W. F. Allen's Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 



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IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX.-A light green 

 yellow, quite brittle, with only slight strings when 

 young; plants stiltty erect, bearing large crop of fine 

 pods held well abdve the soil. The pods are rather 

 flat, about four inches in length, and one-half inch 

 broad. A very popular market variety. Pkt., 10c. ; 

 pk, 30c. ; qt.. 50c. ; postpaid. By express, four qts., 

 75c; pk., $1.40; bus.. $5.00. 



STRIPED CRESSBACK.— This is a novelty 

 of real merit, with long yellow, stringless pods, fleshy 

 and tender. Especially recommended for trial. Pkt., 

 10c. ; pt., 30c. : qt., 50c. ; postpaid. By express, 4 qts., 

 90c. ; pk., $1.50. 



DAVIS' KIDNEY WAX.— This is a business 

 man's bean : one of the very best for market gardeners 

 and canners. It is a wax-podded variety, almost 

 wholly rust-proof, with kidney-shaped white seeds. It 

 is handsome, prolific and profitable, and not excelled 

 by any of the wax sorts. It is of strong growth, and 

 holds its long, straight pods well above the soil. The 

 pods are clear, waxy white color, and are more con- 

 spicuous than the foliage itself when the bush is in 

 full bearing. It is used as a snap sort, and also as a 



shelled bean. It is of extremely high table quality and 

 is adapted to home use or market. Pkt., 10c. ; pt., 

 30c. ; qt.. 50c. ; postpaid. By express, 4 qts., 90c. ; pk., 

 $1.50 ; bus., $5.50. 



BLACK VALENTINE,— This is a distinct form 

 of the Valentine variety. It is very handsome in ap- 

 pearance and excellent in quaHty ; one of the best 

 green-podded sorts, and we especially recommend it for 

 trial, believing that all who plant it once will want it 

 again. Pkt., 10c. ; pt., 30c. ; qt., 50c. ; postpaid. By 

 express, 4 qts., 90c. ; pk., $1.50 ; bus., $5.50. 



LONGFELLOW. — This has long green poas, al- 

 ways solid, and is one of the most prolific green-podded 

 sorts. The pods are of an attractive green color, per- 

 fectly straight and round, and it is a very desirable 

 and profitable variety to grow, Doth for market gar- 

 deners and truckers. It yields more snaps to the acre 

 than most other varieties, more uniform in ripening, 

 and the pods fill the basket quicker. It is also a mos.t 

 desirable bean for private gardens, as it is tender and 

 of excellent flavor when cooked. Pkt., 10c. ; pt., 30c. ; 

 qt., 50c. ; postpaid. By express, 4 qts., $1.00 ; pk., 

 $1.60; bus., $5.25. 



LIMA BEANS. 



DREER'S BUSH LIMA BEAN, OR PO- 

 TATO BEAN. — This is a great market bean. The 

 gardeners around this section for several years have 

 planted largely of this variety to ship green to the 

 New York markets, and for the first crop they often 

 receive as much as $4.00 ppr half-barrel basket. This 

 is a bean of rather peculiar 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 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, 4 qts., $1.75 ; half bus., 

 $3.20 ; bus., $6.00. 



KING OF THE GARDEN POLE LIMA.— 



This is no longer a new bean, but one of the best for 

 main crop, standard for market or family use, which 

 nothing can displace from public favor. It has a vig- 

 orous growth and is immensely productive. The vines 

 begin to produce pods near the foot of t v ~ ™«le, and 

 the bearing season continues without interruption until 

 frost. The pods are large and well filled ; the beans 

 are of mammoth size and very delicious. I have grown 

 this strain in my garden for many years, and know of 

 no other that wilf equal it. Pkt., 10c; pt, 25c; qt.,» 

 50c. ; postpaid. By express, 4 qts., 90c ; pk., $1.50 ; 

 bus., $5.50. 



SHOTWELL'S POLE LIMA.— This new Lima 

 is an improvement on the old, well-known Dreer's Pole 

 Lima. Dreer's Pole Lima, as is well known, has a gen- 

 eral characteristic of Dreer's Bunch Lima, with the ex- 

 ception that it is a pole variety and the pods and 

 beans are somewhat larger. It is one of the best for 

 either family use or market. You should give this new 

 improvement on the old Dreer's Pole Lima a trial. 

 Pkt., 10c. ; pt., 35c ; qt., 60c ; postpaid. By express, 

 4 qts.. $1.00 ; pk., $1.75. 



HENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA BEAN.— This 



is a small dwarf lima that gives you the first beans of 

 the season. The quality is very good, though not the 

 best ; in productiveness I doubt if it has an equal ; it 

 commences to bear ten days ahead of any other variety 

 that I know, and remains full until killed by frost. 

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

 4 qts.. 90c. ; pk., $1.40 ; bus., $5.25. 



ALLEN'S PLANTS LEAD IN Q.UALITY. 



riunterton Co., N. J., April 29, 1907. 

 W. F. Allen. Dear Sir : I received the straw- 

 berry plants all right, and they were fine. I di- 

 vided my order— .-got half from you and half & 

 pedigree plants, but yours were twice as good, $ 

 * larger and stronger plants. I set them right » 

 & away, and they are growing finely. I will send W 

 % my next order to you. I remain yours, * 

 ¥ MORGAN P. WORMAN. * 



