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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN— Vegetable Seeds 



tender 



"I have planted Henderson's Bountiful Bean for four years, 

 and will say that it is the best I have ever used. They are as 

 early as the earliest and with proper care and cultivation will 

 bear until frost kills them. Like your Ponderosa Tomato, I 

 think they are the best in the world." 



JAMES S. WHITE, 



Greenville, Ga. 



Longfellow 



A ROUND, GREEN-PODDED BUSH BEAN 



EXTRA EARLY, FINE QUALITY, AND OF 

 DELICIOUS FLAVOR 



19. This extra early variety, although comparatively new, has 



been pretty widely distributed, and we have yet to hear anything 



but praise about its fine quality and other merits; it is in fact an 



ideal Snap Bean, producing a fine crop of round, straight, solid, 



fleshy pods averaging 6yZ inches long, wonderfully tender and 



brittle, without a trace of tough interlining, and having no string 



when broken, excepting when the pods are quite old. The flavor 



is most delicious, while the delicate green color of the pods is retained 



after cooking, adding to its attractiveness when served. The plants 



are of robust, compact habit, unexcelled in bearing qualities, maturing 



the crop very regularly. It is extra early, the pods being fit to pick four 



days before other varieties of approximate size. (See engraving.) 



Price, 10c. pkt., 40c. pt., 75c. qt., $2.50 half peck. 



CULTURE. — Sow every two weeks 

 from early May until September to sup- 

 ply a succession of "snap beans" in the 

 latitude of New York. Further south 

 sow earlier; further north, later. Plant 

 two inches deep in drills turn to two and one-half feet apart. The seeds 

 should be dropped about two inches apart and the plants thinned out to 

 stand about four inches apart in the row. They commence bearing in 

 six. to eight weeks, according to the variety. 1 qt. to 100 feet of drill. 



Henderson's Bountiful 



A FLAT, GREEN-PODDED BUSH BEAN 



A PROLIFIC AND CONTINUOUS BEARER 

 The First in Spring — The Last in Fall. String- 

 less, Very Tender, and of Delicious Flavor 



1. This superior variety, introduced by us, is 

 a distinct improvement in green Bush Beans 

 and has become exceedingly popular wher- 

 ever known. Our customers who have grown 

 it are enthusiastic in its praise : some of 

 them say, "You do not praise it half enough." 

 The plant is remarkably handsome and of 

 thrifty growth, being practically rust and mil- 

 dew proof. It is very hardy, extremely early, 

 very prolific, and bears continuously for sev- 

 eral weeks; it is the first to give pods fit to 

 pick in the spring, and the last to yield edible 

 pods in the fall. 



lut the crowning merit of this grand Bush Bean 



in the rich green pods, which are of immense 



, thick, broad, extra long, very uniform in shape, 



solid, meaty and of high quality, meltingly tender and 



ing a delicious flavor exclusively their own. More- 



the pods are not only stringless and entirely free 



ay tough, membranous lining when young, 'but this 



nap brittle" quality is retained even into maturity. 



aving a few of the older pods to be used as green shell 



condition they are most palatable. It is equally valuable 



as a dry shelled Bean. One of our customers 



writes us that she "finds it most excellent 



shelled for winter use, after it is ripe." 



(See engraving.) Price, 15c. pkt., 45c. pt., 



S5c. (it., $3.00 half peck. 



A STANDARD FORCING 

 BUSH BEAN 



Masterpiece 



(Stringless) 



20. This is a splendid forcing variety and 

 is now in great demand. The pods are flat, 

 .quite long, straight, and handsome; free 

 from string and very tender when cooked. 

 The plants are robust, very prolific, and 

 can be grown outside just as easily as any 

 other bush bean. 



Price, 25c. pkt., 90c. pt., $1.75 qt., $6.00 

 half peck. 



See Page 12 for Henderson's 



NEW STRINGLESS GREEN BUSH BEAN 



TENDERGREEN 



See Page 13 for 



Henderson's New Stringless Bush Bean 



On pages 167 to 198 we describe and illustrate the Garden Tools, Hot Bed Mats, etc., which you will require for the 



proper cultivation of your garden 



