COLE'S VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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WARD WELL'S KIDNEY WAX'BEAN. 



WARD WELL'S KIDNEY WAX. This distinct 

 new variety is bound to take a front rank 

 amongthe Wax Beans. It is one of the earliest 

 Wax Beans in cultivation. It is a strong 

 grower, very productive, very tender, and of 

 exceptionally fine flavor. It is very hardy, 

 and grows the largest and handsomest pod of 

 any Wax Bean. Seed white, with dark brown 

 marks around the eye. The bean for market 

 gardeners to grow; try it. Per pkt., 5 cts., pt., 

 25 cts., qt., 50 cts., pk., $1.75, bush., $6.50. 

 Early Flageolet Wax, or Burpee's Per- 

 fection Wax. This new Wax Bean is certain to 

 please every one who plants it. Pods of a 

 beautiful golden color, often a foot in length, 

 exceedingly tender and succulent and enor- 

 mously productive. It is equally as good as a 

 Shell Bean. Medium early, and considered 

 one of the best bush beans. Per pkt., 5 cts., 

 pt., 20 cts., qt., 40 cts., pk., $1.50, bush., $6. 

 Early Prolific Black Wax. A popular variety 

 wherever known; the pods a waxy yel- 

 low, solid, tender, and almost transparent, 

 stringless, seeds black when ripe. Very early 

 and productive. Per pkt , 5 cts., pt., 20 cts., qt., 

 40 cts., pk., $1.50. 

 Early White Wax. The pods are waxy yel- 

 low, solid, tender, and seeds pure white. As a 

 snap bean it is unrivaled, and will also become 

 one of the most popular varieties as a shell 

 bean, either in a green or dry state when better 

 known. Per pkt,, 5 cts., pt., 20 cts., qt„ 40 cts., 

 pk., $1.50. 



EARLY GOLDEN WAX. A standard early 

 variety, the pods are large, long, brittle, en- 

 tirely stringless. and of a golden wax color. 

 As a snap bean it excels every other variety in 

 tenderness and rich buttery flavor, while as a 

 shell bean it has no superiors. Per pkt., 5 cts., 

 pt., 20 cts., qt.,40cts., pk., $1.50, bush., $6. 



Early Ivory Pod Wax. This valuable vari- 

 ety will prove for the market garden or family 

 use superior to all other wax beans yet known ; 

 the pods are large, long, brittle and stringless, 

 of a transparent ivory wh>ite. It is one of the 

 most productive, the vines being a complele 

 mat of pods. Excellent, both as a snap or as a 

 shell bean. Per pkt.. 5 cts., pt.. 20 cts., qt., 40 

 cts., ok., $1.50, bush., $5.50. 



New London, Mo.. April 5, 1890. 



It is eight years that I have ordered seeds from 

 you for different neighbors, and sowed them 

 myself. Never had one complaint from any. 

 Many thanks for the seeds and bulbs sent me; 

 will ever remember your kindness. 



MRS. L. W. BALE. 



Oskaloosa, Iowa, Nov. 5, 1891. 

 For twenty years I have ordered seeds from 

 you and occassionally also from other firms. 

 But found yours to be by far the best of all I 

 have tried, and will continue to buy yours as 

 long as they can be had. 



L. VANDER LINDEN. 



CHAMPION BUSH BEANS. 



Green Podded Varieties. 

 DREER'S BUSH LIMA. See Novelties. 



champion BUSH. It Is very productive, the 

 pods four to five inches in length, are of a light 

 green color, turning white as they mature. The 

 pods contain from five to seven large red beans, 

 of finest flavor, either green or dry. The pods 

 of this variety, while flat, are very tender and 

 of fine quality for "snap-shorts" or "string 

 beans." Taken all in all, one of the very best 

 dwarf beans for summer or winter. Per pkt. 5 

 cts.; pint25cts.; qt. 50 cts.; pk. $1.50* 



EARLY MOHAWK. Very early and will stand 

 more cold than most of the bush varieties. The 

 pods are from five to six inches long; the seeds 

 when ripe, drab with purple spots. Per pkt. 5 

 cts. ; pt. 20 cts. ; qt. 40 cts. ; pk. $1.25. 



IMPROVED EARLY RED VALENTINE. Early 



Sroductive, tender, succulent, and of excellent 

 avor, continuing longer in the green state 

 than most of the varieties. This variety is often 

 marketable in six weeks from the time of sow- 

 ing in May. Per pkt. 5 cts.; pt. 20 cts.; qt. 40 

 cts.; pk. $1.25; bush. $5.00. 

 BEST OF ALL. This variety is one of the best 

 green-podded bush beans. The pods are long, 

 very fleshy, succulent, stringless and of 

 rich flavor; they are produced early and abun- 

 dantly. Altogether, it is regarded as one of 

 the most valuable beans for market or family 

 use. Per pkt. 5 cts. ; pt. 20 cts. ; qt. 40 cts. ; pk. 

 $1.25: bush. $5.00. 



EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE. The old Refugee 

 Bean is so well and favorably known that this 

 new variety will be quickly appreciated. It is 

 similar in every respect to the ordinary Re- 

 fugee, but is nearly two weeks earlier. It is 

 enormously prolific, and from its earliness is 

 almost certain to produce a crop, no matter 

 how unfavorable the season. Per pkt. Sets. ; 

 pt. 20 cts. ; qt. 40 cts. 



DWARF WHITE CASE KNIFE. A continual 

 bearer during the summer. Exceedingly early, 

 and when young the bean is tender, and of very 

 fine flavor. Per pkt. 5 cts. ; pt. 20 cts. ; qt. 35 cts. 



NEW PROLIFIC TREE. This valuable variety 

 for field culture is the most prolific bean yet 

 known, growing 18 to 24 inches high, branching 

 out in all directions. They yield from 150 to 

 250 pods to the plant, and 1,175 beans have been 

 gathered from one vine. They yield from 50 to 

 60 bushels per acre. Plant in rows 3 feet apart 

 one bean in a hill, 20 inches apart. Try them 

 for a field bean, and you will grow no other. 

 Four quarts is sufficient for an acre. Per pkt. 

 5 cts. ; pt. 20 cts. ; qt. 35 cts., pk. $1.00; bush. $4.00. 



BURLING AME MEDIUMS. In this variety we 

 have one of the earliest, hardiest, and most 

 productive field bean in America, they often 

 yield 40 bushels and over per acre. They ripen 

 several days earlier than the Marrow or Pea 

 Bean, and in a wet season will keep dry and 

 healthy, while other varieties rust and spot, 

 and are thereby greatly reduced in quantity 

 as well as quality. Eevry reader of this cata- 

 logue who has ever grown or thinks of growing 

 beans for market, should not hesitate to give 

 Burlingame Mediums a trial. Per pkt. 5 cts.; 

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. §1.00; bush. $4.00. 



