LOW’S CATALOGUE OP SPECIALTIES. 
“Low’s Early 
Champion” Bush Bean 
IS PAR EXCELLENCE. 
For beauty, productiveness, and richness of flavor, this variety is unexcelled, and as a snap bean for early market, 
it is without a rival. No single one of my original introductions has given me more pleasure to introduce, or mere 
gratifying results to customers. 
The further trials of this new bush bean the past season, has detracted nothing from its previous high reputation, 
but has served to more thoroughly prove its excellence and superiority over other varieties. 
In originating it, I aimed to produce a variety that would combine all the essential qualities of a superior snap and 
shell bean, together with sufficient hardiness and vigor to resist disease, and blight which renders useless so many 
kinds that are otherwise valuable sorts. By careful and continuous efforts, I have been enabled to embody most of 
the features desired in my new “Champion” Bean, and during an experience of over thirty years, I have failed to 
find a bean better adapted to the table, garden, and market, or one which combines or contains in itself so many 
superior and excelling qualities as docs the “Champion.” It is of extreme tenderness and exquisite flavor, and 
being absolutely without strings to the pods, it is peculiarly useful for snap purposes. As a shell bean, it has but 
few equals, and is of splendid flavor when cooked dry. The foliage and vine, in habit of growth, is strong, vigorous 
and thrifty, free from disease, and dark green in color ; it is also quite hardy, withstanding light frosts without injury, 
It is strictly bush in habit, never running as is frequently the case with many kinds. The pods are large and fleshy, 
of light green color when in snap condition, turning light when ripe. The delicious succulant tenderness of the pods 
is the secret of its popularity as a snap bean, while the beautiful bright red color of the bean when dry, attracts public 
attention, thus promoting custom and creating a demand for this variety, where others might be passed by unnoticed. 
It is very early, and abundantly productive. The annexed testimonials from several who have grown it to their entire 
satisfaction, will give the general opinion of my customers regarding it, and may be considered as conclusive evidence 
as to its great value. 
In the cut above given, the habit of growth, large leaf, shape, and abundance of pods, and the strength and upright 
habit of the plant is well depicted. Price of this rare and most excellent bean, ioc. per pkt; 75 c. per pt., i,u c. per 
qt- ; S 1.5 0 per pk. 
West Newbury, Aug. 25th. 
Mr. Low: — If your “ Champion ” bean proves as good 
baked as it is green, the bean problem will be settled ; no other 
bean for me. Yours truly, 
H. BROWN. 
Ipswich, Feb’y 15th, ’87. 
My Dear Sir: — Those new beans, the “Champion,” have 
turned out the greatest prize for my eating I ever raised ; they 
are the only colored bean I have found that would give entire 
satisfaction in baking; these do, and all my family prefer them 
to the “Pea” bean. As they equal any other as a snap or 
shell bean, I shall raise them in preference to any other. 
Yours respectfully, 
O. C. SMITH. 
New Bush Bean, Low’s Champion No. 10. 
The best bush bean we have ; perfectly stringless, very ten- 
der, and with more flavor than we ever noticed in a bean. Pod 
5 to 6 inches long, and straight, or nearly so ; average 6 beans 
to pod, medium size ; plant, 1 to 1 1-2 feet high, not inclined 
to run. 
R. N. Y. EXPERIMENT STATION. 
Nashua, Jan’y 26th, 1878. 
Aaron Low, Esq. Dear Sir : — Your New Champion Bush 
are great beans, nice stringers, handsome foliage, and splend»0 
flavor, a trifle earlier than the “Warren” bean, which is aj;i. 
very fine. Yours, 
C. H. CAMPBELL. 
