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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



LARGE WHITE MARROW, OR MOUNTAIN.— 



Vines large, slender, spreading, with short runners, small 

 leaves and small white blossoms; very prolific; pods medium, 

 broad, green, changing to yellow; beans large, clear white, 

 ovoid, cooking very dry and mealy. 



EARLY HARROW PEA, OR DWARF WHITE NAVY. 

 — A variety developed in western New York and not 

 only a sure cropper and much more prolific, but of better 

 quality than the common white bean, and the beans are so 

 hard as to resist the attacks of the bean weevil. Vines large, 

 spreading, with occasional runners and small, thin leaves, 

 and small, white fiowers; very prolific, ripening its crop 

 early and all at once. Pods short, straight, small, but con- 

 taining six beans; beans small, oval, white, handsome and of 

 superior quality. 



DWARF LIMA SORTS. 



DWARF SIEVA, OR HENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA. 



—A dwarf form of the Small Lima and valuable because of 

 its extreme earliness. Vines without runners, but continu- 

 ing to grow and set pods until stopped by frost. Leaves 

 small, bright green and Lima like; flowers small, yellowish- 

 white, borne in clusters and often above the foliage; pods 

 short, flat and containing two to four beans. Dry beans 

 white, small and much inferior in quality to the Large Lima. 



BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA.-A bush form of the true 

 Large Lima. Plants uniformly dwarf, bearing very abund- 

 antly, single plants under favorable circumstances yielding 

 from 150 to 350 pods; pods as large as those of the Large 

 Limas and containing from four to six beans; beans very 

 large, flat and of the best quality. While not so early as the 

 Dwarf Sieva, this is incomparably better in quality. 



KUMERLE, OR DREER'S BUSH LlMA.-A dwarf 

 form of the Challenger Lima, having thicker pods and beans 

 than the Burpee Bush Lima and by many considered even 

 better in quality. 



I_>L(/A1>I»:7. RUNNING 



French, Haricots a rames. 



German, Stangenbohne 



CuLTu RE . — These 

 are even more sen- 

 sitive to cold and 

 wet, as well as to 

 droughts and hot 

 winds, than the 

 dwarf varieties, but 

 are of superior 



Suality and pro 

 uctiveness. After 

 settled warm wea 

 ther, set poles four 

 to eight feet long 

 in rows north and 

 south four feet 

 apart, the poles be 

 ing three feet 

 apart in the row 

 and set leaning to 

 the north at an 

 angle of about 

 thirty-five degrees 

 Set in this way the 

 vines climb better 

 bear earlier, and 

 the pods aie 

 straighter and more 

 easily seen. Around 

 each hill plant five 

 to eight beans two 

 inches deep. When 

 well started, thm 

 to four plants, and 

 start any that 



Golden Champion, 



fail to climb around the pole in the same way as the 

 others, for they will not grow if tied up in the opposite direc- 

 tion. Another plan is to plant in rows thickly enough so that 

 there will be one plant to eight or ten inches. Set posts five 

 feet high firmly at each end of the rows, and drive stakes 

 made of 2x2 lumber at intervals of sixteen feet along the 

 rows. Stretch a wire (10 or 12 size), between posts along 

 each row and fasten to the tops of the stakes in the row Math 

 wire staples. Run a lighter wire or twine along the row about 

 six inches from the ground and fasten to the posts and stakes 

 with wire staples. Tie cotton string to the wire above and the 

 wire or twine below, wherever there is a plant. The vines 

 will run up these until they reach the top wire, when they 

 will care for themselves ; or omit the lower wire or twine and 

 tie the cotton string to the wii-e on top of the posts and to a 

 small peg or stick stuck in the ground by the side of each 

 plant. A pint or single packet of each of four or five varieties 

 will be sufficient for a large family. 



WAX PODDED SORTS. 



GOLDEN CHAMPION.— W^e think this the earliest and 

 at least one of the best of the wax podded pole beans. Vines 

 medium size to large with golden yellow stems; leaves very 

 light green, strongly tinged with yellow, giving the whole 

 plant a golden yellow appearance: flowers pink; pods long, 

 cylindrical, much curved, very fleshy, stringless, bright 

 golden yellow color of excellent flavor, and borne in clusters; 

 dry bean, long, narrow, flat, kidney shape, bluish-black. 

 The points of superiority in this variety are extreme earli- 

 ness, great prolificness and the unusually fine color and 

 quality of the pods. 



EARLY GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX.-A well known 

 early and very beautiful sort. Vines large, strong growing, 

 vigorous, hardy; leaflets large, light green, crimped; flowers 

 yellowish- white; pods six to eight inches long, borne in 

 abundant clusters, each containing from three to six pods, 

 broad, very thick and fleshy, deeply creased along the edge 

 to which the beans are attached, much 

 curved; color bright golden yellow; of 

 the very best quality, and staying in con- 

 dition for use a long time. The beans 

 are also excellent shelled green. We 

 recommend this variety as furnishing 

 the largest and handsomest pods of any 

 sort in the list. 



INDIAN CHIEF, OR TALL BLACK 

 WAX. — Vines large, but often do not 

 take to poles well; leaves large, 

 rough; blossoms purple; pods 

 short, broad, fleshy, white, very wax 

 like, and of superior quality as snaps, 

 remaining in suitable condition longer 

 than most varieties; beans indigo blue, 

 medium size, oblong, shortened abruptly 

 at the ends. 



Tlie following varieties have green 

 pods: 



HORTICULTURAL LIHA.— A nov- 

 elty of great merit, being a cross between 

 the Dwaif Horticultural and Dreer's 

 Improved Lima and combining the good 

 qualities of the latter with the earliness 

 of the former. We have tested it 

 thoroughly and have found it fully as 

 early as the Dwarf Horticultural and as 

 prolific as Dreer's Improved Lima. Its 

 extreme earliness and hardiness will 

 permit of its being planted far north of 

 where any true Lima bean can be 

 grown, while its prolificness and the 

 quality of the green shelled beans make 

 it a desirable addition to any garden, 

 North or South. Vines medium size, 

 not much branched and not running 

 over four feet usually, but fruiting 

 freely to the ends; leaves large, coarse, 

 wrinkled, green, resembling Dwarf 

 Horticultural; flowers medium size, 

 white; pods borne in clusters, three to 

 six inches in length, flat, almost straight, 

 terminating abruptly to a short point, 

 green, and usually carrying six beans; 

 dry beans marked the same as Dwarf 

 Horticultural, though the ground color 

 is a little darker. They cook dark, but 

 we consider them fully equal to Limas 

 in quality, combining the excellencies of 

 both the Horticultural and the Limas. 

 //7///7A// W^ advise all our customers to give this 

 #P^ bean a thorough trial, as it is a variety 

 ' of undoubted merit. 



WHITE CREASE BACK. — Vines 

 small to medium, but vigorous, and in 

 good soil wonderfully productive, bear- 

 ing pods in clusters of from four to 

 twelve. Pods medium length, silvery- 

 green, of the best quality as snaps and 

 stand shipping better than most sorts. 

 The beans are too small to be of much 

 value when shelled green, but axe of 



