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EARLIEST IMPROVED ROUND POD VALENTINE. — After all, 

 the Valentine Bean, although many years old, Is still the best early dwarf 

 green pod bean to be had, no matter what claims may be made to the con- 

 trary by various seedsmen, who may be interested in pushing some particu- 

 lar variety. I have examined in all sections of the country beans said to be 

 equally as good as the Valentine, but on looking into the matter, I have not 

 as yet been able to find the superior of this improved Valentine, which I 

 take pleasure in ottering my customers. For a period of almost ten years I 

 have been breeding up the old Valentine, until to-day in the improved 

 strain I offer I have a bean that is fully ten days earlier than the old Valen- 

 tine, with full, round meaty pods, that when placed on sale in the market or 

 on the table, always excite favorable comment, on account of the beauty of 

 the pods or their tender and superior flavor. They are often ready to 

 pick from 33 to 35 days from time of planting. I have not, I know, made a 

 mistake in giving a whole page to this, the best of green podded snap shorts, 

 and Maule's Butter Wax described below. These two make a combination 

 unexcelled, and no reader will make a mistake by including both varieties 

 in their orders, either for a large or small quantity, according to their re- 

 quirements. Packet, 15 cts.; pint, SOcts.; quart, 50 cts., by mail, postpaid. 



MAULE'S BUTTER WAX. During the last few years there has been 

 quite a number of Wax Beans brought before the notice of the American 

 public, so many varieties, in fact, that I certainly would have hesitated 

 about adding another to the already long list, For the last four years, how- 

 ever, I have been steadily booming Butter Wax as the best of all. Butter 

 Wax is unquestionably the earliest Wax Bean, while its beautiful, trans- 

 parent golden-yellow pods absolutely contain more meat than any other 

 ariety. The dry beans are white, with an irregular brown eye, as it comes 

 from an accidental cross between the Golden Wax and Dwarf Black Wax. 

 Being entirely stringless, Maule's Butter Wax can be used as a string 

 bean until nearly ripe ; in fact, longer than any other sort, and is less liable 

 to spot than any other. Four cardinal points may be given why it should 

 head the list of all other Wax varieties. First, quality, which is unexcelled. 

 Second, stringlessness, as they are absolutely without strings. Third, earli- 

 ness, for in this respect they are not surpassed by any other wax bean in 

 cultivation. Fourth, solid meat, for a pithy or hollow pod cannot be found. 

 Maule's Butter Wax with Davis' Kidney Wax make a pair impossible for 

 any seedsman in America to beat. Packet, 15 cts.; pint, 30 cts.; quart, 50 cts. 

 One packet of each of above, 'i5 cts.; pint of each, 50 cts., postpaid. 



