NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES, D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH, 



Bean-Michigan White Wax 



This new wax bean will undoubtedly prove of excep- 

 tional value. For years past there has been a constant de- 

 mand for a white seeded wax bean of the best quality and 

 we take the utmost satisfaction in being able to offer this 

 season this long sought and valuable novelty. 



Briefly described this is a white seeded D. M. Ferry & 

 Co's Golden Wax but in several vital features the Michigan 

 White Wax is distinctly superior to that excellent and ex- 

 ceedingly popular variety. The vine is a little larger, more 

 robust and vigorous; foliage a little heavier. The handsome 

 pods are produced in greater abundance and are very uni- 

 form in size and color which is a very attractive light golden 

 yellow; pods comparatively broad, meaty and of the same 

 superior quality as our Golden Wax, The seed is clear 

 white. This feature alone gives the variety a very decided 

 advantage over all other early wax-podded beans in that as 

 snaps they cook without discoloring and thus are more at- 

 tractive on the table while as dry beans they are very hand- 

 some and quite as useful as any of the staple white beans. 

 Canners have never heretofore been offered a bean fully 

 meeting their requirements. This one does and is ideal 

 in earliness, color and splendid quality. Ou7' stock is very 

 limited and this season we can offer the seed in packets only. 

 Pkt. 25c; 5 Pkts. $1.00 



Cucumber 



Pressing Perfected Pickling 



We believe we have in this new cucumber just what 

 many picklers want. For a long time we have had a call 

 for a cucumber that would produce short pickles which 

 would pack in bottles better than other varieties. The small 

 cucumbers of this splendid new variety are short, cylindri- 

 cal and blunt ended, making, when packed in bottles, very 

 handsome, shoT\^ pickles of the ver}^ best quality. For this 

 purpose we recommend this novelty more highly than any 

 other sort and it is equally as desirable as an early short 

 green cucumber for the home garden. The vines are vigor- 

 ous, setting their fruits earlv and are verv productive. {See 

 cut page 29). Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 20c; ^ Lb. 30c; 

 Lb. $1.00 



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May King Lettuce 



Michigan White Wax Bean 



Lettuce- May King 



In our extensive trials of Amer- 

 ican and European lettuces during 

 the past season we have found 

 Ma}' King a decidedly superior 

 earl}' heading sort. Grown under 

 glass this variety matures a large, 

 handsome, light green head fully 

 as early as any of the strictly forc- 

 ing sorts which are generally, how- 

 ever, practically worthless for out- 

 door culture. Grown outdoors 

 May King proved to be an entirely 

 satisfactory sort and the earliest of 

 all to form a marketable head. 

 Among extra early sorts it is un- 

 surpassed in quality and we have 

 no hesitation in recommending it 

 for forcing under glass and as the 

 best large extra early sort for 

 growing out of doors, {See further 

 description page jj). Pkt. 5c; 

 Oz. 20c; 2 Oz. 35c; U Lb. 60c; 

 Lb. $2.00 



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