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M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, 



BEANS 



No crop responds more readily to good soil and cultivation; and a light, rich, well drained loam which was manured for the- 

 previous crop is most desirable. If too rank manure is used it is apt to make 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 covering the seed one and one-half to two inches deep and thinning- 

 the plants three to six inches apart in the row. If planted in hills, make the hiUs about two feet apart each way. For succession, 

 plant at intervals of two weeks till midsummer. Up to the time of blossoming they should have frequent shallow cultivation, 

 but any mutilation of the roots by cultivation after the plants come into bloom is likely to cause the blo.sso'ms 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 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 wlien young for use as snaps. The low grow- 

 ing sorts are called Bunch beans in some sections. In northern 

 latitudes the term "butter beans" is often applied to low grow- 

 ing wax podded sorts. In the south, however, by "butter beans" 

 is usually meant limas. 



DWARF OR BUSH 

 WAX PODDED SORTS 



/-ii 11 r\ _C Dl 1 \\r Continued experience 



Challenge Dwart Black W/ax 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 poils 

 which were unexcelled by any in quality. Vines erect, com- 

 pact, bearing the pods well up from the ground. The pods are 

 an attractive medium yellow in color, medium sized, about four 

 and one-fourth inches long, considerably curved, round, very 

 fleshy, crisp, tender and stringless. Seed jet black, longer and 

 more curved than Prolific German Wax. The best extra early 

 wax bean for the home or market garden. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; 

 Qt. 40c; 4 Qts. $1.50; Bu. $7.50 



D. M. Ferry & Co's Golden Wax introduce°d ^by 



us in 1876. Extended and careful tests have convinced us that 

 none of the so-called improved strains is equal in general ex- 

 cellence to the seed we offer, which has all been carefully se- 

 lected and grown from the original D. M. Ferry & Co's Golden 

 Wax. Early, very productive. Vines erect, compact, bearing 

 the pods well up from the ground. Pods of medium length, 

 four and one-half to five inches, nearly straight, broad, flat, 

 golden yellow, very fleshy and wax-like; cooking quickly as 

 snaps, shelling well when green, and of the highest 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. Pkt. 10c; 

 Pt. 25c; Qt. 40c; 4 Qu. $1.50; Bu. $8.00 



M. I . iij-L't WT This splendid variety is one of 



IChlgan White Wax the earliest dwarf, snap beans, 



and may be briefly described as a white seeded D. M. Ferry & 



Co's Golden Wax but in several vital features it is distinctly 



superior to that excellent and exceedingly popular variety. 



The vine is a little larger, more robust and vigorous; foliage a 



little heavier. The handsome pods are produced in greater 



abundance and are very uniform in size and color which is a 



very attractive light golden yellow; pods four and one-lialf to 



five inches long, comparatively broad, meaty and of the same 



superior quality as our Golden AVax. Seed medium sized, oval, 



clear white. This last feature alone gives the variety a very 



decided advantage over all other early wax podded "beans in 



that as snaps they cook -without discoloring and thus are more 



attractive on the table, while as dry beans they are very hand- 

 some and quite as useful as any of the staple white beans. We 



believe canners have never been offered a bean so fully meet- 

 ing their requirements as to earliness, color and splendid 



quality. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 40c; 4 Qts. $1.50; Bu. $8.00 

 /-« 11 D 1. D C WT Vines a little nmre upright 



L»renell KUSt rrOOr Wax and hardier than the Golden 



Wax. The handsome deep yellow pods are about five- inches 



long, broader and flatter than Golden Wax but slightly inferior 



in quality. Seed similar to our Golden Wax but darker. Very 



popular with some gardeners. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 



4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $7.00 



Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax vigorous'^°°^wSh 



short runners. Pods produced in abundance; about five inches 



long, stringless, light yellow, wax-like and handsome. Seed 



similar to a light colored Golden Wax. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; 



Qt. 35c; 4 QU. $1.25; Bu. $7.00 

 U c wf The stock of our own growing which we 



KetUgee wax offer is much superior to that commonly 



sold being very early. Every plant can be depended upon to 



produce thick, fleshy, round, stringless wax-like pods of fine 



quality and of a clear, light yellow color, none of the plants 



being green podded. Pods four to five inches in length. Seed 



medium sized, cylindrical, rounded at ends, yellowish drab, 



heavily splashed with a bluish black. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 40c; Michigan White Wax 



4 Qu. $1.50; Bu. $7.50 



If beans are ordered by mail or ex^iress prepaid add 10 cents per pint, 15 cents per quart for charges. 



