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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, 



BEANS— POLE OR RUNNING 



Pole Beans are even more sensitive to cold and wet. as well as to droughts and hot winds, than the dwarf varieties, but are of 

 superior quality and productiveness. After settled warm weather, set poles four to eight feet long in rows four feet apart and 

 extending north and south, the poles being three feet apart in the row. Let the poles slant slightly toward the north. Set in 

 this way the vines climb better, and the pods are straighter and more easily seen. Around each stake plant five to eight beans 

 one and one-half to two inches deep. When well started thin to four plants, and see that they all climb around the pole in the 

 same way, for they will not grow if tied up in the opposite chrection. Another plan is to plant in rows thickly enough so 

 that there will be one plant to eight or ten inches. Set posts five feet high firmly at each end of the rows and drive stakes 

 made of 2x2 lumber at intervals of about sixteen feet along the rows. Stretch a wire, size number 10 or 12, between the posts 

 along each row, and fasten it to the topsof the stakes with wu'e staples. Run a lighter wire or twine along the bottom about six 

 inches from the grovmd and fasten to the posts and stakes with wire staples. Between these two stretch a wire or twine wher- 

 ever there is a plant. The vines will run up these imtil they reach the top wire, when they will care for themselves. Another 

 way is to omit the bottom wii-e and stick small stakes two to six inches in the soil and fasten to top w ire. 

 ■«jTi •• /^ D I Especiallv valuable for its extreme 



W nite W^rease oack earllness and its habitof perfecting 



all of its pods within a short time. Vines medium sized, vig- 

 orous and in good sod wonderfully productive, bearing round, 



fleshy pods in clusters of from four to twelve. Pods of medium 



length, usually about five inches, comparatively straight, at- 

 tractive light green, of the best quality as snaps and stand 



shipping better than most sorts. The beans are too small to 



be of much value when shelled green, but are of very superior 



quality baked. Seed small, oval, white. The stocks we offer 



are much more even than manv on the market, Pkt. 10c; 



Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $7.00 

 V M. 1 WT J Also known as Old Homestead. We 

 JVentUCky wonder beUeve this variety is the most 



practically useful of the green podded pole beans suitable for 



use as snaps. It is an early, very prohfic sort, w-ith showy pods 



which are of most excellent quality. The vines are vigorous, 



climbing well and very productive, bearing pods in large 



clusters. The pods are medium light green, very long, often 



reaching nine or ten inches, curved and twisted, nearly round 



and very crisp when yotmg, becoming very irregular and 



spongy as the beans ripen. Seed long, oval, slightly flattened, 



dun colored. For several years past our sales have been 



limited only by the quantity we were able to produce. The 



quality of our "stock is unsurpassed. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 



4Qts."$1.25; Bu. $7.00 



St. Louis Perfection White whltl^' seeded ""pofe 

 bean, very desirable for snaps and certainly unsurpassed green 

 shelled. Vine vigorous and very productive. Pods meditim 

 green, round, very long, often reaching eight to nine inches, 

 irregular in shape and quite striugless. The beans when 

 shelled green are large, very tender and wliite, a very desirable 

 feature when comparison is made with the colored beans of 

 other varieties of this class. Seed medium long, oval or well 

 rounded, solid white. Many gardeners consider this bean by 

 far the most desirable pole bean yet offered. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 30c; 

 Qt. 45c; 4 Qu. $1.50; Bu. $9.00 " 



Red Speckled Cut Short, or Corn Hill 4°rie°l% 



very popular in the central and southern states for planting 



among com. It will give a good crop without the use of poles. 



Vines meditim sized, but vigorous, twining loosely with dark 



colored leaves. Snap pods medium green, short, three to 



three and one- half inches in length, straight, flat to oval, fleshy 



and of good quality. The pods as they mature become light 



yellow tinged with red, the beans showing distinctly flirough 



the pods. Seed nearly oblong, cut off diagonally at the ends, 



Ught grajash white, covered about the eye and at one end with 



reddish or purplish brown, and irregularly dusted over most of 



the surface. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 20c; Qt. 30c; 4 Qts. $1.00; Bu. $6.00 

 |-k . 1 ^ V '£ Vines moderately vigorous, climbing 



l-'UtCn V^ase Ivnire well, but twining more loosely than 



some and so ma}' be tised for a corn hill bean of medium season. 



Leaves large, crumple^l; pods very long, seven to eight inches, 



flat, irregular, medium green, becoming lishter as they mature. 



Seed broad, kidney shaped, flat, clear white and of excellent 



quality whether used green or dry. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 



4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $6.50 

 T/- . 1 WT J •wir This remarkably vigorous 



Kentucky Wonder Wax grooving, wax podded poie 



bean is very simdar to the green podded Kentucky Wonder but 

 the very long pods are a little broader, very fleshy and quite 

 stringless as snaps. The pods are attractive light yellow and 

 when mature are often eight to nine inches in length. Seed 

 medium sized, oval, flattened, very irregular, dark brown. 

 The seed even from the most matured crops is usually some- 

 what shriveled in appearance. Its earliness and hardiness com- 

 mend it as a pole bean well adapted even for northern latitudes. 

 Its very large, golden yellow pods are certainly handsome in 

 appearance and are unexcelled in quality by any wax podded 

 bean of its class. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 30c; Qt. 45c; 4 Qts. $1.50; 

 Bu. $8.50 

 T7 1 /^ ij /^i . WT A weU knowm early and 



Lariy Uolden Cluster Wax veiy beautiful sort. 



One of the best wax-podded snap pole beans. Vines large, 

 strong gi-owing, vigorous, hardy; leaves large, light green, 

 crimped; pods sis to eight inches long, borne in abundant 

 clustei-s, each containing from thi-ee to six pods varying in 

 color from golden yellow to creamy white. Pods very broad, 

 thick and fleshy, deeply creased along the edge to which the 

 beans are attached, of very best quality and stay in condition 

 for use a long time. Seed medium sized, flattened, oval, dull 

 white. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 30c; Qt. 4Sc; 4 Qts. $1.50; Bu. $9.00 

 If beans (ire ordered by mail or express prepaid add 10 cents per 

 pint, I'j cents per quart for charyes. 



