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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS. 



BEANS— Dwarf or Bush. 



and 

 best 

 and 



One quart will plant one liniidred feet of drill. 



The varieties of this class are tender, and will not bear much cold. Plant about the middle of April, if the ground is warm 

 the season favorable, and at intervals throughout the season for a succession, finishing about the 1.5lh ol August. 'I he 

 mode of culture is in rows 2 feet apart, and the beans 2 inches apart and 2 inches deep in the rows. Keep well hoed, 

 draw the earth up to the stem, but only when dry; working them when wet with win or dew will cause them to rust and 

 injure the crop. 



BUSH LIMA BEANS. 



New Wonder Bush Lima (Drear's.) 



I See Novelties.) 



Dreer's Kusli Lima. A dwarf 



variety of the Dreer's Improved 

 Lima which has been fixed in its 

 character of a bush bean ; it is very 

 prolific, single plants often produc- 

 ing from 150 to 200 pods. The 

 beans grow close together in the 

 1 ods, producing 3 to 4 and some- 

 times 5 in a pod, and are thick, 

 sweet and succulent, equal in quality 

 and tenderness to Dreer's Pole Lima. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts. qt. 40 cts., 

 peck $2.25. 

 Burpee's Bush Liinia. A true 



bush form of the Large White Lima, 

 requires no poles. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., peck $2 25. 

 Henderson's Bush Lima. A 



dwarf variety of the Sieva or South- 

 ern Lima, produces enormous crops 

 two weeks earlier than the climbing 

 Limas. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts , qt. 

 30 cts.. peck $1.75. 



QREEN=PODDED BUSH BEANS. 



Best Forcing Tarieties. (Green Pod.) 

 Long' Yellow Six Weeks i^Flat-pod). Very early and prolific ; long green tender pods; matures 



quickly; stringless. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., peck $1.15. 

 Sion House. One of the old forcing sorts, with mottled pod, long, flat and tender; stringless. Pkt. 



10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 50 cts. 



Triumph of the Frames. (See Novelties.) Pkt. 15 cts.. pt. 

 Green Pod (Burpee's). (See 



New Stringless 



Novelties.) 



Improved Red Valentine. Extra early round pod. 

 Our strain of this popular variety is the best, pods ready to 

 pick, under favorable conditions, in thirty-two days from 

 germination. It is one of the most profitable sorts for private 

 use or market. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., peck 

 S1.25, bu. $4..50. 



Extra Early Refugee. A pmfuse hearing variety. One 

 of the very best early sorts. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 

 25 cts., peck $1.25, bu. $4.50. 



Early 3Ioliawk. The hardiest of the early varieties; also 

 good for autumn picking. Pkt. 10 cts , pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., 

 peck $1.25, bu. .$4.-50. 



White Valentine. The seed being white, gives it addi- 

 tional value, as it can be used as a snap-short or a winter 

 shelled bean. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts.,qt. 25 cts., peck $1 25, 

 bu. S4.00. 



Boston Pea Bean (^Navy). An excellent variety of very 

 ])roductive habit ; for baking they excel all other sorts. Pkt. 

 10 CIS , pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., peck $1.25, bu. $1.50. 

 j Black Turtle Soup. Used as a winter shelled bean, for 

 which it is much esteemed. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 

 cts., peck $1.25, bu. $4. .50. 



W^hite Marrowfat. Extensively grown for sale as a dry 

 bean firv.inter use, excellent shelle<l, either green or dry. Pkt. 

 10 ct<., ))t. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., peck $1.00, bu"^^ $100. 



White Kiilney or Royal Dwarf. \ superior kind for 

 bakini;, and is also excellent when shelled green. Pkt. 10 

 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., peck %\ 10, bu. $4,00. 



Green Flageolet ( Wonder of France — Paris Canner). 

 Used extensively as shelled beans when in the green state ; of 

 delicious quality; pods emerald green, long and straight; 

 enormously productive; superior for canning and pickling. 

 The beans are l)right green, retaining their fresh appear- 

 ance when cooked. In a dry state for culinary use they are 

 unsurpassed. Pkt. 10 cts,. pi. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., peck $1.75- 



35 cts., qt. 60 cts. 



ENGLISH OR BROAD BEAN. 



Broad Windsor. Used only as a shelled bean. Plant as 

 soon as the frost is out of the ground, in drills 3 feet apart 

 and 2 inches deep. Pinch oft' the top as soon as the lower 

 pods begin to fill. Pkt. 10 cis.. pt. 25 cts., at. 40 cts. 



COP-(R15HTEO 18S3 M 

 BJUinEER. 



Improved Red Valentine. 



For Beans sent by mail add postage at the rate of 8 eis.. per pint, I.'; cts. per quart, 



or freight at purchaser's expense. 



Quarter-bushels and OTer sent by express 



