i8 COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



BEANS, Dwarf or Bush. 



Qer. BoJme. Fr HaHcot. 



One quart will plant 100 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. 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 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. $1.50, bu. $6.00. 



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. 

 J:G cts., qr. 40 cts.. pk. $1.50. 



GOLDEN-EYED WAX. This variety is extreme- 

 ly early and vigorous, growing very rap- 

 idly, and yields great profusion of tender, suc- 

 culent pods. The pods grow uniformly hand- 

 some, 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 

 raaae a most favorable impression. It is a 

 cross between rhe 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., at 40 

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



EARLY FLAGEOLET WAX, or BURPEE'S PER- 

 FECTION WAX. This bean is certain to pleate 

 every one wlio plants it. Pods of a beautiful 

 golden color, often a foot in length, exceeding- 

 ly tender and succulent and enormously pro- 

 ductive. Medium early and considered one of 

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

 pl{. $1.50. 



WARDWELL'S KIDNEY WAX. This variety is 

 bound to take a front rank among the Wax 

 Beans. It is one of the earliest in cultivation. 

 It is a strong grower, very productive, very 

 tender, and of exceptionally fine flavor. It is 

 very hardy. The bean for market gardeners 

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

 40 cts., pk. $1.50, bu. $6.00. ^ycL..,qc. 



SADDLE-BACK WAX- This variety marks a 

 great improvement in Wax Beans, \n combining 

 handsome appearance for market and rare 

 quality for tal)le use. The pod is large, long, 

 straight, round, v^/'jy/u?? of meat and is abso- 

 lutely stringlrss When the pods are broken be- 

 tween the Beans there is ?io open. space and can be 

 Sliced like a cxicumher without showing any hollow 

 spaces. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 25 cts.. at. 50 cts. 



IMPROVED RED VAtiENTINE BEAN. 



GREEN PODDED VARIETIES. 

 STRINGLESS GREEN POD. See Novelties. 



IMPROVED EARLY RED VALENTINE-( Round 



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. 40 cts., pk. $1.25, 

 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. cts., pt. 20 

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



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. 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. 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 suflicient for an acre. Per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 

 20 cts., qt. :J5 cts., pk. $1.00, bu. $4.00. 



IMPROVED WHITE NAVY. This variety can 

 profitably be grown to a much 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 frost in northern bean 

 growing latitudes, and often yields sixty to 

 eighty fold with ordinary field culture. Per 

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

 $3.50. 



IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX BEAN. 



