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POLE BEANS. 



Add 15c. per quart extra if to be sent by mail. 

 I quart to 150 hills, 10 to i j quarts to the acre. 



Culture. — Choose light soil, and make small hills 3 ft. 

 apart, having previously spaded deeply and fertilized. 

 Plant long poles two feet deep in the centre of the hills. 



Allot six beans to each hill, covering them barely be- 

 neath the surface, their eyes downward Do not allow 

 more than three to climb a pole, but remove extra plants 

 to hills where less than three have sprouted. 



The Lima Bean is very delicate, and often fails to sprout 

 from slight cause ; they should not he planted until the 

 ground is warm, or started in hot beds and transplanted. 



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Evtra Sixe Larse liiiisa.— Large white bean, 

 Very tender; used without shell; equally good in winter, 

 /if soaked 6 to 10 hours before cooking. Pint 15c. Quart 

 /25c. Peck $1 75. Bush. f6.50. 



'\^ King of Garden.— Large bean and pod; very 

 heavy cropper. Pt. rsc. Qt. 25c. Pk. |r.75 Bu. $6.50. 



Speckeled IlortieuUiire, or Cherry.— Very 



productive ; equally good in the green state or when 

 shelled. Pint 15c. Quart 25c. Peck $1.50. Bush. $6.00. 



DWARF BEAN CULTURE 



Dwarf Beans may not be safely planted until the middle 

 of April, owing to the late frost, but may be planted 

 thereafter, as desired, until the middle of August. 



Select high rich soil, make drills two feet apart, drop 

 beans along the rows and cover with earth. Hoe often 

 and keep earth to the stems. 



DWARF OR SNAP BEANS. 



Add 15c. per quart extra if to be sent by mail. 

 I quart lo 100 feet of drill ; 2 bu. to the acre. 



GREEN POD BUSH BEANS. 



Earliest Ke«l Valeniiiie.— Is the favorite sort 

 for growers who supply the early markets because its 

 growth is so rapid, and because it stands shipment per- 

 fectly. Canners use them for their packing because they 

 are stringless and always tender, besides having beautiful 

 round pods. It is a heavy cropper, and ready to pick in 

 about 40 days. Pt. 20c. Qt. 35c. Gal. $1.25 Peck $2 00. 



Refugee Extra Early lloiiiicl Green Pod. 



Has a beautiful round pod of a delicate green color, which 

 makes a perfect bean for canners and for shipping pur- 

 poses. It is tender, stringrless and always bears an abund- 

 ant crop Pint. 15c. Qt. 25c. Gal $1.00, Peck I1.75. 

 Bushed 1:7.00. 



Dwarf Horticultural.— Dwarf Horticultural, or 

 Dwarf Cherry, a splendid bean for use on the table as a 

 snap bean or for winter use. It is large, meaty and meets 

 the requirements of the markets, the table and shipper. 

 Pint 15c. Quart 25c 



Special prices on any one kind of seed in large quantities 

 All receive due consideration. We give the same at- 

 tention to small orders as we do to large ones. 



