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



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GERMAN WAX. WHITE SEEDED Vines small. 



stout, erect, with large, light-colored leaves, and white blos- 

 soms. Pods short, broad." flat, white, fleshy and wax-like, 

 of medium quality, but very handsome. 'Beans medium 

 size. oval, white. 



SPECKLED WAX New. distinct and very desirable. 



Another year's trial only adds to the high opinion we had 

 already formed of this grand new bean. Vines large, 

 spreading, vigorous and productive. Pods long, cylindrical, 

 crisp, tender, stringless and of a clear, yellowish, waxy 

 white color. Excellent as snaps, but a little later than com- 

 mon black wax. As the pods mature, they become splashed 

 with crimson, making them very attractive, and in this con- 

 dition they may be used for shell beans. For vigor of 

 growth and hardiness, this sort cannot be excelled: as a 

 snap bean it is of extra good quality, and as a shell bean it 

 is as good as the best We know of no bean, except this, 

 which can take the place of the Dwarf Horticultural as a 

 shell bean, and we earnestly recommend all who have not 

 been successful with that sort to give this a trial. 



CRYSTAL WHITE WAX Distinct but not strictly a 



wax bean. Very desirable for snaps or for pickles. Vines 

 large, spreading, very productive, having many runners, 

 producing pods in pairs throughout their whole length; 

 blossoms small, yellowish-white: pods greenish-white, short, 

 curved, round or thicker than wide, with crease in the back, 

 very fleshy and brittle. Ripe beans small, oval, white. 



DATE TV AX.— An easily grown and hardy variety, yield- 

 ing pods which will stand shipment a long distance. Vines 

 erect, bearing a large number of pods near the center, and 

 ripening very early and evenly. Pods long, straight, very 

 symmetricarand handsome, clear white in color. Recom- 

 mended to southern planters for early shipment. Dry beans 

 like Kidney Six Weeks. 



The following are green podded varieties, and are named 

 about in the order of ripening, although this varies in differ- 

 ent seasons. 



EXTRA EARLY REFFGEE.— This is without any 

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

 early 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 sbape 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 EARLY RED VALENTINE.— Follows Extra 

 Early Refugee very closely, and is fully one week ahead of 

 the Early Red Valentine. Differs in no way from that sort 

 except in earliness: having the same vigorous and produc- 

 tive vines, bearing fine, fleshy, crisp and tender pods. 



EARLY RED YALENTINE.-One of the finest of the 

 green podded varieties for snaps, and by some preferred to 

 the wax sorts Vines erect, with coarse, dark green leaves, 

 and large, white blossoms; pods medium length, curved, 

 cylindrical, with crease in back, very fleshy, crisp and 

 tender; beans medium sized: long, irregular, pink, marbled 

 with red. Our stock is all of the 

 improved type and fully equal to any of 

 the •' Improved Round Pod" offered at 

 fancy prices, and has proved on trial 

 to be much superior to many of them. 



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 brown. 



CHINA RED EYE- Vines medium, stout. <-rect. 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. When green they are thin skinned. 

 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 aort. 



DWARF HORTICULTURAL.— Vines compact, up 

 right, with large leaves, very productive, and furnish gre^n 

 shelled beans "the earliest of any. Pods medium length, 

 cylindrical, curved, with splashes of bright red on a yellow- 

 ish ground. The ripe beans are large.' oval, plump, 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, easily shelled, and 

 although of quite different form, are about equal to the 

 Lima in quality. There are several new varieties offered as 

 superior to this, but we. after most careful testing, think 

 that such a stock as we offer of Dwarf Horticultural Is 

 really better both for market gardeners and for the home 

 garden than any of them. 



GODDARD.— In general character like the Horticultural, 

 but much larger and coarser. Vines very vigorous with im- 

 mense leaves and bearing a fair number of very large and 

 I beautifully colored pods containing five to six beans, which 

 are the largest, when in condition for use as green shelled, of 

 any of the bush varieties. Very showy and attractive. Dry 

 beans like Horticultural, but larger. 



EARLY YELLOW 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-dfab with 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, or good quality as snaps: 

 beans long, light drab, dotted and splashed with purple. 



GALEGA.— Although similar to the Refugee, this is dis- 

 tinctly larger growing and more vigorous, and with us has 

 proved decidedly more prolific. 



The following sorts are planted as field beans. 



ROYAL DWARF KIDNEY — Not as productive as 

 some of the following, but of very superior quality. Plant 

 large, brandling, with large, broad* leaves and white flowers: 

 pods medium sized, variable in shape, dark green, coarse: 

 beans large, kidney-shaped, slightly flattened, and of excel- 

 lent qualitv. green or dry. 



LARGE WHITE MARROW, OR MOUNTAIN.— 

 Vines large, slender, spreading, with short runners, small 

 leaves and small white blossoms: very prolific; pods medium, 

 broad, green, changing to yellow; b'eans large, clear white, 

 ovoid, cooking very dry and mealy. 



EARLY MARROW PEA, OR DWARF WHITE 

 NAVY.— A comparatively new variety developed 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 containing six beans; beans small, oval, white, 

 handsome and of superior quality. 



PROLIFIC TREE BEAN.— A new variety often sold 

 at a verv high price with extravagant claims of its product- 

 iveness, but it is an uncertain cropper, and the claims will 

 only be real'zed when one happens to have suitable soil and. 

 gives it good culture. Under these conditions it has been 

 known to yield as high as sixty bushels per acre. Vines 

 large, spreading, slender, with many runners having pods to 

 the end; beans small, oval, dull white, of good quality. 



Early Red Valent.ne. China Red Eye. 



EARLY MOHAWK.— The hardiest of anv and the best 

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



BEHNS. 



POLE, OR RUNNING. 

 French. Haricots a rames. German. Stangembohne. 



Cvltvre.— These are even more sensitive to eold and wet 

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

 ductiveness. After settled warm weather, set poles six to 

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

 j.. >les being three feet apart in the row. and set leaning to the 

 north at an angle of about thirty-five degrees. Set in this way. 

 the vines climb better, bear earlier, and the pods are straighter 

 and more easily seen. Around each hill plant from six to ten 

 beans, taking care to place the eye down in the case of Lima 

 or other flat varieties. When well started, thin to four 

 plants, and start any that fail to climb around the pole in the 

 same direction as the others, for they will not grow if tied 

 up in the opposite direction. When the vines reach the top of 

 the poles, pinch them off or train them along strings stretched 

 on the tope Of the poles. A pint or single packet of each of 

 four or five varieties will be sufficient for a large family. 



