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J. M. Thorburn & Co. 's Catalogue of Seeds. 



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 69 



70 



7i 

 72 



74 

 76 

 78 



80 

 82 



84 



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88 

 90 



91 



92 



93 

 94 

 95 

 96 



97 

 98 



99 

 100 



Dwarf Wax Beans. 



Black-Eyed Wax. A cross between Golden and Black Wax ; very early and 



very productive ; yellow pods 



Improved Prolific Black Wax. Very early and prolific. The pods are round, 



full, stringless, and of fine quality 



Challenge Black Wax. An extra early strain of the dwarf Black Wax. . . . 



Algerian Black Wax. Very productive ; round pods 



Bismarck Black AVax. Resembling in growth Wardwell Kidney Wax . . . 



Date AVax. Very early ; long, yellow, stringless pods 30 



Detroit AVax. Very much like Golden Wax, but less liable to rust 



Flageolet Red AVax. Flat, yellow, stringless pods of great length and breadth 



Perqt. l A pk. Perpk. Perbu. 



Improved Golden AVax. Very early ; round, golden pods 



Golden-Eyed AVax. Very hardy and prolific, with flat, yellow pods ; very early 

 and exceptionally free from rust ; a very desirable and popular sort. . . 



Thorburn Refugee AVax. A perfect Refugee, with long, round, yellow, wax- 

 pods. The earliest wax bean in cultivation. Suitable for early or late sowing, 

 and an immense yielder. A twin brother of No. 62 



AVardwell Kidney Wax. Extra early ; purely wax pods, long, flat, and re- 

 markably free from rust 



AVhite AVax. Flat, yellow pods 



Yosemite Mammoth AVax. The largest pods of all the wax sorts; very 

 productive and of good quality 



White Beans. 



Thorburn Dwarf Lima ( Kumerle Strain). For a complete description, see 



Novelties, page 7 



Burpee Bush Lima. A bush form of the large pole Lima, the beans being large 

 and flat, like those of that variety. It is very productive, and its dwarf char- 

 acter is well established 



Dwarf Sieva ( Henderson's Bush Lima). Productive 



White Valentine. Round pod 



Emperor William. Very long pod. Earliest white bean for forcing 



Extra-Early Maine. A small white kidney-shaped variety ; valuable as a 

 string, baking or soup bean ; very early 



Mexican Tree Bean. A very productive white sort of upright growth ... 



AVhite French Flageolet. Used as a shell bean in the green state ; fine . . 



AVhite Kidney. Excellent, either green or ripe 



AVhite Marrow. Good either as a string or shell bean 



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English Dwarf Beans. 



Feve de Marais. Haba. O^rofce Sofmen. 

 Culture. — Sow in drills two feet apart, as early in the spring as the ground can be worked (these are as 

 hardy as Peas), in order to get them into pod before the heat of summer. When in pod, break off the top of the 

 plant to check the growth. Plant and hoe same as for Dwarf Beans. A strong soil suits them best. These 



pk. Perpk. Perbu. 

 $0 90 $1 50 $5 00 



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Early Mazagan. The earliest of this class $0 30 



Broad AVindsor. The largest and best of the class of English Dwarf Beans for 

 main crop ; good 



beans are eaten shelled. 

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main crop ; gc 

 Sword Long-Pod. A size smaller than Windsor 

 Green Nonpareil. A green " Long- Pod 

 Small Horse Bean. Half the size of Mazagan 



TYPE OF WAX BUSH BEAN. 



TYPE OF WAX BUSH BEAN. 



