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Lazy Wife's. A Pole Bean from Penn- 

 sylvania. The pods are entirely stringless, 4 

 to 5 inches long, and have a fine flavor. They 

 retain their rich flavor until nearly ripe. The 

 beans are white and fine as a shell bean. 



Perfectly Round, Straight, Imported 

 White Crease Back Pole. Latest intro- 

 duced, which from tests made by the most 

 critical market gardeners surrounding New 

 Orleans, have been pronounced to be entirely 

 satisfactory; same type as the old style 

 Crease Back Pole Beans, except that this 

 bean is perfectly round and straight. 



Improved Kentucky Wonder, or Old 



-Homestead. This is the earliest of all green 



podded pole beans. Enormously productive, 

 bearing its pods in clusters. The pods are 

 long, crisp, tender and bright green in color. 

 A very prolific variety, and one of the best on 

 our list. 



White Sickle. Similar to Kentucky Won- 

 der, except that the dry beans are white, 

 more slender and curved, and the pods are a 

 little more slender than those of that variety. 

 Vie think this sort an improvement over the 

 Kentucky Wonder in that it has the advan- 

 tage of a white seed, and so does not discolor 

 in cooking. It is certainly a splendid variety, 

 and is grown with great success in the South 

 where many think it the best pole bean in 

 cultivation. 



ENGLISH BBAHS. 



GOURGAKXE OR FeVE DE MaRAIS (Fr.), PlTFF BoHNEX (Gcr.), HaBA CoMUN (Sp.) 



Broad Windsor. Not so much cultivated 

 bere as in some parts of Europe. It is 

 much liked by people of the Southern 

 part of Europe. Ought to be planted 



in drills two and a half feet apart, every 

 6 inches one bean, during November; as 

 if planted in the spring it will not produce 

 much. 



BEETS. 



Betrave (Fr.), Roth-Ruben^ (Ger.), Remolacha (Sp.), Barbabietola (Ital.) 



Eclipse. 



Long Red Ma7igel Wurzel. 



White French Sugar. 



Silver or Swiss Chard. 



Lentz. 



Chicago Early Blood Turnip. 



Frotscher' s Three-Fourths Red. 



Extra Early Perfect. 



Extra Early or Bassano. 



J)e,iving''s Early Red Turnip. 



Early Blood Turnip. 



Edmorid's Early Blood. 



Long Blood. 



Half Long Blood. 



Extra Early Red Egyptian Turnip. 



Steckler''s Extra Early. 



Crosby'' s Egyptian Red Turnip. 



CULTURE. — The ground for beets should be rich and well spaded or plowed. Sow in 

 drills twelve to eighteen inches apart, cover the seed about 1 inch deep. When about a 

 month old, thin them out to four or six inches apart. In this latitude beets are sown from 

 January till the end of April, and from the middle of July till the middle of November; in 

 fact, some market gardeners sow them every month in the year. In the summer and fall it is 

 well to soak the seed over night and roll in land plaster before sov/ing. 



red color. It is early, crisp, tender and 

 sweet, and has very little foliage. One of 

 the finest beets under cultivation. 



Extra Early or Bassano, Is the earliest 

 variety, but not popular on account of its 

 color, which is almost white when boiled. 



Dewing's Early Red Turnip. This is 

 earlier than the Blood Turnip, smooth skin 

 and of light red color; planted a good deal by 

 the market gardeners about New Orleans, 

 and called by them Half Red. 



Early Blood Turnip. The most popular 

 variety for market purposes as well as family 

 use. It is of a dark red color and very ten- 

 der. This is the principal variety planted 

 for shipping. Our stock is raised for us from 

 dark selected smooth roots, and cannot be 

 excelled. 



Chicago Early BEood Turnip. A splen- 

 did beet for market and shipping. Very 

 handsome, perfect in form, and deep bright 



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Silver beet or Swiss Chard. 



S^ed Drills, ail the Best Kinds. 



