6 Dreer's Garden Calendar. 



BEANS— Dwarf, or Snap-Short— Continued. 



Early Mohawk. The hardiest and most productive of the early varieties, Pkt. Qt. Bu. 

 and will endure a light frost $0 10 30 6 00 



Early Long Yellow Six Weeks. Hardy and prolific as the above io 30 6 00 



Refugee, or Brown Valentine. Very productive, and will stand a slight 



frost like the Mohawk; a fine string bean, or for pickling 10 30 6 00 



Early China Red Eye. Very early, of good quality, as a string or shelled 



bean, green or dry 10 25 5 00 



Extra Early Newington Wonder. Very productive, pods round, crisp, 



and tender; valuable for forcing 10 25 5 00 



Early Red Speckled Valentine. One of our leading market varieties, 

 pods round, fleshy, tender, and succulent, remaining longer in the green 

 state than most varieties 10 30 6 00 



Early White Valentine. Produced from the Red Speckled Valentine, of 

 equal productiveness and quality, the seed being white gives it addi- 

 tional value, as it can be used as a snap or shelled bean 10 35 7 00 



German Black Wax. One of our best varieties ; pods, when fit for use, are 



waxy yellow, very tender, delicious and productive 10 40 9 00 



White "Wax. A variety of the above ; pods yellow and of good quality, and 



valued for its white seed 10 40 9 00 



Golden Wax. This variety is ten days earlier than the German Black 

 Wax ; pods long, brittle, entirely stringless, of a rich golden color ; as a 

 snap it excels all others in rich, buttery flavor, while as a bean for win- 

 ter use it has few equals 10 40 9 00 



White MarroAvfat. Extensively grown for sale as a dry bean for winter use, 



excellent shelled, either green or dry „ 10 25 5 00 



Large White Kidney. One of the best as a shelled winter bean, either 



green or dry 10 25 5 00 



Red French, or Marrow. A productive winter shelled variety, exten- 

 sively grown for the Southern market , 10 25 5 00 



Black Turtle Soup. Used as a winter shelled bean, for which it is much 



esteemed, and makes an excellent soup resembling that of green-turtle 10 25 5 00 



BEANS— Pole, or Running. 



Stangen Bohnen, Ger. Haricots & Harries, Fr. Frijol vastago, Span. 



All under this head require poles 8 to 10 feet long, and should not be planted until the ground 

 is warm, as they are more tender than the dwarf varieties. Plant about the middle of May, if 

 the season is suitable. The Lima Beans are very susceptible of cold and wet, and apt to rot in 

 the ground, and should not be planted until the season is favorable and the ground warm. Fix 

 poles in the ground, 4 feet apart each way, and plant four to six beans about half an inch deep 

 around each pole, placing the eye downwards, and thin out to three plants to a pole, if the soil 

 be rich ; pinch off the ends when the plants overrun the top of the poles, to effect more perfect 

 growth below. They succeed best in sandy loam, with a shovelful of rich, light, and well-rotted 

 compost to each hill, well incorporated. They transplant easily if grown in frames, so as to fill 

 up around the poles, where they miss or fail to come up, owing to unfavorable weather. The 

 German Wax and Giant Wax are. superior varieties as snap-shorts, the pods being very tender 

 and stringless. 



Large White Lima. One of the best of the pole beans for use, shelled either Pkt. Qt. Bu. 

 green or dry, and a universal favorite $0 10 50 12 00 



Dreer's Improved Lima. Very productive and of superior quality; when 

 green they are nearly as large as the Large Lima, thicker, sweeter, more 

 tender and nutritious, remaining green in the pod a long time after matur- 

 ing, which is a benefit to the market-gardener 10 60 14 00 



German Wax, or Indian Chief. (Black seed.) One of the best, as a snap- 

 short or shelled in the green state 10 50 10 00 



Giant Wax. (Red seed.) This is of our introduction, with pods from 6 to 9 

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

 very productive and perfectly tender when full-grown ; as a snap or shelled 

 green they have no superior e 10 50 12 00 



Dutch Case Knife. One of the earliest and most productive, used shelled, 



green or dry 10 40 8 00 



Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. An old favorite; equally good 



as a snap or shelled in the green or dry state 10 40 8 00 



White Cranberry. White round pods, tender and rich flavored = 10 40 8 00 



Red Cranberry. A red seeded variety of the above 10 40 8 00 



White Dutch Runner. An ornamental variety, with large white seed and 



beautiful clusters of white flowers, also good as a shelled bean 10 40 9 00 



Scarlet Runner. A great favorite, with clusters of beautiful scarlet flowers, 



for ornament as well as table use 10 40 9 00 



Remit for postage, 16 cts. per pound, or 25 cts. per quart cr fraction thereof, when ordered to be sent by mail. 



