MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1901. 



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3 Tiptop New Beans 



One Packet of Each, Postpaid for 25 Cents. 



GIANT PODDED STRINGLESS 



VALENTINE BUSH BEAN. 



This is an exceptionally good, green podded 

 varietv, with truly giant pods, which further- 

 more are always'stringless. The introducer 

 claims it is a" week earlier than any other 

 strain, that it has more pods, that pods are a 

 third larger and more perfectly round and full, 

 that it is absolutely stringless and that it sur- 

 passes all competitors in erispness and flavor. 

 My own experience with it at Briar Crest was 

 very satisfactory, and I was deeply impressed 

 with its good quality and general availability. 

 It is undoubtedly early, of excellent flavor, 

 stringless. and pods unusually long and hand- 

 some. I think the introducer, however, has 

 made a mistake in attaching the word Valen- 

 tine to this bean ; simply Giant Pod Stringless 

 would be much better. As far as I can find out, 

 it has little or no Valentine blood in it. I would 

 like to hear from those of my customers plant- 

 ing Stringless Green Pod offered on tne preced- 

 ing page, and this bean, as to which they con- 

 sider the best. Some seedsmen recommend 

 one, some the other; but I would be glad to 

 have the unprejudiced opinion of my customers 

 planting both varieties this season. Packet, 

 10 cents: pint. 30 cents: quart, 50 cents, postpaid. 

 Peck, 82.00; bushel, S6.00. 



NEW GOLDEN LAZY WIVES POLE BEAN. 



NEW GOLDEN LAZY WIVES 



POLE BEAN. 



This new variety is a beautiful yellow or wax 

 form of the favorite and famous Lazy Wives 

 pole bean, and you cannot possibly make a 

 mistake by including it in your order. This 

 new bean has all the good points of its cele- 

 I brated green-podded ancestor, including its 

 i great productive ability, with the additional 

 advantage of being four or five days earlier. 

 The pods are broad, fleshy and stringless, re- 

 taining their tender qualities until about ripe, 

 making perfect snap shorts. The vine is a na- 

 tural climber, needing no help to get up the 

 poles and always clinging close to them, and 

 bearing freely all summer. Nothing can ex- 

 ceed the productiveness of the Lazy Wives 

 Beans, both green podded and wax "podded. 

 The pods of the wax variety are rather flat in 

 shape, and when fully grown are 6 to 8 inches 

 long. When cooked they are rich and buttery. 

 I am very glad this year to be able to offer the 

 seed by the pint and quart. Heretofore my 

 supply has been so limited, and the demand so 

 great, that I could offer it by the packet only. I 

 would, however, advise early orders for quan- 

 tities over a packet. Pkt., 15c.; pt., 40c; qt., 75c. 



New Prolific Green Podded 



POLE BEAN. 



This Bean is new to my customers, but not 

 new to its friends. For a period of 00 years it 

 has been grown in one family to the exclusion 

 of all other pole beans. Some 18 or 20 years 

 ago one of my growers married into this 

 family, and in addition to securing a wife, also 

 secured a few of these beans, with which he 

 was very much pleased. Being a pi actical seed 

 grower, he immediately started to improve 

 the bean, and changed its character from a flat 

 podded variety to a fiist class round podded 

 sort. Now this bean is all Its name implies, 

 being one ot the most prolific of all pole beans. 

 It is also a very sure cropper, even in bad sea- 

 sons giving large crops, when other sorts have 

 been an entire failure. In its 60 years history 

 in the family spoken of above it has not made 

 a single failure. Pods are long, large and 

 tender; exceptionally good either for green, 

 snap or shelled beans. It can be planted at 

 intervals up to the middle of July, and will 

 make a good crop. In fact it is as early as the 

 earliest bush sorts, and I think my customers 

 will find it one of the earliest of all pole beans. 

 Now there is no question about it. this bean, if 

 it is going to prove as good as 1 think it will, 

 should have a good name and one distinctivelv 

 its own. This year I simply call it Prolific 

 Green Podded. To the person or persons 

 sending me a better name bv \oreniher 

 1st, 1901.1 will pay S50. The only condition 

 being that the sender must have purchased at 

 least a packet of these beans from me this 

 season. Pkt., 15c; pt., 40c; qt.. 75c . postpaid 



