VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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Rappee's Saddle-back \V)a* B^sm- 



Absolutely the finest in quality of all Dwarf Wax Beans— fleshy pods as thick as 

 they are wide and entirely striugless. 



Introduced last season^ We again ask the special at- 

 tention of our friends and customers to the most valuable 

 Dwarf Wax Bean now known. This unsurpassed variety 

 originated with Messrs. N. B. Keeney & Sons, Genesee 

 Co., N. Y., the largest growers of Seed-beans in the world, 

 who gave it the name— Burpee's Saddle-back Wax. It 

 is a cross between Yosemite Mammoth Wax and the 

 Black-eyed Wax, and inherits the best qualities of both 

 parents. For description, Messrs. Keeney and Sons say : 

 " The pod is large, long, straight, round and very full of 

 meat and is absolutely striugless. The growth of the bush 

 is vigorous, the foliage being sufficiently profuse to cover 

 the ground in such a manner as to shade it and keep it 

 moist, hence this variety is not liable to suffer severely, 

 as do many other varieties, in a dry season. It is a very 

 profuse bearer, the plants in ordinary field culture usually 

 bearing from 25 to 40 pods each. * * * * When the 

 pods are broken between the Beans there is no open 

 space — the pods being completely filled with meat, and 

 can be sliced like a Cucumber without showing any 

 hollow spaces." This brief description, together with our 

 accurate illustration of an average plant, will plainly show 

 the many valuable points of merit embraced in this New 

 Dwarf Wax Bean, which must eventually drive most of 

 the flat-podded sorts out of cultivation. Our stock of seed 

 is direct from the introducer. 



Per pkg., 15 cts.; 2 pkts., 25 cts., spkgs. for 50 cts.; pint, 60 cts.; qt., 90 cts. By Express,, 2 qts., $1.40; peck, $5. 

 SPECIAL NOTICE* — For 10 cts. we will mail a good-sized trial package of New Saddle-back Wax Bean. 



NEW SUNSHINE WAX POLE BEAN. 



Introduced last season. It is unusually hardy and withstands drought and excessive wet weather better than any 

 other variety of Pole Bean. It is a strong and healthy grower without making rank foliage. The pods are borne in clus- 

 ters of three and four at every joint of the vine, and are light yellow in color, greatly in excess of the green foliage, thus 

 suggesting the appropriate name — Sunshine. Pods perfectly straight, flat when young, meaty, of finest quality and en- 

 tirely stringless. The dry Beans are a rich brown in color and of fine quality for Winter use. Our seed is direct from the 

 introducer. Per pkg., 15 cts.; 5 pkgs. for 50 cts.; pint, 60 cts.; quart, $1. 



IMPROVED CELESTIAL PEPPER. 



We have succeeded in getting a very much improved strain of this popular variety. The plants are of good size 

 well balanced and very showy. The beautiful conical-shaped Peppers are borne upright, in surprising numbers. The 

 color changes from green to clear golden amber, then to bright crimson. As the Peppers on the outside of plants ripen 

 first, the bushes are novel and striking, distinctly showing two colors, yellow and crimson. Unequaled for domestic pur- 

 poses. Per pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts. for 25 cts.; 6 pkts. for 50 cts. 



FORDHOOK SQUASH-OR ALL-THE-YEAR-ROUND. 



We are glad to recommend and offer this very valuable variety. The size is most convenient for family use, and the 

 appearance extremely handsome, of a bright yellow outside, and straw -yellow within. The flesh is as "dry as Pike's 

 Peak, and much sweeter " — making it the best in quality of all Winter Squashes. // seems incapable of rotting, and 

 placed in a cool, dry room, keeps in perfect condition throughout the Winter and Spring, until late in June, when Sum- 

 mer Squashes are ready. The stem is hard and thin, in striking contrast to the thick, fleshy stems of other varieties of 

 Winter Squash. This same characteristic also applies to the roots, which are likewise slim and hard, furnishing abso- 

 lutely tto food for the Squash borer, and consequently is perfectly free from their attacks. This alone makes it ol im- 

 mense value in many sections where it has become impossible to raise Winter Squashes. The skin is so very thin and 

 delicate that the Squashes are prepared for the table by simply cutting in half lengthwise and cooking skin and all at any 

 time throughout the Winter. The meat is very thick, and seed cavity small. Another feature whi. h is altogether unique, 

 is that the green Squashes can be used at any stage of their growth. The Fordhook is an " all-the-year-round" 

 Squash, and must prove of great value not only to family gardens, but also for market, where its decidedly handsome ap- 

 pearance, unequaled flavor and convenient size will render it quickly salable. 



Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts. for 25 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; j£ lb., 75 cts.; lb., $2.50. 



CHILDS' HALF CENTURY LETTUCE. 



A variety of distinct merit, which we feel sure will please our customers 

 We quote from the introducers : " We have had this variety thoroughly tested 

 from here to California, and it has proved to be a novelty of sterling merit. Its 

 leaves fold together, forming a long, loose head, remarkable for tenderness and 

 delicious flavor. It may seem a good deal to say, but it is nevertheless a 

 fact, that for tenderness, brittleness, and delicious quality, this Lettuce grown 

 in the open ground, surpasses any other sort grown under glass. Nothing can 

 approach it in quality. It is so brittle and tender that its leaves break to pieces 

 in handling if care is not used. Fifty years is a long time to cultivate, select 

 and improve any vegetable, but it has surely accomplished much in this Let- 

 tuce. It is a quick grower, and attains its full size in 40 to 50 days, and remains 

 in fine condition for a very long time." 



Per pkt., 20 cts.; per oz., 50 cts. 



RED ETNA PEPPER. 



Developed from the Rouge de Maddaloni, an Italian variety, and sent 

 out last season for the first time. The Red Etna Pepper makes compact 

 branching bushes 18 to 20 inches high, and bears a good crop of fruit which is 

 extremely ornamental, sharply conical on stiff upright Stems. The Peppers 

 are of fine mild flavor about 3 inches long by lyi inches thick 

 Per pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts., 25 cts 



HALF CENTURY LETTUCE. 



