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NEW SADDLE-BACK WAX. This new bean is so 

 named from its peculiar form of pods, which on the back are 

 very broad, flat and indented with a crease, giving them a 

 decidedly novel shape, not found in any other bean. 

 Extremely hardy and productive. Pkt., 10c.; pint. 30c.; qt ,UOc. 



TOSEHUTE MAMMOTH WAX. This splendid 

 new bean has been so named on account of its enormous 

 size. The pods frequently attain a length of ten inches, 

 with the thickness of a man's finger. The pods are nenrly 

 all solid pulp, the seeds being very small, when the pods are 

 fit for use. Pods are a rich golden color and absolutely 

 stringless, cooking tender and delicious. It is enormously 

 productive, as many as fifty of itsmon.ster pods having been 

 counted on one bush. Pkt., lOc; pint., 40c.; qt.. Toe. 



SCAKtET AND TIOEET PXAGEOIET OK PER- 

 FECTION WAX BEANS. These varieties were brought 

 from Germany several years since. Incharacterof growth of 

 vine and pods they do not difter very materially. Both have 

 very vigorous, strong-growing vines, bearing ren/ large, long, 

 flat and tender wax-like pods. The Scarlet Flageolet is a 

 little the earlier, but the Violet has larger pods. We recom- 

 mend them as among the largest and most showy dwarf wax 

 beans in cultiviition. 



SCARLET FLAGEOLET WAX. Pkt., lOc, pint, 

 25c.; qt., 50e., postpaid; peck, SI. 73; bush., 9j>6.oO. 



VIOLET OR PERFECTION \^'AX. Pkt., lOc; pint, 

 25c.; qt., 50c., postpaid; peck, S1.70; bush., $6.25. 



GERMAN BLACK WAX. A well-known and popular 

 variety; pods when fit for u.se are waxy yellow, tender and 

 productive. Pint, 25c.; qt., 45c.; peck, SI. 25; bush., f4.75. 



GOLDEN W.iX. This variety is a few days earlier 

 than the old German Black Wax; pods long, brittle, entirely 

 stringless, of a rich golden color; as asnap, it excels in rich 

 buttery flavor, while as a bean for winter use, it has few 

 equals. Pint, 2oc.; qt., 4oc.; peck, 81.25; bush., $4.75. 



ij>n'BOYi:D KTIST-PROOF GOLDEK WAX (Grennell's Strain.) 



Improved Rust-Proof Golden Wax. 



GRENNELL'S STRAIN. WILLIAMS' STRAIN. 



Weofl'ertwo strains of these beans, both originated in 

 Jefferson County, N. Y., by two celebrated bean growers. 

 Both are great improvements aijd when fully introduced 

 will entirely take the place of the old Golden Wax, which 

 has for so many years been a favorite. Both are entirely 

 rust-proof and extremely hardy and every claim made for 

 them has been fully substantiated the past two seasons, not 

 only in our own trials, but by a number of our best 

 gardeners who have grown them. Grennell's strain is the 

 earliest, while Williams' strain has the largest and thickest 

 pods. Pkt., lOc; pint, 25c.; qt., .50c.; peck, SI. 70 ; bush., $6.25. 



W.4.RDTVELL'S EARLY DWARF KIDNEY WAX. 



This new variety introduced by us four years ago, has more 

 than exceeded our most sanguine expectations, and h.is 

 given unbounded satisfaction wherever tried. Leading mar- 

 ket gardeners are inianimous in saying it is the earliest, 

 hardiest, most productive and salable yellow wax bean 

 tlie.v ever grew 



The most valuable point, however, in its favor is that it 

 has not yet shown the slightest indication of rust or 

 spot, no matter where or untier what condition grown. It 

 is greatly superior to the well-known Dwarf German Black 

 Wax or Golden Wax sorts in every respect, being nearly a 

 week earlier and yielding a third greater. The vines are 

 remarkably vigorous, liardy and productive; the pods are 

 very large, smooth, showy, tender, perfectly stringle.ss and 

 of unusually fine quality. The entire pod assumes a rich 

 golden color at a very early stage of growth — a very import- 

 ant feature which no other sort does. The dry beans are 

 white, with two shades of reddish purple more or less visible 

 and a distinct kidney shape. Prepared for the table it has a 

 fine buttery flavor, and is destined to become the leading 

 snap bean, as well as a strongly endorsed winter shelled 

 sort. Pkt., lOc; pint, 25e.; qt., oOc, post-paid; peck, S1.75; 

 bush., 86.50. 



NEW BLACK-EYE WAX. This is one of the earliest 

 wax beans we have tested. It is a cross between the Golden 

 :ind Dwarf Black Wax. Vines medium size, erect, bearing 

 its puds near the centre. Leaves large, thin, quite dark green 

 in color. Pods long, straight, rounder and of a lighter color 

 than those of the Golden Wa.x. They cook quickly both as 

 snap and shell beans. Dry beans, medium size, long, 

 round, white, with black spot around the ej'e. Pkt., lOc; 

 pint, 25c., qt., 45c.; peck, SI. 50; bush., J5.50. 



NEW PROLIFIC GERMAN, or CYLINDER 

 BLACK WAX. This is an entirel.v new and improved 

 strain of the old favorite German or Black Wax bean, origin- 

 ated by a large bean grower of Genesee County, N. Y. \Ve 

 find it very superior to the old strain, being much earlier and 

 more than twice as productive. Pods perfectly round, 

 .straighter, longer and of an even, ricli golden color. Our 

 stock is grown for us by the originator, and is entirely pure 

 and thoroughbred. Plit., lOc; pint, 30c.; qt., 50c., post-paid; 

 qt., 35c.; peck, S1.50; bush., S5.75, by freiglit. 



GRISVrOLD'S EVERBEARING W^AX. In this new 

 bean, which we introduced two years since, we believe we 

 have one of the ^nost valuable dwarf wax varicliesfordiefamihj 

 garden ever offered . It originated witli Thomas Griswold. tlie 

 well-known Connecticut seed grower. The pods are thick, 

 fleshy, entirely stringless, growing six to seven inches in 

 length, and exceedingly rich, buttery and fine flavored when 

 cooked. Their greatest value, however, is in their ererhearmj/ 

 character, beginning to bear early and continuing to produce 

 their magnificent pods in great abundance througliout the 

 entire season, and long after all other varieties are done. We 

 counted ttiisseason many single vines "with eighty to ninety 

 podsready forpieking, and a mass of blossoms on the same 

 vine at the same time. The stalk is stiffer and branches out 

 more than any other bean, hence they .should never be 

 planted less than ten inches apart in the rows. The beans are 

 a fine kidney shape and very distinctly marked. Pkt., lOc; 

 pint, 40c.: qt., 75c.; post-paid; peck, S2.50. 



Dwarf White Wax. Similar to Black Wax, except in 

 color of seed. Pint, 30c.; qt., oOc; peck,S1.50. 



THERE HAS NEVEF? BEEN A TIME IN THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE WHEN IF YOU MAKE AN 

 ACRE OF LAND PRODUCE ALL IT OUGHT TO, AND USE SENSE AND SKILL IN MARKETING THE PRO- 

 DUCTS, AGRICULTURE WAS MORE PROFITABLE THAN IT IS NOW. 



