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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



HE HODSON LONG-POD WAX BUSH BEAN.--* 



THE MOST 



Remarkable Bean 



OF THE 



CENTURY ! 



j* DO NOT FAIL * 

 TO GROW SOME. 



ENORMOUS PLANT 



2£ ft. high by 2 ft. across. 



ENORMOUS POD 



7 to 8 inches long. 



ENORMOUS YIELDER 



'Double that of any 

 other Bush 'Bean. 



J HE HODSON.,.. 



LONG POD WAX BUSH BEAN, 



This distinct new type of bean is remarkable for its great size 

 of plant and pod and wonderful productiveness. It will out- 

 yield any other bush bean two to one on a given area. The 

 strong, sturdy plants often attain dimensions 2h feet in height 

 by 2 feet through, and bear great quantities of long, nearly 

 straight, meaty pods, measuring 7 to 8 inches in length and of 

 a waxy cream-yellow color. The ample foliage sheltering the 

 pods from the hot sun renders them exceptionally tender, brittle 

 and if picked before too old they are stringless, free from fibre and 

 of fine table quality. 



This variety is absolutely immune from bean diseases. Not 

 a trace of nist, blight or mildew lias ever appeared on a plant 

 or pmJ m our trial grounds or fields during the three years we have 

 b een growing it — and the past season was especially favorable 

 for developing rust and hlight""on beans. The Hodson Long 

 Pod Wax is not early; it comes in about 2 weeks after 

 the'earliest dwarf varieties, but for main crop it is destined to 

 become important for both the private table and for market 

 growers on account of its phenomenal vigor and productiveness. 

 The plants should be grown further apart than other dwarf bush 

 beans. Thin out to at least 6 inches apart in the rows on 

 account of the great size of the plants. (See Cut) Price, 35c. 

 quart; $2.00 peck; $7.00 bushel. 



improved GOLDEN WAX Eg 



THE STANDARD FLAT, WAX-PODDED VARIETY. 



The Golden Wax has long been in popular favor, but this im- 

 proved variety by far surpasses the old favorite in several 

 desirable points. The plants are of vigorous, bushy growth, not 

 susceptible to rust, moderately early and very prolific. The 

 pods are exceedingly handsome, large, uniformly broad, thick, 

 and almost all solid flesh, of good quality, tender and brittle, 

 absolutely without string or coarse fibre at all stages until 

 maturity, while the color is of a rich golden-yellow. Although 

 not the earliest dwarf wax bean, its reliability in producing a 

 heavy crop of large handsome pods, whether sown in spring, sum- 

 mer or earlv fall, renders it highlv valuable for market planting. 

 Price, 30c. qt., $1.70 pk., $6.00 bush. 



HENDERSON'S 

 IMPROVED^*?* 



BLACK WAX H5. 



An Extra Early Cylinder-Podded Variety. 



This is a highly improved stock of the popular Black Wax. 

 The plants are of robust though compact, bushy habit, with 

 ample foliage, which completely shelters the pods from the effects 

 of the sun, so that they are always of a uniform, waxy, yellow 

 color. The pods are of good size, quite round, slightly curved, 

 very solid, meaty and free from string; of excellent, tender 

 quality. It is very prolific and one of the earliest wax-podded 

 dwarf beans grown. It has a special value as a market variety, 

 in the fact that it "stands up" admirably and may always be 

 relied on to present a good appearance in the crate. Price, 

 25c. qt., $1.60 pk., $5.50 bush. 



Our Seeds are no Longer Supplied Through Dealers. Our Object 



By only supplying the Planter direct we protect meny Customers 

 who -have had other seeds foisted upon them as "Hender'sOri's." 



