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CROSMAN BROTHERS* CATALOGUE. 
Henderson’s Dwarf Lima, a 
dwarf variety of the well- 
known Lima Bean, but two 
weeks earlier and more pro¬ 
ductive ; flavor delicious ; 
seed® much smaller than 
those of the pole variety. 
Pt. 25c.10 
Boston Favorite, or Goddard, 
red-podded dwarf. Pt. 20c.. .10 
White Kidney, or Royal Dwarf, 
a late variety ; fine for shell 
bean8. Pt. 20c .10 
Red Kidney, similar to the 
; above; seed purplish red. 
Pt. 80c., £ pt. 20c. 10 
White Marrowfat, the very 
best for baking ; beans large, 
white. Pt. 20c. 10 
Dwarf Horticultural, similar to 
the well-known horticultural 
pole bean, with the exception 
of its dwarf habit. Pt. 25c.10 
New Prolific Pickier, a new green-pod variety and is especially adapted for 
pickling, excellent quality; the pods, when pickled, show up well on account 
of their freshness in color ; the plant grows about three feet high and is 
stocky in habit ; is a very nice snap bean and stringless when young ; it is 
extremely hardy and a great bearer of long pods (8 to 10 inches in length) 
which come in clusters. Pt. 35c., £ pt. 20.....10 
YELLOW PODDED VARIETIES. 
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 
Rust-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 a trial ; 
seeds white with black spots about the eye. Pt. 20c.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 
Ward well’s Kidney Wax, extra early; long, flat, waxy pods; very free 
from rust. Pt. 20c.10 
Red 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. 20c .10 
Crystal White Wax, distinct, but not strictly a wax bean ; very desirable for 
snaps or for pickles ; vines large, spreading, very productive, having many run¬ 
ners, producing pods in pairs throughout their whole length ; blossoms small, 
yellowish-white; pods greenish-white, short, curved, round or thicker than 
wide, with crease in the back, very fleshy and brittle ; ripe beans, small, oval. 
white. 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 
N. B.—All of the beans thus far mentioned are dwarf and require no support. 
BEANS (Pole or Running). 
German, @tangen*83ol)nen. French, Haricots a Eames. 
This class of Beans is less hardy than the Dwarfs, and should be planted about 
the 15th of May, in a rich sandy loam, in as warm a situation as can be found 
Four plants are sufficient to grow in a hill; set the poles three feet apart each way, 
