D. M. FERRY & CO'5 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



EXTfeA EAKI.Y REFUGEE.— This is without any 

 doubt, the earliest of the green podded sorts, and is. indeed, 

 as earlv as the wax varieties, furnishing a full picking of 

 well developed pods as early as Golden Wax this year, and 

 when ordinary Refugee was only coming into flower. Vines 

 as vigorous, hardy and productive as ordinary Refugee and 

 about the same size, though two weeks earlier. Pods of the 

 same size and shape and of fully as good quality as snaps. 

 Our stock of this has been selected with great care and is 

 extremely uniform, all the vines ripening well together. 



EXTRA E ARI.Y RED 

 V A L E N T I N E. — F o r 



snaps there is nothing 

 superior to this variety 

 among the green podded 

 sorts and many prefer it to 

 the wax varieties. Vmes 

 erect, with coarse, dark 

 green leaves, and large, 

 white blossoms; pods 

 medium length, curved, 

 cyUndrical, with crease in 



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very fleshy, 

 crisp and tender; 

 beans medium sized; 

 long, irregular, pink, 

 marbled with red. 

 Our stock is all 

 strictly extra early, 

 having round, fleshy 

 pods and will be 

 found equal 

 superior, to any 

 proved Round 

 stock offered. 



EARI.Y YEE- 

 I. O W SIX 



TV E E K S, I M- 

 PROVED ROUND 

 POD, NEW.-While 

 this variety does not 

 differ from the Early 



Yellow Kidney Six Weeks in size or general appearance 

 of the vine, the pods are shorter, very much thicker and 

 more fleshy, are entirely stringless and remain in con- 

 dition for use a much longer time. Moreover it is fully 

 one week earlier than ordinary six weeks, while retaining 

 all the vigor, hardiness and prolificness of that variety. 

 Dry bean, color of ordinary six weeks, but is much 

 shorter, almost round. Those who have objected to the 

 ordinary Yellow Six Weeks, owing to the pods becoming 

 tough and stringy so quickly, will find this sort unobjec- 

 tionable in that regard, while its extreme earliness makes it 

 one of the most desirable of the green pods for early market 

 use. 



EAREY MOHAVTK The hardiest of any and the best 



to plant on poor land, and it can frequently be planted so as 

 to afford beans earlier than the above more tender sorts. 

 Vines large, stout, with large, coarse leaves, which will stand 

 a slight frost; blossoms large, purple; pods long, straight, 

 coarse, with long, tapering point: beans long, kidney shaped, 

 variegated with drab, purple and bro'wn. This varietj' is 

 much in favor for forcing under glass, as it matures quickly 

 and carries a good weight of long, large pods. 



CHINA RED EYE.— Vines medium, stout, erect, healthy, 

 with large leaves and white blossoms; pods short, straight, 

 flat, and if picked young, of good quality as snaps; beans 

 medium size, oblong, white, with reddish purple blotch about 

 the eye. ^^'^len green they are thin skinned, mealy and 

 tender, and when dry are still the best of all for baking. 

 Farmers who want to plant a few beans for home supply, 

 should by all means, use this sort. 



DTVARF HORTICUETURAE.— Vines compact, up- 

 right, with large leaves, very productive, and furnish green 

 shelled beans the earliest of any. Pods medium length, 

 cylindrical, curved, with splashes of bright red on a j-ellow- 

 ish ground. The ripe beans are large, oval. i)lump. and 

 nearly covered with splashes of bright red. This is undoubt- 

 edly the best variety as a green shelled, and when in this 

 condition the beans are very large, <'asily shelled, and 

 although of quite different form, are about equal to the 

 Lima in quality. 



GODDARD, OR BOSTON FAVORITE.— Vines large, 

 much branched, often having short runners; leaflets large, 

 much crimped, bright green; flowers light purplish-pink. 

 Pods large, long, flat, usually curved to one side, with long, 

 curved points; green when young, but as the beans become fit 

 for use are beautifully splashed and .striped with crimson. 

 Dry beans marked like Dwarf Horticultural and of the same 

 color, but are long and much larger. When fit to shell green 

 they are almost as large as the Large Lima and of nearly as 

 good quality. Certain to give satisfaction wherever the Dwarf 

 Horticultural does and owing to its larger pods and beans is 

 better for market use. 



EAREY YEEEOW KIDNEY SIX WEEKS.-Vines 

 large, vigorous, branching, productive, with large leaves and 

 lilac blossoms, pods long, straight, narrow, handsome, and 

 when young, of good quality; beans long, kidney shaped, 

 yellowish-drab wth darker marks about the eye. 



REFUGEE, OR THOUSAND TO ONE.— Vines large, 

 spreading, exceedingly hardy, with small, smooth leaves and 

 large lilac flowers, very late, and esteemed for late planting 

 and for use as pickles; pods long, cylindrical, green, becom- 

 ing white, streaked with purple, of good quality as snaps: 

 beans long, light drab, dotted and splashed 

 with purple. 



GAEEG A.— Although similar to the Refugee, 

 this is distinctly larger growing and more vigor- 

 ous, and with us has proved decidedly more 

 prolific. 

 The following sorts are planted as field beans: 

 ROYAE DTVARF KIDNEY.— Not as pro- 

 ductive as some of the following, but of very 

 superior quality. Plant large, branching, with 

 large, broad leaves and white flowers; pods 

 medium sized, variable in shape, 

 dark green, coarse; beans large, 

 kidney shaped, slightly flattened 

 and of excellent quaUty, green or 

 dry. 



EARGE WHITE 3IARROW, 

 OR MOUNTAIN.— Vines large, 

 slender, spreading, with short run- 

 ners, small leaves and small white 

 blossoms; very prolific; pods 

 m e d i u m ■, 

 broad, green, 

 changing to 

 yellow ; beans 

 large, clear 

 white, ovoid, 

 cooking very 

 dry and 

 mealy. 



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EARLY MAR- 

 ROW PEA, OR 

 I) AV A R F 

 AVHITE NAVY. 



—A variety devel- 

 oped in western 

 New York, and not only a 

 surer cropper and much 

 more prolific, but of better 

 quality than the common 

 white bean, and the beans 

 are so hard as to resist the 

 attacks of the bean weevil. 

 Vines large, spreading, 

 with occasional runners 

 and small, thin leaves, and 

 small, white flowers; very 

 prolific, ripening its crop 

 early and all at once; pods 

 short, straight, small, but o 

 oval, white, handsome and 



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ontaining six beans; beans small, 

 of superior quahty. 



POLE, OR RUNNING. 



French, Haricots a rmnes. German. Stangenbohne. 

 Culture.— These are even more sensitive to cold and wet 

 than the dwarf varieties, but are of superior quality and pro- 

 ductiveness. After settled warm weather, set poles four to 

 eight feet long in rows north and south four feet apart, the 



