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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



The Hodson LONG POD WAX 



I 1 lUUiUll BUSH BEAN. J* 



Enormous Plants. Enormous Pods. 



Enormous Yielders. 

 Never Affected by Rust and Blight. 



This distinctive new type of bean is re- 

 markable for great size of plant and pod 

 and wonderful productiveness. Outyielding 

 any other bush bean two to one on a given 

 area. The strong, sturdy plants often at- 

 tain dimensions 2\ feet in height, and bear 

 great quantities of long, meaty pods, mea- 

 suring 7to 8 inches in length. The ample 

 foliage sheltering the pods from the hot sun 

 renders them exceptionally tender, brittle, 

 and if picked before too old they are string- 

 less, and of fine 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 years we have been growing 

 them. The Hodson Bush Beans come 

 in about 2 weeks after the earliest dwarf 

 varieties, and for main crops are destined 

 to become important for both the private 

 table and for market growers on account 

 of their phenomenal vigor and productive- 

 ness. The plants should be thinned out to 

 at least 6 inches apart in the rows on 

 account of their great size. (See cut.) 



Price, 25c. qt., $1.50 pk., S5.50 bush. 



There is also a Hodson Green Pod Bush 

 Bean. (See page 33.) 



H ^? D N S Black Wax Bush Bean. 



An'Extra Early Cylinder-Podded Variety. 



This is a highly improved stock of the popular Black Wax. The 

 plants are of robust though compact bushy habit, with ample 

 foliage, which completely shelters the pods from the effects of the 

 sun, so that they are always of a uniform, waxy, yellow color. The 

 pods are of good size, quite round, slightly curved, very solid, 

 meaty and free from string; of excellent, tender quality. It is very 

 prolific and one of the earliest wax-podded dwarf beans grown. 

 It has a special value as a market variety, in the fact that it " stands 

 up " admirably and may always be relied on to present a good ap- 

 pearance in the crate. Price, 25c. qt., $1.70 pk., $6.00 bush. 



VVardwell's Kidney Wax Bean. 



One of the best large-podded wax beans. Very robust and hardy, 

 producing a heavy crop of showy, large, long, flat wax pods, not 

 liable to rust or blister. (See cut.) Price, 25c. qt., $1.70 pk., $6.00 

 bush. 



"I am" pleased tolsay that I used your Wardwell's Wax Beans this season and 

 have the best crop of beans 1 have raised in 7 years." B. F. HULL, Jensen, Fla. 



Davis Kidney Wax Bean. 



One of the very best varieties for the Market Gardener. Pods 

 are 6 inches long, flat, generally straight, very attractive in color 

 and holds up in shipping better than any other variety. JPrice, 

 25c. qt., $1.70 pk., $6.00 bush. 



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Rust Proof Wax Bush Bean. 



This is the earliest hardiest and one of the most prolific of the flat 

 wax pod sorts. The plants are robust with an adundance of leaves, 

 which afford ample protection to the pods, so that they are always 

 of a clear wax color. They are long, stright and quite uniform in 

 size, and always most attractive in appearance. Price, 25c. qt., 

 $1.50 pk., $5.50 bush. 



For Our Complete List of Garden Beans — Bush, Climbing and Lima, See Pages 33 and 34. For Field Beans, See Page 48. 



