DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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flattened. They yield abundantly, and in the Southern 

 States are much esteemed for cooking dry. The plant 

 is of strong growth and half dwarf. 



Dwarf "White Navy.— Used exclusively for field 

 culture. Seeds small, round, oval shape, of a pure, yet 

 not glossy white color. 



BEANS— Pole, or Eunning, 



Fr. Haricots a ra;nes.—Gtr. Sta^igenbohne. 



CuLTT-RE.— These, even more than the Bush Beans, 

 require a warm, mellow soil, and should not be planted 

 until settled, warm weather. They all need to be sup- 

 ported, which is usually done by poles some eight or ten 

 feet high set in the center of each hill. We prefer to use 

 poles four to six feet high, set at an angle of about twenty- 

 two degrees from the perpendicular, and their tops con- 

 nected by a roi>e or inch-square strips. The vines will 

 run along these, producing pods earlier and allowing 

 them to hang free from the leaves and thus be of better 

 shape and more easily seen. Form hills three and a half 

 feet apart by forking in a shovelful! of fine manure ; set 

 the poles, and plant six to eight beans, and after the 

 beans commence to run thin to four plants to the hill. 

 If any fail to cling to the poles, note the direction in 

 which the others go around the pole (they all go in one 

 direction and will go in no other i, and start these around 

 the same way, fastening the end in a notch cut in the 

 pole. 



Dutch Case Knife.— This is the earliest variety of 

 pole beans. Pods long and flat . beans white, flat, kid- 

 ney-shaped, and of excellent flavor ; good green or dr>-. 



London Horticultural.— An old and popular varie- 

 ty. Pods five or six inches long, broad, pale green or 

 white, streaked and blotched with brilliant rose-red, con- 

 taining five or six seeds. Green beans large, 6gg-shaped 

 and of the highest quality : the dr,' beans are very supe- 

 rior for baking or stewing. 



Snr.all White Lima, Carolina or Sieva.— Resem- 

 bles the Large Lima in growth, but is earlier, more 

 hardy, and surer to produce a crop. Seeds small, 

 white, and quite flat. 



Large \Vhite Lima. — A large, late bean, with: 

 broad, rough pods ; seeds white, veined with green, very- 

 large, broad, thin, and surpassed in quality by no other 

 variety. It is a general favorite wherever it can be cul- 

 tivated. 



Dreer's Improved Lima. — The result of several 

 years careful selection from theu)ld Lima. The distinct- 

 ive improvements are its earliness, remarkable product- 

 iveness, delicoius flavor, and the forming of the beans 

 so closely in the p>od. 



Indian Chief, or Tall Wax.— Pods of a fine waxen, 

 semi-transparent white color ; crisp, tender ancl succu- 

 lent, and continuing so longer than most other sorts. 



Giant Wax. — The long, large pods are of a white or 

 pale yellow color and of beautiful waxy appearance. 

 Used only as a snap bean, but for this purpose superior 

 to any other sort, being, in spite of its size, tender and of 

 good flavor. 



Southern Prolific.— A very excellent pole bean for 

 cooking in the pod. The pods are produced in clusters, 

 and as it matures in seventy days, the growth is very 

 rapid and the pods brittle and tender. It is one of the 

 most popular snap beans in the Southern States, where 

 it is better known than in the North. 



Scarlet Runner.— This variety grows fifteen feet 

 high, has flowers of brilliant scarlet, and is generally 

 cultivated as an ornamental climber. 



Carter's Champion Runner.— An improvement on 

 the Old Scarlet Runner. ^The pods are nearly twice as 

 large as any other runner bean, and hang twice as thick 

 on the \nne. 



White Runner.— Like the Scarlet, except in the 

 color of the seeds and flowers, which are pure white. 



Dreer's Improved Lima. 



BEET. 



Fr. Betterave.—G^T. Runkel Rube. 



Culture. — All the varieties succeed best on a deep» 

 rich, sandy loam, and require to be thinned when small, 

 and kept free from weeds. For early Beets, sow as soon 

 as the ground will admit, in drills fourteen inches apart,, 

 and thin to six inches in the row. For winter, sow about 

 the fiddle of sparing. Soak the seed twenty-four hours 

 in luke-warm. water before planting, and sow in freshly 

 prepared ground. 



Early Turnip 

 Bassano. -Although 

 not maturing a s 

 early as some other 

 sorts, this being much 

 the largest of the ear- 

 ly varieties reaches a 

 size fit for the table 

 among the earliest. 

 Roots flat, turnip- 

 shape, light red. Will 

 not keep well through 

 the winter. Flesh 

 white circled with 

 pink, coarse-grained, 

 but tender and sweet. 



Early Blood Tur- 

 nip. —The standard 

 early sort. Tops very 

 small ; roots blood- 

 red, turnip- shap«d, 

 with small tap-root, 

 ver}' tender. A good variety for forcing in hot-beds, 

 early use and for late planting for winter use. 



Improved Early Blood Turnip. — This variety 

 originated from the preceding, the earliest and most 

 perfect specimens having been selected for a succession 

 of years, until it has become perfectly pure and of fi"*^ 



Early Turnip Bassano 



