolific bean yet 

 known, growing 18 to 24 inches high, branch- 

 ing out in all directions. They yield from 50 

 to 60 bushels per acre. Plant in rows 3 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. 35 cts., pk. 75 cts., bu. $3.00. 



IMPROVED WHITE NAVY. This variety can 

 profitably b* grown to a mucn greater extent 

 than is now done, as it is of comparatively 

 easy culture, and one that certainly pays bet- 

 ter than most field crops. It ripens early, 

 before any danger from frosts in northern 

 bean growing latitudes, and often yields sixty 

 to eighty fold with ordinary field culture. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. 75 cts., 

 bu. $3.00. 



IMIUtOVED GOLDEN WAX BEAN. 



