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F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
BEANS—Bush, Green Pod (Continued) 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD — 53 days. 
Very desirable for the home and market garden. The 
plants are large, erect, and very productive, having 
round pods 6 inches long, 7/16 inch across, slightly 
curved, medium green, very meaty, perfectly string¬ 
less and fiberless, of excellent quality, and used ex¬ 
tensively by gardeners and for cut beans by canners. 
Seed is coffee brown, 75 per oz. Pkt. 10c; / 2 lb. 20c; 
1 lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 60c; 5 lbs. $1.25; 10 lbs. $2.20. 
Beans, Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod 
BLACK VALENTINE —53 days. A good early ship¬ 
ping variety as the pod is slightly stringy and fiber- 
ous and holding its color and shape for a long time 
after picking. Is not recommended for the home gar¬ 
den. Pods are oval, dark green, uniform and attrac¬ 
tive deep green, 6-6% inches long and inch across. 
Seeds are solid black, 81 per oz. Pkt. 1 6 c; / 2 lb. 20c; 
lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 50c; 5 lbs. $1.25; 10 lbs. $2.05. 
DWARF HORTICULTURAL or SPECKLED CRAN¬ 
BERRY BUSH (Italian Bush) —Fine for home and 
market garden, this variety produces snap beans at 
53 days, green-shelled beans at 62 days or dry beans 
after maturity. The pods in the snap stage are dark 
green turning to greenish yellow splashed with car¬ 
mine at maturity. Pods are semi-round, % inch across 
and 5 inches long—stringy and somewhat fiberous. 
Seeds are ova 1 , pinkish buff, spotted and streaked 
with maroon, 62 per oz. Pkt. 10c; lb. 30c; 2 lbs. 40c; 
5 lbs. 95c. 
EARLY MOHAWK —50 days. Hardy early snap pods 
grown mainly for early shipping in only a few sections 
where irrigation is not had. Pods are medium green, 
6-6% inches long, flat oval and somewhat fiberous. 
Seed is medium large, violet splashed with pale buff. 
Pkt. 10c; y 2 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 50c; 5 lbs. $1.15. 
STRINGLESS REFUGEE — 70 days. Splendid for 
canning, shipping and pickling whole. Plants are 
large, very hardy and highly productive, bearing 
medium green round pods 5-5% inches long and % 
inch thick, very uniform, brittle and absolutely string¬ 
less. Seeds are dark violet mottled with buff, 93 per 
oz. This variety differs from Refugee (or 1000 to 1, 
or late Refugee) by being absolutely stringless. Pkt. 
1 Cc; / 2 lb. 20c; 1 lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 50c; 5 lbs. $1.15. , 
Bush—Wax Pod 
Wax beans are favored by many because of their 
beautiful light yellow color and mild flavor. They are 
grown in the same manner as the green podded vari¬ 
eties and will produce equally as well. Black-seeded 
varieties may be planted, earlier than white-seeded 
varieties, as they seem to be more hardy 
IMPROVED BLACK WAX-PENCIL POD— An excel¬ 
lent variety for home garden or market. Plants are 
very stocky, vigorous and highly productive. Pods 
are round, slightly curved, fleshy, golden yellow, ten¬ 
der, brittle and absolutely stringless without fibre, 
and of finest quality, 6-6% inches long, 7/16 inch 
across. Seeds black and kidney-shaped, 88 per oz. 
Pkt. ICc; / 2 lb. 20c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 55c; 5 lbs. $1.20. 
DAVIS WHITE KIDNEY WAX — 56 days. Usually 
planted for market or shipping, having fine keeping 
qualities. Pods are light yellow, 6-6% inches long and 
% inch across, tender when young but somewhat 
fibrous and stringy. Seeds are white, kidney-shaped 
and excellent for baking. Pkt. 10c; y 2 lb. 20c; lb. 35c; 
2 lbs. 55c; 5 lbs. $1.20. 
IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX— 49 days. A favorite for 
home gardens and market gardens, also being used 
for canning. The small sturdy plants are very pro¬ 
ductive. Pods are 4%-5 inches long, % inch across. 
Thick, f at. straight, stringless, white with mottled 
eye, 65 per oz. Pkt. 10c; |/ 2 lb. 20c; lb. 35c; 2 lbs. 55c; 
5 lbs. $1.20. 
Beans, Improved Golden Wax 
