HOME-GROWN FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS 
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DWARF GREEN-PODDED SNAP BEANS, continued 
Black Valentine. Resembling Valentine, but with black seeds; long, 
round, solid pods; very early. Pt. 15 cts., cjt. 25 cts., pk. Si. 50. 
Goddard, or Boston Favorite. Red pods, somewhat similar to Dwarf 
Horticultural. Popular in the Boston market as a shell variety. Pt. 
15 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.50. 
Dwarf Wax or Butter Beans 
Davis Kidney Wax. Pods long; beans flat; nearly waxy in color; seed 
pure white and eating qualities excellent. Fine for canners’ use. Pt. 
15 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.75. 
Wardwell’8 Kidney Wax. A most excellent variety, widely known and 
deservedly popular. Pods are sound, long, broad, flat, brittle and string- 
less. Beans kidney-shaped, white, shaded with purplish brown. Vines 
strong and upright in growth. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. Si. 75. 
Currie’s Rust-proof Black Wax. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.^5. 
Improved Golden Wax. Very large, flat pods, long, stringless. Pt. 
IS cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. Si. 75. 
Large White Kidney Wax. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.75. 
Valentine Wax. One of the earliest; is very productive; first in quality; 
round pods. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $2. 
Pole or Running Beans 
One quart to 150 hilts; 16 quarts to the acre 
Culture. — Sow as the soil becomes warm and dry from the first of May 
(for all except Limas) to the latter part, in hills 4 feet each way. Limas 
should not be planted until warm weather has fully set in. One quart of 
Limas will plant about 100 hills, running four or five beans to a hill. Poles 
8 to 10 feet long should be firmly set in the hills before planting seeds. 
Fordhook Lima Beans Large White Lima. The genuine Lima Bean. Leading grower; 
variety for market or home use. Beans are flat, kidney-shape, pure 
white. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts, pk. $2. 
King of the Garden Lima. Large in pod and Bean; extra quality and handsome appearance. Pt. 15 
cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $2. 
Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. An 
old, popular variety, useful either as a green-podded 
snap Bean, or, when shelled, in the dry state. Pt. 
15 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $2. 
Horticultural Pole. Good as a snap or shell 
Bean. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.75. 
Case Knife, or White Dutch. Long, green, flat 
pods, used as snap or shell. Pt. 20c., qt. 35c., pk. $2. 
Worcester Pole. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.75. 
Lazy Wife. A superior sort of finest flavor. 
Beans large, medium dark green; abundant pro- 
ducer. Pods measure from to 6 inches in length. 
They are strong and thick, very fleshy and en- 
tirely stringless. Pt. 20 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $2. 
Scarlet Runner. A popular English variety; 
very ornamental, with scarlet blossoms. Pt. 15 cts., 
qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.75. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS 
Burpee’s. Although the bush grows only 18 to 
20 inches in height, the Beans are as large as the 
Pole Limas. This Bean has become immensely 
popular. The plants come true from seed and the 
dwarf habit has become well fixed. The strong 
constitution of the plant is shown in its stout, thick 
stalks, and large, deep green, leathery leaves, as 
well as in its thick, strong, handsome pods, which are 
as large and well-filled as those of the Pole Limas, with 
the same rich, buttery flavor. Pt. 15c., qt. 25c., pk. $2. 
Henderson’s. Two weeks earlier than the Pole 
Limas. A Bush strain of Sieva. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 25c., 
pk. $2. 
Fordhook. Beans and pods are not only twice 
as large, but the bushes are of more erect growth, 
bearing their abundance of pods well above the 
ground. Beans are green, thin-skinned and of really 
delicious quality. Pt. 15 cts., qt. 40 cts., pk. $2. 
Improved Early Valentine Beans 
