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BEANS ( DWARF OR BUSH.) 
German, SBofyne. French, Haricot . 
A warm, light soil is best adapted to Beans, but they will thrive in any garden 
soil. Plant as soon as safe from frost and the ground becomes warm and dry, in 
hills, two inches deep ; put five or six beans in a hill; or in drills two feet apart, 
and two inches deep ; drop the beans two inches from each other. Drills are 
advised for garden use. One pint of ordinary sized beans will sow about one 
hundred feet of drill or about the same number of hills. The dwarf varieties grow 
about eighteen inches high and require no support. Keep clean by frequent 
hoeing, always when the leaves are dry. 
YELLOW PODDED VARIETIES. Pkt. CtS. 
Challenge Dwarf Black Wax, the earliest of all Wax Beans, making it a 
pronounced favorite with market gardeners; the pods are of good size, of rich 
yellow color and stringless ; seeds black when ripe ; pt. 25c.10 
Prolific Black Wax or Butter, early, very tender and solid ; the pods are 
of a waxy yellow, stringless and almost transparent; pt. 20c.10 
Bust-Proof or Improved Golden Wax, pods large, long and brittle, and 
entirely stringless ; as a snap-bean it excels all others in tenderness and rich¬ 
ness of flavor, and is also valuable as a shell bean ; pt. 20c..10 
Black-Eyed Wax, one of the earliest beans grown, and worthy of atrial; 
seeds white with black spots about the eye ; pt. 25c. .10 
Golden-Eyed Wax, early, vigorous, and a profuse bearer; the pods are flat, 
large and tender ; singularly free from blight and rust; pt. 20c. .. .10 
WardwelPs Kidney Wax, extra early ; long, flat, waxy pods; very fiee 
from rust; pt. 2tc.10 
Bed Flageolet Wax, a peculiarly valuable early wax bean; a decided 
advantage being their freedom from rust; an enormous yielder of mammoth 
pods, often reaching twelve inches in length ; seeds red ; pt. 25c.10 
Yosemite Mammoth Wax, a valuable variety; enormous pods 8 to 12 
inches long, very thick, nearly all solid pulp, rich yellow, and absolutely 
stringless. Exceedingly productive; pt. 30c.10 
GREEN PODDED VARIETIES. 
Emperor William, the earliest of all beans; pods very large, flat, and borne 
in great profusion. Good either shelled or dry. Seeds white ; pt. 25c.10 
Early Bed Valentine, very 
early, productive and tender ; 
used principally for string 
beans; pt. 20c.10 
Early Mohawk, excellent for 
string beans, tenner and early, 
very productive and hardy 
enough to endure light frost; 
pt. 20c.10 
Early Yellow Six Weeks, 
{Long) a hardy and prolific va¬ 
riety; seeds pile yellowish drab; 
fine for si ring beans ; pt. 20c.. 10 
Early China, a very excellent 
early variety, both for string 
and shell beans green or dry ; 
prolific, and js a standard 
sort; seeds white with red 
eye ; pt. 20c.10 
Refugee, or lOOO to 1, 
hardy ; one of the best for 
pickling ; pt. 20c.10 
Henderson s Dwarf Lima, a dwarf variety of the well-known Lima Bean, 
but two weeks earlier and more productive; flavor delicious; seeds much 
smaller than those of the pole variety : pt. 25c. .10 
Boston Favorite, red-podded dwarf horticultural; pt. 20c . ...10 
White Kidney, or Royal Dwarf, a late variety; fine for shell beans; pt. 20c.10 
Bod Kidney, similar to the above ; seed purplish red ; pt. 20c..10 
White Marrowfat, the very best for baking ; beans Urge, white; pt. 20c.10 
