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JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 
(Corporation). _ 
THORBURN VALENTINE 
WAX BEAN. 
FIRST IN EARL 1 XESS. FIRST IN PRODUC¬ 
TIVENESS, AND FIRST IN QUALITY. 
This is an improved Extra Early Valentine 
Bean, with round wax pods. Originated with T. V. 
Maxon, the well-known cultivator, of Jefferson Co., 
N. Y. The type is so perfectly fixed that only one 
plant with green pods was found in the field, and 
that was probably from a stray bean. It grows 
only about 15 inches high, with a strong stalk and 
an abundance of foliage. 
It is without any exception the earliest Wax 
Bean in use, being even earlier than our Refugee 
Wax. Beans planted on June 18 produced pods 4 
inches long by July 25, and on August 1 half a crop 
could be picked. 
The pods are very meaty, and with so very little 
string that they may justly be called stringless. 
Certainly no other bean has less string or less hard 
shell to the pod as long as they are suitable for 
cooking. It is the best quality for snap beans of any Wax Bean in use. it is remarkably free from rust, and 
remains a long time without becoming tough. 
Combined with these valuable features of extreme earliness and excellence of quality is its enormous produc¬ 
tiveness. In this respect, also, it excels any bean in cultivation. All who saw the field before harvest pronounced 
it the fullest podded field they had ever seen. The pods are well held up from the ground. Per pkt., 15 cts.;. 
2 for 25 cts.; 10 for $1.00. 
BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA BEAN. 
B u r p e e’s Busii Lima 
comes true from seed. The 
bushes grow eighteen to 
twenty inches high, and each 
develops into a magnificent 
circular plant from two feet 
to three feet in diameter. The 
bush character is thoroughly 
established, not one plant in 
a thousand showing any dis¬ 
position to “run.” The 
thickness of the main stalk 
and branches of the plant 
indicate the strong constitu¬ 
tion of this variety. It is an 
immense yielder , each bush 
bearing from 50 to 200 of the 
handsome large pods, well 
filled with very large beans, 
which are identical in srzeand 
luscious flavor to the well- 
known large pole Limas. By 
the introduction of this most 
valuable novelty, the largest 
and best Lima Beans can 
now be raised in quantity at 
small cost without the ex¬ 
pense and labor attached to 
the use of poles. Per pkt., 
10 cts.; 34 P' n L l 5 cents; 
quart, 40 cents; peck, $2.75. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN BEET. 
A desirable extra-early market variety, selected from the original Egyptian by the late Josiah Crosby, of 
Arlington, vho spared neither ’abor nor expense in perfecting it. It is as early as the original variety, hicker, 
of better color and quality, besides being smoother. The eed we offer is not Arlington O rown, but was care¬ 
fully raised from stock seed supplied by an Arlington farmer. Per pkt., 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; pound, 75 cts. 
See Special Offers on third page of cover. 
Your Maud S Peas I have raised 
for four years , and it's the best 
early pea I ever had. 
J. A. K., 
Charlemont, Mass. 
