Varieties in the Ferry Display 
Beans, Tender green—excellent early variety 
for home gardens. 
BEANS, BUSH GREEN POD (Cont’d) 
Stringless Black Valentine. Improved form of old Black 
Valentine. Round, dark green pods. (53) 20c 
*Stringless Green Pod (Landreth’s). Round pods 5% 
in. long, fleshy and tender. Unusually fine flavor. ow 
c 
Stringless Red Valentine. Fleshy pods 4% to 5 in. long. 
Entirely stringless strain of the old dependable Red 
Valentine. (53) 20c 
Stringless Refugee. Pods very uniform, 5 to 5% in. long. 
Young pods particularly valuable for canning and 
pickling whole. (70) 20c 
Sulphur. Round pods 5 in. long, stringless and fibreless 
when very young; slightly fibrous when full grown. 
Used as snap bean especially in the South. (55) 20c 
*Tendergreen. Fleshy round pods about 7 in. long. Light 
green. Fairly new variety of real merit. (52) 20c 
Tennessee Green Pod. Pods 6 to 7 in. long, broad; string- 
less in snap stage. Splendid quality. A Ferry-Morse 
Introduction. (50) 20c 
Top Crop. Produces an abundance of medium-green, 
stringless pods. Mosaic resistant. All-America winner. 
(52) 20c 
Wade. Mosaic resistant. High bush. Prolific yielder of 
long, smooth, dark-green stringless pods. Thrives in 
the South as well as in the North. All-America winner, 
1952. (55) 20c 
White Half Runner. Round fleshy pods about 4 in. long. 
Bushy vine with short runners. Pods of good quality 
when young; dry beans good for baking. Unusual 
flavor. (60) 20c 
BEANS, FOR DRY USE 
White Navy or Michelite. Plants large with tendency to 
form runners. Hardy. Prolific. Beans ripen uni- 
formly. The common white bean of commerce. (95) 
20c 
Red Kidney. Seeds kidney shaped. Rich deepred. Stand- 
ard commercial variety. (100) 20c 
BEANS, POLE WAX POD 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. Pods thick and wide. Good 
climber. Heavily productive. (67) 20c 
BEANS, POLE GREEN POD 
*Blue Lake. Same as White Creaseback. (65) 20c 
*Burger’s Green Pod Stringless. Same as White Seeded 
Kentucky Wonder. (63) 20c 
Improved Missouri Wonder. Seeds medium size, flat- 
tened, kidney shaped. Unsurpassed as green shell 
beans. (66) 20c 
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BEANS, POLE GREEN POD (Cont’d) 
*Kentucky Wonder, Rust Resistant (Brown Seeded). 
Slender, dark green pods often 10 in. long hang in clus- 
ters. Best quality green pole bean. Considerable 
resistance to bean rust. A Ferry-Morse Develop- 
ment and Introduction. (65) 20c 
Lazy Wife. Good climber. Heavily productive. Pods 
medium green, 6 to 6% in. long, fleshy. Excellent 
for snaps, green shell, and dry shell use. (74) 20c 
Pods 6 in. long, straight, thick, 
Excellent for green 
London Horticultural. 
green splashed with crimson. 
shells. (70) 20c 
McCaslan Pole. Pods 8 in. long, medium green, stightly 
flattened, fleshy, of good quality. White seeds. Fine 
for snaps and dry shell use. (65) 20c 
*Morse’s Pole No. 191. Definite resistance to rust. Dark 
green pods 7 to 9 in. long. White seeds. Strongly 
recommended for sections where rust is prevalent. 
A Ferry-Morse Development and Introduction. 
(63) 20c 
Oregon Giant. Pods 8 in. long and % to 34 in. wide. Used 
principally in northern section of Pacific Coast. (70) 
20c 
Scotia or Striped Creaseback. Abundant light green 
round pods about 6 in. long, fine grained, tender. Fine 
to grow among rows of corn. (72) 20c 
*White Creaseback (Blue Lake). Tender, fleshy pods 
about 5)% in. long; dry beans clear white. Green beans 
fine for snaps; dry beans for baking. (65) 20c 
*White Seeded Kentucky Wonder (Burger’s Green 
Pod Stringless). Long, dark green pods for snaps; 
seeds good for baking. Grown principally in Southern 
California. (63) 20c 
BEANS, DWARF LIMA 
*Burpee’s Improved Bush. Plants large, heavily pro- 
ductive. Four large, thick beans to a pod. (75) 20c 
Dwarf Large White. Pods 41% in. long;3 to 4 large, thick 
beans; dry beans white, flat. Standard large-seeded 
lima. (78) 20c 
*Fordhook Bush (Potato Lima). Pods 4 to 4% in. long. 
Three to four seeds. Dry beans white, very plump. 
The finest quality lima bean. (75) 20c 
*Fordhook No. 242. Large thick beans, 3 or 4 to the pod. 
Easy to shell. Finest flavor. Developed by U. 8. 
Department of Agriculture. All-America Award. 
(76) 20c 
Beet, Detroit Dark Red—WNo better variety has ever 
been developed. 
