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^OMPANY'S 



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Early Valentine. Long tender pod; an excellent string-bean 30 



Early Mohawk. Early, productive, and very hardy 30 



Early China. Red eye; one of the most productive 25 



Early Marrowfat. White; an excellent shell-bean ; valuable, when dry, for baking .25 



Red Bush Cranberry. One of the best string-beans 40 



Refugee, or Thousand to One. A favorite string with many ; very productive . .80 



) White Kidney, or Royal Dwarf. Late and productive .26 7 1 



| * Dwarf Horticultural, or Zebra. Excellent, green or dry 4C 



BEANS, POLE (Phaseolus Vulgaris). 

 German, Stanger Bohne. — French, Haricots a rames. > — Spanish, Judias. 

 As a class, these are less hardy than the dwarfs, and are not usually planted so early in 

 the season. The common practice is to plant in hills three feet or three and a half apart, 

 with a stake or pole to ran upon. By Mait,lo cents a pint extra. 



per qt. 



London Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. May be used as a snap, or, 



when more advanced, shelled, as the Lima; very productive . . . .40 

 Red Cranberry. This is one of the oldest and most familiar of garden beans; ex- 

 cellent as a string or snap bean 40 



White Case Knife. Most prolific of the running varieties. As a shelled bean, it is 

 of excellent quality in its green state, and, when ripe, farinaceous and 



well-flavored 40 



Indian Chief, or Wax. One of the best varieties either for snaps or shelled ; re- 

 markable for its fine, tender, and richly-colored pods; very productive . .40 

 Giant Wax. Recently introduced, and differing essentially from the old German 

 Wax Bean, being of a more robust growth and more productive. The 

 pods are from six to nine inches in length, and from three-fourths to one 

 inch in breadth; the beans, when ripe, are of a reddish color. The pods, 

 when fit for use, are of a clear, waxy color, perfectly stringless, and, when 

 cooked, are as tender as marrow, and truly delicious. Per pkt., 15 . .CO 



BEANS, RUNNERS (Phaseolus Multiflorus). 

 German, Grosse Bunte Bohne. — French, Haricot a" Espagne. — Spanish, Judia Vasiago d'Es- 



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per qt. 



Scarlet Runner. A very prolific variety; fine for covering arbors, trained over 

 pales, up the walls of cottages, which they enliven by the brightness of 

 their blossoms, at the same time yieldhig a supply "of wholesome and 



nutricious food 50 



White Runners. A variety of the Scarlet Runner. As a shell-bean, either green 

 or white, they are considered superior to the scarlet, and often seen in our 



markets under the name of Lima 50 



Painted Lady. A sub-variety of the Scarlet Runner, with variegated flowers; the 



upper petals being scarlet, the lower white 60 



Carter's Champion Runner. A gigantic variety of Scarlet Runners, having pods 

 nearly double the size of the old variety; it is more robust in growth, and 

 is an extraordinary cropper. Per pkt., .26. 



BEANS, LIMA (Phaseolfs Luxatus). 

 German, Bohne von Lima. — French, Haricot de Lima. — Spanish, JTaba Vastago de Limi. 



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Large Lima. This is one of the latest, as well as the most tender, of all garden 

 beans; the best time for planting being from the first to tho middle of 



May. In planting, bo sure to place the eye downwards 50 



Small Lima, Carolina, Sewee, Sieva, or Saba. This is one of the most produc- 

 tive of all varieties. The beans, in their green or ripe state, are similar 

 to the Lima, and are nearly as delicate and rich flavored. It is from 

 two to three weeks earlier SO 



BEET (Beta Vulgaris). 

 German, Runlde Rube. — French, Betterave. — Spanish, Bettaraga. 

 Culture. — For early u=e, sowings are sometimes made in November: hut the general 

 practice is to sow tho seed in April, as soon as the frost is out of the ground, or a« soon as 

 the soil can be worked. For use in autumn, the seed should be sown about the middle or 



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