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FINEST POLE BEAN IN CULTIVATION. 



SINCE the introduction of the Giant Wax Bean by us in 1866, 

 uo new Pole Bean has been offered combining sufficient merit 

 and distinctness to meet the approbation of careful growers. 

 This new variety, now ottered for the first time, is an improve- 

 ment on all the good qualities of the Giant and Dwarf Wax, and 

 we feel assured that it is a variety that has come to stay. 



It is distinct in seed, in color and habit of growth. The pods 

 retain their tenderness and plumpness long after the beans have 

 attained a large size, so that only a few days elapse after they 

 cease to be fit for String Beans before they are fit to shell. The 

 pods are a beautiful golden yellow, and are from 6 to 8 inches 

 long, borne profusely in clusters of 4 to 6. Commencing to bear 

 ten days after the Golden Wax, it continues to produce an abun- 

 dance of pods until frost sets in. 



Its cooking qualities are excellent, and without doubt, when 

 disseminated, it will become the standard Pole Bean. 



It was exhibited for the first time the past summer. at the 

 Pennsylvania State Fair, where it excited marked attention from 

 practical growers. 



We have only a limited stock, and oifer it while it lasts at 

 50 cts. per packet. 



" Mr. Henry A. Dreer : Oct. 22, 1885. 



"Dear Sir — In the spring of '84 we received from you a 

 sample of White Seeded Wax Pole Beans for test. We |)laced 

 the same in our trial grounds, and were thoroughly satisfied that 

 it is a bean of unusual merit; in habit it is entirely distinct and 

 true; pods of even shajie, large size and most excellent quality ; 

 season much earlier than Giant Red \Va,x. All of which, taken 

 into consideration, make it in every way desirable. We consider 

 it a most valuable acquisition, and a novelty of first-class merit. 

 " Yours truly, 



" A. B. Cleveland. 



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