22 DREER's garden CALEi^^DAR. 



smootli, glossy, and rarely wrinkled, the flesh is remarkably solid and 

 high-flavored, giving a richer, and less watery pulp, when cooked than 

 any other. ^ — Price pee. Packet, 2 S ets. 



GIAUT WAX BEA]^, (Euniiiiig.) 



Recently introduced, and differing essentially from the old German 

 ^Vax Bean, being of a more robust growth, and also more productive, the 

 pods are from six to nine inches in length, and from three-fourths to 

 one inch in breadth, the beans when ripe are of a reddish color. The 

 pods, when fit for use, are of a clear waxy color, perfectly stringless, 

 and when cooked are as tender as marrow, and truly delicious. Cul- 

 tivation: — Fix strong poles to each hill, which should be three feet 

 apart, and four feet between the rows, enrich with well rotten stable 

 manure, or compost of bone dust and wood ashes, or guano and plas- 

 ter, well incorporated in the soil; plant four or five beans to a hill, 

 and allow three of the strongest plants to remain. The first planting 

 can be made early in May, and for Fall use make a second planting 

 about the middle of June. They are in their best condition for use, 

 when the pods have attained their full growth, and yellow color. Price 

 per packet, 25 cts. 



Mr. Burr, author of the '"Vegetables of America," says, — "I have 

 given the Giant Wax Bean a fair trial, and am happy to say, that it 

 has proved every thing you claimed it to be." The American Agri- 

 culturist, November, 1866, says, — "Its origin is unknown; but 

 wherever it came from, we welcome it as a valuable addition to our 

 list of varieties." 



OLD OOLOIfY SWEET OOSI. 



This variety originated in Plymouth Co., Mass., and is a hybrid- 

 between the Southern white, and the common sweet corn of New 

 England, combining the size of the ear and kernel, and productive- 

 ness of the Sotithern, with the sweetness and tenderness of the North- 

 ern parent. For cultivation in the Southern States, it has been found 

 to be peculiarly adapted, as it not only possesses there the sweetness 

 and excellence that distinguish the Sweet Corn of the temperate, and 

 cooler sections, but does not deteriorate by long cultivation, as other 

 sweet varieties almost invariably are found to do. — In packets con- 

 taining about one ear, — 25 cts. 



MAUPAY'S SUPEEIOB TOMATO. 



This tomato has been perfected by the Messrs. Maupay, by crossing 

 the old Bright Scarlet with the Fejee Island variety. 



The fruit is of a beautiful deep red color, in form it is round, 

 slightly flattened, and without a crease or wrinkle. Smoothness 

 of the surface is not only one of its most remarkable, but one of 

 its most desirable characteristics. It is of medium size, and the 

 flesh almost as solid as a beef steak. In proof of their solidity it 

 is not improper to state, that although not of extraordinary size, the 

 average Aveight is from nine to twelve ounces each. It has very few 

 seeds, and from the solidity of its fle^h, comparatively little water. 

 Price per packet, 25 cts. 



