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D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
BEANS 
No crop responds more readily to good soil and cultivation; and a light, rich, well drained loam which was manured 
for the previous crop is most desirable. If too rank manure is used it is apt to make the plant run too much to vine. 
Beans are very sensitive to both cold and wet and it is useless to plant them before the ground has become dry and 
warm. The largest returns will result from planting in drills from two to three feet apart and leaving the plants two 
to six inches apart in the row. Up to the time of blossoming they should have frequent shallow cultivation, but any 
mutilation of the roots by cultivation after the plants come into bloom is likely to ^ 
cause the blossoms to blast and so cut off the crop. The cultivation of beans should 
always be very shallow and it is useless to expect a crop from a field so poorly pre¬ 
pared as to need deep stirring after planting. 
Varieties should be selected so as to give a succession both of string and green 
shelled beans. The wax varieties have a strong tendency to degenerate into a mixture 
of green and wax podded plants unless there is constant attention given to the remov¬ 
ing of any green podded plants which may appear in the seed crop. Hence it is very 
important to use seed from reliable sources only. 
DWARF, BUSH OR SNAP 
WAX PODDED SORTS 
ii r r»i 1 \\r Continued experience has satis- 
Challenge Dwarf Black Wax tied us of the great merit of this 
variety as the earliest wax podded bean. The enormous demand for it proves 
that it meets popular requirements and has all the sterling qualities we claim 
for it. In all our many comparisons of this bean with other extra early sorts, 
we have found it the first to give a full picking of pods which were unexcelled 
by any in quality. Vines erect, compact, bearing the pods well up from the 
ground. Tne pods are clear waxy-white, medium size, considerably curved, 
round, very fleshy, crisp, tender and stringless. Seed jet black, longer and 
more curved than Prolific German Wax. The best extra early wax bean for 
the home or market garden. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $7.00 
D u m |-» ry . /«, * * This bean was introduced 
. M. rerry & Co S Golden Wax by us in 1876. Extended and 
careful tests have convinced us that none of the so-called improved strains 
is equal in general excellence to the seed we offer, which has all been care¬ 
fully selected and grown from the original D. M. Ferry & Go’s Golden Wax. 
Early, very productive. Vines erect, compact, bearing the pods well up 
from the ground; pods long, nearly straight, broad, flat, golden yellow, very 
fleshy and wax-like; cooking quickly as snaps, shelling well when green, 
and of the highest quality used in either 
way. Seed medium sized, oval, white, more 
or less covered with two shades of purplish 
red. The amount and shade 
of color on this and all par- 
/ ti-colored beans will be af¬ 
fected greatly by conditions 
of soil and ripening. Pkt. 10c; 
Pt.25c; Qt. 35c;4 Qts. $1.25; 
Bu. $6.50 
Michigan White new 
117^-- wax bean has proved 
of exceptional value. 
For years past there was a 
constant demand for a white 
seeded wax bean of the high¬ 
est quality. At last we were 
able to produce it. Briefly 
described Michigan White 
Wax is a white seeded D. M. 
Ferry & Co’s Golden Wax 
but in several vital features it is distinctly superior to that excellent 
and exceedingly popular variety. The vine is a little larger, more robust 
and vigorous; foliage a little heavier. The handsome pods are produced* 
in greater abundance and are very uniform in size and color which is a. 
very attractive light golden yellow; pods comparatively broad, meaty 
and of the same superior quality as our Golden Wax. The seed is- 
medium sized, oval and clear white. This last feature alone gives the 
variety a very decided advantage over all other early wax podded beans 
in that as snaps they cook without discoloring and thus are more at¬ 
tractive on the table, while as dry beans they are very handsome and 
quite as useful as any of the staple white beans. We believe canners 
have never been offered a bean so fully meeting their requirements 
as to earliness, color and splendid quality. {See cut in Supplement y 
page 6) Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 40c; 4 Qts. $1.50; Bu. $8.00 
ii n , r> r wr Vines a little more upright and 
Grenell Kust rroor Wax hardier than the Golden Wax; the- 
pods are broader and flatter but slightly inferior in quality. __ Seed in 
color and size similar to our Golden Wax but darker. This is a very 
popular sort with some gardeners. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 
4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $6.50 
Keeney’s Rustless Golden Wax ousfwit^short^unnerel 
Pods produced in abundance; stringless, white, wax-like and handsome. 
Seed similar to a light colored Golden Wax. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 
4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $6.50 
p r yjit The stock of our own growing which we offer is- 
Kerugee W ax much superior to that commonly sold, being very 
early. Every plant can be depended upon to produce thick, fleshy, 
round, stringless wax-like pods of fine quality and of a clear, creamy 
white color, none of the plants being green podded. Seed medium* 
sized, cylindrical, rounded at ends, yellowish drab, heavily splashed 
with a bluish black. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $6.50 
D. M. Ferry & Co’s 
Golden Wax 
Round Pod Kidney Wax 
{See opposite page) 
If beans are ordered by mail or express prepaid add 10 cents per pint , 15 cents per quart for charges. 
