HENDERSON’S TESTED SEEDS FOR MARKET GARDENERS. 3 
The Hodson “aust gean 
Enormous Plants. Very long Pods. An 
Enormous Cropper. Never Affected by 
Rust and Blight. 
Hodson Wax is in many ways quite dis- 
tinct from all other bush beans. The plant 
is almost twice as large as any, it branches 
considerably, and bears a great mass of rather 
smallleaves. Its great size enables it to carry 
a much larger crop than any other; itis not un- 
| usualforittoproducetwiceasmuchasany othe . 
The plants should stand at least six inches 
apart in the row, and on very favorable soils 
they yield better at a still greater distance. It 
' bears an enormous crop of pods. They are 
long, flat, and much lighter in color than any 
other Wax Bean. 
The crop should be picked as soon as the 
pods have attained their size, as when old | 
they are apt to develop too much string. 
The heavy foliage keeps the pods well shel- 
tered from the sun, so that their attractive 
color is well preserved. 
It is not early, the crop usually being ready 
about 12 days after the early sorts. 
Its most remarkable feature lies in the fact 
that it is perfectly free from rust under all 
conditions. In seasons when all varieties 
have been attacked more or less severely, 
' Hodson Wax has again and again proved itself 
quite immune not only from rust, but from 
all other diseases. (See cut.) 
Price, 30c. qt., $2.20 pk., $8.00 bush. 
We offer also a Hodson Green Pod%Bush 
| Bean. (See page 23.) 
REFUGEE, or 1000 to I. 
The best dwarf late, green-podded Snap. Bean. 
A very popular market gardener’s variety on account of 
its exceeding productiveness. It is extensively grown fol 
a fall crop both in the north and south. The plants are 
strong, healthy and robust, about 15 inches high, branch- 
ing and bushy in growth. The pods are of attractive 
appearance, round, long and slim, light green in color 
fleshy, solid and brittle, with but slight string; tender and 
well flavored. This bean is the most popular of all in 
the markets of large cities and is extensively used for pick- 
ing. Our strain is very fine, and will be found free from 
flat pods. Price, 25c. qt., $1.70 pk., $6.00 bush. 
““T take pleasure in writing you about the Refugee Beans you shipped 
me. It ts the best seed I ever planted—I tested the seeds from each bag— 
over 90% good and I got a perfect stand. Quite a quantity of inferior 
seed was planted around here and planters had to plant over.”’ 
D.T. WEST, Charleston, S. C. 
EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE BEAN. 
' This is a true Refugee, having the peculiar spreading 
habit of its class, and producing a mass of small- leaves 
which, protecting the pods from the sun, preserves their 
attractive color under trying conditions. 
It is two weeks earlier than the old Refugee, and is 
largely grown as an early spring crop, and again in late fall, 
at which season it does remarkably well. 
The pods are rather slim, quite round, almost straight 
and pale green in color. It bears a heavy crop, stands up 
well in shipping, and sells readilyinall markets. (See cut.) 
Price, 30c. qt., $1.90 pk., $7.00 bush. 
HENDERSON'S | ONGFELLOW BEAN. 
Remarkably early. Exceedingly prolific. 
Round green-podded Bush bean of fine quality. 
Longfellow is one of the most attractive green-podded 
Beans for any market. Itis very early and bears an enormous 
crop of round, fleshy pods of great firmness. They are quite 
long, pale green in color, and literally hang in bunches on 
the small, compact plants. It is not well ‘to allow the 
Beans-to get old before picking, as they are more liable to develop string with age 
than some sorts, but when picked at the right-season they are not only of ex- 
cellent quality, but will bear long shipping better than many other sorts. Its com- 
pact growth, and its habit of bunching the crop near the center of the plant make 
it ely easy to pick. Price, 30c. qt., $2:20 pk., $8.00 bush. 
| For Our Complete List of Garden Beans — Bush, Climbing and Lima, See Pages 23 and 24. For Field Beans, See Page 37. 
