NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 



FOR 1911 



As is customary with most seedsmen to list the Novelties and Varieties of special merit in a 

 Separate department, wc devote a few pages to the new things in Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 



This department is usually the most interesting to customers, as a good gardener likes to test 

 ..lid carefully note the development of a new variety, that may prove distinct and better than the old 

 favorites amongst the standard varieties. 



Must varieties have been carefully tested in our trials, or obtained from such reliable sources that 

 we can n commend them as worthy of a trial by our patrons and we feel sure that they will give 

 satisfaction. 



Asparagus— Bonvallet's Giant 



A novelty of which the introducer says: This variety is the quickest yielding, heaviest produc- 

 ing, finest quality and most disease-resisting of any variety now sold in America. Most of the large 

 growers of Asperagus around Chicago are now discarding all other varieties for Bonvallet's, because 

 it is free from disease, grows larger and faster than the other varieties. Its favorable points are 

 rust resistant, earliness, high productive power and lasting qualities. 



Price per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. 



Michigan White Wax Dwarf Bean 



Of this new variety the 

 introducer says: This 

 sterling variety is already 

 generally recognized as a 

 bean possessed of excep- 

 tionally valuable features. 

 Briefly described it is a 

 white seeded Golden Wax ; 

 pods golden yellow and 

 are fully as attractive as 

 the Golden Wax and of 

 the same fine quality. 

 Pods comparatively broad, 

 meaty and of superior 

 quality. Vine vigorous and 

 unusually productive. 

 Seed is clear white, a 

 most valuable feature, as 

 there is a constant de- 

 mand for a white wax 

 bean of good quality. 



Price per pkt. 10 cts., 

 2 pkts. 15 cts., pt. 30 

 cts., qt. 50 cts., pk. $1.75. 



