A garden gives a man a lot of good ideas. Hoes and brains sort of work together. 



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Stringless Green Pod Bush Bedoi 



The Stringless Green Pod is now one of the most popular bush beans in America. In point of earliness it ranks among the first, In quality 

 it is excelled by none, and in bearing ability it stands without a rival. The pods are round, fleshy and nearly straight; are borne in abundance 

 through a long season, beginning early. They are five inches in length, rich green in color, very tender, and of highest and best flavor. They 

 remain long in edible condition. This bean is unexcelled for home use, and will be found very profitable for market. 



Packet, tO cents; pint, 45 cents; quart, 80 cents, postpaid. 

 By express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 65 cents; h quarts, $2.50; peck, $4.50. 



9 White Tepary Field Bean 



A Productive White Seeded Soup or Bake Bean 



This excellent shell bean, seed of which is pure white, 

 smaller than the improved navy, is more resisting to drought 

 and scorching heat than any other variety. The vines are of 

 medium size with many branches, some with short runners. 

 It produces a greater yield than any of the so-called kidney 

 varieties. Can be sown any time after danger of frost until July . 



Packet, 10 cents; pint, 35 cents; quart, 65 cents, postpaid. By 

 express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 50 cents; 4 quarts, $1.75; 

 peck, $3.35. 



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Longfellow or French Stringless 



This perfectly round, green podded bean is tender and prolific, and is 

 one of the best varieties for the home garden. The pods are of fine qual- 

 ity, nearly stringless and exceedingly handsome. In production, very 

 prolific; exhibits a profusion of highly beautiful, rich green pods 7 to 8 

 inches long, straight and round. When cooked the flavor is exquisitely 

 delicious. The plant grows 14 to 16 inches high (early 6 weeks) and 

 ripens uniformly. Market gardeners give this sort preference to others. 



Packet, 10 cents; pint, 45 cents; qtiart, 80 cents, postpaid. 

 By express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 63 cts.; 4 quarts, $3.50; 

 peck, $4.50. 



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EARLIEST IMPROVED VALENTINE BEAN. 



Earliest Improved Valentine 



Our improved strain of this famous old reliable green podded bush 

 bean is ready for the basket in 35 to 38 days. As now perfected it has 

 full, meaty round pods, which possess beauty, tenderness and superior 

 flavor. It is an ideal snap short bean, and one that always sells well in 

 the market. Plants grow uniformly about fifteen inches in height. Our 

 Earliest Improved is a great improvement over the original Red Val- 

 entine and is now the most prolific and profitable bean of its kind. 



Packet, 10 cents; pint, 40 cents; quart, 75 cents, postpaid. By 

 express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 60 cts.-; 4 quarts, $3.25; 

 peck, $4.00. 



WHITE SEEDED STRINGLESS GREEN POD BEAN. 



je White Seeded Stringless Green Pod 



A green podded bean, perfectly stringless, with white seeds, which can 

 be used for soup or baked beans all winter. The bush grows from 18 to 

 20 inches high, with dark green foliage, producing an enormous yield of 

 beautiful, meaty, almost round, green pods, averaging 5% to 6% inches 

 long. Very brittle and juicy and above all positively stringless at all 

 stages of its growth. For market gardeners as well as the home garden, 

 this variety will be found to be one of the very best. Regret the crop of 

 this bush bean is very short. Can offer it in packets only. 



Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents, postpaid. 



