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Longfellow 



A ROUND GREEN-PODDED RUSH REAN 



An Extra Early, Round Green-Podded Bush Bean of Fine 



Quality, Long, Round, Green Pods, Always Solid, 



Tender 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 61^ inches long, wonderfully tender and brittle, without a 

 trace of tough interlining, and having no string when broken, except- 

 ing when the pods are quite old. The flavor is most delicious, capti- 

 vating the most critical, 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 qual- 

 ities, maturing the crop very regularly. It is extra early, the pods 

 being fit to pick four days in advance of any other variety of approxi- 

 mate size and merit. Price, 15c. pkt., 30c. pt., 50c. qt., $1.85 for 4 

 qts., $3.50 pk. (Illustrated on thr opposite page.) 



"Last spring I ordered Longfellow Beans and was so well pleased with them 

 that I am ordering more to plant this year." 



Mrs. K. PETER, Bucyrits. Ohio. 

 "Last year I had your Longfellow Beans. I have never had the pleasure of 

 growing such Beans as they were. We have discarded all others and wilt use 

 none but the Longfellow hereafter." 

 [ H. E. M.ARGUARDT. Cincinnati, Ohio. 



"I think there is no better Bean than your Longfellow." 



JOSEPH SCHOFF, Peoria. III. 



"Gen'l Brown's family have discarded every other Bean: the only Bean they 



isill have on the table is Longfellow. From four rows I have been gathering daily 



for three weeks in large quantities, and the vines are still bearing heavily. I 



am glad to endorse it; it is the best Bean I have grown in twenty years' practice." 



A. M. McTOSH. Falmouth Foreside, Me. 



Extra Early Refugee Green-Podded Bush Bean 



This variety is a decided f 

 to 1, as it is fully two 

 good qualities of the old / 

 ductive. The pods are '^ 

 free from string and 

 tain to produce a 

 seasons. Should 



Contplele list of 



Beans on 

 pages 55 and 56 



, improvement on the old Refugee or 1,000 

 weeks earlier. It has all the 

 Refugee, being wonderfully pro- 

 of good form, very fleshy, 

 very tender. Almost cer- 

 crop even in unfavorable 

 he in every garden. 

 Price, 10c. pkt., 

 20c. ;pt., 35c. qt., 

 $1.20 for 4 qts., $2.25 pk. 



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HENDERSON'S 



Bountiful Bean 



A FLAT GREEN-PODDED RUSH REAN 



A Prolific and Continuous Bearer. The First in Spring, the 



Last in Fall. Absolutely Stringless, Very 



Tender and of Delicious Flavor 



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 do 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 pro- 

 lific and bears continuously for several weeks: it is the first to give 

 pods Bt to pick 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, mem- 

 branous lining, not only when young, but this 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. One of our customers writes us that 

 she "finds it most excellent shelled for winter use, after it is ripe." 

 (Illustrated on the opposite page.) 



Price, 15c. pkt., 30c. pt., 50c. qt., $1.85 for 4 qts., $3.50 pk. 



PRAISE FOR HENDERSON'S BOUNTIFUL 



" I just can't help praising your Bountrful Beans. My friends gel one taste 

 and are converted." 

 Jzine 21, 1915. Mrs. GEORGE C. HARBIN, West Point, Miss. 



"I think the Bountiful Beans are the finest kind of Beans I ever had." 

 June 21, 1915. L. M. GRANT, 22 Whitehall Road. Amesbury, Mass. 



" I raised some of your Henderson's Bountiful Bush Beans last year and 

 year before and they were the earliest of all in the city." 



January 5, 1915. Mrs. M. 0. TA YLOR. 229 W. Cherry St., Paris, Texas. 



" Your seeds are certainly first class and you may depend on an order every 

 year. I planted one quart of your Bountiful Beans and besides all we ate and 

 gave away I sold nearly six dollars' worth." 



February 26, 1915. H. A. LING. 7 Clark St., Danvers, Mass. 



" My garden from your seeds has been a pronounced success this year, espe- 

 cially the Bountiful Beans, which are proving very prolific." 

 May 23, 1915. 7.45. B. EVINS, 2103 Jones Ave., San Antonio, Texas. 



"Last Fall I took two first prizes with Dwarf Lima and Bountiful Beans at 

 the Garden Club Exhibition, also a blue ribbon for a collection of vegetables. 

 All from your seeds." 



F. C. WILLIAMS. Gardener to Mr. Chas. Isham, Manchester. Vi. 

 January, 1915. 



Henderson's 

 Earliest 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, suc- 

 cessfully withstanding early frosts; it may there- 

 fore be planted very early. 



It will always jaeld 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 sue- , 

 cessive plantings, bearing up to frost. (lUusfrdted " 

 on the opposite page.) Price, 10c. pkt., 20c. pt., 

 35c. qt., $1.20 for 4 qts., $2.25 pk. 



" Your Earliest Red Valentine Beans are the best I ever 

 raised. I have had Beans from nine different seedsmen, 

 but none equal Henderson's." 



R. D. MILLER. Gainesville. Ga. 



" From half-a-pinl of Henderson's Earliest Red Valen- 

 tine Bush Beans we gathered b% bushels of pods." 



JOHN B. BLACKIE, AUoona. Pa. 



"I prefer Henderson's Earliest Red Valentine Bush 

 Beans to any other I ever used." 



MISS SALLIE THOMAS, 



2001 Terrace Place, Nashville, Tenn. 



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