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JOHNSON SEED COMPANY 
THE NEW HODSON BEANS 
WAX AND GREEN-POD 
The Hodson Wax Bean pods 
are long, handsome, brittle and 
tender. If picked when they 
should be, are entirely string¬ 
less. A boon to the market 
gardener and truckeron account 
of great vigor and productive¬ 
ness, freedom from blight and 
rust, and tine table qualities. 
(See photograph showing hand¬ 
some appearance and remark¬ 
able productiveness.) Price, 
pkt., 10c.; pint, 25c.; quait, 40c.; 
postpaid; by express, qt., 25c.; 
peck, $1.50; hush., $5.60. 
The Hodson Green-Pod. 
A strong, robust grower, un¬ 
affected by rust or blight, an 
enormous yielder, often pro¬ 
ducing 50 to 60 pods to the 
plant, and withstanding adverse 
weather conditions to a remark¬ 
able degree. It comes to ma¬ 
turity a little later than 
Refugee, hence does not compete 
with the earlier green-podded 
sorts. The table quality is first- 
class, and if picked young the 
pods are entirely stringless. An 
excellent shipper ; it is fine for 
market. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 25c.; 
quart, 40c., postpaid; by ex¬ 
press, qt., 25c.; peck, $1.35; 
NEW HODSON WAX BUSH BEAN. bush $5 00 
NEW ROUND POD KIDNEY WAX 
This valuable bean has rapidly grown in popularity with market gardeners. It is the first round- 
podded Wax Bean we have ever found possessing the excellent market and shipping qualities of the 
popular Ward well’s Kidney Wax. The plant grows tall, strong and sturdy, with long, round, handsome, 
stringless pods of large size, solid and full of meat, crisp, brittle and free from rust; wonderfully early 
and productive. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 25c.;qt., 45c., postpaid ; by express, qt., 30c.; peck, $1.60; bush., $6.00. 
NEW EARLY LEVIATHAN LIMA BEAN 
One week earlier than any other Pole Lima. Of superior quality. Immense size. Wonderfully productive 
This new variety is at least one week earlier than any large Pole Lima yet offered and two weeks 
earlier than most varieties. Lari in ess often means the sacrifice of other valuable features, but in this 
variety the good features of the later sorts are retained. It is wonderfully productive, the pods and 
beans immense and the flavor delicious. Price, pkt., 10c.; pint, 25c.; qt., 45c., postpaid; bv express 
qt,, 30c.; 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.85; bush., $6.50. 
PEDRICK’S LARGE CLUSTER POLE LIMA 
A grand new Pole Lima originating in New Jersey. The large, well-filled pods hang in handsome 
clusters of twelve or thirteen pods. The beans are large, meaty, deep green in color, and will average 
five or six to a pod. The vine is remarkably productive, a basket having been picked from only font- 
poles. Should find a place in every garden. Price, pkt., 10c.; pint, 35c.; qt., 60c., postpaid ; by freight 
or express, qt., 45c.; 4 qts., $1.60; peck, $2.50. ' 
GRAND NEW ENGLISH BEET 
“WITHAM FIREBALL” 
Introduced by expert English growers, this is a 
new and quite distinct extra early turnip-rooted 
beet of the finest table qualities." The flesh is 
solid, crisp and sweet, brilliant fiery red, much 
more intense than Eclipse. In form it is a perfect 
globe with smooth skin, a tiny tap root and very 
slender leaf stalks. It is specially adapted for early 
frame work, but can be sown with equal success 
in the open ground. As early as the earliest strains 
of the old Egyptian, and conserves its good quali¬ 
ties for a much longer time. Seed very scarce. 
Price, pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c.; } lb., 60c.; lb., $2.00. 
NEW VARIETIES FOR 1909 
FREE FOR TRIAL 
We have a number of distinct novelties not 
yet catalogued by any seedsmen, and which we 
propose to introduce in 1909, and shall be glad to 
include one or more packets in orders over $LOO, 
where an interest in new varieties is indicated. 
SURPASSED HIS EXPECTATIONS 
Benjamin T. Pkeston, Cortland, N. Y., August 23, 
1007, writes: “Your garden seed surpassed all our expecta- 
tions, and we realize that our profits this season were due 
to the superior seeds obtained from your house." 
