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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation) _ 
BEANS—DWARF OR BUSH Beans—Green Podded Varieties 
(Phaseolus) 
German, “Bohne.”—French, “Haricot.”—Spanish, 
“Frijorenano” 
To obtain a continuous supply of beans throughout 
the season, make plantings every two weeks from early 
May until about the middle of July, Beans are usually 
planted 2 inches deep in drills sixteen or eighteen inches 
apart. Many growers claim, however, that larger yields 
are obtained if three or four beans are planted in a hill, 
the hills being about eight inches apart in the row. Cul¬ 
tivate frequently, but not deeply, and only when the 
plants are dry, as earth scattered on the foliage or pods 
when moist will often cause the development of rust. 
One quart of beans will sow 100 feet of drill. 
For two consecutive years the Seed Bean Crop lias been 
destroyed or rendered unfit for seed purposes by contin¬ 
uous wet weather and early frosts, resulting in a shortage 
of beans of all descriptions without precedent. 
Prices have advanced to a higher level than during 1915. 
This is especially true of the wax podded varieties. It 
has been most difficult to obtain even a small percentage 
of a normal supply of reliable seed stock. The varieties 
we offer on the following pages have been selected with 
care. The seed is of good quality and all carefully hand¬ 
picked. We offer them subject to being unsold and as 
being the best the season of 1916 has produced. 
WE SUPPLY PACKETS OF BEANS AT 
15 CENTS EACH. 
Beans—Dwarf or Bush Limas 
Stringless Green Pod 
Burpee’s Improved. A true bush form 
of the large Lima. 
Dreer’s. A bush form of Dreer’s Lima 
Pole, possessing all the good quali¬ 
ties of that sort. 
Fordhook. Early. A perfect bush 
Lima of erect habit and very large. 
Best sort for this locality. 
Henderson’s. A bush Seiva, a continu¬ 
ous cropper, fine for the home garden 
Pt. 
Qt. 
Pk. 
$0.25 
$0.40 
$2.25 
.35 
.60 
4.00 
.35 
.60 
4.00 
.25 
.40 
2.25 
For free delivery offers and general instructions regarding orders and shipments see third page of cover. 
Beans—English 
(Yicia faba) 
German, “Grosse Bohnen.”—French, “Feve de Marais.”— 
Spanish, “Haba” 
Plant as early in spring as the ground can be worked. 
The rows should be three feet apart; set the seed in the 
rows six inches deep, four inches apart. As the pods get 
formed, top the plants, thereby preventing too much 
running to vine. 
Broad Windsor. Large, seeded, standard variety. Pkt., 
15c; qt., 40c. 
Pt. Qt. Pk. 
Dwarf Horticultural. Large green pods 
splashed with red, the popular shell 
bean for home and market. $0.35 $0.60 $4.00 
Breck’s Tewksbury Dwarf Horticul¬ 
tural. Larger sort and more highly 
colored than the Dwarf Horticultural .35 .60 4.00 
Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod. Extra 
Early, very prolific, quite stringless. .35 .60 4.00 
Black Valentine. Pods long, straight 
and nearly round, favorite with mar¬ 
ket gardeners .30 .50 3.50 
Bountiful. Extra early, flat green pods, 
tender and stringless.35 .60 4.00 
Early Mohawk. Large flat pods, a fine 
early .25 .45 3.50 
Early-Red Valentine. One of the earli¬ 
est and best, pods round.30 .50 3.50 
Goddard, or Boston Favorite. A larger 
later Dwarf Horticultural.30 .50 3.50 
Kidney, Red. An excellent shell and 
baking bean .•.20 .35 3.00 
Kidney White. A white seeded variety .20 .35 3.00 
Long Yellow Six Weeks. Early pods, 
long, flat and full.30 .50 3.50 
Low’s Champion. Large, green, flat, 
stringless pods .30 .50 3.50 
Prolific Tree Pea Bean. The popular 
baking variety; beans very small... .25 .45 3.50 
Red Cranberry. A favorite snap and 
shell bean .30 .50 3.50 
Refugee. Thorburn’s extra early, or 
superior quality, and two weeks ear¬ 
lier than the late.30 .50 3.50 
Refugee. Late or 1000 to 1. Very pro¬ 
ductive, round pods, largely grown 
for pickling .30 .50 3.50 
Longfellow. Early, very hardy; large 
round pods, fine flavor.-.30 .50 3.50 
Triumph of the Frames. Best for 
forcing. Use as shell or string.40 .75 
White Marrow. Large flat pods, a good 
dry baking beau.25 .45 3.00 
Wonder of France. Green Flageolet, 
long tender pods.40 .75 
Yellow Eye Improved. A large mealy 
variety for baking.25 .45 3.00 
Prices quoted subject to change without notice. 
