THE LEADING BUSH WAX BEANS. 



WM. C, BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



BEANS, Dwarf or Bush. 



(Sufd) 8o$nen.) 



EANS are among our most valuable farinaceous foods, and form a market staple everywhere. The seeds should not 

 be planted before the ground becomes light and warm, in favorable seasons usually about the first of May. Bush 

 Limas should not be planted so early as other sorts, as Limas are particularly sensitive to cold and damp. The soil 

 should be rich and mellow, and the seeds scattered about 3 inches apart in drills from 3 to 352 inches apart, and 

 covered about 2 inches deep. The plants will need frequent hoeings, but should never be cultivated when the 

 leaves are wet with dew or rain, as this will cause them to rust. Successive sowings made at intervals of about 

 2 weeks until the middle of July will give a plentiful supply of Beans throughout the season. One quart of seed 

 will sow 100 feet of drill ; 2 bushels will sow an acre. 



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add postage at the rate of 8 cts. 

 5-cent packets sent postpaid. 



sr pint, 15 cts. per quart. 



WAX, or YELLOW-PODDED BEANS. 



<e i5 =i *" GOLDEN WAX. (Original strain.) A very popular variety, more generally 

 cultivated than any other sort, and in our trials it has proved itself superior in " 

 respects to the so-called Improved Golden Wax. Finer pods, better color _ 

 and more tender. The vines are hardy, productive ; pods long, straight, 

 flattish, very fleshy and wax-like, and of the best quality. The Beans are 

 small, oval, white, shaded with purplish red. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt.25c, 

 pkyfi.25. 



/ / GOLDEN-EYED WAX. As remarkable for its beauty of 

 Spod, vine and manner of growth as for its freedom from rust and 



blight. The plant is rapid and vigorous in growth, yielding an 



early and abundant crop of beautiful golden yellow pods. Pkt. 



5 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.25. 



/WARD WELL'S KIDNEY WAX. A most excellent 

 early variety, widely grown and deser- 

 vedly popular. Pods creamy yellow, long, 

 broad, flat, brittle and stringless ; Beans 

 kidney-shaped, white, shaded with pur- 

 plish brown ; vines productive, strong and 

 upright in growth. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 13 cts., 

 qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.25. 



NEW VALENTINE WAX BEAN. 

 Similar to the Improved Valentine, except 

 that its pods are yellow. Pods very meaty, 

 and with little string, which makes it popu- 

 lar with housewives. Early and produc- 

 tive, and excellent in quality, and remains a long time without 

 getting tough. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.50. 

 — KEENEY'S WAX. Pods long, meaty and well filled, thick; 

 flat when young. Quite stringless, very prolific, of fine quality. 

 The plant puts forth short tendrils, on which pods are formed 

 in addition to those near the central stalk of the plant. Pkt. 

 5 cts/ pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.50. 



Beans pure white, and 



Golden Wax Bean, 



vyDAVIS KIDNEY WAX. Pods long, between flat and 

 round, clear waxy in color; seeds pure white; early as Golden Wax. Flavor and eating qualities excellent, 

 excellent for canners' use. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.50. 



IMPERIAL WAX. Pods long, broad and straight, of beautiful waxy color, with fine texture and flavor. Medium early ; growth 

 vigorous ; pods borne well up from the ground. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., pk. $1.75. 



YOSEMITE WAX. Its rich, golden yellow pods are 8 or 10 inches long and as thick as 

 a finger ; they are quite stringless, and nearly all solid flesh ; of fine appearance. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 pt^TB cts., qt. 35 cts. pk. $1.75. 



^ CURRIE'S RUST-PROOF WAX. A valuable Bean, from the fact that it seems to be 

 "rust-proof" after having been tested for several years with other Beans which rusted badly. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk.Sl.25. 



J-ERMAN. The pods are yellowish, almost transparent; flesh tender and stringless; 

 seeds black when ripe. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.25. 



IEFUGEE WAX. Early, prolific, round, tender, waxy pods, approaching Black Wax 

 in quality.- Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.25. 



I /FLAGEOLET WAX. (Scarlet, or Perfection Wax.) Nearly as early as Golden Wax, 

 with pods longer and showier. Vines very productive. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 13c, qt. 25c, pk,$i.25. 



GREEN-PODDED BUSH BEANS. 



IMPROVED RED VALENTINE. The leading and by far the most generally grown 

 green-podded Bush Bean. Hardy and vigorous ; upright in growth, pods being well hejd up 

 from the ground ; early and remarkably uniform in ripening, mak' 

 market-gardeners, as a large proportion of the pods can be 

 secured at one picking ; pods round, thick and sold, tender, and 

 of fine flavor. This strain of Valentine is earlier than any we have 

 ever tested, and more uniform in ripening, with almost entire 

 absence of flat pods. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., pk. $1. 



•* EXTRA-EARLY REFUGEE. Improvement on the 

 Refugee, as it is earlier, being fit to pick nearly as early as the 

 Yellow Six Weeks. Pods round, solid, tender, and of excellent 

 quality. Pkt. 5 cts., pt. 10 cts., qt. 20 cts., pk. fi. 

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Improved Red Valentine, 



it very desirable for 



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