HENDERSON'S TESTED SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS. 



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Henderson's Bi ac k Valentine Bean. 



Ready for picking in 45 days from planting. Yields pro- 

 digiously. Full, round, meaty pods of unsurpassed 

 quality. 



Since we introduced this Bean it has been used very 

 extensively by the largest planters. In the South it is 

 grown in enormous quantities for shipment to the Northern 

 Markets, and it has become equally popular for growing 

 on smaller areas. In some respects it excels all other 

 varieties; there is none that bears so heavy a crop, and 

 none which presents a more salable appearance after 

 long shipping. Moreover, the crop is produced so quickly 

 and the pods mature so uniformly, that the entire crop 

 can be gathered at one picking, a few weeks after planting 

 which is, of course, a great saving of labor. 



It should be picked as soon as the Beans have attained 

 their full size, as they are liable to develop more string 

 than some sorts. The pods are very long, almost round, 

 pale green in color, and are always most attractive in 

 appearance. (See engraving.) 



Price, 35c. qt., $2.40 peck, $9.00 bush. 



REFUGEE, or 1000 to 1. 



The best dwarf late, green-podded Snap Bean. 



A very popular market gardener's variety on account of 

 its exceeding productiveness. It is extensively grown for 

 a fall crop in both the north and south. The plants are 

 strong, healthy, and robust about 15 inches high, branch- 

 ing and bushy in growth. The pods are of attractive 

 appearance, round, long and slim, light green in color, 

 fleshy, solid and brittle, with but slight string; tender and 

 well flavored. This bean is the most popular of all in 

 the markets of large cities and is extensively used for pick- 

 ing. Our strain is very fine, and will be found free from 

 flat pods. Price, 35c. qt., $2.40 pk., $9.00 bush. 



" / take pleasure in writing you about the Refugee Beans you shipped me. It is the best seed I ever 

 planted — / tested the seeds from each bag — over 90% good and I got a perfect stand. Quite a quantity of 

 inferior seed was planted around here and planters had to plant over." D. T. WEST, Charleston, S. C. 



" / am pleased to say that I have grown your Refugee Beans this season and have harvested the best i.rop 

 I ever had. I use your seeds and no other." B. F. HULL, Jensen, Fla. 



GOLDEN EYED WAX BEAN. 



An early, vigorous variety free from rust and blight, bearing abundantly beauti- 

 ful, tender, large flat, waxy-golden pods. It grows 1J feet high, holding the pods 

 well off the ground. Price, 40c. qt, $3.50 peck, $10.00 bu. 



The Hodson 



LONG-POD WAX 

 . . BUSH BEAN . 



Enormous Plants. Enormous Pods. 



Enormous Yielder. 

 Never Affected by Rust and Blight. 



This distinctive new type of bean is re- 

 markable for great size of plant and pod 

 and wonderful productiveness. Outyielding 

 any other bush bean two to one on a given 

 area. The strong, sturdy plants often at- 

 tain dimensions 2\ feet in height, and bear 

 great quantities of long, meaty pods, mea- 

 suring 7 to 8 inches in length. The ample 

 foliage sheltering the pods from the hot sun 

 renders them exceptionally tender, brittle, 

 and if picked before too old they are string- 

 less, and of fine quality. 



This variety is absolutely immune from 

 bean diseases. Not a trace of rust, blight 

 or mildew has ever appeared on a plant 

 or pod in our trial grounds or fields during 

 the years we have been growing them. The 

 Hodson Bush Bean comes in about 2 weeks 

 after the earliest dwarf varieties, and for main 

 crop is now considered very important for 

 both the private table and for market growers 

 on account of its phenomenal vigor and 

 productiveness. The plants should be thinned 

 out to at least 6 inches apart in the rows on 

 account of their great size. (See engraving.) 



Price, 45c. qt., $3.20 peck, $12.00 bu. 



There is also a Hodson Green Pod Bush 

 Bean. (See page 33.) 



