VEGETABLE SEEDS f^^?, 



NOVELTIES AND 



SPECIALTIES IN ▼ A-*vai_-r i j-^m^m^m^ ^m^l^l^^ 1898. 



Novelties produced by specialists in this country and abroad are carefully tested in our trial grounds during the summer, and 

 the descriptions given are mainly as received by the introducers. 



Ne^w ^"onder Busti L,inia Bean. 



We have paid close attention to this class of Beans since their 

 first introduction, and have made critical tests of every variety on 

 the market and noted all improvements as they developed v\'ith 

 each new type, our aim being to secure one which possesses 

 qualities most desirable in this class of Beans, viz.: earliness, 

 dwarfness, flavor and heavy cropping qualities. These we can 

 attribute to the New Wonder. We made a planting on June 

 29th, in our experimental grounds, during the season of 1897, 

 and on August 17th, just seven weeks from date of planting, we 

 took the first pod with matured beans from the plant. This is 

 the best record in our experience with Bush Limas. The charac- 

 ter of plant is dwarf and compact, the pods completely filling the 

 plant from top to bottom (as shown in illustration) The extreme 

 ends of branches are filled with buds, hence no runners. The 

 beans are of the large flat type, in flavor equal to the famous Dreer's 

 Bush Lima, so well known to the public. The "New Wonder" 

 is a novelty of the highest character — it is the earliest, dwarfest 

 and most prolific of the whole class of Bush Limas — a big crop 

 from a small space. This variety is a decided improvement on 

 the original type of Burpee's Bush Lima ; is also 10 to 15 days 

 earlier. Pkt. of 15 seeds 25 cts., 5 for .§1.00. Stock limited. 



Truimph of the Fr.\mes Beans. 



New Stbingless Green Pod Bean. 



Xkw Wonder Bush Lima Bean (Dreer's). 



New^ Dwarf Forcing Bean. 

 TRIUMPH OF THE FRAMES. 



After a second year's trial of this variety we are convinced 

 that it has gained a very high position among the green flageolet 

 type. It is very prolific, very dwarf and produces a mass of 

 beautiful pods of rich green ajid as tender as butter. The pod 

 is flat and long, and when dry the shelled beans retain their pale 

 green color, which is a very desirable feature. This variety is 

 particularly adapted to forcing. It bears its crop in one solid 

 mass beneath the foliage and can be picked quickly. Being 

 very dwarf it can be sown in hot-beds for forcing, and can also 

 be grown in a small space. In large European establishments 

 for the cultivation of vegetables under glass, this sort is grown 

 entirely in pots. By this means they take up 

 little room, and in the conservatory where the 

 temperature does not fall below 55° they can 

 be produced during the winter and early spring 

 months without much trouble. Pkt. 15 cts., 

 pint 35 cts., qt. 60 cts. 



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New Stringless Green Pod 

 BUSH BEAN. 



This variety deserves the good name it bears. 

 It is positively stringless and remains tender 

 and crisp longer after maturity than any other 

 variety. Our repeated trials, since its intro- 

 duction, enables us to speak in highest terms of 

 its qualities. We have secured stock from our 

 grower for the coming season of such excellent 

 quality that we are pleased to place it among 

 the list of novelties for 1898. The pods are of 

 pale green, long and straight, perfectly round and 

 meaty, maturing with the earliest of the green- 

 pod varieties. Not only is it a valuable market 

 gardener's sort, but certainly an acquisition for 

 the amateur. Price : Per pkt. 10 cts., pint 20 cts., 

 qt. 35 cts., \ peck S1.25, peck §2.25. 



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