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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



BEANS 



No crop responds more readily than Beans to good soil and cultivation. A light, rich, well drained loam which was manured 

 for the previous crop is the most desirable. If too rank manure is used it is apt to make the plant run too much to vine. Beans 

 are very sensitive to both cold and wet and it is useless to plant them before the ground has become dry and warm. The largest 

 returns will result from planting in drills from two to three feet apart, covering the seed one and one-half to two inches deep and 

 thinning the plants three to six inches apart in the row. If planted in hills, make the hills about two feet apart each way. For 

 succession, plant at intervals of two weeks till midsummer. Up to the time of blossoming they should have frequent shallow 

 cultivation, but any mutilation of the roots by cultivation after the plants come into bloom is likely to cause the blossoms to 

 blast and so cut off the crop. Cultivation should always be very shallow and it is useless to expect a crop from a field so poorly 

 prepared as to need deep stirring after planting. 



We give careful attention to selecting and improving the 

 different varieties and keeping them pure and we invite the most 

 critical comparison of our stocks with those of any other grower. 



The varieties we offer have been separated for convenience 

 into five groups: Wax Podded Dwarf or Bush sorts. Green 

 Podded Dwarf or Bush sorts. Dwarf Limas, Pole or Running 

 sorts and Pole Liraas. Nearly all of these sorts, except the 

 Limas, are suitable when young for use as snaps. The low grow- 

 ing sorts are called Bunch beans in some sections. In noi'thern 

 latitudes the term "butter beans" is often applied to low gi'ow- 

 ing wax podded sorts. In the south, hon'ever, by "butter beans" 

 is usually meant limas. 



DWARF OR BUSH 

 WAX PODDED SORTS 



r^t II i-v r rti i \tt Continued experience 



Lhallenge Uwarr olack Wax has satisfied us of the 



great merit of this variety as the earliest wax podded bean. In 

 all our many comparisons of this bean with other extra early 

 sorts, we have found it the first to give a full picking of pods 

 which were unexcelled by any in quality. Vines erect, com- 

 pact, bearing the pods well up from the ground. The pods are 

 an attractive medium yellow in color, medium sized, about four ^ 

 and one-fourth inches long, considerably curved, round, very 

 fleshy, crisp, tender and stringless. Seed jet black, longer and 

 more curved than Prolific German Wax. The best extra early 

 wax bean for the home or market garden. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 30c; 

 Qt. 45c; 4 Qts. $1.50; Bu. $9.00 



D. M. Ferry & Go's Golden Wax introduced by 



us in 18i'6. Extended and careful tests have convinced us that 



none of the so-called improved strains is equal in general ex- 

 cellence to the seed we offer, which has all been carefully se- 

 lected and grown from the original D. M. Ferry & Go's Golden 



Wax. Early, very productive. Vines erect, compact, bearing 



the pods well up from the ground. Pods of medium length, 



four and one-half to five inches, nearly straight, broad, flat, 



golden yellow, very fleshy and wax-like; cooking quickly as 



snaps, shelling well when green, and of the highest quality 



used in either way. Seed medium sized, oval, white, more or 



less covered with two shades of purplish red. The amount and 



shade of color on this and all parti-colored beans will be 



affected greatly by conditions of soil and ripening. Pkt. 10c; 



Pi. 30c; Qt. 56c; 4 Qts. $1.75; Bu, $10.00 

 ,_. , . v-jn .. %iT This splendid variety is one of 



MilChlgan White Wax the earliest dwarf, snap beans, 



an 1 may be briefly described as a white seeded D. M. Ferry & 



Go's Golden Wax but in several vital features it is distinctly 



superior to that excellent and exceedingly popular variety. 



The vine is a little larger, more robust and vigorous; foliage a 



little heavier. The handsome pods are produced in greater 



abundance and are very uniform in size and color which is a 



very attractive light golden yellow; pods four and one-half to 



five inches long, comparatively broad, meaty and of the same 



superior quality as our Golden Wax. Seed medium sized, oval, 



clear white. This last feature alone gives the variety a very 



decided advantage over all other early wax podded beans in 



that as snaps they cook without discoloring and thus are more 



attractive on the table, while as dry beans they are very hard- 

 some and quite as useful as any of the staple white beans. We 



believe canners have never been offered a bean so fully meet- 

 ing their requirements as to earliness, color and splendid 



quality. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 30c; Qt. SOc; 4 Qts. $1.75; Bu. $10.00 

 _ ,, _ r» e wr Vines a little more upright 



Grenell Rust rrOOr Wax and hardier than the GoUlen 



AVax The handsome deep yellow pods are about five inches 



long broader and flatter than Golden Wax but slightly mferior 



in quality Seed similar to our Golden Wax but darker. Very 



popular with some gardeners. Pkt 10c; Pt. SOc; Qt. 45c; 



4 Qts. $1.50; Bu. $9.00 ^r .. ^ 



,, ^ * , r^ ij iir Vmes strong and 



Keeney s Rustless t»olclen Wax vigorous, with 



short runners. Pods produced in abundance; about five mches 



lon<' stringless, light yellow, wax-like and handsome. Seed 



similar to a light colored Golden Wax. Pkt. 10c; Pt. SOc; 



Qt. 45c; 4 Qts. $1.50; Bu. $9.00 

 _^ ,-. The stock of our o^\Ti growing which we 



Refugee Wax offer is much superior to that commonly 



sold being very early. Every plant can be depended upon to 



produce thick, fleshy, round, stringless wax-like pods of fine 



quality and of a clear, light yellow color, none of the plants 



being green podded. Pods four to five inches in length Seed 



medium sized, cylindrical, rounded at ends, yellowish drab, 



heavily splashed with a bluish black. Pkt. 10c; Pt. SOc; Qt. SOc; 



4 Qts. $1.75; Bu. $10.00 . ^ , ^ , 



Jf beans are ordered by mail or express prepaid add 10 cents per pint, 15 cents per quart for charges. 



Michigan White Wax 



