16 D. M. FERRY & CCS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



clear white in color. Recommended to southern planters 

 for early shipment. Dry beans like Kidney Six Weeks. 



The wax podded beans are particularly liable to run 

 " off " into green podded plants, and it requires constant 

 attention and skillful culture to keep them pure. A 

 comparison of our stocks of wax beans with those offered 

 by other dealers shows them to be the purest and best 

 strains in cultivation. 



The following are green podded varieties, and are 

 named about in the order of ripening, although this 

 varies in different seasons. The earliest are about one 

 week later than the Golden Wax. 



China Red Eye. — Vines medium, stout, erect, 

 healthy, with large leaves and white blossoms; pods 

 short, straight, flat, and if picked young, of good qual- 

 ity as snaps; beans medium size, oblong, white, with 

 reddish-purple blotch about the eye. When green they 

 are thin skinned, mealy and tender, and when dry are 

 excellent for baking. 



Dwarf Horticultural.— Vines compact, upright, 

 with large leaves, and they are very productive and 

 furnish green shelled beans the earliest of any. Pods 

 medium length, round, curved, with splashes of bright 

 red on a yellowish ground. The ripe beans are large, oval, 

 plump, and nearly covered with splashes of bright red. 

 This is undoubtedly the best variety as a green shelled, 

 and when in this condition the beans are very large, 

 easily shelled, and although quite 

 different form, are about equal to the 

 Lima in quality. There are several 

 new varieties offered as superior to 

 this, but we, after most careful test- 

 ing, think that such a stock as we 

 offer of Dwarf Horticultural is really 

 better both for market gardeners and 

 for the home garden than any of 

 them. 



Goddard. — In general character 

 much like the Horticultural, but in 

 every way much larger and coarser. 

 Vines very vigorous with immense 

 leaves and bearing a fair number of 

 very large and beautifully colored 

 pods containing five to six beans, 

 which are the largest, when in con- 

 dition for use as green shelled, of any 

 of the bush varieties. Very showy 

 and attractive. Dry beans like Hor- 

 ticultural, but larger. 



Early Yellow Kidney, Six 

 Weeks. — Vines large, vigorous, 

 branching, productive, with large 

 leaves and lilac blossoms; pods long, 

 Early straight, narrow, handsome, and 



Red Valentine, when young, of good quality; beans 

 long, kidney shaped, yellowish-drab with darker marks 

 about the eye. 



Early Red Valentine.— One of the finest of the 

 green podded varieties for snaps, and by some preferred 

 to the wax sorts. Vines erect, with coarse, dark green 

 leaves, and large, white blossoms; pods medium length, 

 curved, round, being thicker than broad, with crease in 

 back, very fleshy, crisp and tender; beans medium sized; 

 long, irregular, pink, marbled with red. Our stock is all 

 of the improved type and fully equal to any of the 

 " Improved Round Pod " offered at fancy prices, and 

 has proved on trial to be much superior to many of them. 



Early Mohawk. — The hardiest of any and the best 

 to plant on poor land, and it can frequently be planted 

 so as to afford beans earlier than the above more tender 

 sorts. Vines large, stout, with large, coarse leaves, 



which will stand a slight frost; blossoms large, purple; 

 pods long, straight, coarse, with long, tapering point; 

 beans long, kidney shaped, variegated with drab, purple 

 and brown. 



Refugee, or Thousand to One.— Vines large, 

 spreading, with small, smooth leaves, and large lilac 

 flowers, very late and esteemed for late planting and for 

 use as pickles; pods long, cylindrical, green, becoming 

 white, streaked with purple, of good quality as snaps; 

 beans long, light drab, dotted and splashed with purple. 



Galega.— Although similar to the Refugee, this is 

 distinctly larger growing and more vigorous, and with 

 us has proved decidedly more prolific. 



The following sorts are planted as field beans: 



Royal Dwarf Kidney.— Not as productive as some 

 of the following, but of very superior quality. Plant 

 large, branching, with large, broad leaves and white 

 flowers; pods medium sized, variable in shape, dark 

 green, coarse; beans large, kidney shaped, slightly flat- 

 tened, and of excellent quality, green or dry. 



Large White Marrow, or Mountain. — Vines 

 large, slender, spreading, with short runners, small 

 leaves and small, white blossoms; very prolific; pods 

 medium, broad, green, changing to yellow; beans large, 

 clear white, ovoid, cooking very dry and mealy. 



Early Marrow Pea, or Dwarf White Navy. — 

 A comparatively new variety developed in western New 

 York, and not only a surer cropper and much more 

 prolific, but of better quality than the common white 

 bean, and the beans are so hard as to resist the attacks 

 of the bean weevil. Vines large, spreading, with occa- 

 sional runners and small, thin leaves, and small, white 

 flowers; very prolific, ripening its crop early and all at 

 once; pods short, straight, small, but containing six 

 beans; beans small, oval, white, handsome and of 

 superior quality. 



Prolific Tree Bean. — A new variety often sold at a 

 very high price with extravagant claims of its produc- 

 tiveness, but it is an uncertain cropper, and the claims 

 will only be realized when one happens to have suitable 

 soil and gives it good culture. Under these conditions 

 it has been known to yield as high as sixty bushels per 

 acre. Vines large, spreading, slender, with many run- 

 ners having pods to the end; beans small, oval, dull 

 white, of good quality. 



BEMNS, 



POLE, OR RUNNING. 



Fr., Haricots a ra?nes. Ger., Stangenbohne. 



Culture. — These are even more sensitive to cold and 

 wet than the dwarf varieties, but are of superior quality 

 and productiveness. After settled warm weather, set 

 poles six to eight feet long in rows north and south four 

 feet apart, the poles being three feet apart in the row, 

 and set leaning to the north at an angle of about thirty- 

 five degrees. Set in this way, the vines climb better, 

 bear earlier, and the pods are straighter and more easily 

 seen. Around each hill plant from six to ten beans, 

 taking care to place the eye down in the case of Lima 

 or other flat varieties. When well started, thin to four 

 plants, and start any that fail to climb around the pole 

 in the same direction as the others, for they will not 

 grow if tied up in the opposite direction. When the 

 vines reach the top of the poles pinch them off or train 

 them along strings stretched on the tops of the poles. 

 A pint or single packet of each of four or five varieties 

 will be sufficient for a large family. 



White Crease Back. — Vines small to medium, but 

 healthy, and in good soil wonderfully productive, bear- 

 ing pods in clusters of from four to twelve. Pods me- 



