Novelties and 
Specialties in 
Vesetable Seeds. 
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A Decided Novelty, LIMA WAX BEAN. 
attractive appearance and keeping qualities, it is likely to become a favorite for main crop with truckers. 
tenderness, fine quality and delicious flavor it cannot help but please those who want the best. 
bloom resembles the Dwarf Lima. 
and flat and of excellent quality. The plant is branching 
Named Lima Wax, as it has bright, glossy foliage and the 
The pods are very broad 
a and vigorous, with an immense amount of 
foliage, pods are borne in the greatest profu- 
sion, often a single plant having from 50 to 60 
or more pods. When in bloom the plant is 
completely covered with flowering 
spikes, and as the pods form in clus- 
ters they sink beneath the dense 
foliage which shields them from 
light showers, heavy dews and hot 
sun, which is a protection against 
their spotting or rusting and becom- 
\ ing soiled, as compared with other 
sorts. They require thin planting 
(two beans being sufficient for a hill) 
on very rich soil, and will run true 
and not sport. 
The pods are the broadest of all 
Wax Bush Beans, color transparent 
glossy lemon wax, having the yellow 
waxy appearance soon after the pods 
are formed. When picked will re- 
tain their bright, attractive appear- 
ance for a long time and do not be- 
come tough. Quality very tender, 
juicy, and flavor delicate. Seed 
small oval, pure white, which is 
much in their favor compared with 
a colored bean. 
Having wonderful productiveness, 
Owing to its 
Being white seeded, 
retaining its rich color, and delicate, delicious flavor, when canned, it will be most desirable for canners’ use. 
Per pkt. 10 cts.; 10 pkts. $1.00. 
Improved Red Valentine 
Bean. 
Extra early round pod. Our strain of this popular and 
excellent variety is a great improvement on the Early Red 
Valentine, which we have long ago discarded. It is much 
earlier, pods being ready to pick, under favorable condi- 
tions, in thirty-two days from germination. It is one of 
the most profitable sorts for private use or market. Qt. 20 
cts., peck $1.00, bu. $3.75. 
Keeney’s Rustless Golden Wax Bean. 
A strong-growing bush variety of remarkable vigor and 
freedom from rust. It sends out short tendrils on which 
pods are formed in addition to those near the central stalk 
of the plant, which accounts for its wonderful productive- 
hess, amounting, under favorable conditions, to 100 fold. 
Qt. 35 cts., peck $2.25, bu. $8.00. 
Valentine Wax Bean. 
An improved extra early Valentine Bean, with round 
wax pods. It is without exception the earliest Wax Bean, 
being even earlier than Refugee Wax. The pods are very 
meaty, and with so very little string that they may justly 
be called stringless. It is remarkably free from rust and 
Dreer’s 
remains a long time without becoming tough. Qt. 30 cts., | 
peck, $1.75, bu. $6.00. 
Davis Kidney Wax Bean. 
A new and distinct kidney wax variety; one of the 
main points of its superiority over other sorts is its extreme 
hardiness and excellent shipping qualities. The pods are 
long, straight, oval, clear, waxy white and handsome, often | 
growing toa length of seven to eight inches, and when fit 
for use are quite stringless and of fine flavor. Pt. 25 cts., 
qt. 40 cts. 
Dreer’s Bush Lima Bean. 
This valuable dwarf variety of our Improved Lima Pole 
Bean is increasing in popularity as it becomes more widely 
known. It is a true Bush Lima, growing from 13 to 2 feet 
high and producing pods in great abundance. The beans 
grow close together, producing three or four, and sometimes 
five, beans in a pod. The beans are short and thick, simi- 
lar to the Dreer’s Improved Pole Lima, and are equal in 
tenderness and quality to that choice variety, which is re- 
garded as the sweetest and most desirable sort for cooking 
and table use. Qt. 35 cts., peck $2.50, bu. $8.00. 
Marvel of Paris Bean. 
A splendid early dwarf Snap Bean, of French origin, 
very vigorous, and of remarkably great and prolonged pro- 
ductiveness. ‘Pods green, long and slender. Pt. 30 cts. 
qt. 50 cts., 3 peck $1.25, peck $2.00. 
Dwarf Lyonnaise Bean. 
This is not a novelty, but it deserves to be much better 
known than it is at present. It is a very fine sort in every 
respect, producing abundantly its extra long, roundish, 
slender green pods. Qt. 40 cts., 4 peck $1.00, peck $1.50. 
New French Pole Bean, 
Four to Four. 
Of middling height and average earliness, this may truly 
be described as one of the most prolific in existence. The 
pods are almost invariably produced in bunches of four, in 
steady succession from near the soil up to the tip of the 
vines Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 40 cts. 
