1895 . 
NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN VEGETABLES. 
This list embraces new varieties that are, we believe, meritorious, and standard sorts worthy of special 
attention. J r 
KEENEY’S RUSTLESS GOLDEN WAX BEANS. 
COMBINING HARDINESS, PRODUCTIVENESS, AND 
FINE QUALITY. 
A bush variety of remarkable vigor and freedom from rust. 
Sends out short tendrils on which pods are formed in addition 
to those near the central stock of the plant. Pod yellow, of fine 
quality and entirely stringless. 
Plant one Bean in a hill, placing the hills io inches apart 
in the row, and the rows 24 to 2S inches apart. The soil should 
be rich and moist, but not wet. Per pkt., 15 cts.; 2 for 25 cts.; 
10 for $1.00. 
THORBURN PROLIFIC MARKET BEAN 
An exceedingly vigorous and healthy grower and enormous¬ 
ly productive, the pods being borne in thick clusters, and as 
many as 35 to 40 on each plant. It is rust-proof to a remark¬ 
able degree. Out of a lot left in an open vessel for eight days, 
not one was found to be yellow or rusty. The seeds being black, 
it is likely to remain true to its character longer than light or 
different-colored beans. The pods are of a light green color, 
long and perfectly round, solid-fleshed, and of very soft marrow 
and texture. For productiveness, solidity of flesh and round¬ 
ness of pod, it excels any now in cultivation. Per pkt., 10 cts.; 
pint, 25 cts.; quart, 40 cts. 
Lour seeds are more than satisfactory . 
B. L., 
Newport, R. I. 
SOYA BEAN (Glycine Hispida). 
This bean has come to stay. It was introduced from Japan 
a few years ago, and put in commerce by us, spring of 1893. 
It is a medium-early white that will not only produce an im¬ 
mense quantity of valuable fodder and ensilage in New England, 
but from which may be harvested a thoroughly matured crop oi 
beans averaging from twenty-five to thirty bushels to the acre. 
These beans can readily be ground by local millers, and the 
meal is more valuable ton for ton than cotton-seed meal, bran, 
or any grain. This crop affords the Northern farmer a means 
of producing the nitrogenous foods which every feeder knows 
are essential to economical feeding and the largest products 
either in growth or milk, and as the plant gathers its nitrogen 
from the atmosphere, it should enable the farmer to dispense in 
a large measure with purchased nitrogenous fertilizers. The 
superiority of this bean over clover for fertilizing purposes has 
already been clearly demonstrated, and it is only a matter of time 
when it will be generally recognized. It has a stiff stalk, grow¬ 
ing three to four feet high, holding the pods well off the ground, 
and-it matures all the beans together. When roasted and ground 
the beans form an excellent substitute for coffee. They may be 
sown broadcast at the rate of half a bushel per acre, or planted 
in drills three feet apart and one foot between the plants. Per 
pkt., 10 cts.; quart, 25 cts.; peck, $1.50. 
HORTICULTURAL LIMA POLE BEAN. 
Ihe introducer describes it as follows: —“It is a cross between the Common Lima and Horticultural 
beans. It has the shape of the former and color of the latter, while its flavor is a combination of these two 
finest of beans. It is very prolific, bearing five to seven beans in each pod, and is fully three weeks earlier than 
any other Lima. It can be grown in our Northern States and Canada where no other Lima will mature, and 
we believe it is the great bean of the future for the entire world.” Per pkt , 10 cents; quart, 40 cts. peck, $2.75. 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
