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MATS CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS AND FRUITS. 
BEANS— DWARF STRINGLESS WAX PODDED SORTS. 
Refugee Wax. 
Refugee Wax. 
Strong bush growth, with slight tendency to form 
runners; very productive. Slender, round, light golden 
yellow pods five inches long; quite round or pencil 
shaped, solid, meaty, even when beans are formed, 
brittle and entirely stringless. It is quite early for a 
wax variety, and its great productiveness and superior 
quality make it desirable to plant for market. Pkt. 10c, 
pt. 25c, qt. 45c, pk. $1.50, bu. $5.00. 
PRICES QUOTED by the pack- 
et, pint or quart include the prepay- 
ment of postage by us. If wanted by 
express or freight, deduct 8c. per pint, 
15c. per quart. By express or freight 
means that purchaser pays the trans- 
portation charges. 
CULTURE. — No crop responds more 
readily to good soil and cultivation 
than this. The soil best adapted to 
them is a light, rich, well drained 
loam, which was manured for the 
previous crop. If too rank manure 
is used it is apt to make them grow 
too much to vine. Beans are ex- 
tremely sensitive to both cold and 
wet, and it is useless to plant them 
before the ground has become dry 
and warm. The largest return will 
result from planting in drills from 
two to three feet apart and leaving 
two to six plants to the foot of row. 
should have frequent shallow cultivation, but any cutting of the" roots 
after the plants come into bloom is liable to cause the blossoms to blast 
and so cut off the crop. Remember that beans should always be culti- 
vated very shallow and that it is useless to expect a crop from a field so- 
poorly prepared as to need deep stirring after planting. From one pint 
to two quarts will be sufficient to furnish a supply for an ordinary fam- 
ily, and varieties should be selected so as to give a succession both of 
string and green shelled beans. The wax podded beans are particularly 
liable to run off into green podded plants, and it requires constant atten- 
tion and skillful selection to keep them pure, so that it is especially im- 
portant to use only seed from reliable sources. 
Davis' Kidney Wax. 
Up to the time of blossoming they 
Davis' Kidney Wax. 
Something that American bean growers have wanted for years. A 
wax podded bush bean, with white seed. The pods are of a light, golden 
color, and well filled with large white beans of the most delicious flavor. 
Vines strong and vigorous. Test yields with other leading bush wax va- 
rieties showed over one-third heavier yield on the same ground. Very 
early and productive. Pkt. 5e, pt. 20c, qt. 35c, pk. $1.50, bu. $5.00. 
Rust Proof Golden Wax. 
Crystal White Wax, 
COXDEXSED PBICJE lilST. 
Black Wax. — Pods of good size, color, clear waxy white, or 
creamy golden § 
Black Wax, Imp. Prolific. — Very early, pods round, full and 
stringless 
Black Wax, Challenger Strain. — Extra early, pods round, meaty, 
brittle, entirely stringless 
Black Wax, Currie's Rust Proof. — Large, flat pods, very early 
and productive 
Detroit Wax. — Very much like Golden Wax, pods fiat, thick to 
edge 
Golden Eye Wax. — Very hardy and prolific, pods flat, yellow; 
very early; rust proof 
Golden Wax, Rust Proof. — Pods long, broad, fiat, of a rich 
golden yellow 
Golden Wax, Grennell's Imp — Very productive, pods flat, gold- 
en, stringless 
Golden Wax, Keeney's Rustless. — Golden pods, thick and fiat, 
stringless 
Pencil Pod — Pods long, thick, fleshy, round as a pencil, abso- 
lutely stringless 
Valentine Wax. — An improved Extra Early Valentine Bean, 
with round wax pods. It is very early for a Wax Bean. A 
planting made on June 12th made a fair picking by July 28th 
— 46 days. Very tender, and almost without string. The pod 
is free from any toughness whatever,' but is almost solid 
throughout 
Wardwell's Kidney Wax — Early, long, flat, purely wax pods; 
nearly straight, a fine shipper 
Pkt. 
0.05 5 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.05 
.10 
.05 
Pt. Qt. Pk. Bu. 
0.20 $0.35 $1.50 $5.00 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.20 
.25 
.35 1.50 4.75 
.35 1.50 5.00 
.35 1.50 4.75 
.35 1.50 4.75 
.35 1.50 5.00 
.35 1.50 4.75 
.35 1.50 4.75 
.35 1.50 5.00 
.45 1.50 5.50 
.25 .45 
.20 .35 1.50 5.00 
Jones' Stringless Wax Bean. 
Valuable either for snaps or pickles. Th-e^ vines are large, of a spreading habit and very pro 
ductive having numerous runners, usually producing pods in pairs. Pods greenish white, rath- 
er short, curved and quite 
thick. The ripe beans are 
oval in shape and pure 
white. Pkt. 5c, pt. 25c, qt» 
45c, pk. $1.50, bu. $5.50. 
Jones' Stringless 
White Wax. 
A new white-seeded va- 
riety with round stringless 
pods of unsurpassed beau- 
ty and quality. It is very 
hardy, wonderfully produc- 
tive, and not liable to rust. 
Pods uniformly handsome, 
round, fleshy and well fill- 
ed. Matured beans are 
white, and if, for any rea- 
son, the crop cannot be 
sold as green snap beans, 
they can be sold as green 
Shelled or let mature and 
sell as dry beans. Pkt. 5c, 
pt. 25c, qt. 45c, pk. $1.50. 
bu. $5.50. 
Crystal White Wax. 
