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Hopkins improved Red Valentine. 
HOPKINS IMPROVED BED VALEN- 
TINE.—This variety has all the qualities 
of the old Valentine, only it is 10 days 
earlier, a great consideration when planted 
for the market. FPacket, 10c.; % lhb., 20c.; 
lb., 35c.; 5 lbs., $1.50, postpaid; 15 lb. peck, 
$4.00; 690 lb. bu., $14.00, not prepaid. 
TENNESSEE GREEN POD.—tThis early 
variety of snap beans is very popular in 
the South. It is one of the earliest beans 
on the market. The pods are very long— 
often 6 to 7 inches. Packet, 10c.; % Ihb., 
25c.; lb., 45c.; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid; 15 lh. 
peck, $4.50; 60 lb. bu., $17.00, not prepaid. 
FULL MEASURBE.—The pods are long, 
meaty and tender, without strings, and 
remain fit for use for many days after 
maturity. Very prolific and of excellent 
quality. Packet, 10c.; % Ihb., 25c.; lb., 40c.; 
5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid; 15 lb. peck, $4.50; 
60 Ib. bu., $16.00, not prepaid. 
WHITE TEPARY FIELD BEAN.—Grows 
plentifully and vigorously throughout the 
Southwestern section of this country, re- 
sembles the White Navy, but is somewhat 
smaller. Its chief value lies in its use as 
a human food, they should be soaked for 
twelve hours before cooking, during which 
time they swell to at Jeast double their 
volume and more than double their weight, 
which makes them in this respect surpass 
any other bean. Teparies yield from 
thirteen to fifteen hundred pounds to the 
aere. Profitable crops are grown in 
regions which have rainfall! limited to eight 
or nine inches or less. Sometimes weeks 
elapse between showers, but Tepary takes 
eare of itself during the time of drouth. 
They are used dry as shelled beans. Drill in 
rows four inches apart. Sow 6 quarts or 
12 pounds to an acre. Packet, 10c.; % Ihk., 
25c.; lh., 4Gc.; 5 lbs., $1.75, postpaid; 15 lk. 
peck, $3.50, not prepaid. 
BUSH LIMA OR BUTTER BEANS. 
BURPEE’S.—The pods are large. The 
bushes grow eighteen to twenty inches 
high, of stout growth and always erect, 
yet branching so vigorously that each 
plant develops into a magnificent circular 
bush from two to three feet in diameter. 
It is an immense yielder. Packet, 10c.; % 
Ib,, S5c.; lb., 50c.; 5 Ilbs., $2.25, postpaid; 
15 Ib. peck, $5.00, not prepaid. 
FORDHOOGK.—An improved dwarf lima. 
The plants are vigorous and erect, bearing 
well above the ground. The pods, which 
are produced in large clusters, are medium 
SEED CO., LTD. 
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Steckler’s New Calico Butter wean. 
green, about four and three-fourths inches 
long and each contains three to five large 
beans of exceptionally fine quality. Seed 
large, irregularly oval in shape, very thick, 
white with greenish tinge. This sort is 
popular for home and market use. Packet, 
10c.; 1% ib., 35c.; lb., 55c.; 5 lbs., $2.25, post- 
paid; 15 lb. peck, $5.00, not prepaid. 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED.—It differs from 
the best strains of Burpee’s Bush Lima in 
having uniformly much larger pods, pro- 
ducing more beans, while both pods and 
beans are not only larger in size, but also 
considerably thicker. Packet, 10c.; 1% Ih., 
35c.; lb., 65c., postpaid. 
STECKLER’S NEW CALICO BUSH 
BUTTER.—A very early variety, bearing - 
clusters of beans from bottom to top. The 
flavor of this bean is excellent; it is used 
either as a green bean or for dry shelling. 
When gathered green it is a beautiful 
waxy white color and at maturity it has 
a mingled color of white, brown and red, 
making it a distinctive calico variety. 
Packet, 10c.; % Ib., 25c.; lb., 40c.; 5 Ilbs., 
$1.75, postpaid; 15 1b. peck, $4.75; 60 lb. bu., 
$17.00. not prepaid. 
HENDERSON’S.—This is a Dwarf Butter 
Bean, growing from 18 to 24 inches high. 
It is early and productive. Facket, 10c.; 
% lb., 25c.; 1lh., 40c.; 5 1ks., $2.25, postpaid; 
15 lb. peck, $4.25; 60 lb. bu., $15.50, not pre- 
paid. 
BUSH WAX BEANS. 
HODSON.—Strong, healthy growth and 
resist rust and blight to a remarkable de- 
eree. Remarkably prolific, the plant being 
loaded with long, straight handsome pods. 
The pods are brittle, tender, of fine texture 
and splendid flavor. An excellent main 
crop sort for shipping and market, as well 
as for home use. Facket, 10c.; % Ib., 25c.; 
lb., 45c.; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid; 15 Ib. peck, 
$4.50; 60 lk. bu.. $17.0G. not prenaid. 
VIOLET FLAGEOLET WAX.—This hand- 
some variety of intermediate season does 
especially well in the South and is a 
favorite with many truckers. The plants 
are large, strong growing, erect and pro- 
duce very long, flat, rather coarse, deep 
yellow wax-like pods seven to eight inches 
in length. Seed very large. Facket, 10c.; 
4 Ih., 25c.; Ib., 45c.; 5 Ihs., $2.00, postpaid; 
15 lb. peck, $4.50; 60 lb. bu., $17.00, not 
prepaid. 
