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Introduced by us last year, when, the supply being 
very limited, the seed was sold only in sealed packets, 
Burpee’s Perfection Wax Bean has given splendid sat¬ 
isfaction. It was perfected by eight years’careful se¬ 
lection, and named in our honor by our friend, A. H. 
Ansley, of Yates County, N. Y., well known as an ex¬ 
perienced grower of beans for more than a quarter of a 
century. In visiting Mr. Ansley the past summer, we 
were much struck by the exceeding beauty and purity 
of a ten-acre field of these beans which he was grow- 
ingforus. It was a grand sight—the plants all uni¬ 
form and vigorous in growth, free from runners, and 
so crowded with the magnificent golden yellow pods 
(with not a sight of rust), that the whole appeared as 
might a field of gold. We quite agreed wdth Mr. Ans¬ 
ley, that “it was the finest field of beans in all New 
York.” The illustration herewith represents two ma¬ 
ture pods, natural size, and also a plant showing habit, 
of growth. For vigor of growth and immense pro¬ 
ductiveness, it is unequaled by any other dwarf Wax 
Bean, the plants being loaded with the long, rich pods. 
One of our customers in Massachusetts, (Mr. Samuel 
Seagrove, of Uxbridge,) has sent us a single dwarf 
plant of Burpee’s Perfection Wax Bean, on which 
we counted fifty-seven matured pods. In comparison 
with the Golden Wax, they are as early, or earlier; 
they are of more vigorous habit of growth, and have 
larger pods on a stronger bush, by which they are held 
well up from the ground; they have never blighted. 
Several other new varieties of dwarf wax beans were 
introduced last year, all of which we carefully tested, 
but found none equal to Burpee’s Perfection Wax in 
productiveness of size of pods. The magnificent, 
large, golden-yellow pods are of the most handsome 
apparance and finest quality, being stringless, tender 
and of very rich flavor. 
Per packet, 15 cts.; per pint; 40 cts.; quart, 80 cts., 
postpaid, by mail. By express or freight, per quart, 
50 cts.; 4 quarts, $1.75 ; peck, $3.00; bushel, $10.00. 
NEW GOLDEN WAX FLAGEOLET POLE 
BEAN—(Golden Butter.) 
This new and prolific Golden Wax Pole Bean, in¬ 
troduced last year, presents a magnificent sight, in 
growth, the vines being crowded with bunches of the 
long, handsome pods, which are represented exactly 
natural size by the engraving. The pods are to 8 
inches long, of a rich, golden-yellow color; round, 
full and fleshy; entirely free from strings and of superb 
quality. The vines, while quite young, produce the 
pods in great abundance near the ground, as early as 
any dwarf wax bean, and earlier than any other pole 
bean. The vines continue to grow and bear profusely 
the entire sea.son. In fine quality, extreme earliness 
and everbearing character this new Pole Bean is 
unique, and cannot be too highly recommended. Per 
packet, 10 cts.; pint, 50 cts.; quart, go cts., postpaid. 
By express, per quart, 60 cts,; 2 quarts, $t.oo. 
GOLDEN WAX FLAGEOLET BEAN. 
King of the Garden Lima Bean. —After another year’s trial of this fine 
Lima Bean, we can endorse what we said in its favor last year: V. hilc 
the dried beans are about the same size as the common Large Lima, the green beans 
are of unusual size, sometimes even larger than those shown in the illustration here¬ 
with. The pods are froiTi 5^4 to 8 inches in length, and frequently contain five or 
six very large beans, touching each other. One pod was grown the past season that 
measured gj^ inches when green. Specimens have been selected five on a stem, and 
each pod containing five beans. The beans are so large and handsome that they 
cannot fail to sell well on market, while in quality they are excellent. The pods are 
produced in large clusters, and the luxuriant vines present a beautiful sight, so 
tliickly laden with the enormous pods. Per large packet, 10 cents; per pint, 45 
cents; quart, 80 cents. By express or freight; per quart, 50 cents; 2 quarts, go 
cents; 4 quarts, $1.60; per peck, $3.00. ® 
