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Steckler's New Perfectly Straight 

 Round Bush. This is a strong, up- 

 right grower; holds its fruit exceed- 

 ingly well; beans perfectly round and 

 straight; extra heavy bearer and is 

 two weeks earlier than the long 

 favorite grown around New Orleans, 

 the "Best of all Beans." It is planted 

 by the most experienced vegetable 

 gardeners of the Crescent City and 

 pronounced the best green Bush Bean 

 yet introduced. Experience has shown 

 it to do well bOth in the Spring and 

 Fall. 



Early Refugee or Thousand-to-One. 



a very excellent variety, very similar 

 to the Valentine when green though 

 a stronger grower; is fit for the table 

 in about seven weeks; very produc- 

 tive and the best of all varieties for 

 canning. 



Steckler's Original Stock Best of All. 

 A well-known green snap Lean from 

 Germany. American soil and culture 

 will not produce tne same variety that is 

 grown in the Fatherland. In order to 

 make a distinction between the two 

 varieties, we have decided to adopt the 

 above name, which will be a guarantee 

 that our customers will secure the genu- 

 ine article. 



Mexican. This bean is fine as a 

 snap, elegant and delicious as a shell 

 bean and superb for a bean soup. It is 

 is described as follows: Very prolific, 

 very easily maturing, bush until it be- 



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BUSH 'BEANS 



gins to bear and then it starts running, 

 so it may be called a Bush-Pole Bean. 

 Color, clay colored with an occasional 

 black bean, entirely stringless and very 

 tender. Cannot recommend it too highly. 



Dwarf Butter Wax. This variety is 

 also sold under the name of "Bismark" 

 and "Rust Proof Wax." It is very early, 

 an excellent bearer, pods similar in shape 

 to the Wardwell's Dwarf Kidney Wax; 

 they are very brittle and of fine flavor. 

 Not as liable to rust as other kinds. The 

 seed is of a dark purple color when dried. 



BEANS (Pole or Running), 



For Price List see Red Pages in Back of Book. 



Haricots a Rame (Fr.), Stangen Bohnen (Ger.), Frigolo Vastago 



Faginoli (Ital.) 



(Sp.), 



Early Golden Cluster Wax. 



Carolina or Sewee. 



Southern Willow-leaved Sewee or Butter. 



Dutch Case Knife. 



Southern Prolific. 



Adams' Everbearing Cluster Butter. 



White Crease Back. 



Cut Short. 



Large Lima. 

 Lazy Wife's. 

 Improved Kentucky Wonder or Old 



Homestead. 

 Perfectly Round, Straight, Imported 



White Crease Back. 

 Seibert's Lima. 



CULTURE — Lima Beans should not be planted before the ground has be- 

 come warm in spring. Strong poles ought to be set in the ground from four to 

 six feet apart and the ground drawn around them before the seed is planted. It 

 is aiways best to plant after a rain and with the eye of the bean down. The 

 other varieties can be planted flat; and not more than three or four feet apart, 

 and hilled after they are up. Do not cover the seeds more than two inches; one 

 inch is enough for the Southern Prolific and Crease Back. 



Shears, Pruning Knives, Pruning Saws, Hedge Shears, Etc. 



