W. F. Allen’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
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IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX— A light green 
yellow, quite brittle, with only slight strings when 
young; plants stiffly erect, hearing large crop of fine 
pods held well above the soil. The pods are rather 
flat, about four inches in length, and one-half inch 
broad. A very popular market variety. Pkt., 10c.; 
pt„ 30e.; qt., 50c.; postpaid. By express, four qts., 
75c.; pk., $1.40; bus., $5.00. 
STRIPED CRESSBACK— This Is a novelty 
of real merit, with long yellow, stringless pods, fleshy 
and tender. Especially recommended for trial. Pkt., 
10c.; pt., 30c.; qt., 50c.; postpaid. By express, 4 qts., 
90c.; pk., $1.50. 
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DAVIS’ KIDNEY WAX. —This is a business 
man’s bean; one of the very best for market gardeners 
and canners. It is a wax-podded variety, almost 
wholly rust-proof, with kidney-shaped white seeds. It 
Is handsome, prolific and profitable, and not excelled 
by any of the wax sorts. It is of strong growth, and 
holds its long, straight pods well above the soil. The 
pods are clear, waxy white color, and are more con¬ 
spicuous than the foliage itself when the hush is in 
full bearing. It is used as a snap sort, and also as a 
shelled bean. It is of extremely high table quality and 
is adapted to home use or market. I’kt., 10c.; pt„ 
30c.; qt., 50c.; postpaid. By express, 4 qts., 90c.; pk., 
$1.50; bus., $5.50. 
BLACK VALENTINE. —This is a distinct form 
of the Valentine variety. It is very handsome in ap¬ 
pearance and excellent in quality; one of the best 
green-podded sorts, and we especially recommend it for 
trial, believing that all who plant it once will want it 
again. Pkt., 10c.; pt., 30c.; qt., 50c.; postpaid. By 
express, 4 qts., 90c. ; pk., $1.50; bus., $5.50. 
LONGFELLOW. —This has long green pods, al - 
ways solid, and is one of the most prolific green-podded 
sorts. The pods are of an attractive green color, per¬ 
fectly straight and round, and It is a very desirable 
and profitable variety to grow, both for market gar 
deners and truckers. It yields more snaps to the acre 
than most other varieties, more uniform in ripening, 
and the pods fill the basket quicker. It is also a moat 
desirable bean for private gardens, as it is tender and 
of excellent flavor when cooked. Pkt., 10c.; pt., 30c.; 
qt., 50c.; postpaid. By express, 4 qts., $1.00; pk., 
$1.00: bus., $5.25. 
LIMA BEANS. 
DREER’S BUSH LIMA BEAN, OR PO¬ 
TATO BEAN. —This is a great market bean. The 
gardeners around this section for several years have 
planted largely of this variety to ship green to the 
New York markets, and for the first crop they often 
receive as much as $4.00 per half-barrel basket. This 
Is a bean of rather peculiar shape, being thick and 
plump rather than flat and oval; it is a very meaty 
bean, of excellent flavor and high table quality ; the 
vine has the Lima habit of growth, and it is very 
productive of pods, always well filled; when green they 
nearly equal the ordinary large Lima bean in size, but 
are thicker, sweeter and more tender; they remain 
green a long time after maturing; the beans are easily 
shelled, and are in wide favor. The pods are crammed 
so full that a basket of green pods will shell half the 
quantity of shelled beans. Pkt., 10c.; pt., 30c.; qt., 
50c.; postpaid. By express, 4 qts., $1.75; half bus., 
$3.20; bus., $6.00. 
KING OF THE GARDEN POLE LIMA.— 
This is no longer a new bean, but one of the best for 
main crop, standard for market or family use, which 
nothing can displace from public favor. It has a vig¬ 
orous growth and is immensely productive. The vines 
begin to produce pods near the foot of th~ ™ue, and 
the bearing season continues without interruption until 
frost. The pods are large and well filled; the beans 
are of mammoth size and very delicious. I have grown 
this strain in my garden for many years, and know of 
no other that will equal it. Pkt., 10c. ; pt., 25c. ; qt., 
60c.; postpaid. By express, 4 qts., 90c.; pk., $1.50; 
bus., $5.50. 
SHOTWELL’S POLE LIMA— This new Llms 
is an improvement on the old, well-known Dreer's Pole 
Lima. Dreer’s Pole Lima, as is well known, has a geu 
eral characteristic of Dreer’s Bunch Lima, with the ex¬ 
ception that it is a pole variety and the pods and 
beans are somewhat larger. It is one of the best for 
either family use or market. You should give this new 
improvement on the old Dreer's Pole Lima a trial. 
Pkt., 10c.: pt., 35c.; qt., 60c.; postpaid. By express, 
4 qts., $1.00; pk., $1.75. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA BEAN.—This 
is a small dwarf lima that gives you the first beans of 
the season. The quality is very good, though not the 
best: in productiveness I doubt if it has an equal; it 
commences to bear ten days ahead of any other variety 
that I know, and remains full until killed by frost. 
Pkt., 10c. ; pt., 25c.; qt., 45e.; postpaid. By express, 
4 qts., 00c.; pk., $1.40: bus., $5.25. 
% ALLEN’S PLANTS LEAD IN QUALITY. 
Hunterton Co., N. J., April 29, 1907. 
W. F. Allen. Dear Sir ; I received the straw 
berry plants all right, and they were fine. I dl 
vided my order—got half from you and half 
pedigree plants, but yours were twice as good, 
larger and stronger plants. I set them right 
away, and they are growing finely. I will send 
my next order to you. I remain yonrs, 
MORGAN P. WORMAN. . 
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