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FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



BEANS 



No crop responds more readily tiian Beans to good soil and cultivation. A light, rich, well drained loam which was manured 

 for the previous crop is the most desirable. If too ranlf manure is used it is apt to maice the plant run too much to vine. 



Beans are very sensitive to both cold and wet and it is useless to plant them before the ground has become dry and warm. 

 The largest returns will result from planting in drills from two to three feet apart. Cover the seed one and one-half to two inches 

 deep and thin the young plants three to six inches apart in the row. If planted in hills, make the hills about two feet apart each 

 way. For succession, plant at intervals of one to two weeks till midsummer. The plants up to the time of blossoming should 

 have frequent shallow cultivation, but any mutilation of the roots by cultivation after the plants come into bloom is likely to 

 cause the blossoms to blast and so cut off the crop. Cultivation 

 should always be very shallow and it is useless to expect a crop 

 from a field so poorly prepared as to need deep stirring after 

 planting. 



We give careful attention to selecting and improving the 

 different varieties and keeping them pure and we invite the most 

 critical comparison of our stocks with those of any other grower. 



The varieties of garden beans we offer have been separated for 

 convenience into five groups: Wax Podded Dwarf or Bush sorts, 

 Green Podded Dwarf or Bush sorts. Dwarf Limas, Pole or Running 

 sorts and Pole Limas. Nearly all of these sorts, except the Limas, 

 are suitable when young for use as snaps, which in some localities 

 are called "snapshorts." The low growing sorts are called Bunch 

 beans in some sections. In northern latitudes the term "butter- 

 beans" is often applied to low growing wax podded sorts. In the 

 south, however, by "butter beans" is usually meant limas. 



DWARF OR BUSH— WAX 

 PODDED SORTS 



i^L 11 r\ £ Dl 1 \\r Continued experience 



Challenge Dwarf Black Wax has satisfied us of the 



great merit of this variety as the earliest wax podded bean. In 

 all our many comparisons of this bean with other extra early 

 sorts, we have found it the first to give a full picking of pods 

 which were of very excellent quality. The plants although 

 small, are compact and erect, bearing pods well up from the 

 ground. The pods are an attractive medium yellow in color, 

 medium sized, about four and one-fouith inche's long, roundish 

 oval, considerably curved, fleshy, crisp, tender and stringless. 

 Seed jet black, longer and more curved than Prolific German 

 Wax. We consider this the best first early wax bean for tlie 

 home or market garden. Pkt. 15c; Lb. 65c; 2 Lbs. $1.20 post- 

 paid; 100 Lbs. $42.50 



D. M. Ferry & Co*s Golden Wax earfiel?andbest 



dwarf sorts for the home market and private gardens. The 



plants are erect, compact, and very productive. The pods are of 



medium length, four and one-half to five inches, nearly straight, 



broad, flat, golden yellow, very fleshy and wax-like. The variety 



cooks quickly as snaps, shelling well when green, and is of 



superior quality used in either way. Seed medium sized, oval, 



white, more or less covered with two shades of purplish red. 



The amount and shade of color on this and all parti-colored 



beans will be affected greatly by conditions "of soil and ripening. 



This very extensively used sort was introduced by us in 1876. 



We are convinced by many careful tests that none of the so- 

 called improved strains is equal to the seed we offer of this 



standard variety. Pkt. 15c; Lb. 60c; 2 Lbs. $1.10 postpaid; 



100 Lbs. $40.00 

 «jf. i_. iiT'i*. \\T This Splendid variety is one of 



MlCnigan Wnite Wax the earliest dwarf, snap beans. 



It is a white-seeded Golden Wax bean of the original Golden Wax 



quality. It is a vigorous and very productive garden variety. 



The pods are abundantly produced and are uniform in size and 



color which is a very attractive light golden yellow. They are four 



and one-half to five inches long, comparatively broad, meaty and 



of the same superior quality as our Golden Wax. Seed medium 



sized, oval, clear white. It is a most desirable home garden, 



market and canning sort. (See further description, page 3) 



Pkt. 15c; Lb. 65c; 2 Lbs. $1.20 postpaid; 100 Lbs. $45.00 



O 11 D 1. D £ \\T The plants are a little more 



Urenell Kust rrOOt Wax upright and hardier than 



our Golden Wax. The handsome deep yellow pods are about 



five inches long, are broader and flatter than our Golden Wax 



but are slightly inferior in quality. This variety is sometimes 



called an Improved Golden Wax and is popular with some 



gardeners. Pkt. 15c; Lb. 65c; 2 Lbs. $1.10 postpaid; 100 Lbs. 



$42.50 



D C «<VAA \A7 ^^^ stock we offer is very productive, early 



I\.erUgee wax and of superior quality. The plants are 



very vigorous and branching. The pods are four to five inches 



long, thick, fleshy, round, stringless and wax-like, being of a 



clear, light yellow color. Seed medium sized, cylindrical, 



rounded at ends, yellowish drab, heavily splashed with a bluish 



black. Pkt. 15c; Lb. 65c; 2 Lbs. $1.20 postpaid; 100 Lbs. $45.00 



Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax veiy^ hardy and 



productive second early or intermediate sort are strong, vigor- 

 ous and have short runners, and rather small smooth leaves. 

 The pods are about five inches long, oval-flat, stringless, light 

 yellow, wax -like and handsome. Seed similar to a light colored 

 Golden Wax. (Crop failed) 



Michigan White Wax 



Not less than 10 pounds at the 100 pound rate. One hundred pound prices do not include transportation: 

 if ordered shipped prepaid add 8c per pound to the 100 pound price. We do not put up half pounds of hearts. 



