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FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARMS 
Best Dwarf Green Podded Bush Snap Beans 
BURPEE'S STRINGLESS GREEN POD 
REFUGEE OR 1,000 TO 1 
Pods are nearly round, light green, Ave inches long, ta- 
pering to a slender point; fleshy, brittle and mild in flavor 
but witli slight strings. Rather later than the other green 
podded sorts. Pacl<et, 5 cents; ^ pint, 8 cents; pint, 15 
cents; quart, 28 cents. 
CONDON'S IMPROVED EARLIEST RED 
VALENTINE BEAN 
America's Standard Green-Podded Dwarf 
Snap Bean. Ready for picking 45 days 
from planting. Yields prodigiously. Full, 
round, meaty pods of unsurpassed 
tenderness and quality 
This grand variety is a great improvement over the 
original Red Valentine, which it ha.s now entirely sup- 
planted, and is very much earlier; often ready to pick in 
45 days from planting. The health.v. vigorous plants arc 
usually hardy, successfully withstandin.s; early 
frosts; it may tlierefore be planted very early. This 
with its quick development, makes it the earliest 
large-podded variety; and on this account it is ex- 
tensively grown by truckers over wide sections of 
the country, though it Is equally desirable for home 
gardens. 
It will always yield a large crop of handsome, t 
long, round, fleshy pods, rich green in color and of 
unsurpassed tenderness when gathered young when 
It IS practically stringless. It is the Standard .Snap 
«ean, not only for the earliest but for successive 
Plantmgs, bearing up to frost. .See cut Packet 5 
cents; K pt., 10 cents; pt., 16 cents; qt., 30 cents. 
BURPEE'S STRINGLESS GREEN POD 
A ROUND, GREEN-PODDED BUSH BEAN 
A Prolific and Continuous Bearer. The 
First in Spring — the Last in Fall. 
Absolutely Stringless — Very Ten- 
der and of Delicious Flavor 
Absolutely the best Early Stringless Round Pod- 
ded Green Snap Bean for market or home use. K.\- 
tremely earl.v. very productive, unusually hardv. 
handsome appearance, entirely stringless, finest 
quality, dwarf bushy variety, bearing immense 
quantities of long, thick fleshed round pods. Excel- 
lent for spring, summer or tall planting. Our seed 
is of the true strain: originator's stock. Packet, 6 
cents; K pt., 15 cents; pt., 25 cents; qt., 40 cents. 
GIANT STRINGLESS GREEN POD 
This latest introduction comprises all the good 
sterling qualities of the above variety, being more 
prolific, trifle hardier and from 6 to 7 days later. 
Packet, 6 cents; pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 cents; 
quart, 40 cents. 
VARIETIES FOR SHELL BEANS 
These are grown exclusively to use as shelled 
beans, either green or dried for winter. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL 
Vines very productive, compact, upright, with 
large leaves. Pods medium in length, broad and thick, 
curved, with splashes of bright red on a vellowish ground 
Packet, 5 cents; K Pint, 10 cents; pint, 16 cents; quart, 
30 cents. 
WHITE MARROW 
Vines slender, spreading, with short runners and small 
leaves; very prolific; pods broad, green, changing to yel- 
low; seed large, ovoid, clear white; cooking very dry and 
^^'^^y-^^'^^^^, 5 cents; pint, 8 cents; pint, 15 cents; 
quart, 28 cents. 
WHITE NAVY PEA BEAN 
A variety developed in western New York. It is a sure 
cropper and not only more prolific than the common white 
bean, but also of better quality. Vine large, spreading, 
with small, thin leaves, and occasionally runners ripening 
Its crop early and all at once. Pods straight, short, small 
but usually containing six beans; beans small, oval white 
handsome, and of superior quality. Packet, 5 cents; U 
pint, 8 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 28 cents. 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
Market gardeners and large 
planters may order from the 
Special Wholesale Prices on the 
Colored Sheet — Front page. 
CONDON'S IMP. EARLIEST RED VALENTINE 
