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Henderson’ S Bountiful Bean 
A FLAT GREEN-PODDED BUSH BEAN. 
A Prolific and Gontinuous Bearer. ‘ The First in Spring, the Last i in Fall. 
Absolutely Stringless, Very Tender. 
This superior variety, introduced by us, is a distinct improvement in green Bush 
Beans and has become exceedingly popular ‘wherever known. Our customers who have 
grown it, are enthusiastic in its praise; some of them say, ‘You dé not praise it half 
enough.”” The plant is remarkably handsome and of thrifty growth, being practically 
rust and™mildew proof.- It is very hardy, extremely early, very prolific, and bears 
continuously for several weeks; it is the first to give pods fit to pick i in the spring, and 
the last to yield edible pods in the fall. But the crowning merit of this grand Bush 
Bean is in the rich green pods, which are of immense size, thick, broad, extra long, 
very uniform in shape, solid, meaty and of high quality, meltingly tender and having 
a delicious flavor exclusively their own. Moreover, the pods are absolutely stringless 
and entirely free from any tough, membranous lining, not only when young, but es 
tender “‘snap brittle’ quality is retained even into maturity. 
We advise leaving a few of the older pods to be used as green shell Beans, in which 
condition they are most palatable. It is equally valuable as a dry-shelled Bean. 
(See engraving on opposite page.) Price, 10c. Pkt., 40c. pt., 70c. qt., $2.70 for 4 qts. 
“You do not praise these * snaps,’ as we call them in the South, enough. You give their time of 
bearing as only ‘several weeks,’ but I can tell you that my last planting of Bountiful Beans bore con- 
tinuously for almost two months.” 
J. HAMPDEN CHAMBERLAY NE, 
Richmond, Va. 
HENDERSON’S 
Hiest Red Valentine Bean 
A Standard Green-Podded Dwarf Snap Bean. Full, Round, Meaty Pods of 
Unsurpassed Tenderness. Remains Long Fit for Use. 
This grand variety is a great improvement over the original Red Valentine, as it 
is very much earlier, and remains fit for use for a long time. The healthy, vigorous 
plants are unusually hardy, successfully withstanding early frosts; it may therefore 
be planted very early. It will always yield a large crop of handsome, long, round, 
fleshy pods, rich green in color and of unsurpassed tenderness when gathered young, 
when it is practically stringless. It is the Standard Snap Bean, not only for the earliest, 
but for successive plantings, bearing up to frost. (See engraving on opposite page.) 
Price, 10c. pxt., 35c. pt., 62c. qt., $2.23 for 4 qts. 
L 3 l] A ROUND GREEN-PODDED 
Ongrenow BUSH BEAN 
Extra Early, Fine Quality, and of Delicious Flavor. 
This extra early¥variety, although comparatively new, has been pretty widely 
distributed, and we have yet to hear anything but praise about its fine quality and 
other merits; it is in fact an ideal Snap Bean, producing a fine crop of round, straight, 
solid, fleshy pods averaging 6% inches long, wonderfully tender and brittle, without 
a trace of tough interlining, and having no string when brok xn, excepting when the 
pods are quite old. The flavor is most delicious, while the delicate green color of the 
pods is retained after cooking, adding to its attractiveness when served. The plants are 
of robust, compact habit, unexcelled in bearing qualities, maturing the crop very 
regularly. It is extra early, the pods being fit to pick four days before other varieties 
of approximate size. (See engraving on opposite page.) Price, 1¢c. pkt., 35c., pt., 60c. 
qt., $2.25 for 4 qts- 
Old Homestead Pole Bean ceXiccky Woxber 
A Green-Podded sie — Bean. A Marvel of Productiveness from July Until Frost. 
Thick, Stringless Pods, Meaty, Tender and Delicious. 
The best and most = Guile green-podded snap Pole Bean is a marvel of continued 
productiveness, and is ten days earlier than any other green-podded Pole Bean. First 
pickings may be made i in the latitude of New York early in July, and if gathered as 
ae become ready for “‘snaps”’, the vine will continue to produce in abundance until 
TOs 
The pods hang in great clusters from the top to the bottom of the vine and can be 
gathered by the handful: they are very large, 6 to 8 inches in length, entirely stringless, 
plump, round, and almost solid meat, meltingly tender and of superb flavor when 
cooked. It is also used as a Shelled Bean, excellent in that form. 
We have supplied Old Homestead Beans to customers in almost every State in the 
Union, and those who report on them, invariably do so in most flattering terms. (See 
engraving.) Price. 15c. pkt., 40c. pt., 79c. qt., $2.70 for 4 qts. 
“T want to say a word about some of your vegetables. The Old Homestead Bean is the finest ever 
and cannot be excelled.” = 
. A. HUNTER, 
East Pittsburgh, Pa. 
“T sent for some of your Old Homestead Pole Beans about a year ago, and I find them as fine a 
Bean as ever I raised.” 
C. J. SETHMAN, 
1728 Chorro St., San Luis Obispo, Cal. 
“Tt might interest you to know that I sent a package of your Old Homestead Beans to my mother 
an Sydney, Australia, two seasons ago. She wrote me later saying that they picked Beans from the 
vines for ten months in the year.” 
FITZ-JAMES LONDON, 
Holley, N. Y. 
For Full Cultural Instructions for Growing Beans see our Leaflet “Garden Culture 
of Beans,” sent free if asked for. 
“Last year my Old Homestead Beans beat 
around here. Most of them measured from 10 ¢ 
long, and there were big aaspa tee of the m. Iseld a 
grow and then did noi have enc 
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