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D. M. FERRY & CO’S JDESCRIFTIVE CATALOGUE. 
clear white in color. Recommended to southern planters 
for early shipment. Dry beans like Kidney Six Weeks. 
The wax podded beans arc particularly liable to run 
“off ” into green podded plants, and it requires constant 
attention and skillful culture to keep them pure. A 
comparison of our stocks of wax beans with those offered 
by other dealers shows them to be the purest and best 
strains in cultivation. 
The following are green podded varieties, and are 
named about in the order of ripening, although this 
varies in different seasons. The earliest are about one 
week later than the Golden Wax. 
China Red Eye.—Vines medium, stout, erect, 
healthy, with large leaves and white blossoms; pods 
short, straight, flat, and if picked young, of good qual¬ 
ity as snaps; beans medium size, oblong, white, with 
reddish-purple blotch about the eye. When green they 
are thin skinned, mealy and tender, and when dry are 
excellent for baking. 
Dwarf Horticultural.—Vines comoact, upright, 
with large leaves, and they are very productive and 
furnish green shelled beans the earliest of any. Pods 
medium length, round, curved, w : th splashes of bright 
red on a yellowish ground. The ripe beans arc large, oval, 
plump, and nearly covered with splashes of bright red. 
This is undoubtedly the best variety as a green shelled, 
condition the beans are very large, 
easily shelled, and although quite 
different form, are about equal to the 
Lima in quality. There are several 
new varieties offered as superior to 
this, but we, after most careful test¬ 
ing, think that such a stock as we 
offer of Dwarf Horticultural is really 
better both for market gardeners and 
for the home garden than any of 
them. 
Goddard.—In general character 
much like the Horticultural, but in 
every way much larger and coarser. 
Vines very vigorous with immense 
leaves and bearing a fair number of 
very large and beautifully colored 
pods containing five to six beans, 
which are the largest, when in con¬ 
dition for use as green shelled, of any 
of the bush varieties. Very showy 
and attractive. Dry beans like Hor¬ 
ticultural, but larger. 
Early Yellow Kidney, Six 
^Veeks. — Vines large, vigorous, 
branching, productive, with large 
leaves and lilac blossoms; pods long, 
straight, narrow, handsome, and 
when young, of good quality; beans 
long, kidney shaped, yellowish-drab with darker marks 
about the eye. 
Early Red Valentine.—One of the finest of the 
green podded varieties for snaps, and by some preferred 
to the wax sorts. Vines erect, with coarse, dark green 
leaves, and large, white blossoms; pods medium length, 
curved, round, being thicker than broad, with crease in 
back, very fleshy, crisp and tender; beans medium sized; 
long, irregular, pink, marbled with red. Our stock is all 
of the improved type and fully equal to any of the 
“ Improved Round Pod ” offered at fancy prices, and 
has proved on trial to be much superior to many of them. 
Early Mohawk.—The hardiest of any and the best 
to plant on poor land, and it can frequently be planted 
so as to afford beans earlier than the above more tender 
sorts. Vines large, stout, with large, coarse leaves, 
which will stand a slight frost; blossoms large, purple; 
pods long, straight, coarse, with long, tapering point; 
beans long, kidney shaped, variegated with drab, purple 
and brown. 
Refugee, or Thousand to One. — Vines large, 
spreading, with small, smooth leaves, and large lilac 
flowers, very late and esteemed for late planting and for 
use as pickles; pods long, cylindrical, green, becoming 
white, streaked with purple, of good quality as snaps; 
beans long, light drab, dotted and splashed with purple. 
Galega.— Although similar to the Refugee, this is 
distinctly larger growing and more vigorous, and with 
us has proved decidedly more prolific. 
The following sorts are planted as field beans: 
Royal Dwarf Kidney.—Not as productive as some 
of the following, but of very superior quality. Plant 
large, branching, with large, broad leaves and white 
flowers; pods medium sized, variable in shape, dark 
green, coarse; beans large, kidney shaped, slightly flat¬ 
tened, and of excellent quality, green or dry. 
Large White Marrow, or Mountain. — Vines 
large, slender, spreading, with short runners, small 
leaves and small, white blossoms; very prolific; pods 
medium, broad, green, changing to yellow; beans large, 
clear white, ovoid, cooking very dry and mealy. 
Early Marrow Pea, or Dwarf White Navy.— 
A comparatively new variety developed in western New 
York, and not only a surer cropper and much more 
prolific, but of better quality than the common white 
bean, and the beans are so hard as to resist the attacks 
of the bean weevil. Vines large, spreading, with occa¬ 
sional runners and small, thin leaves, and small, white 
flowers; very prolific, ripening its crop early and all at 
once; pods short, straight, small, but containing six 
beans; beans small, oval, white, handsome and of 
superior quality. 
Prolific Tree Bean. — A new variety often sold at a 
very high price with extravagant claims of its produc¬ 
tiveness, but it is an uncertain cropper, and the claims 
will only be realized when one happens to have suitable 
soil and gives it good culture. Under these conditions 
it has been known to yield as high as sixty bushels per 
acre. Vines large, spreading, slender, with many run¬ 
ners having pods to the end; beans small, oval, dull 
white, of good quality. 
BEHNS. 
POLE, OR RUNNING. 
Fr., Haricots a r a vies. Ger., St a ngenboh ne. 
Culture. — These are even more sensitive to cold and 
wet than the dwarf varieties, but are of superior quality 
and productiveness. After settled warm weather, set 
poles six to eight feet long in rows north and south four 
feet apart, the poles being three feet apart in the row, 
and set leaning to the north at an angle of about thirty- 
five degrees. Set in this way, the vines climb better, 
bear earlier, and the pods are straighter and more easily 
seen. Around each hill plant from six to ten beans, 
taking care to place the eye down in the case of Lima 
or other flat varieties. When well started, thin to four 
plants, and start any that fail to climb around the pole 
in the same direction as the others, for they will not 
grow if tied up in the opposite direction. When the 
vines reach the top of the poles pinch them off or train 
them along strings stretched on the tops of the poles. 
A pint or single packet of each of four or five varieties 
will be sufficient for a large family. 
White Crease Back.— Vines small to medium, but 
healthy, and in good soil wonderfully productive, bear¬ 
ing pods in clusters of from four to twelve. Pods me- 
and when in this 
Early 
Red Valentine. 
