CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
25 
BEANS. Pole or Running. 
German, Stangen Bohnc. — French, Haricots a Raines. — Spanish, Judias. 
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 
4 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. 
LARGE WHITE LIMA. This is considered the best of 
all pole beans ........ 
DREER'S IMPROVED LIMA, earlier than above, large 
and fine quality ........ 
SMALL LIMA, or Sieva, earlier than the preceding, 
beans smaller ........ 
RED POLE CRANBERRY, one of the earliest, quality 
unsurpassed ......... 
HORTICU LTURAL POLE, the most popular pole beans, 
BROCKTON POLE, handsome, vigorous, productive, and 
fine quality .. 
WHITE CASE KNIFE, early productive, excellent flavor. 
Good green or dry ....... 
LAZY WIFE’S, entirely stringless, green pods, fine flavor, 
CONCORD, or Parti-colored, excellent quality and very 
prolific .......... 
SCARLET RUNNER, very ornamental flowers, early. 
An excellent string bean ...... 
WHITE RUNNERS, large white flowers. Good as a 
string bean 
WAX-PODDED VARIE 
TIES. 
EARLY GOLDEN 
CLUSTER, extra 
early, productive, 
of good quality 
MONT d’OR, or 
Golden Butter, ear¬ 
liest of the wax 
pole varieties. Ex¬ 
cellent . 
INDIAN CHIEF, or Black Wax, the most popular 
wax pole bean ...... 
GIANT WAX, an old-fashion favorite yellow-podded 
sort 
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BEET. 
German, Runkel Rube, — French, Betterave . — Spanish, Bcteraga. 
Sow from April to middle of June, in deep rich sandy loam, one inch 
deep, or in drills about one foot apart. Thin the young plants to the dis¬ 
tance of six or eight inches, and fill up the vacant places with those taken 
out. The early turnip-rooted are the earliest, and are of fine quality. 
When voting, the leaves make excellent greens. One ounce will sow 
fifty feet of drill . 
EDMAND’S EARLY TURNIP, the best in shape, color, size, and 
quality ......... 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN, as early as the original type, 
but thicker, smoother, and of better quality . 
ECLIPSE, very early, dark-red color, small top, 
smooth roots ........ 
EGYPTIAN, the earliest, good color, smooth turnip 
beet ......... 
DEWING’S EARLY BLOOD, a standard variety of 
excellent quality ....... 
EARLY BASSANO, the earliest of all; flesh almost 
white ......... 
EARLY BASTIAN, aquick, large-growing sort of good 
color ......... 
LONG SMOOTH BLOOD RED, an excellent late 
variety ......... 
SWISS CHARD SEA-KALE. 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 
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