D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, 



BEANS. 



DWARF, BUSH 

 OR SNAP. 



French, Haricot. German, Bohne. 

 the soil best adapted to them is a light, rich, well drained loam 

 which was manured for the previous crop. If too rank manure 

 used it is apt to make them grow too much to vine. They are all 

 extremely sensitive to both drought and wet, and it is useless to plant 

 them before the ground has become dry and warm. The largest return 

 will result from planting in drills about three feet apart, and leaving two 

 to six plants to the foot of row. Up to the time of blossoming they 

 should have frequent shallow cultivation, but any cutting of the roots 

 after the plants come into bloom is liable to cause the blossoms to blast 

 and so cut off the crop. Remember that beans should always be culti- 

 vated vei-y shallow, and that it is useless to expect a crop from a field so 

 poorly prepared as to need deep stirring after planting. 



In the following descriptions the varieties are placed about in the order 

 of ripening, and it is assumed that they are grown on rich, light soil, as 

 different soils produce quite a variation in vines, pods and beans, and it 

 is useless to expect good results from the finer garden sorts on poor or 

 cold and wet soils. From one pint to two quarts will be sufficient to 

 furnish a supply for an ordinary family, and varieties should be selected 

 so as to give a succession both of string and green shelled beans. The 

 wax podded beans are particularly liable to run "off " into green podded 

 plants, and it requires constant attention and skillful selection by seeds- 

 men to keep them pure, so 

 that it is especially import- 

 ant to buy only from reli- 

 able sources. 



Our stocks of Beans are 

 all grown under our own 

 personal care, large areas 

 being planted each year on 

 land owned or controlled 

 by us. We give them the 

 most careful attention in 

 the way of selecting and 

 improving the different 

 varieties and keeping them 

 pure, and we invite the 

 most critical comparison of 

 our stocks with those of 

 any otheir growers. 



CHALLENGE DWARF 

 BLACK WAX, EXTRA 

 EARLY. — Continued ex- 

 perience has only strength- 

 ened our opinion of this 

 grand bean, and the enor- 

 mous demand for it by our 



Under this name are classed all the low growing sorts called in 

 different catalogues Bush, Bunch, Snap, String or Dwarf Beans. 



Culture.— No crop responds more readily to good soil and culti- 

 vation than this; 



Wax, 



p.!V!.r8,,Co3 





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customers, is the sure ^^ 

 index to the fact that it -' 

 meets a popular demand 

 and has all the sterling 

 qualities we claim for it. 

 The feature impressing 

 one most forcibly when 

 comparing this bean, 

 as an extra early sort, 



with other varieties growing beside it, is that 

 when one can find in other kinds an occasional very 

 early plant, all the plants of the Challenge will give a 

 full picking of well matured pods. This habit of 

 ripening a large proportion of the crop earlier than 

 other kinds, is of inestimable worth to market gar- 

 deners and all who depend on being first in the market 

 for the best prices. The plants are fully as vigor- 

 ous as the Prolific German Wax and in habit of 

 growth and general appearance resemble them. They 

 are not quite so large and are a little more upright, and the leaflets are a little larger and coarser and are darker green; pods 

 fully as large and of as good color, but are not quite so much curved and are flatter, though stringless and of excellent flavor. 



