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OLD HOMESTEAD POLE BEAN 



IMPROVED KENTUCKY WONDER 



or 



A Green- Podded Snap Pole Bean. A Marvel of 

 Productiveness from July Until Frost. Large, 

 Thick, Stringless Pods, Meaty, Tender and Delicious. 



The best and most popular green-podded snap Pole Bean is a marvel of continued 

 productiveness and is ten days earlier than any other green-podded Pole Bean. First 

 pickings may be made in the latitude of New York early in July, and if gathered as they 

 become ready for " snaps ", the vine will continue to produce in abundance until frost. 



The pods hang in great clusters from the top to the bottom of the vine and can be 

 gathered by the handful; they are very large, 6 to 8 inches in length, entirely string- 

 less, plump, round and almost solid meat, meltingly tender and of superb flavor when 

 cooked. It is also used as a Shelled Bean, excellent in that form. 



We have supplied Old Homestead Beans to customers in almost every State in the 

 Union, and those who report on them, invariably do so in most flattering terms. (<S'ee 

 engraving.) Price, 15c. pkt., 45c. pt., 80c. qt., $3.00 for 4 qts. 



"I want to say a word about some of your 

 vegetables. The Old Homestead Bean is the 

 finest ever and cannot be excelled." 



W. A. HUNTER. 

 March 27, 1917. East Pittsburgh, Pa. 



"I sent for some of your Old Homestead Pole 

 Beans about a yearjigo and I find them as fine a 

 Bean as ever I raised." 



C. J. SETHMAN, 



1728 Chorro St., 

 Jan. 10, 1917. San Luis Obispo, Cat. 



"It might interest you to know that I sent a 

 package of your Old Homestead Beans to my 

 mother in Sydney, Australia, two seasons ago. 

 She wrote me later saying that they picked beans 

 from the vines for ten months in the year." 



FITZ-JAMES LONDON, 

 April 13, 1917. Holley, N. Y. 



"Last year my Old Homestead Beans beat 

 everything around here. Most of them measured 

 from 10 to 11 J 2 inches long, and there were big 

 bunches of them. I sold all I could grow and then 

 did not have enough." 



Mrs. C. E. SCHELL, 

 Feb. 15, 1917. Butler, Pa. 



'* The Old Homestead Beans purchased from 

 you in past years have been thoroughly tested by 

 us and continue to give satisfaction to ourselves 

 and our many customers." 

 IV. L. THALES, 



R. F. D. 2, Box 42, 

 Feb. 11, 1917. Fuller ton, Cat. 



Extra Early Refugee Green- Podded Bush Bean 



This variety is a decided im prove ment on the old Refugee or 1,000 to 1, as it is fully 

 two weeks earlier. It has^jglfS Sfcv all the good qualities of the old Refugee, being 

 woinlcrfully productive. <>Sr Bk The pods are of good form, very fleshy, free 



froLu string and very £J? '?\ tender. Almost certain to produce a crop 



even in unfavorable (fj£_ SQl seasons. Should be in every gardeD. (See 



engraving.) Price, 15c. pkt., 45c. 

 pt., 80c. qt., $3.00 for 4 qts. 



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Beans on 

 paijcs 00 and 07. 



OUR PAMPHLET 



"GARDEN CULTURE of BEANS" 



SENT FREE ON REQUEST 



REFUGEE or 1,000 to 1 



GREEN PODDED BUSH BEAN 



Refugee, or 1,000 to 1. A popular medium 

 variety, very productive; extensively grown 

 for pickling; handsome, tender pods. Price, 

 15c. pkt., 45c. pt., 80c. qt., $3.00 for 4 qts. 



BE PREPARED Order Seeds in January or February. DON'T WAIT £££& t3 u plant 



