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Dreer's Garden Calendar. 



BEANS— Dwarf, or Snap-Short. 



Haricot, Fk. Frijolenano, Span. Buschbohnen, Ger. 



Per qt. 



Eaely Mohawk 30 



Early Yellow Six Weeks 30 



Early China Red Eye 30 



Red Speckled Valentine 35 



Refugee or Brown Valen- 

 tine 30 



Newington Wonder 30 



German Wax (Black seed). 

 White Wax (White seed).. 



White Marrowfat 



White Kidney 



Red French or Marrow. 

 Turtle Soup, Black 



Per qt. 



40 



40 



30 



.... .30 

 30 



All the varieties of this class are tender, and will not bear the cold. 

 The first three on the list are considered the hardiest, and are generally 

 the first planted. The Valentine and German Wax are, however, the 

 favorite varieties in this market, the pods being round and stringless. 

 The Wax Beans are a valuable variety, the pods are a waxv vellow, 

 transparent, tender and stringless. Plant about the middle of April, 

 and at intervals throughout the season for a succession, finishing about 

 the loth of August. The best mode of culture is in rows two feet apart, 

 and the beans two or three inches in the rows. Keep well hoed, and 

 draw the earth up to their stems. 



BEANS— Pole or Running. 



Haricotsd rallies, Fr. Frijol vastago, Span. Stangenbohmn, Ger. 



Per qt. 

 ... .40 

 ... .40 

 ... .50 

 ... .50 



Horticultural 



Cranberry, White 



Scarlet Runner 



White Dutch Rcnner. 



Per qt. 



Large Lima 50 



Carolina or Sewee..... 50 



German Wax (Black seed) 50 



Giant Wax (Red seed) 60 



Plant about the middle of May. The Lima Beans are very suscepti- 

 ble of cold and wet, and apt to Vot in the ground, and should not be 

 planted until the season is favorable and the ground warm. Fix poles 

 in the ground, four feet apart each way, and plant four to six beans 

 about half an inch deep around each pole, placing the eyes downwards, 

 and thin out to three plants to a pole, if the soil be rich ; pinch ofl' the 

 ends Avhen the plants overrun the top of the poles, to eifect more perfect 

 growth below. A shovelful of rich, light, and well-rotted comj^ost to 

 each hill, well incorpoi-ated, will be beneficial. They transplant easily 

 if grown in frames. The German Wax and Giant Wax are superior 

 varieties as snap-shorts, the pods being very tender and stringless. The 

 latter, of our introduction, forms pods from'six to nine inches long, thick 

 and fleshy, of a ])ale yellow color and waxy appearance. - 



Fearing Burr, Esq., author of the "Vegetables of America," statesi: 

 " I have given the Giant Wax Bean a fair trial, and am happy to 

 say that it has proved everything you claimed it to be ; when the plants 

 were in full perfection, the' poles displayed a mass of fine, large, waxen- 

 white pods from the top to the bottom." The editor of the American 

 Agriculturist describes it thus : " The pods are from six to nine inches 

 long, thick and fleshy, of a pale yellow color, and waxy appearance ; 

 the seeds are red. The peculiarity about this variety is, that its pods, 

 even when full grown, are perfectly tender, and may be used as snap- 

 beans. We have tried them both separately and in succotash, and con- 

 sider them really delicious. The variety is a pole oi running bean. We 

 welcome it as a Valuable addition to our list of varieties." 



For Dreer's Improved Lima Bean, see page 31. 



