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GEO, COOLING & SONS, BATH. 
FRENCH or KIDNEY BEANS. 
Cultivation.— The Dwarf varieties may be sown from the middle of April to the end of July in rows 2 feet apart • if 
dry weather sets in water copiously. The most suitable time for sowing the tall varieties is during the month of May in rows 
4 feet wide, and the seed 2 inches deep. 
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Dwarf Varieties. 
COOLING’S “NE PLUS ULTRA.” Selected stock. This 
variety has now established itself as the earliest .and most 
productive Dvv.arf Bean in cultiv.ation ; it is unequalled 
for forcing or first sowing out of doors, being at le.ast ten 
days earlier than Osbornes and other well-known early 
kinds. This fine Dwarf Bean has been awarded more 
Certificates of Merit bytheBoyal Horticultur.al Society 
after the Chiswick trials th.an any other variety ... 2 0 
EXCELSIOR, splendid new variety, bearing 
a wonderful crop of very long straight 
fleshy pods measuring 8 inches in length, of finest table 
quality, a very handsome exhibition variety. Award of 
Merit R.ll.S pg). pint packet 2/0 
everbearing, dw.arf, robust .and bushy, should be allowed 
plenty of room for growth ; the pods .are dark green in 
colour and delicious in flavour; marvelously productive 
and extremely early... 2 0 
j CANADIAN WONDER, he.avy cropper, pods 9 to 12 inches, 
an abund.ant bearer and tender ] () 
'MONSTER LONG -PODDED NEGRO or BLACK 
CANADIAN WONDER, a valuable variety of robust 
habit ... ., 1 
NEGRO LONG-PODDED, one of the best for general crop ... 1 
OSBORN’S FORCING, prolific, fine for forcing ... ... 1 
SION HOUSE, fine for forcing ... i 
SUTTON’S SUPERLATIVE, .an abundant cropper, pro- 
ducing exceptionally fine pods, very compact in growth 
and dark green foliage per pint packet 1/0 
BUTTER BEANS or GOLDEN WAX POD. 
This class is much esteemed and largely grown on the Continent and in America. They have a mild and creamy flavour, die 
pods are of a rich golden yellow colour, which gives them the appearance of a new vegetable, and in being stringless they present 
the advantage of being readily cooked whole if desired. 
Per pint — s. d. 
MONT D’OR OR GOLDEN WAX, very early and productive, golden yellow stringless pods ; height 6 ft. 2 0 
GOLDEN BUTTER, very e.arly, dwarf, thick pods of bright yellow colour, 2 ft 1 (S 
WAX DATE, dwarf, yellow, long podded, stringless, excellent for forcing, 2 ft 1 6 
ASPARAGUS. 
Cultivation. — The seed should be sown in March and April, in rows two leet apart ; when one or two years old transplant 
into beds. In selecting a spot for an Asparagus Bed choose an open and sunny situation ; as this is a crop which will occupy 
the same spot for several years a little trouble expended upon it in the first place will well repay itself. The soil should be 
trenched at least to the depth of two feet, and plenty of good rotten manure mixed with it from top to bottom. The beds may 
be four feet wide, with two feet alleys between ; three rows should be planted in each bed, one in the centre and one on each 
side at the distance of a foot ; the roots about nine inches apart in the rows. A dressing of salt or asparagus manure in autumn 
or early spring at the rate of about four pounds to every six square yards is very beneficial. 
Per oz. — s. d. 
CONNOVER’S COLOSSAL, an American variety, grows to an immense size, and is fit to cut two years 
after sowing q g 
GIANT, the ordinary kind . q 
GIANT ARGENTEUIL, early purple, as grown by the celebrated Fi'encii growers for Paris market ... 0 6 
for Asparagus Plants, see Culinary Roots , page 23. 
Cooling’s ‘‘Ne Plus Ultra” Dwarf Beans should be included in every seed order. 
