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Henderson's Golden Scimitar 



WAX BUSH BEAN. 

 The Perfection of Cylinder°podded Dwarf Wax Beans. 



THIS new round-podded Dwarf Wax Bean, has attained the 

 top notch among beans of this class. It has been so highly 

 bred and selected that it excels all others in its combina- 

 tion of essential qualities, among which are remarkable uniformity 

 in size and shape. It produces no culls, the pods average five to 

 six inches in length, which is unusually large for a round-podded, 

 wax variety; they are very solid, meaty and tender, free from 

 string, breaking brittle, and the flavor is unsurpassed. These de- 

 sirable table qualities are retained well on towards maturity, long 

 after many other sorts have become too tough and stringy to use. 

 The plant is everything desirable, bushy and robust, free from 

 rust or mildew, and extremely prolific. Price, 15c. § pt., 25c. pt., 

 35c. qt., $2.25 pk., $8.00 bush. 



Improved Golden Wax 



BUSH BEAN. 

 The Standard Flat, Wax Podded Variety. 



Among the Yellow Wax-Podded or "Butter" Beans, the 

 Golden Wax has long been in popular favor, but this Improved 

 variety by far surpasses the old favorite in several desirable 

 points. The plants are of vigorous, bushy growth, not susceptible 

 to rust, moderately earlj' and very prolific. The pods are exceed- 

 ingly handsome, large, uniformly broad, thick and almost all solid 

 flesh, of good quality, tender and brittle, absolutely without 

 string or coarse fibre at all stages until maturity, while the color is 

 of a rich golden-yellow. Although not the earliest dwarf wax 

 bean, its reliability in producing a heavy crop of large handsome 

 pods, whether sown in spring, summer or early fall, renders it 

 highly valuable for both home and market planting. (See cut.) 

 Price, 10c. i pt., 20c. pt., 30c. qt., $2.00 pk., $7.00 bush. 



A Complete and Economical Garden Tf';S%'b^"purch*a8"ng°ol,7 



LONQ=POD ^vil BEAN. 



ENORMOUS PLANT. ENORMOUS POD. 



ENORMOUS YIELDER. 



NEVER AFFECTED BY RUST AND BLIGHT. 



This distinct new type of bean is remark- 

 able for its great size of plant and pod and 

 wonderful productiveness. It will out- 

 yield any other bush bean two to one on 

 a given area. The strong, sturdy plants 

 often attain dimensions 2^ feet in height, 

 and bear great quantities of long, meaty 

 pods, measuring 7 to 8 inches in length and 

 of a waxy cream-yellow color. The ample 

 foliage sheltering the pods from the hot 

 sun renders them exceptionally tender, 

 brittle, and if picked before too old they 

 are stringless, free from fibre and of fine 

 table quality. 



This variety is absolutely immune from 

 bean diseases. Not a trace of rust, blight 

 or mildew has ever appeared on a plant 

 or pod in our trial grounds or fields during 

 the three years we have been growing it — 

 and the past season was especially favor- 

 able for developing rust and blight on 

 beans. 'The Hodson Long Pod Wax comes 

 in about 2 weeks after the earliest dwarf 

 varieties, but for main crop it is destined 

 to become important for both the private 

 table and for market growers on account 

 of its phenomenal vigor and productive- 

 ness. The plants should be thinned out to 

 at least 6 inches apart in the rows on 

 account of the great size of the plants. 

 (See cut.) Price, 15c. 4 pint; 25c. pint; 35c. quart; $2.25. 

 pk; $8.00 bushel. 



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