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Holmes Seed Company, Harrisburg, Pa. 
IMS Black Valentine 
trucker's delight lima bean 
A New Round, Green- 
Podded Variety 
Among the dwarf 
edible, green-podded 
or snap Beans, the 
Valentine family is 
probably the most 
extensively grown 
and generally popular 
type, and in conse- 
quence, extensive cul- 
ture, selection and 
breeding for seed pur- 
poses have brought 
forth several varieties 
of merit, among which we consider our new Black (Seeded) Valentine unqualifiedly the best and 
a most valuable introduction. 
It possesses all the merits of the favorite Red Valentine, and in addition has other desirable 
qualities ; the plants are of compact but vigorous growth, very hardy, with a capacity for re- 
sisting unfavorable weather and disease, thus especially adapting this variety for very early as 
well as for very late planting ; in fact, it is most reliable 
and satisfactory for sowing in succession at any season, 
being thrifty and enormously productive even under ad- 
verse conditions. Remarkably early, the pods usually be- 
ing ready to pick in from 45 to 50 days from sowing. 
Beautiful pods, soft green color, extra long, almost 
straight, round, very thick, meaty and tender, breaking 
off completely when snapped, without string or fibre ; 
flavor unsurpassed. Pkt. SO cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 
cts., postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 25 cts., 
peck $1.85, bus. $7. 
extra-:la:rly lima b:lan 
e 
New extra early Lima Bean. The pods are 3 to 4 
inches long, containing three to four beans each, and as 
large as the King of the Garden Lima. Beans are tender 
and of excellent quality. Pkt. !0 cts., pt. 25 cts., 
qt. 40 cts., postpaid ; by freight or express, pt. 
20 cts., qt.30 cts., 4 qts. $1, pk. $1.85, bus. $7. 
iountiful 
FLAT GRXEN - POD 
BUSH BEAN 
II ■■ in II Ml I. W il l — — ^— — 
A Prolific and Continuous Bearer. The first 
in Spring— the Last in Tall. Absolutely String- 
less— very tender and of Delicious Flavor 
, The crowning merit of this Bush Bean is in the rich 
green pods, which are of immense size, thick, broad, extra 
long, uniform in shape, solid, meaty ; high quality, melt- 
ingly tender, and having a delicious flavor ; pods are abso- 
lutely stringless and entirely free from tough, membrane- 
ous lining ; this tender " snap brittle" quality is retained 
even into maturity. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 
35 cts., postpaid; by express or freight, qt. 25 
cts., pk. $1.85, bus. $7. 
Green-Podded 
Bush Bean 
An Extra-lLarly " Quality " Snap Bean 
Extra early variety, perfectly round, straight, solid, 
fleshy pods averaging 6J inches long, tender and brittle, 
compact habit, maturing crop regularly. Pods fit to pick 
, four days in advance of any other variety of approximate 
size and merit. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., 
by mail, postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 25 
cts., pk. $1.85, bus, $7 0 
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