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SLLia BBOTHJSna* CATAL0GX7S. 
Premium Gem, A valuable variety, growing: about fifteen inches high, and among the earliest 
dwarf, green, wrinkled sorts. The quality is unsurpassed; the most remarkable characteristic is its won- 
derful prolificness. Superior to “ Little Gem.” Price lo As. ; pint, 25 As. ; quart, 40 As. 
Notv s Excelsior, One of the best of recent introduction; an improvement on “American Won- 
der,” being more vigorous and prolific, with larger pods and more peas. A decided acquisition, and sure 
to become popular wlien generally known ; height, one foot. Price, pkt., 10 As. ; pint, 25 As. ; quart, 40 As. 
Strsts^em (improved). Pods of an immense size and uniformly filled with very large dark green 
peas of the finest quality. Vine medium height, but very stocky, and bearing an abundance of large hand- 
some pods. One of the very best varieties. Price, pkt., 10 As. ; pint, 25 As. ; quart, 45 As. 
'Yorkshire Sero, I-^ng, round pods, closely filled with large, luscious, wrinkled peas; very pro- 
durtive. Well worthy of general cultivation; of similar type to the well known “Champion of England;” 
in many sections it is better and more productive. Price, pkt., 10 As. ; pint, 20 As. ; quart, 40 As. 
CbampiOD of Eufiland, Undoubtedly one of the best Peas grown, and very popular. It is very 
productive, peas of a delicious flavor; height, four to five feet. Price 10 As.; pint, 20 As; quart, 35 As. 
Dwarf Champion, Avery popular sort. Similar in every respect to “ Champion of England,” 
except it grows only half as high. Price, pkt., 10 As. ; pint, 20 As. ; quart, 40 As. 
L,ar^e Black Eye lifarrowfat- An excellent variety, growing about five feet high; pods large; 
a prolific bearer; one of the very best “ Marrowfat” sorts. Price, pkt., 10 As.; pint,2oAs.; quart, 3SAs. 
Sunol, Mr. J. H. Allen, who has originated more varieties of new Peas than any seed grower on 
this side of the Atlantic ocean, sends this newcomer out as his latest improvement in the early market 
garden sorts. lie claims that it is the earliest of all to mature, and is decidedly the most profitable to raise 
of all the early varieties. J. J. H. Gregory says of it— “I find ‘Sunol’ leads them all in earliness; medium 
height.” Price 10 As. ; pint, 20 As. ; quart, 40 As. 
First of All, A very early market sort; height about two and one-half feet. “ Sunol” is an im- 
provement on this variety. Price 10 As. ; pint, 20 As. ; quart, 40 As. 
Queen, An excellent new wrinkled variety of English origin, growing about two and a half feet 
high and bearing an abundance of very large handsome pods, which are well filled with large, oval, dark 
green peas of the finest quality and flavor. Price 10 As. ; pint, 25 As. 
If by express, not prepaid, 15 As. per quart may be deducted from the above prices. Special prices 
given to buyers in quantities of one-half peck or more of a kind. 
BEANS. 
Saddle-back, Unequalled by any other Wax Bean in cultivation. The growth of the bush is 
vigorous. It is quite a profuse bearer, the plants in ordinary field culture bearing usually from twenty-five 
to forty pods each. The pods are long, round, very full of meat. When broken between the beans there 
is no open space — the pods being filled with meat, and can be sliced like a cucumber without showing any 
hollow space. Unequalled in quality, with handsome, fleshy pods as thick as they are wide and always 
absolutely stringless. Price, pkt., 10 As.; pint, 25 As. 
Extra Early Golden Cluster Wax (Pole). Long golden-yellow pods, borne in clusters; extra 
early, stringless, snaps easily, vigorous, prolific, popular; quality tender, delicious. It is unequalled for 
earliness, productiveness and fine quality. The pods are almost round, entirely stringless, remarkably 
rich, tender and buttery when cooked ; of the best possible flavor. The pods are fit to use when only two 
or three inches long; keep their fine, tender, rich and buttery qualities until fully ripe. The most produc- 
tive Bean in cultivation. Price, postpaid, 10 As. ; 1 .2 pint, 15 As. ; pint, 25 As. 
Horticultural Pole or Pole Cranberry, Standard sort. Price, pkt., 10 As.; pint, 25 As. 
Yosemite, .Mammoth Wax Bush Bean. The pods frequently attain a length of ten to fourteen 
inches, with the thickness of a man’s finger, and are nearly all solid pulp. The pods are a rich golden 
color, and are absolutely stringless, cooking tender and delicious. It is enormously productive, as many 
as fifty of its monster pods having been counted on one bush. Price, pkt., 10 As. ; pint, 25 As. 
Golden Wax (Bush), A strong growing, distinct variety, at least a week earlier than the “ Black 
Wax.” The pods are long, brittle, and entirely stringless. As a snap Bean it perhaps excels all others 
in tenderness and richness of flavor. The finest of all as a string Bean. Price, pkt., 10 As. ; pint, 25 As. 
Dwarf Horticultural or Bush Cranberry, One of the finest bush varieties for a green shell 
Beau. Price, pkt., 10 As.; pint, 20 As.; quart, 40 As. 
Davis*s White Kidney Wax. A new variety. Plant vigorous, and of compact upright growth, 
with pods extra long, straight, oval, of a clear, waxy, white color, often seven to eight inches in length, 
and when fit for use, quite stringless. Price, pkt., 10 As.; pint, 20 As. 
White Case-Knife, Early pole bean, with pods very long, flat, irregular, green, changing to 
cream white, useful both as a shell and a string Bean. Price, pkt., 10 As. ; pint,' 20 As. 
Rust-Proof Golden Wax, This improved strain is destined to supercede the well known "Golden 
Wax,” which it has greatly out-yielded in comparative trials. The straight, handsome pods are thicker 
through, superior in quality, claimed by originator to be rust-proof. Price, pkt., 10 As.; pint, 25 As. 
