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M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



BEANS 



No crop responds more readily than Beans to good soil and cultivation. A light, rich, well drained loam which was manured 

 for the previous crop is the most desirable. If too rank manure is used it is apt to make the plant run too much to vine. 



Beans are very sensitive to both cold and wet and it is useless to plant them before the ground has become dry and warm. 

 The large returns will result from planting in drills from two to three feet apart. Cover the seed one and one-half to two inches 

 deep and thin the young plants three to six inches apart in the row. If planted in hiUs, make the hills about two feet apart each 

 way. For succession, plant at intervals of two weeks till midsummer. The plants up to the time of blossoming should have fre- 

 quent shallow cultivation, but any mutilation of the roots by cultivation after the plants come into bloom is likely to cause the 

 blossoms to blast and so cut off the crop. Cultivation should always be very shallow and it is useless to expect a crop from a 

 field so poorly prepared as to need deep stirring after planting. 



We give careful attention to selecting and improving the different varieties and keeping them pure and we invite the most 

 critical comparison of our stocks with those of any other grower. 



The varieties of garden beans we offer have been separated for convenience into five groups: Wax Podded Dwarf or Bush 

 sorts, Green Podded Dwarf or Bush sorts. Dwarf Limas, Pole or Running sorts and Pole Limas. Ne^irly all of these sorts, except 

 the Limas, are suitable when young for use as snaps. The low growing sorts are called Bunch beans in some sections. In north- 

 ern latitudes the term "butter beans" is often applied to low growing wax podded sorts. In the south, however, by "butter beans" 

 is usually meant limas. 



DWARF OR BUSH— WAX PODDED SORTS 



^1 11 «-v £ Dl I \\T Continued experience has satisfied us of the great merit of this variety as the earliest 



Una.llenge UWarr olaCK W ax wax podded bean, in all our many comparisons of this bean with other extra early 



sorts, we have found it the first to give a full picking of pods which were of very excellent quality. The plants although small. 



are compact and erect, bearing pods well up from the ground. The pods are an attractive medium yellow in color, medium 



sized, about four and one- 

 fourth inches long, roundish 



oval, considerably curved. 



fleshy, crisp, tender and 



stringless. Seed jet black, 



longer and more curved than 



Prolific German Wax. We 



consider this the best first 



early wax bean for the home 



or market garden. Pkt. 10c; 



Pt. 35c; Qt. 55c; 4 Qts. $2.00; 



Bu. $11.00 



D. M. Ferry & Go's 

 Golden Wax '^^^ 



liest and best dwarf sorts for 

 the home market and pri- 

 vate gardens. The plants 

 are erect, compact, and very 

 productive. The pods are of 

 medium length, four and 

 one-half to five inches, nearly 

 straight, broad, flat, golden 

 yellow, very fleshy and wax- 

 like. The variety cooks 

 quickly as snaps, shelling 

 well when green, and is of 

 superior quality used in 

 either way. Seed medium 

 sized, oval, white, more or 

 less covered with two shades 

 of purplish red. The amount 

 and shade of color on this 

 and all parti-colored beans 

 will be affected greatly by 

 conditions of soil and ripen- 

 ing. This very extensively 

 used sort was introduced by 

 us in 18i'6. We are convinced 

 by many careful tests that 

 none of the so-called im- 

 proved strains is eqiial to the 

 seed we offer of this standard 

 variety. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 35c; 

 Qt. 60c; 4 Qts. $2.00; 

 Bu. $12.00 



This splendid 



va 



White Wax 



snap beans. It ^a white- Challenge Dwarf Black Wax 



seeded Golden Wax bean of the original Golden Wax quality. Michigan White Wax was introduced by us in 1907. It is a 

 vigorous and very productive garden variety. The pods are abundantly produced and are uniform in size and color which is 

 a very attractive hght golden yellow. They are four and one-half to five inches long, comparatively broad, meaty and of the same 

 superior quality as our Golden Wax. Seed medium sized, oval, clear white. This last feature alone gives the variety an advantage 

 over all other early wax podded beans in that as snaps they cook without discoloring and thus are more attractive on the table. 

 It is a most desirable home garden, market and canning sort. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 35c; Qt. 60c; 4 Qts. $2.00; Bu. $12.00 



r^ II D I. D £ \\T The plants are a little more upright and hardier than our Golden Wax. The handsome 



Orenell IVUSt rrOOr Wax deep vellow pods are about five inches long, are broader and flatter than our Golden 

 Wax but are slightly inferior in quality. Seed similar to our Golden Wax but darker. This variety is sometimes called an 

 Improved Golden Wax and is popular with some gardeners. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 30c; Qt. 50c; 4 Qts. $1.75; Bu. $10.00 



n r \-KT The stock we offer is very productive, early and of superior quality. The plants are very vigorous and 



KerUgee wax branching. The pods are four to five inches" long, thick, fleshy, round, stringless and wax-like, bemg of 



a clear, light yellow color. Seed medium sized, cylindrical, rounded at ends, yellowish drab, heavily splashed with a bluish 



black. This is an extensively used sort for canning and is suitable also for the home garden and market. (Sold out) 

 wi- » O il /^ U \\T The plants of this veiy hardy and productive second early or intermediate sort 



N.eeney S KUStleSS iaOlaen W ax are strong, vigorous and have short runners, and rather small smooth leaves. 



The pods ai-e about five inches long, oval-flat, stringless. light vellow, wax-hke and handsome. Seed similar to a light colored 



Golden Wax. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 30c; Qt. 50c; 4 Qts. $1.75; Bu. $10.00 



If beans are ordered by mailor express prepaid add 10 cents per j>int. 15 cents per quart for transportatio)) a}td packinrj. 



Michigan variety is one 



of the earli- 

 est dwarf. 

 It is a white- 



