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J. M. Thorburn & Co., 15 John St., New York. 



New, Rare and Valuable Vegetable Seeds. 



Asparagus, Columbian Mammoth Wrjite. 



This variety is a sport fiom Conover's Colossal, and originated on the farm of a prominent Asparagus 

 grower of Long Island. It produces pure white shoots, and requires no artificial blanching. On this account it 

 brings in the market a much higher price than any other sort. It is a strong grower, and comes remarkably 

 true from seed — not more than 10 per cent, reverting to the type. Per oz., 20 cts. ; per lb., $2. 



Thorburn Valentine Wax Bean. 



First in Earliness, First in Productiveness, and First in Quality. 



This is an improved Extra Early Valentine Bean, with round wax pods. Originated with T. V. Maxon, the 

 well known cultivator, of Jefferson Co. , N. Y. The type is so perfectly fixed that only one plant with green pods 

 was found in the field, and that was probably from a stray bean. It grows only about 15 inches high, with a 

 strong stalk and an abundance of foliage. 



It is without any exception the earliest Wax Bean in use, being even earlier than our Refugee Wax. Beans 

 planted on June 18 produced pods 4 inches long by July 25, and on August 1 half a crop could be picked. 



The pods are very meaty, and with so very little string that they may justly be called stringless. Certainly 

 no other bean has less string or less hard shell to the pod as long as they are suitable for cooking. It is the best 

 quality for snap beans of any Wax Bean in use. It is remarkably free from rust, and remains a long time with- 

 out becoming tough. 



Combined with these valuable features of extreme earliness and excellence of quality is its enormous pro- 

 ductiveness. In this respect, also, it excels any Wax Bean in cultivation. Our cut is a just representation 01 

 an average plant. All who saw the field before harvest pronounced it the fullest podded field they had ever 

 seen. The pods are well held up from the ground. Per pkt. 25, cts. ; l A-pt., 50 cts. ; pt., 80 cts. ; qt., Si. 50; 

 ,^-pk., $5- 



Thorburn Prolific Market Bean. 



An exceedingly vigorous and healthy grower and enormously productive, the pods being borne in thick 

 clusters, and as many as 35 to 40 on each plant. It is rust-proof to a remarkable degree. Out of a lot left in an 

 open vessel for eight days, not one was found to be yellow or rusty. The seeds being black, it is likely to re- 

 main true to its character longer than light or different colored beans. The pods are of a light green color, long 

 and perfectly round, solid-fleshed, and of very soft marrow ^nd texture. For productiveness, solidity of flesh 

 and roundness of pod, it excels any now in cultivation. Per qt., 40 cts. ; per bus., $8. 



Thorburn Dwarf Lima Bean. 



(Kumerle Strain.) 



A dwarf form of our famous Challenger Lima — the finest of all Limas. It is a veritable dwarf Lima, growing 

 only from 12 to 18 inches high, perfectly fixed in habit, and with hardly any inclination to run to vine. It pos- 

 sesses in full the delicious flavor characteristic of the genuine Challenger Lima, in which respect it differs from 

 all other Bush Limas. It is exceedingly productive, bearing from 50 to 60 pods on the bush. Some of these 

 contain two, some four, but most of them three beans, all as large as those of the ordinary Challenger Lima. 

 The pods are short and unusually thick, and 

 display the seeds inside by prominent knobs, as 

 shown in our illustration. They should be 

 planted two feet apart and one foot in a row. 

 One plant only shouid be allowed to grow in a 

 hill. Per qt., '50 cts. 



Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax 

 Bean. 



Combines hardiness and productiveness 

 with fine quality. A strong-growing bush va- 

 riety of remarkable vigor and freedom from rust. 

 It sends out short tendrils, on which pods are 

 formed in addition to those near the central 

 stalk of the plant, which accounts for its wonder- 

 ful productiveness, amounting, under favorable 

 conditions, to 100 to 150 fold. 



The packets contain an ounce of beans, being 

 60 to 75 in number, and if planted one bean in a 

 place, 10 inches apart in the row and the rows 

 24 to 28 inches apart, they will produce, under 

 favorable conditions, a bountiful supply for a 

 small family. 



The pods are meaty and well filled, thick, 

 flat when young, and semi-round later; of rich 

 yellow color and fine quality, and stringless, 

 even when large enough to shell. If the pods 

 are picked as fast as formed, the plant continues 

 to furnish a bountiful supply for an unusually 

 long season. Per pkt., 15 cts. ; 2 pkts. for 25 cts. 



THORBURN VALENTINE WAX BEAN. 



