GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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Burpee's String-less Green Pod. 



STECZLES'S NEW PERFECTLY 

 STRAIGHT ROUND BUSH.— This is a 

 strong- upright grower; holds its fruit 

 exceedingly well; beans perfectly round 

 and straight; extra heavy bearer and is 

 two weeks earlier than the long favorite 

 grown around New Orleans, the "Best 

 of all Beans." It is planted by the 

 most experienced vegetable gardeners of 

 the Crescent City, and pronounced the 

 best green Bush Bean yet introduced. 

 Experience has shown it to do well both 

 in the Spring and Fall. 



HODSON WAX. — A new and distinct 

 type of wax bean; strong, healthy 

 growth, and resists rust and blight to a 

 remarkable degree. Remarkably proli- 

 fic, the plant being loaded with long, 

 straight handsome pods resembling the 

 Wardwell's Kidney Wax, but plumper, 

 straighter and longer. The pods are 

 brittle, tender, of fine texture and 

 splendid flavor. An excellent main crop 

 sort for shipping and market, as well as 

 for home use. 



ROUND POD KIDNEY WAX.— A great 

 improvement over Wardwell's Kidney Wax, 

 as it has a true round pod of fully as good 

 quality as that flat-podded sort. Then, as 

 it is much more hardy and produces much 

 better crops, we recommend it as one of 

 the finest sorts for the Southern grower, 

 home market or for family use. 



WHIT1 NAVY OR BOSTON.— Largely 

 grown in many sections as a commercial 

 bean. Beans are pure white, small, nearly 

 oval in shape. Vines are very prolific, pro- 

 ducing a large bulk of shelled beans per 

 acre. Known in the East and West as the 

 variety principally grown for baking pur- 

 poses, and called in those sections the Bos- 



is even more vigorous, with 

 heavier foliage. The plants 

 are uniformly upright. Full 

 grown bushes measure 30 

 inches in height and 23 

 inches across the top. The 

 pods are frequently borne 

 in what may be called 

 "clusters" of from 5 to 8. 



BURPEE'S STRINGLESS 

 GREEN POD. — Is most 

 happily named, as it is 

 quite unique — the first 

 stringless green pod Bush 

 Bean. The illustration here- 

 with, taken from nature, 

 shows the handsome, 

 straight green pods; all are 

 absolutely stringless and of 

 the beautiful fleshy appear- 

 ance shown. The pods are 

 ready to market two weeks 

 earlier than the best stock 

 of Improved Valentines. 



YARD LONG.— A splen- 

 did Snap Bean. The pods 

 average two feet or more 

 in length, are round, some- 

 what glossy, having the 

 thickness of a lead pencil. 



STEGKLERS 



BUSH%EANS 



ton Bake Bean. Equally as good in 

 South as in the East and West. 



the 



FORDHOOX BUSH LIMA.— The only 

 stiffly erect Bush form of the popular "Po- 

 tato" Lima. Fordhook Lima is altogether 

 unique, and has created the greatest sen- 

 sation of any vegetable ever presented. 

 Fordhook Lima has an additional merit over 

 all other varieties of the "Potato Lima" 

 type. The green beans, even when of full 

 size, are tender, juicy and sweet in flavor 

 when cooked, resembling the flavor of the 

 finer varieties of large flat Lima — as dis- 

 tinct from the rather dry and mealy char- 

 acter of all other varieties of the Potato, 

 Challenger, or Lima type. 



Our Registered Berkshire Hogs are the Best Stock. 



