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FERRY & C"0'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



BEANS 



No crop responds more readily to ^ood soil and cultivation; and a light, rich, well drained loam which was manured 

 for the previous crop is most desirable. If too rank manure is used it is apt to make the plant run too much to vine. 

 Beans are very sensitive to both cold and wet and it is useless to plant them before the ground has become dry and 

 warm. The largest returns will result from planting in drills from two to three feet apart and leaving the plants two 

 to six inches apart in the row. Up to the time of blossoming they should have frequent shallow cultivation, but any 

 mutilation of the roots by cultivation after the plants come into bloom is 

 likely to cause the blossoms to blast and so cut off the crop. The cultiva- 

 tion of beans should always be very shallow and it is useless to expect 

 a crop from a field so poorly prepared as to need deep stirring after 

 planting. i -'i'/ ^^ //, 



Varieties should be selected so as to give a succession both of string Mr ^ % £ 



and green shelled beans. The wax varieties have a sti'ong tendency to 



degenerate into a mixture of green and wax podded plants unless there -^ ^ f( ///■ ,/ 



is constant attention given to the removing of any green podded plants '^^^ \/// ' 



Avhich may appear in the seed crop. Hence it is very iniportant to use seed ' '* 



from reliable sources only. 



DWARF, BUSH OR SNAP 

 WAX PODDED SORTS 



^^1 11 T> r oi 1 \\T Continued experience has 



'Challenge Dwarr Black Wax satisfied us of the great 



merit of this variety as the earliest wax podded bean. The enormous 

 demand for it prove's that it meets popular requirements and has all the 

 sterling qualities we claim for it. In all our many comparisons of this 

 bean with other extra early sorts, we have found it the first to give a 

 full picking of pods which were unexcelled by any in quahty. The pods 

 are clear waxy-white, medium size, quite round, very fleshy, crisp, 

 tender and 5tringless. Seed jet black, longer and more curved than 

 Prolific German Wax. The best extra earl v wax bean for the home or 

 market garden. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 40c; 4 Qts. $1.50; Bu. $7.50 



D. M. Ferry & Co*s Golden Wax duced by us i^^^sre.^" Ex- 

 tended and careful tests have convinced us that none of the so called 

 improved strains is equal in general excellence to the seed we offer, 

 which has all been carefully selected and grown from the original 

 D. :\I. Ferry & Go's Golden Wax. Early, very productive; pods long, nearly 

 straight, broad, ^at. golden yellow, very fteshy and wax-like; cooking 

 •ijuickly as snaps, shelling \vell when green, and of the highest quality 



used in either way. Seed me- 

 dium sized, oval, white, more or 



less covered with two shades of 



purplish red. The amount and 



shade of color on this and all 



parti-colored beans will be af 



fected greatly by conditions of 



soil and ripening. Pkt. 10c; 



Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25; 



Bu. $7.00 



Michigan White Wax 



This new wax bean has proved 

 of exceptional value. For years 

 past there was a constant de- 

 mand for a white seeded wax 

 bean of the highest quality. At 

 last we were able to produce it. 

 Briefly described Michigan 

 White Wax is a white seeded 

 D. M. Ferry & Go's Golden Wax 

 but in several vital features it is 

 distinctly superior to that ex- 

 cellent and exceedingly popu- 

 lar variety. The vine is a little 

 larger, more robust and vigor- 

 ous: foliage a little heavier. The 

 handsome pods are produced in 

 greater abundance and are very 



uniform in size and color which is a very attractive light golden yellov/; pods 

 comparatively broad, meaty and of the same superior quality as our Golden 

 Wax. The seed is clear white. This feature alone gives the varietj^ a verj' 

 decided advantage over all other early wax podded beans in that as snaps they 

 cook without discoloring and thus are more attractive on the table, while as 

 dry beans they are very handsome and quite as useful as any of the staple 

 white beans. We believe canners have never been offered a bean so fully 

 meeting their requirements as to earliness, color and splendid quality. 

 Pkt. 10c; Pt. 30c; Qt. 45c; 4 Qts. $1.50; Bu. $9.00 

 O no i O t. \\T Vines a little more upright and hardier 



Orenell KUSt rrOOr Wax than the Golden wax; the pods are 

 broader and flatter but slightly inferior in quality. Seed in color and size 

 similar to our Golden Wax but darker. A verv popular sort with some 

 gardeners. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25;'Bu. $7.00 

 I/- >r»«.i /^ii \iT Vines strong and vigorous, with 



Reeney s Rustless uolden Wax short runners. Pods produced 



in abundance: stringless. white, wax-like and handsome. Seed, similar to a light 

 colored Golden Wax. Pkt. lOc; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $7.00 

 1? C \kT The .stock of our own growing which we offer is much 



tverUgee W ax superior to that commonly sold, being very earlj'. Every 

 plant can be depended upon to produce thick, fleshy, round, wax-like pods 6t 

 fine quality and of a clear, creamy \\hite color, none of the plants being green 

 podded. Seed yellowish drab, heavily splashed with a bluish black. Pkt. 10c; 

 Pt.25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $7.00 



If beans are ordered by mail or express prepaid add 10 cents per 2)int. 15 cents per quart for charges. 



Michigan White Wax 



