DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Dreer s Improved Lima. 



Giant Wax —Pods of a pale yellow color, and waxy- 

 appearance seeds red. The pods, -when fully grown, 

 are perfectly tender, and tnay be used as a snap bejxn. 



Southern Prolific — A ver^' excellent pole bean for 

 cooking in the pod. The pods are produced in clusters, 

 and as it matures in seventy days, the growth is ver^'^ 

 rapid and the pods brittle and tender. It is one of the 

 m vst popular snap beans in the Southern States, where 

 it is better known than in the North. 



Scarlet Runner. — This variety grows fifteen feet 

 high has flowers of brilliant scarlet, and is generally 

 cultivated as an ornamental climber. 



Carter's Champion Runner.— An improvement on 

 the old Scarlet Runner. The pods are nearly twice as 

 large as any other runner bean and hang twice as thick 

 on the vine. 



White Runner. — Like the Scarlet, except in the 

 color of the seeds and flowers, which are pure white. 



BEET. 



Fr. Betternze. — G&r. Runkel Rube. 



All the varieties succeed best on a deep, rich sandy 

 loam and require to be thinned when small, and kept 

 free from weeds. For early Beets sow as soon as the 

 ground will admit, in drills fourteen inches apart and 

 thin to six inches distant For winter, sow about the 

 middle of spring Soak the seed twenty-four hours in 

 luke-warm water before planting, and sow in freshly 

 prepared ground. 



Early Turnip Bassano.— Highly valued on account 

 o<" its earliness. It is very tender and juicy and will 

 grow to good size on light soil, but will not keep through 

 the winter unless sown quite late. Roots flat, turnip- 

 shaped light red • flesh white, circled with bright pink. 



Early Blood Turnip. — The standard early sort 

 Blood red turnip-shaped, with small top tap-root • very 

 tender, and good for early use and late keeping. 



Improved Early Blood Turnip — This variety 

 originated from the preceding the earliest and most 

 perfect specimens having been selected for a succession 



of years, until it has 

 become perfectly 

 pure and of fine form, 

 and shape, and can- 

 not fail to give great 

 satisfaction to the 

 market gardener. 



Egyptian Blood 

 Turnip. — A variety 

 introduced from Eu- 

 rope. In form, like 

 the Flat Dutch Tur- 

 nip. Color deep blood 

 red. Of medium 

 size, and cooks re- 

 markably tender and 

 sweet. The seed is 

 very small, and spar- 

 ingly produced. 



Bastian's Early 

 Blood Turnip.— 

 Among market gar- Early Turnip Bassano. 



deners, this valuable new variety is becoming a strong 

 competitor with the Egyptian Blood Turnip, being larger 

 and more symmetrical in form It is earlier than the 

 Bassano, very tender and sugary, and retains its blood 

 red color after cooking. 



Improved Early Blood Turnip. 



Dewing's Early Blood Turnip. — A favorite wth 

 New England marketmen. The roots are of uniform 

 good size, smooth and handsome, and plentifully pro- 

 duced. The flesh is quite rich in color, and very tender 

 and sweet. 



Henderson's Pine Apple. —The roots are half-long 

 medium size well formed and of a very dark crimson 

 color. Fine-grained, sweet, tender, and excellent for 

 table use. 



Egryptian Blood Turnip. 



