Novelties and Specialties in Seeds. 
Thorburn Valentine Wax 
Bean. 
First in Earllness, First in Productiveness, and 
First in Quality. 
This is an improved Extra Early Valentine 
Bean with round wax pods. 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 Refugee Wax. Beans 
planted 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 it is suitable for cooking. It is 
the best quality for snap beans of any Wax 
Bean m use. It is remarkably free from rust, and remains a long time without becoming tough. Com- 
bined with these valuable features of extreme earliness and excellence of quality is its enormous 
productiveness. In this respect also, it excels any bean in cultivation. Our cut is a just representation 
of an average plant. All who saw the field before harvest pronounced it the fullest podded field they 
had ever seen. Pkt., loc; lb., 3Sc 
THORBURN VALENTINE WAX BEAN. 
, Davis Wax Bean. 
Extensive trial has proved that this new bean is the best white-seeded wax podded bean known. 
The plant is vigorous and healthy, of compact, upright growth, carrying its pods on the center and well 
up from the ground. It is very productive, always giving a large yield of handsome pods. The pods 
are very long, oval, clear waxy-white color, and when of suitable size to use for snaps quite stringless, 
showing no tendency to string until they approach maturity. Growers are delighted with it, because of 
its hardiness, productiveness, handsome appearance, its good shipping and selling qualities. This new- 
bean is sure to become a very popular and standard sort. Pkt., loc; lb., 35c. 
Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax. 
Roger's Lima Wax. 
New Musk Melon- 'Cannon Ball." 
Six to ei°-ht inches diameter, perfectly round melon, of medium size and heavily netted. The 
flesh is very thick, leaving only a small seed cavity; green, solid and of very good flavor. It is an excel- 
lent shipper to distant points. Pkt., loc; oz., 15c; lb., $1.25. 
I For description and price of these 
I two new yarletles see page lo. 
A New Extra Early White-Fleshed Turnip. 
CARTER'S "CARDINAL." 
This variety is distinct from others, having a deep cardinal skin, which not only appears on the top, 
hut covers the whole root. It is of medium size, flat, with very short top, and of excellent table quality. 
ll is one of the best varieties to grow on hot, dry land, not running to seed like otherearly kinds, and re- 
maining sweet and solid for a long season. It lias an unusually strong taproot, which, with the thick, 
;ipre:\ding foliage, protects it from revere drought. Pkt., lou; oz., 20c. 
