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Henderson's Bountiful Bean 



A FLAT GREEN-PODDED BUSH BEAN. . 



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

 continuously for several weeks; it is the first to give pods fit 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, membranous 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. 

 (See engraving on opposite page.) Price, 15c. pkt., 45c. pt., 80c. qt., $3.00 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 CHAMBERLA Y NE, ' 



Richmond, Va. 



HENDERSON'S 



Earliest Red Valentine Bean 



A Standard Green-Podded Dwarf Snap Bean. Full, Bound. Meaty Pods of 

 Unsurpassed Tenderness. Bemains 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, 15c. pkt., 45c. pt., 80c. qt., S3. 00 for 4 qts. 



Longfellow A R0 ^ R fe PODDED 



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 6J-2 inches long, wonderfully tender and brittle, without 

 a trace of tough interlining, and having no string when broken, 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. (<S'ee engraving on opposite page.) Price, 15c. pkt., 45c. pt., 80c. 

 qt., $3.00 for 4 qts. 



Old Homestead Pole Bean nSS&RBSSa* 



A Green-Podded Snap Pole Bean. A Marvel of Productiveness from July Until Frost. 

 Thick, Stringless Pods, Meaty, Tender and Delicious. 



The best and most popular 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 in the latitude of New York early in July, and if gathered as 

 they become ready for "snaps", the vine will continue to produce in abundance until 

 frost. 



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., 45c. pt., 80c, qt., $3.00 for 4 qts. 



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The Old Homestead Bean is the finest ever 

 W. 



"I want to say a word about some of your vegetables. 

 and cannot be excelled." 



A. HUNTER, 



East Pittsburgh, Pa. 



"I 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. SETIIMAX. 



1728 Chorro St., San Luis Obtspo, Cat. 

 "It might interest you to lenow that I sent a package of your Old Homestead Beans to my mother 

 in Sydney, Australia, two seasons ago. She wrote me later saying that they picked Beans from the 

 tines for ten months in the year." 



FI TZ-J A MES LO N DO .V. 



Holtey, N. Y. 



For Full Cultural Instructions for Growing Beans see our Leallet "Garden Culture 

 of Beans," sent free if asked for. 



"Lust gear my Old Homestead Btans '■• 

 around her,. Most of Hum measured from '0 f t > 1 1 ' _- 

 long, and thert wen big bum-Ins of them. I sold all'l could 

 grow and then did not hare enough." 



Mrs. C. E. SCHELL, 



Butler, Pa. 



MAIL YOUR ORDERS EARLY, say in January or February. There 



is a short.;_-i' in some varieties, aiui 

 the deiutuul will Ik* greater than over. 



