SEED MERCHANTS, BATH 
Runner Beans. 
SCARLET EMPEROR, a giant amongst, Pt. Qt. 
Scar I' t Runner Beans, pr* ducii g pods s. d. s. d. 
15 inches long; grand exhibition variety, 
4-pt. pkt. 1/- — — 
BEST OF ALL, handsome pods, free from 
coarseness, and of excellent quality, in- 
valuable for exhibition *1 9 3 0 
CHAMPION SCARLET, improved variety 
of old Scarlet Runner, with longer pods 14 2 6 
THE CZAR, a white seeded variety with 
pods of gigantic dimensions, very thick 
and fleshy, an enormous cropper 14 2 6 
SCARLET, well-known and productive 
variety, good for general crop 12 2 0 
NE PLUS ULTRA, exceedingly fine for Pt. Qt. 
main crop, long and handsome pods of s. d. s. d. 
superior quality 19 3 0 
PAINTED LADY or YORK AND LAN- 
CASTER, popular old variety, with 
pretty scarlet and white flowers 14 2 6 
VEITCH’S CLIMBING FRENCH BEAN, 
it is much earlier than the Runner, has 
all the delicate flavour and quality of the 
Dwarf Bean 14 2 6 
WHITE SEEDED RUNNER, a favourite 
variety with market growers, as the pods 
keep a bright green instead of turning 
brown as they grow old 12 2 0 
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. 
Dwarf Varieties. 
Per quart — s. d. 
COOLING’S “NE PLUS ULTRA.” Selected 
stock. This variety has now established it- 
self as the earliest and most productive Dwarf 
Bean in cultivation ; it is unequalled for forc- 
ing or first sowing out of doors, being at least 
ten days earlier than Osborn's and other 
well-known early kinds. This fine Dwarf 
Bean has been awarded more Certificates of 
Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society 
after the Chiswick trials than any other 
variety 2 0 
I NOVELT 
EXCELSIOR, splendid new 
variety, hearing a wonderful 
crop of very long straight fleshy pods measur- 
ing 8 inches in length, of finest table quality, 
a verv handsome exhibition variety. Award 
of Merit R.H.S per pint packet 2/6 
per quart — s. d. 
EVERBEARING, dwarf, robust and bushy, 
should be allowed plenty of room for growth ; 
the pods are dark green in colour and de- 
licious in flavour; marvellously productive 
and extremely early 2 0 
CANADIAN WONDER, heavy cropper, pods 
9 to 12 inches, an abundant bearer and tender 1 0 
NEGRO LONG-PODDED, one of the best for 
general crop - 19 
OSBORN’S FORCING, prolific, fine for forcing 1 6 
SION HOUSE, fine for forcing 1 4 
SUTTON’S SUPERLATIVE, an abundant 
cropper, producing exceptionally fine pods, 
very compact in growth and dark green 
foliage per pint packet 1/6 
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, the 
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 
Per pint — d 
GOLDEN BUTTER, very early, dwarf, thick 
pods of bright yellow colour, 2 ft 1 6 
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 feet apart. 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. 
OONNOVER’S COLOSSAL, an American 
variety, grows to an immense size, and is fit 
to cut two years after sowing 0 6 
GIANT, the ordinary kind _ 0 4 
Per oz. — s. d. 
GIANT ARGENTEUIL, early purple, as grown 
by the celebrated French growers for Paris 
market 0 6 
For Asparagus Plants, see Culinary Foots, page 16. 
Cooling’s “Ne Plus Ultra” Dwarf Bean should be included in every seed order. 
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