NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 



FOR 1912 



As is customary with most seedsmen to list t lie Novelties and Varieties of special merit in • 

 leparata department, we devote a few pages to the new things in Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 



This department is usually the most interesting to customers, as a good gardener likes to tes* 

 nnd carefully note the development of a new variety, that may prove distinct and better than the old 

 i.iNorites araougst the standard varieties. ~ 



Most varieties have been carefully tested in our trials, or obtained from such reliable sources that 

 we can recommend them as worthy of a trial by our patrons and we feel sure that they win givt 

 satisfaction. 



Asparagus— Bonvallet's Giant 



A novelty of which the introducer says: This variety is the quickest yielding, heaviest produc- 

 ing, finest quality and most disease-resisting of any variety now sold in America. Most of the large 

 growers of Asperagus around Chicago are now discarding all other varieties for Bonvallet's, because 

 it is free from disease, grows larger and faster than the other varieties. Its favorable points are 

 rust resistant, earliness, high productive power and lasting qualities. 



Price per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., M lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. 



Fordhook Bush Lima Bean 



The Fordhook Bush Lima is 

 altogether unique, being an im- 

 proved erect bush form of the 

 popular "Potato Lima." Mr. 

 Burpee, the introducer, says : 

 Nothing like it has ever been 

 seen before. Of strong, erect, 

 true bush like growth (never 

 prostrate or running), the bush- 

 es average 20 to 30 inches in 

 height by 20 to 24 inches across 

 the top. The foliage is of heavy 

 texture and very dark green in 

 color. 



The stalks that produce the 

 olossoms are thrown out from the 

 lateral and main stalk; the pods 

 are borne in "clusters"' of from 

 four to eight. The pods resemble 

 those of the Dreers Bush Lima, 

 but average more than double the 

 size, measuring from four to five 

 inches long, about one and a 

 quarter inches wide. The pods 

 contain three to five large beans 

 with an average of four. In the 

 illustration you will note the ex- 

 treme size and thickness of the beans 

 qt. 65 cts. 



Price per pkt. 10 cts., 2 pkts. 15 cts., V2 pt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., 



