know ot no stock 01 Red Valentine which can be compared witn that we offer, in tender- 
ness and high quality of pod. It is as early as the earliest. Many different strains of 
Valentine are offered under slightly varying names, each claiming to be a great and 
distinct improvement. We have carefully examined them all, both in trial, and in large 
fields, and have found none that we are willing to substitute for our old stock, which 
combines in a high degree all the good qualities of the sort. 
Hodson W ax 
A new and distinct wax podded bean, wonderfully productive; 
sturdy grower and so far entirely free from blight or rust. Pods 
closely resemble those of the Wardwell’s Kidney Wax, but average 
a better length, being about 7 inches long, are clear light-yellow and very attractive. On.e of the very 
best for home use or for market gardeners. 
Dwarf Horticultural or 
One of the best 
dwarf sorts for 
preen shell beans 
Cranberry Bush r 
for the home garden and market and can be used early as 
a green podded snap bean. The plants are very productive, 
compact and upright, with large leaves. The mature 
pods are about five to five and one half inches in length, 
broad and thick, curved, with splashes of bright red on a 
yellowish ground. They become fit for use as green 
shelled beans early and in this condition the beans are very 
large, easily shelled and are about equal to the Lima in 
quality. Seed large, oval, plump, pale buff splashed with 
deep red. 
Stringless Green Pod 
The development of this variety marks a 
tj£B.nS decided improvement in string beans. The 
*"^ v '*■**** , plant is large, very vigorous and matures a 
heavy yield, The pods arc fully twice as large, more fleshy 
and quite as stringless as those of the Valentine and mature 
about the same time. The beans are oval and are chocolate 
brown. Do not fail to try them. 
Refugee, or Thousand 
to One 
Vines large spreading, exceedingly hardy 
with small, smooth leaves and large lilac 
flowers, very late, and esteemed for late 
planting and for use as pickles; pods long, cylindrical, green 
becoming white, streaked with purple as they mature; of 
good quality as snaps; beans long, light drab dotted and 
splashed with purple. 
Jefferson Co., N. Y. I consider your seeds the 
best of any I ever used. M. J. Gould. 
STRINGLESS GREEN POD 
ROUND 
POD 
KIDNEY 
WAX 
A Splendid 
New 
Stringless 
Bean. 
A new sort and very desirable variety, especially for the home garden. The vine is dwarf, 
spreading and very productive. The exceedingly beautiful pods are round, stringless, long, 
slightly curved, very white and wax-like, cylindrical and of the best quality. They are uni- 
formly perfect, an ill-shaped one being rarely seen. Seed long, cylindrical, nearly white, with 
a little dark marking about the eye. 
KING OP THE GARDEN LIMA 
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