//^. R. Gray, Seedsman, Oaklon, Firffinia 
DWARF WAX-PODDED SNAP BEANS 
Ci-OIiDEN WAX. This is one of the earliest 
and best dwarf sorts for the home market 
and private gardens. The plants are erect, 
compact, and very productive. The pods 
are of medium length, four and one-half 
to five inches, nearly straight, broad, flat, 
golden yellow, very fleshy and wax-like. 
The variety cooks cjuickly as snaps, shell- 
ing well when green, and is of superior 
quality used in either way. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
pt. 20 cts.; 1 pt. 30 cts. 
PENCIIi POD WAX. This new bean has 
been most enthusiastically praised by all 
• who have grown it. Its beautiful yellow 
pods are straight and from 5 to 7 inches 
long, well rounded, mealy and deep saddle- 
backed. T hey are always solid, brittle 
and entirely stringless. The plants grow 
1.^ inches liigh with abundance of large, 
heavy foliage, under which will be found 
an enormous crop of magnificent straight, 
golden yellow pods. Seed black. Pkt. 
10 cts.: pt. 20 cts.; 1 pt. 30 cts. 
WARDWDIiIi’S KIDNEY WAX. Very hardy; 
more robust than any other other wax 
beans; very heavy cropper; not liable to 
rust or blister. Pkt. 5 and 10 cts.; pt. 
25 cts.; qt. 50 cts. 
CLIMBING, or POLE BEANS 
KENTUCKY WONDER, OR ODD HOME- 
STEAD. This variety is one of the most 
desirable and earliest of all the Kreen- 
podded running varieties. It is enormously 
productive, the pods hanging in great clus- 
ters from ba.se to top of pole; are of a 
silvery-green color and entirely stringless; 
they cook deliciously tender and melting. 
Pkt. 10 cts.; 1/2 pt- '20 cts.; 1 pt. 30 cts. 
I.AZY WIEE. .One of the best for snaps of 
the later green-podded pole beans. The 
numerous pods, borne in large clusters, 
are 6 to 7 inches long, broad, thick, fleshy 
and entirely stringless. When young they 
have a rich, buttery flavor, which is re- 
tained until they are nearly ripe. The 
dry beans are excellent for winter use. 
Seed white. Pkt. 10 cts.; 14 pt. 20 cts.; 
1 pt. 30 cts. 
All seed postpaid by mail, except shipments amounting to 4 pounds or more, which 
will be shipped at purchaser’s expense. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS 
Improved 
Iiarge Bush Dima. 
EORDHOOK BUSH DIMA. This Lima Bean was introduced two years ago and has given 
great satisfaction. The plants grow erect and stiff and have 5 to 6 thick meaty beans 
in each pod. Pkt. 10 cts.; 14 Pt. 20 cts.; 1 pt. 35 cts. ^ ^ 
HENDERSON’S BUSH DIMA. It has merit in being productive and very early tor family 
use, and where the trade demands a small-sized bean it has no superior. It is of fine 
flavor and very attractive when served on the table. Pkt. 10 cts. ; pt. 20 cts.; 1 pt. 35 cts. 
UaPItOVED DABaE BUSH DIMA. This is one of the greatest of modern vegetable mtro- 
ductions, and we have secured for our customers some seed of it direct from the in^o- 
ducer. This bean produces magnificent crops of pods, which measure frorn 5 to 6 inches 
long by l\i inches wide. As compared with the original Burpee Bush Lima, both pods 
and beans are very much larger, while the beans, either green or dry, are nearly twice 
as thick. The beans have the same luscious flavor as the best flavored Limas, and are 
ready to use 6 to 8 days earlier. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 20 cts.; 1 pt. 35 cts. 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
NEW GIANT PODDED. This is an improved form of Burpee's Giant Podded, earlier, more 
prolific and much larger podded than the King of the Garden. The mammoth pods 
measure 7 to SVs inches in length and to 2 inches in width, and are borne in greaf 
clusters. The vines branch or stool out from the main stalk close to the ground, each 
vine producing 10 to 15 lateral branches. New Giant Podded Pole Lima Beans continue 
to bear most abundantly until killed by frost. This is the most perfect Pole Lima Bean 
ever introduced. It grows green, it dries green, it stays green. Pkt. 10 cts.; 1 pt. 35 cts. 
DBEEB’S IMPROVED PODE DIMA. The distinctive features of this are early maturity, 
large yield and extra quality. The bean itself is thick and round, rather than oval- 
shaped. as most Limas are. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 20 cts.; 1 pt. 35 cts. 
KING OF GARDEN DIMA BEANS. Outrivals all other Pole Limas. Its vine has a 
luxurious growth, which abounds with enormous pods, often 5 to 8 inches long, and filled 
with 5 or 6 perfect Beans to a pod. These Beans in their green state are large and 
luscious, but when dry shrink to the ordinary size. It is large, early and prolific and 
unequaled in quality. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 20 cts.; 1 pt. 35 cts. 
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