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W. F. ALLEN'S PLANT AND SEED CATALOGUE. 



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H E N D E R= 

 SON'S BUSH 



Lin A.— This is 

 a small dwarf 

 Lima that gives 

 you the first 

 beans of the 

 season;the qual- 

 ity is very good, 

 though not the 

 best; in produc- 

 t i v e n e s s. I 

 doubt if it has 

 an epual; it 

 commences to 

 bear teu days 

 ahead of any 



other variety that I knoAV and remains full until killed 

 by frost. Pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c; postpaid. By express, 

 4 qts. $1.00; peck $1.50. 



DREER'S BUSH LIHA, OR POTATO BEAN.— This is 

 a great market variety. The gardeners around this sec- 

 tion for several years have been planting largely of 

 this variety to«ship green to the New York market, and 

 for the first of the crop often receive as much as $1.00 

 per half barrel basket. This is a bean of rather pe- 

 culiar shape, being thick and plump rather than flat 

 and oval; it is a very meaty bean, of excellent flavor and 

 high table quality; the vine has the Lima habit of 

 growth and it is very productive of pods always well 

 filled; when green they nearly equal the ordinary large 

 Lima bean in size, but are thicker, sweeter, and more 



tender; they remain green in the pod a long time after 

 maturing; the beans are easily shelled and are in wide 

 favor; the pods are crammed so full that a basket of, 

 green pods will shell half the quantity of shelled beans. 

 Pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; qt. 50c, postpaid. By express or freight, 

 pk., $1.75; half bu. $3.40: bu. $6.50. 



BURPEE'S STRINGLESS GREEN POD.-Positively 

 stringless; ripens earlier than Valentine and remains 

 crisp and tender a long time after maturing; pods are 

 pale green, long and straight, perfectly round and 

 meaty. This is an excellent variety that will give satis- 

 faction every time. Pkt. 10c; pt. 30c; qt. 50c, postpaid. 

 By express, 4 qts. $1.00; peck $1.75. 



EARLY MOHAWK.— This variety can be planted 

 very early. It produces large strong vines which bear 

 profusely; it is the hardiest of the early varieties and is 

 a well known green podded sort of established merit. 

 Pkt. 10c; pt. 25c; qt. 40c postpaid. By express, $1.50 per pk. 



IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX.— Pods rather flat, about 

 four inches ih length and one half inch broad; of light 

 clean yellow, quite brittle with only slight strings when 

 young; plants stiffly erect, bearing large crop of fine 

 pods held well above the soil. Pkt. 10c; pt: 30c; qt. 50cA 

 postpaid. By express, 4 qts. $1.00; peck $1.75. 



CURRIE'S RUST PROOF WAX.— There has been 

 much attention given to the improvement of the old 

 fashioned wax bean, and this variet3' seems to be one of 

 the best; it is absolutely rust proof: pods great long, 

 flat, and tender and of the finest quality; it is early* 

 productive, and a good all around bean. Pkt. 10c; pt, 

 30c; qt 50c, postpaid. By express. 4 qts. $1.00; peck $1.75. 



CAULIFLOWER, 



ALLEN'S DWARF FIRST EARLY.— The type cauli- 

 flower most generally planted for market is Allen's 

 Dwarf First Early, of which there has been developed a 

 number of selections showing increased earliness, dwarf 

 short stem growth, with larger finer heads and sure 

 heading tendency; we think our strain of this is un- 

 doubtedly the best. This seed was grown forme in Den- 



mark where all the finest, best cauliflower seed are pro- 

 duced. I could get cauliflower seed grown on the Pa- 

 cific Coast that I could sell for Jess than half, but feel 

 that it is to my interest to offer only the very best, and 

 consequently we arc offering no cauliflower seed except 

 the best Danish grown. This strain has given splendid 

 results wherever tried, and I can conscientiously recom- 



