POLE BEANS. 



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0. WHITE C'REASEBACK. — This very 



« choice pole bean, known through many sec- 



- tions of the South as the Popular Fat Horse 

 iS Bean should have been catalogued long ago by 

 J Northern seedsmen. One difficulty, however, has 



« been that the seed has always been scarce. I have 



J had, however, a crop growii for me the last three 

 g years, and take great pleasure in being able to 

 jg offer it to my customers. For string beans the 



01 Creaseback is especially desirable, being of a 

 beautiful light green color, stringless, about six 



" inches long, perfectly round, with a crease in the 



2 back, and of most excellent quality. They ripen 

 j* very early ; iu fact, it is tlie earliest of any 



green pod pole bean I know, and pods are 

 H thick from one end of the pole to the other. Crease- 



* back for early, Lazy Wives for late, makes an ex- 

 Z cellent combination. Pkt., 10c; pt., 30c; qt.. 50c. 

 ? NEW UOLOEX WAX POLE — I have 



given my customers a very fine pole bean above, 

 Jj but have still another that, to say the least, is a 

 t» perfect beauty. White Creaseback is a green- 



* podded bean." Golden Wax has the finest, rich, 

 round, fleshy, stringless, beautiful goldeu-yel- 

 !5 low pods, seven to nine inches lopg, I have ever 



» seen. In flavor it equals any in cultivation, 

 W while the vines begin beari ng as early as any other 

 g pole bean grown, and almost as early as any Dwarf 

 2 Wax variety. It has only one fault, and that is 

 5 thatthe vines do not take the polequiteasreadilyas 

 ™ the Lazy Wives or Creaseback, but then it is earlier 

 > than either, and when its other superior qualities 

 qJ are taken into consideration, not an order for 1339 

 Z should omit it. Packet, 15 cents ; pint, 40 cents. 

 5 MAULE'S IMPROVED DUTCH 

 Z RDS.VER — This new bean is without a doubt 



* PAR THE MOST PRODUCTIVE POLE 

 g* BE AX IN CULTIVATION. The illustration 

 5 gives but a faint idea of the immense yield. I 

 C have never seen anything that could begin to 

 q equal them, and all planting Dutch Runner this 



* season I am sure will agree with me. They are 

 J also wonderfully early. Pods are very large and 



* handsome, almost equal to the Large Lima. In 

 V flavor they are superior, and cooked green in 

 q Summer yon will And them equal any 



succotash yon ever made. They continue in 

 bearing from July right up to frost. Packet, 10' 



* cents ; pint, 30 cents ; quart, 50 cents. 

 S EARLY MAINE. — This pole bean, also 

 g called Essex Prolific, comes to me from Maine, 

 2 where it is much esteemed on account of its earli- 



2 ness, productiveness, and other good qualities. It 

 ^ produces clusters of beautiful pods, five to six 



. inches long, from the bottom of t he pole to the top, 

 w which in quality are hard to beat, being stringless 

 Q and of that rich, agreeable flavor when cooked 

 m that is so desirable for a good snap-short. Vines 

 - are of strong growth and cling well to the poles. 



* It is certainly a most excellent variety, and 

 Q my customers will do well to give it a trial. Packet 

 a lOcents ; pint, 30 cents ; quart. 50 cents, 

 g NEW GOLDEN CLUSTER — This new 



£a variety is an improvement on all the good qualit-'es of the Giant and Dwarf Wax, 

 g and is distinct in seed, in color and habit of growth. The pods retain their ten- 

 <- derness and plumpness long after the beans have attained a large size, so that only 

 m a few days elapse after they cease to be fit for string beans before they are fit to 

 < shell. The pods are a beautiful golden yellow, and are from six to eight inches 

 p long, borne profusely in clusters of four to six. Commencing to bear ten days after 

 the Golden Wax, it continues to produce an abundance of pods until frost sets in. 

 j. Packet, 10 cents ; pint. 35 cents ; quart, 60 cents. 



« LAZY WIVES. — For years the demand for this variety has heen 

 t so great as to entirely exhanst my supply. See Page 12, Packet, 15 



3 cents ; pint, 3d cents ; quart, 60 cents. 



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LIMA BEANS. 



SALEM IMPROVED LIMA. 



— This is a selected strain of the 

 Large Lima, but it is so far superior 

 to the Lima Beans that I know most 

 of my customers see and grow, that 

 £ I must give it a prominent notice in this catalogue. In the first place I think you 

 * will find it the most productive, and, therefore, best table Lima you have ever 

 J? grown. Pods are produced in large clusters, five to six large beans often in a pod, 

 - and ripens only a very short time after the Extra Early Lima. The vines continue 

 3 in bearing right up to frost. The King of the Garden is a first-class Lima in every 

 5 way, but I think the Salem Improved fully equals, if it does not surpass it. It cer- 

 H tainly beats it in strong, regular growth "on my trial grounds. Packet, 10 cents ; 

 ^ pint, 35 cents : quart, 60 cents. 



Z. EXTRA EARLY LIMA The earliest of all. See Page 12, Pkt. 15c. 



§ KING OF THE GARDEN See Page 9, Pkt., 15c.; pt., 35c.; qt., 60c. 



<*> DREER'S IMPROVED LIMA.— Very productive, and pods are 

 ~ always full of extra plump beans of the most delicious and superior 



9 quality. Packet, 10 cents ; pint, 30 cents ; quart, 50 cents. 



F K E M C 11 ASPAR AGUS.— Having 

 had several calls for this bean, I have pro- 

 cured a limited quantity of seed from France. 

 A Philadelphia gardener says of it : "1 have 

 grown all varieties of beans, and I consider the 

 Asparagus Bean the most delicious production and 

 best I have ever had." Pods grow from two to four feet long, and are 

 produced in great abundance. In color they are a beautiful green, tender 

 and delicious, so that they will not only prove a great curiosity wherever 

 grown, but also a desirable varietv as well. Packet, 15 cents. 



E. M. Pace, VirgU City, Mo., raised the prize Asparagus 

 Beau iu lss9. it was 30>^ In. long. Can this be surpassed in 

 W ill pay Oct. 1, '90. $25 for the 

 longest raised from 

 Maule sSeeds. 



$25 



