14 n. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



which should be filled to the surface with leaves or 

 coarse litter, which should be removed in the spring. 



Conover's Colossal. — A mammoth sort, frequently 

 sending up fifteen to thirty sprouts from one to one and 

 a half inches in diameter from a single plant, and 

 spreading less than most sorts. Color deep green; 

 quality good. 



Giant. — An old and popular variety, producing green 

 or purple shoots, according to the soil it is grown in. 

 Very hardy, but not so large, or the plants as compact 

 as the last. 



from planting in drills about three feet apart and the 

 plants two to eight inches apart in the row. Up to the 

 time of blossoming they should be frequently culti- 

 vated, but this should never be done when the ground 

 or plants are wet with rain or dew, as it would be sure 

 to injure them; nor should they be disturbed after they 

 commence to bloom, as it would prevent their setting 

 well. 



In the following descriptions the varieties are placed 

 about in the order of ripening, and it is assumed that 

 they are grown on rich, light soil, as different soils pro- 



DWARF, BUSH OR SNAP. 



Fr., Haricot. Ger., Bohne. 



Under this name are classed all the low growing sorts, 

 cabled in different catalogues Busk, Bunch, Snap, 

 String, or Dwarf Beans. 



Culture. — No crop responds more readily to good 

 soil and cultivation than this; that best adapted to them 

 being a light, rich, well drained loam, which was 

 manured for the previous crop. If too rank manure is 

 used it is apt to make them grow too much to vine. 

 They are all extremely sensitive to frost and wet, and 

 it is useless to plant them before the ground has be- 

 come warm and light. The largest return will result 



duce quite a variation in vines, pods and beans, and it 

 is useless to expect good results from the finer garden 

 sorts on poor or cold and wet soils. From one pint to 

 two quarts will be sufficient to furnish a supply for an 

 ordinary family, and varieties should be selected so as 

 to give a succession both of string and of green shelled 

 beans. 



Black-Eyed Wax. — The earliest wax bean we have 

 tested. Vines medium size, erect, bearing its pods near 

 the center. Leaves large, thin, quite dark green in 

 color. Pods long, straight, proportionately narrow, and 

 rounder than those of the Golden Wax, and of a lighter 

 color, with a medium length light green point. They 

 cook quickly, both as snap and as shell beans. Dry 

 beans, medium size, long, round, white, with black spot 



