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SEED CATALOGUE, THORN HILL, N. Y. 
Early Mohawk—Very early and will stand 
more cold tliau most of the bush varieties. Both 
this and the preceding sort are largely grown in 
the Southern States for Northern markets. The 
pods are from five to six inches long; the seeds 
when ripe, drab with purple spots. Packet, 5 
cents; pint, 12 cents; pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 
cents. 
Prolific Tree Bean—This new dwarf variety 
is the most prolific yet known; grows 18 inches 
high, branching like a tree, bearing its pods so 
high that they do not touch the ground, and are 
not injured by wet weather. Fifty to sixty bushels 
per acre have been obtained on good ordinary soil, 
and over 200 pods have been counted on one vine. 
They should he planted in rows feet apart, and 
18 to 20 inches in a row, and only one bean in a 
hill, if planted thicker than this they will not do 
near as well. Time of maturity 90 days, and ripen 
all at once. Packet, 5 cents; 3*i pint, 12 cents; 
pint, 20 cents; quart, 85 cents. 
Low’s Champion Bush —This new hush bean 
is well adapted to the table, garden and market. 
Being entirely stringless, it is extremely tender, 
and of exquisite flavor as a string bean. The pods 
are large and long in shape, containing from five 
to eight beans each. Says the originator:—“On 
less than one-eighth of an acre it yielded seven and 
one-half bushels of clean, hand-picked seed beans.” 
Price, per pkt., 5 cents.; pint, 12 cents; pint, 20 
cents; quart, 35 cents. 
Canadian Wonder Bush—A new string 
bean of dwarf habit, very productive, pods long, 
and exceptionally large, the vines are the stoutest 
and the leaves the largest of any bean I have ever 
raised. The color of a rich dark rose. Packet, 5 
cts.; 3*2 pint, 12 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 35 cts. 
Yellow California—A standard variety of 
good quality, early and productive. Price, per 
pkt,, 5 cts.; pint, 20 cts.; quart, 35 cts. 
Crystal White Wax —Pods of fair size, rich 
and tender flavor; in color waxy white, and almost 
as transparent as glass. It is a stringless variety, 
very productive. An excellent variety for canning 
purposes. Price, per pkt., 5 cents; pint, 25 cents; 
quart, 40 cents. 
Black Wax —When ripe the pods are yellow, 
averaging seven inches in length, very tender and 
of the best quality. Seeds when ripe glossy black. 
Price, per pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 40 cts. 
BEANS—POLE OK RUNNING. 
Early Golden Cluster Wax —The very 
earliest of ail the pole varieties. This new pole 
Bean is fully two weeks ahead of other pole varie¬ 
ties, and fully as early as any of the bush varieties. 
In a green state the beans are white, and nearly as 
large as the Lima, and when cooked possess the 
rich flavor of that variety to such an extent that it 
is difficult to distinguish them from Limas. They 
are frequently fit for the table before Lima Beans 
commence to blossom. They are very productive, 
and continue in bearing a iong time. Price, per 
pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 40 cts. 
Lazy Wife’s Pole Bean —This variety origi¬ 
nated in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where, for 
a number of years, it has been the most popular 
Pole Bean grown. Pods are wonderfully broad, 
thick, fleshy, and, above all, entirely stringless. In 
these respects, they surpass any other I know of. 
Then, again, the pods retain their rich, stringless, 
and tender qualities until they are almost ripe; so 
much so, in fact, that I am perfectly safe in saying 
that they are the best in all Snap Shorts. Try a 
few. Price, per pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 30 cts. 
Dutch Case Knife—This is an early variety 
of Pole Beans. Pods long and flat, beans white, 
flat, kidney-shaped, and of excellent flavor ; good 
green or dry. Price, per pkt., 5 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; 
quart, 35 cts. 
BEETS. 
Please note that prices are for Seeds Postpaid, by 
Mail. If ordered by express or freight , at 
purchaser's expense , 8 cents per pound 
may be deducted. 
Eclipse—Tine Eclipse is remarkable, not only 
for its wonderfully rapid growth, hut also for the 
smallness of top and extra fine quality. It is fully 
as early as the Egyptian, and of better quality. 
The roots grow perfectly smooth, of round shape, 
intense blood-red skin and flesh, fine grained and 
sweet. Its small top, extreme earliness, and heavy 
cropping qualities, recommend it to market gar¬ 
deners. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 3^ lb., 30cts. 
The Lentz Beet— This new strain of Blood 
Turnip Beet originated in 
the Lentz family, who 
have for many years been 
the most prominent mar¬ 
ket gardeners around Phil¬ 
adelphia, This beet, as 
selected and grown by 
them, has had a great 
local reputation, but the 
seed lias been carefully 
guarded and kept, until 
now, in the hands of a 
very few gardeners, to 
whom it has been a source 
of great profit, It is fully 
as early as the Egyptian, 
but larger and of better 
quality, making a fine 
market crop in six to 
seven weeks from sowing, 
of fine turnip form, with 
smooth roots, dark blood- 
red flesh, tender and sweet 
at all times, never becom- 
the lentz beet. mg tough and stringy, 
even when old. Grows a very small top, jiroduct- 
ive and a perfect keeper. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; 
K lb-, 30c. 
Dewing’s Improved Blood Turnip—Eine 
turnip form, very symmetrical in shape, and free 
from any fibrous roots. Flesh deep blood-red, 
very tender and sweet; grows uniformly to a good 
size. Early, and when sown late, desirable for 
winter. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; 3Y lb., 25 cts. 
Long Smooth Blood-Red Beet — An 
excellent late variety, both for table and cattle. 
The beets are long and smooth, the flesh is a 
deep blood red, very sweet and tender. It can be 
planted earlier than the Turnip Brets, as it attains 
a large size and well resists the hot, dry weather of 
