CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
10 
BEANS — POLE OR RUNNING. 
German, Stangen Bohne. — French, Haricots a Ratnes. — Spanish, Jidas. 
It is desirable to make the planting of Pole Beans at least a week later than 
the first planting of the bush sorts, as they are more tender. Plant in hills 3 to 
four feet apart, putting four or five beans in a hill, and leaving space in the centre 
for the pole. A liberal quantity of well-composted manure in each hill is desirable. 
GREEN-PODDED VARIETIES. 
Brockton, vigorous, productive, and fine quality . 
Carmin Podued horticultural, most desirable llorticultura 
bean for color, quality and productiveness 
Concord, or Parti-colored, excellent quality and very prolific 
Dreer’s Improved Lima, early, large and fine quality . 
Horticultural Lima, the best pole lima for New England 
Horticultural, the most popular pole bean. 
Kentucky Wonder, excellent green podded snap bean, ven 
productive.^ 
Large White Lima. This is considered the best quality of al 
pole beans... . 
Lazy Wife’s, entirely stringless, green pods, fine flavor . 
Red Cranberry, one of the earliest, quality unsurpassed 
Scarlet Runner, very ornamental flowers, early. An excellen 
string bean . . . .. 
Small Lima, or Sieva, the earliest lima, small beaus 
White Case Knife, early, productive, excellent flavor. Gooc 
green or dry. 
White Runners, large white flowers. Good as a string bean 
WAX-PODDED VARIETIES. 
Early Golden Cluster, extra early, productive of good quality . 
Flageolet Wax, long semi-transparent pods, follows Golden 
Butter.. 
Giant Red, an old-fashioned favorite yellow-podded sort 
Indian Chief, or Black Wax, the most popular wax pole bean 
Mont d’Or, or Golden Butter, earliest of the wax pole varieties 
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German, Runkel Rube. 
BEET. 
— French, Betterave. — Spanish, Bcteraga . 
Sow from April to middle of June, in deep rich 
sandy loam, one inch deep, in drills about one 
foot apart. Thin the young plants to the distance 
of six or eight inches, and fill up any vacant places 
with those taken out. The turnip rooted are the 
earliest, and are of fine quality, 
greens. One ounce will sow fifty 
When young, the leaves make excellent 
feet of drill. 
Dewing’s Beet. 
Breck’s Beats All, superior 
in all respects to others 
as an early or main crop 
variety. 
Columbia, round and 
smooth, deep red flesh 
Crosby’s Egyptian, as early 
as the original type, but 
thicker, smoother, and of 
better quality 
Dewing’s Early Blood, a standard variety of excellent quality 
Early Arlington, early deep, round form, blood red color 
Early Bassano, the earliest of all ; flesh almost white 
Early Bastian, a quick, large-growing sort, of good color 
Eclipse, very early, dark-red color, small top, smooth roots 
Edmand’s Early Turnip, the best in shape, color, size, and 
quality. 
Egyptian, an early, good color, smooth turnip beet. 
Long Smooth Blood Red, an excellent late variety . . . . . 
Swiss Chard or Sea-Kale Beet. This variety is cultivated solely for its leaves. The 
midrib is stewed and served as Asparagus, the other portion of the leaves 
being used as spinach. 
Beet, for greens. 
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