i6 IvANDRETHS' DESCRIPTIVE WST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Landreths' Pink Eye Wax . . . Stringless, golden wax, 35 days from germination.. 
Scarlet Flageolet Wax I^ong flat pods, yellow wax, showy, productive, seeds 
large and red. 
Dwarf German Wax Wax Butter Bean, pods round, meaty, curved, 40 days. 
Improved Prolific Black Wax . Variation of the Dwarf German Wax. 
Dwarf Kidney Wax Pods long, flat, yellow wax, seeds white. 
Improved Golden Wax ..... Thirty-five days, pods flat, showy; a productive sort. 
Golden Wax , Pods long, flat, yellow when ripe. 
Detroit Wax Pods short, flat, broad, light yellow or lemon. 
Currie's Bust Proof Golden Wax Flat, golden wax, pods long. 
White Wax Pods broad, flat, short, lemon-colored. 
Golden Eyed Wax I^ong, flat, yellow pods, thin flesh. 
GROCERY BEANS. 
White Cranberry . Pods flat, green, tough, dry bean, white and oval. 
White Kidney Eoyal Dwarf . . Pods green, flat, dry bean, large and white. 
Navy, Field Bean Pods green and dried, beans small and white. 
DWARF LI MAS. 
Dwarf Carolina By some seedsmen catalogued as " Henderson's 
Dwarf I^ima ; " hardy, early and very productive. 
Dreer's Bush Lima A bush selection of Dreer's Pole. 
Burpees* Bush Lima I^arge seeded ; a selection from the Pole I,ima. 
POLE BEANS— SHELL PODS. 
Lima— Large White Ninety days from germination; eighty bushels pods 
' to acre. 
Lima— King of the Garde a . . . Karlier than I^arge White; very long pod. ' 
POLE BEANS— EDIBLE PODS. 
Creasebaek Earliest Pole bean in cultivation, exceedingly produc- 
tive, fine quality ; known as " Fat Horse." 
Case Knife or White Dutch . . A snap short when very young, shelled as limas; used 
for soaking. 
Horticultural I^ighty days, pods large green, dashed with red. 
Giant Wax, Bed Seed Pods long, clear waxy yellow, succulent, tender, fine 
flavor. 
Tall German Wax, Black Seed . Pods waxy, flat, maturing in 75 days ; known as 
" Indian Chief." 
Southern Prolific Seventy days, bearing till frost, pods round and deli- 
cious, form in clusters. 
Kentucky Wonder I^arge podded Southern Prolific, known as "Old 
Homestead." 
BROCCOLI. 
Large Early White ........ Similar to Cauliflower, but later. 
Purple Cape Similar to Cauliflower, head purple. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. , ', 
A variety of Cabbage producing a mass of small heads along the stalk. 
CORN— TABLE SORTS. 
Extra Early Adams Height of stalk 4 feet, developing for table in 60 daysi 
Adams Early Seventy days, a prolific bearer, stronger grower than 
the preceding. 
Early Landreth Market A cross between Adams Early and Evergreen Sugar, 
early and very productive. Catalogued by some 
seeds merchants as " Burlington Hybrid." 
Corey Red . . Sugar The best of the very early sugar varieties. 
White Corey (White grain) " A selection from the Red Corey. 
Extra Early Minnesota . " Sixty days, ears well developed for a small sort. 
Early Crosby " Seventy days ; a very reliable early sort. 
Early Concord . ...... " Stalk 5 feet, following the Crosby. 
Hickox " A standard sort, early, of good size, maturing in 75 
days. 
Country Gentleman ... " Very productive, grain very small, like Shoe Peg. 
Triumph " Sweet, productive and of good appearance. 
Landreth " Fit for table seventy-five days from germination, 
exceedingly productive and better than any preced- 
ing, averaging 3 ears to the stalk. A standard sort 
of high reputation. 
Squantum " A celebrated Yankee variety. 
Excelsior " A desirable sort, 85 days. 
Eight Rowed " About 75 days, ears long. 
Perry's Early Large Cob " An early variety, large and showy, productive and 
very large ears. 
Early Mammoth " Very early for so long an ear ; desirable. 
Black Mexican " Ripe grains black, edible grains smoky, quality 
super excellent. 
Evergreen (Stowell's) ... " Eighty-two days, productive, showy,always a standard. 
Egyptian " Ninety days, tall, very strong on stalk. 
Late Mammoth " A tall stalked sort, producing showy ears of excellent 
quality, latest of all. 
