BEANS 



WAX PODDED BUSH 



NOTE — All prices quoted in this catalog are subject to change without notice. 



Twenty-five Pounds or More of One Variety Sold at the Hundred Pound Rate 



Purchaser Pays Transportation Charges 



GOLDEN AGE WAX (HENDERSON'S) 



The Quality Bean for the Quality Market. Absolutely Stringless — 

 Productive — Early — Meaty. This variety was introduced by us in 1922 

 and in the wax podded group occupies the same high place that 

 Tendergreen has achieved in the green podded class. Plant large, vig- 

 orous, and very productive. Pods waxy-golden, SVi to 6 inches long, 

 nearly straight, round, meaty, brittle, tender, entirely stringless and of 

 exceptional quality. Season 50 days. ■. 15 lbs 100 lbs 



Price 75c $7.50 $45.00 



PENCIL POD BLACK WAX. An early round podded variety of high 

 quality. Plant large, vigorous, and productive over quite a long period. 

 Pods bright yellow, 5Vi to 6 inches long, slightly curved, round, string- 

 less and of high quality. Season 52 days. 



Price 



lb. 

 65c 



15 lbs. 

 $6.50 



100 lbs. 

 $38.00 



UNRIVALED WAX. One of the earliest wax podded varieties. The plant 

 bears an enormous crop of pods of most beautiful semi-transparent 

 pale-yellow color, 5 to 5V2 inches long, slightly curved, stringless when 

 young but become somewhat stringy when fully grown. Season 50 



^ lb. 15 lbs. 100 lbs. 



Price 60c $5.75 $32.00 



POLE BEANS 



GREEN PODDED VARIETIES 



KENTUCKY WONDER (OLD HOMESTEAD) 



This variety is better known and more popular than any pole bean. 

 The plant is an excellent climber, vigorous, and very productive over a 

 long period. Pods are borne in large clusters, medium green, often 10 

 inches long, and Vi inch in diameter, nearly round, very meaty, brittle, 

 tender, practically stringless, and of excellent flavor. Season 65 days. 



lb. 15 lbs. 100 lbs. 

 Price 65c $6.75 $38.00 



ST. LOUIS PERFECTION 



A white seeded variety, that resembles Kentucky Wonder in many re- 

 spects. The plant is a good climber, and productive over a long period. 

 Pods medium green, 8 to 9 inches long, nearly round, and about Vi 

 inch in diameter; fleshy, brittle, nearly stringless, and of good quality. 

 Season 65 days. |b 15 |bg 100 , b , 



Price 70c $7.00 $41.00 



Prices Subject to Change without Notice 



Modern Farmer's Cyclopedia of Agriculture 



By Early Vernon Wilcox. A compendium of farm 

 science and practice on field, garden, fruit and 

 orchard crops; care, breeding, feeding and diseases 

 of farm animals. Profusely illustrated. 700 pages. 



Price, $4.50 



SURECROP STRINGLESS WAX 



This is an exceptionally good market and shipping variety, 

 and is quite a favorite among market growers. Plant large, 

 robust and productive over a long period. Pods deep yellow, 

 6 to 6Vi inches long, straight, flat, brittle, stringless, and of 

 excellent quality. Season 52 days. 



lb. 15 lbs. 100 lbs. 

 Price 60c $6.25 $36.00 



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For Henderson's Modern Insecticides See page 59 



1950 CATALOG FOR MARKET GROWERS AND FLORISTS 

 PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 



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