D, M FERRY & COS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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RUNNING. 



French. Haricots a ramts. German. Stangenbohne. 

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

 as well as to droughts and hot winds, than the dwarf varie- 

 ties, but are of superior quality and productiveness. After 

 settled warm weather, set poles four to eight feet long in 

 rows north and south four feet apart, the poles being three 

 feet apart in the row. and set leaning to the north at an 

 angle of about thirty-five degrees. Set iu this way the vines 

 climb better. t>ear earlier, and the pods are straighter and 

 more easilj' seen. Around each hill plant five to eight beans 

 two inches deep. When well started, thin to four plants, and 

 start any that fail to climb around the pole in the same way 

 as the others, for they will not grow if tied up in the opposite 

 direction. Another plan is to plant in rows thickly enough 

 so that there will be one plant to eight or ten inches. Set 

 posts five feet high firmly at each end of the rows, and drive 

 stakes made of 2x:2 lumber at intervals of sixteen feet along 

 the rows. Stretch a wire (10 or 12 sizej, between posts along 

 each row and fasten to the tops of the stakes in the row with 

 wire staples. Run a light wire or twine along the row about 

 six inches from the ground and fasten to the posts and stakes 

 with wire staples. Tie cotton string to the wire above and the 

 wire or twine below, wherever there is a plant. The vines 

 will nm up these until they reach the top wire, when they 

 will care for themselves: or omit the lower wire or twine and 

 tie the cotton string to the wire on top of the posts and to a 

 small peg or stick stuck in the ground by the side of each 

 plant. A pint each of four or five varieties will be suflBcient 

 foi a large family. 



WAX PODDED VARIETIES. 



GOLDEN CHAMPION.— We think this the earliest and at 

 least one of the best of the wax podded pole beans. Vines 

 medium size to large with golden yellow stems; leaves very 

 light green, strongly tinged with j-ellow, giving the whole 

 plant a golden yellow appearance: flowers pink: pods long, 

 cylindrical, much curved, very fleshy, stringless. bright 

 golden yellow color of excellent flavor, and borne in clusters; 

 drj- bean, long, narrow, flat, kidney shape, bluish-black. The 

 points of superioritj' in this variec}' are extreme earliness. 

 great prolificness and the tmusually fine color and quality of 

 the pods. 



EARLY GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX.-A well known early 

 and very beautiful sort. Vines large, strong growing, vigor- 

 ous, hardy; leaflets large, light green, crimped: flowers yel- 

 lowish-white; pods six to eight inches long, borne in abundant 

 clusters, each containing from three to six pods, broad, very 

 thick and fleshy, deeply creased along the edge to which the 

 beans are attached, much curved: color bright golden yellow; 

 of the verj' best quality, and staying in condition for u.se a 

 long time. The beans are also excellent shelled green. We 

 recommend this variety as furnishing the largest and hand- 

 somest pods of any soft in the list. 



INDIAN CHIEF, OR TALL BLACK WAX. -Vines large, 

 but often do not take to poles well: leaves large, rough: blo.s- 

 soms purple: pods short, broad, fleshy, white, very wax-like, 

 and of superior quality as snaps, remaining in suitable con- 

 dition longer than most varieties: beans indigo blue, medium 

 size, oblong, shortened abruptly at the ends. 



GREEN PODDED VARIETIES. 



HORTICULTURAL LIMA.-A cross between the Dwarf 

 Horticultural and Dreer's Improved Lima, combinmg the 

 good qualities of the latter with the earliness of the former. 

 We have tested it thoroughly and have found it full}' as early 

 as the Dwarf Horticultural and as prolific as Dreer's Im- 

 proved Lima. Its extreme earliness and hardiness will permit 

 of its being planted far north of where any true Lima bean 

 can be grown, while its prolificness and the quality of the 

 green shelled beans make it a desirable addition to any gar- 

 den, North or South. Vines medium size, not much branched 

 and not running over four feet usually, but fruiting freely to 

 the ends: leaves large, coarse, wrinkled, green, resembling 

 Dwarf Horticultural: flowers medium size, white: pods borne 

 in clusters, three to six inches in length, flat, almost straight, 

 terminating abruptly to a short point, green, and usually 

 carrying six beans: dry beans marked the same as Dwarf Hor- 

 ticultural, though the ground color is a little darker. They 

 cook dark, but we consider them fully equal to Limas in 

 quality, combining the excellencies of both the Horticultural 

 and the Limas. We advise all our customers to give this 

 bean a thorough trial, as it is a variety of undoubted merit. 



WHITE CREASE BACK.-Vines small to medium, but 

 vigorous, and in good soil wonderfully productive, bearing 

 pods in clusters of from four to twelve. Pods medium 

 length, silvery-green, of the best quality as snaps and stand 

 shipping better than most sorts. The beans are too small to 

 be of much value when shelled green, but are of very superior 

 quality baked. When dry they are small, oval, verj' white 

 and hard. This variety is especially valuable for its extreme 

 earliness and its habit of perfecting all of its pods at the same 

 time. 



LONDON HORTICULTURAL, OR SPECKLED CRAN- 

 BERRY.— Vines moderately vigorous, with large, light 

 colored leaves and purple' blossoms; pods short, broad, 

 pale green, but becoming streaked with bright red; beans 



large, ovate, splashed and spotted with wine red. and of the 

 highest quality either green or dry, many people esteeming 

 them better than the Limas. 



BROCKTON POLE.— This bears the same relation to the 

 Horticultural Pole that the Goddard does to the Dwarf Horti- 

 cultural, being stronger growing, more vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. Vines grow large, taking the poles well; pods five 

 to six inches long, broad, much curved, and as they mature 

 becoming splashed with bright crimson, giving them a very 

 attractive appearance. Dry beans large, kidney shaped, 

 chocolate-brown, splashed with dark purple. As a .shell bean 

 this is in every way equal to the Horticultural Pole, and owing 

 to its superior hardiness and productiveness we believe 

 that it will give more general satisfaction. 



DUTCH CASE KNIFE.— Vines moderately vigorous, 

 climbing well, but not twining so tightly as some, and so may 

 be used for acorn hill bean. Leaves large, crumpled: blos- 

 soms white: pods very long. flat, irregular, green, but becom- 

 ing cream white: beans broad, kidney shaped, flat, clear 

 white, and of excellent quality, green or drj-. 



KENTUCKY WONDER.— This splendid variety intro- 

 duced by us in 1885. has since been offered as Seek Xo 

 Further and was introduced in 1891 as a noveltj' under the 

 name of Old Homestead. Vine vigorous, chmbing well and 

 verv- productive, bearing its pods in large clusters: blossoms 

 white: pods green, verj- long, often reaching nine or ten 

 inches, nearly roimd when young, and verj' crisp, becom- 

 ing very irregular and spongy as the beans ripen. Dry- 

 beans, long. oval, dun colored. A verv' prohfic sort, with 

 showy pods, which are most excellent for snaps. It is some- 

 times catalogued as being the same as Soutfiern Prolific, but 

 this is an error, as the latter is two weeks later, has shorter 

 pods, which never become spongv- and irregular in shape as 

 they mature, and the dry bean is fully one-fourth smaller. 



SOUTHERN PROLIFIC.-A verj' prolific sort and 

 popular in the South for snaps. Vines vigorous, with large, 

 thin, smooth leaves: blossoms white, growing in fours; p<5is 

 green, cylindrical or thicker than broad, long, fleshy, crisp 

 and excellent; beans small, oval, dim colored, veined 'wth a 

 darker shade. Excellent to follow Kentucky Wonder. 



RED SPECKLED CUT SHORT, OR CORN HILL.-An 

 old variet\". very popular for planting among com. and it will 

 give a good crop without the use of poles: \-ines medium, not 

 twining tighth'. ^ith dark colored, smooth leaves and white 

 blossoms in small clusters: pods short, cyhndrical and tender; 

 beans nearly oblong, cut off diagonalh* at the ends, white, 

 covered at one end and partiaU}- over the whole surface with 

 reddish brown dots. 



WHITE RUNNER. -Cultivated chiefly for its flowers. 

 Vines and leaves large and coarse, blossoms in long racemes, 

 large, ptu-e white: pods large, broad, coarse; beans large, 

 kidney-shaped, thick, white, fair quahty. 



SCARLET RUNNER.— Sunilar to the last, but with scarlet 

 blossoms, and the beans are Ulac-purple. variegated with 

 black. 



LiriA VARIETIES. 



SMALL WHITE LIHA, CAROLINA, OR SIEVA.— 



Vines vigorous but short, with many short branches, so that 

 they are sometimes grown without poles: verj' early and pro- 

 ductive. \^ith small, smooth, dark green leaves, and small, 

 yellowish-white blossoms: pods short, curved, thin, flat; 

 beans white, small, kidney-shaped. 



EARLY JERSEY LIHA.- An improved strain of the 

 Extra Early Lima and is the earUest of the large seeded 

 varieties. Vines vigorous and productive; leaves large, long, 

 pointed, hght green: blos.soms white : potis borne in clusters, 

 large, broad, flat, containing three to five beans, which are 

 equal in size and quality to the Large White Lima. 



DREER'S inPROVED LIMA.— Vines vigorous and pro- 

 ductive, with pointed leaves and white blossoms in racemes: 

 pods short, broad, straight: beans mediimi size, broad and 

 much thicker than the Large Lima. 



CHALLENGER LiriA.— Sunilar to but a decided im- 

 provement on I)reer"s Improved. The vines are more pro- 

 hfic and the ix)ds are larger, though of the same shape. Drj- 

 beans larger and of the best quality. We cannot say too 

 much in favor of this bean. It is early and continues l>earing 

 its closely crowde<l clusters of pods luitil cut off by frost. 

 Market gardeners in the vicinity of New York are not wilhng 

 to plant any other variety of Lima, as they claim this to be 

 incomparably more profitable. It is also a sm"e cropper in 

 the South. 



LARGE WHITE LIHA.-Too late for the extreme North, 

 but the standard for quality. Vine tall growing, vigorous, 

 but slender: leaves medmm size, smooth, light green: blossoms 

 small, white: pods borne in clusters, long, broad, verj- thin, 

 dark green; beans large, ovoid, kidney shaped, greenish 

 white, flat. 



KING OF THE GARDEN LIH A. -Claimed to be larger, 

 stronger growing, more prixluctive. and with larger 

 jxxls and beans than the Large White Lima. On account of 

 its large pods it is a favorite with market gardeners in many 

 places. It will come into bearing sooner, and will make 

 larger pods if not more than two vines are left to grow on a 

 pole. 



