14 D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



BEANS 



No crop responds more readily to good soil and cultivation; and a light, rich, well drained loam which was manured 

 for the previous crop is most desirable. If too rank manure is used it is apt to make the plant run too much to vine. 

 Beans are very sensitive to both cold and wet and it is useless to plant them before the ground has become dry and 

 warm. The largest returns will result from planting in drills from two to three feet apart and leaving the plants two 

 to six inches apart in the row. Up to the time of blossoming they should have frequent shallow cultivation, but any 

 mutilation of the roots by cultivation after the plants come into bloom is likely to 

 cause the blossoms to blast and so cut off the crop. The cultivation of beans should 

 always be very shallow and it is useless to expect a crop from a field so poorly pre- 

 pared as to need deep stirring after planting. 



Varieties should be selected so as to give a succession both of string and green 

 shelled beans. The wax varieties have a strong tendency to degenerate into a mixture 

 of green and wax podded plants unless there is constant attention given to the remov- 

 ing of any green podded plants which may appear in the seed crop. Hence it is very 

 important to use seed from reliable sources only. 



DWARF, BUSH OR SNAP 

 WAX PODDED SORTS 



/^L 11 r\ c Dl i \%T Continued experience has satis- 



Challenge Dwarr Black Wax fled us of the great merit of this 



variety as the earliest wax podded bean. The enormous demand for it proves 



that it meets popular requirements and has all the sterling qualities we claim 



for it. In all our many comparisons of this bean with other extra early sorts, 



we have found it the first to give a full picking of pods which were unexcelled 



by any in quality. Vines erect, compact, bearing the pods well up from the 



ground. The pods are clear waxy-white, medium size, considerably curved, 



round, very fleshy, crisp, tender and stringless. Seed jet black, longer and 



more curved than'Prolific German Wax. The best extra early wax bean for 



the home or market garden. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $7.00 



Dm« w-i o r* j r* u wt This bean was introduced 



. M. Terry & Co S Golden Wax by us in 1876. Extended and 

 careful tests have convinced us that none of the so-called improved strains 

 is equal in general excellence to the seed we offer, which has all been care- 

 fully selected and grown from the original D. M. Ferry & Co's Golden Wax. 

 Early, very productive. Vines erect, compact, bearing the pods well up 

 from the ground ; pods long, nearly straight, broad, flat, golden yellow, very 

 fleshy and wax-iike; cooking quickly as snaps, shelling well when green, 

 and of the highest quality used in either 

 way. Seed medium sized, oval, white, more 

 or less covered with two shades of purplish 

 red. The amount and shade 

 of color on this and all par- 

 ti-colored beans will be af- 

 fected greatly by conditions 

 of soil and ripening. Pkt. 10c; 

 Pt.25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $ 1 .25; 

 Bu. $6.50 



Michigan White new 



W»X wax bean has proved 



TT aA of exceptional value. 

 For years past there was a 

 constant demand for a white 

 seeded wax bean of the high- 

 est quality. At last we were 

 able to produce it. Briefly 

 described Michigan White 

 Wax is a white seeded D. M. 

 Ferry & Co's Golden Wax 



but in several vital features it is distinctly superior to that excellent 

 and exceedingly 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 uniform in 9ize 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 

 medium sized, oval and clear white. This last 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 handsome and. 

 quite as useful as any of the staple white beans. We believe canners 

 have never been offered a bean so fully meeting their requirements 

 as to earliness, color and splendid quality. (See cut in Supplement*, 

 page 6) Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 40c; 4 Qts. $1.50; Bu. $8.00 



Gil r> . r% c \\T Vines a little more upright and 



renell KUSt rrOOt Wax hardier than the Golden Wax; the 

 pods are broader and flatter but slightly inferior in quality. Seed in. 

 color and size similar to our Golden W T ax but darker. This is a very 

 popular sort with some gardeners. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c£ 

 4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $6.50 

 \T t r% .1 /^ ij iit Vines strong and vigor- 



Reeney s Rustless Golden Wax ous, with short runners. 



Pods produced in abundance; stringless, white, wax-like and handsome. 

 Seed similar to a light colored Golden Wax. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35cg 

 4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $6.50 

 p r ywr The stock of our own growing which we offer is 



rvefUg'ee W ax much superior to that commonly sold, being very 

 early. Every plant can be depended upon to produce thick, fleshy y 

 round, stringless wax-like pods of fine quality and of a clear, creamy 

 white color, none of the plants being green podded. Seed medium 

 sized, cylindrical, rounded at ends, yellowish drab, heavily splashed 

 with a bluish black. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $6.5© 



Round Pod Kidney Wax 

 (See opposite page) 



If beans are ordered by mail or express prepaid add 10 cents per pint, 15 cents per quart for charget 



