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THE EBBERT SEED COMPANY , ROCKY FORD, COLORADO 
BEANS—Continued 
DWARF or BUSH-WAX-PODDED VARIETIES 
Wardwell’s Kidney Wax—This is one of the best known Wax 
Beans, and is a favorite everywhere, especially with market gar¬ 
deners. It is one of the earliest and most productive of beans. 
The pods are long, very tender, stringless and of most excellent 
quality. It matures about the same time as the Golden Wax. 
The dry beans are large, kidney 
shaped, white with dark markings 
about the eye. A splendid variety for 
southern planting for northern markets. 
Pkt., 10c; lb., 15 oz., 40c; 2 lbs., post¬ 
paid, 75c. 
Pencil Pod Wax—This is the best 
Black Wax Bean in cultivation. The 
pods are long, thick and meaty, and 
deeply saddle-backed, and entirely 
stringless. The plant is strictly a 
bush, growing about 15 inches high. 
Seed black. Pkt.. 10c; lb., 15 oz., 40c; 
2 lbs., postpaid, 75c. 
Currie Rust-Proof — An extremely 
early Black Wax Bean. The very best 
Wax Bean for market and shipping. 
Pods straight, rather flat, 5 inches in 
length and of a light golden yellow. 
Yery productive. Pkt., 10c; lb., 15 oz., 
40c; 2 lbs., postpaid, 75c. 
Improved Golden Wax—The pods are 
large, long, brittle and entirely string- 
less, and of a beautiful rich golden wax 
color. As a Snap Bean it excels every 
other variety in tenderness and rich, 
buttery flavor, while as a Shell Bean 
for winter use it has few or no su¬ 
periors. It is very prolific of dwarf compact growth. Pkt., 10c; 
lb., 15 oz., 40c; 2 lbs., postpaid, 75c. 
DAVIS’ KIDNEY WHITE WAX 
The most productive Wax Bean in cultivation. The vine is 
rustless and very vigorous, bearing its pods near the center in 
clusters. The pods are invariably long, white, straight and 
handsome, and when young are brittle, crisp and tender. Seed 
kidney shaped, clear white and excellent for baking. One of 
the best for shipping as snap beans and of the greatest value 
as a market variety. The length, uniformity, perfect shape 
and fine color of the pods and the clear white seed make this 
one of the best for canners. Pkt., 10c; lb., 15 oz., 40c; 2 lbs., 
postpaid, 75c. 
Early Golden Cluster Wax—Begins to bear early in July and 
continues until frost. Pods are 6 to 8 inches lojig, borne in clus¬ 
ters of 3 to 6, and a beautiful golden yellow color, and the 
flavor is most delicious. Used shelled or as a string bean. 
Pkt., 10c; lb., 15 oz., 40c; 2 lbs., postpaid, 75c. 
BEANS-BUSH LIMA VARIETIES 
Henderson’s Bush Lima 
Note—Do not plant Lima 
Beans when the soil is 
cold and wet, or the seed 
will rot. The soil must be 
warm and not too wet. 
Bear this in mind and 
there will be no failure 
with this crop. 
Henderson’s Bush Lima— 
The earliest Lima Bean. Is 
not so large as the Burpee, 
but much earlier. They 
are very productive and 
grow in compact form 
without poles or stakes, 
and produce large crops of 
delicious beans which are 
easily gathered. What they 
lack in size they make up 
in earliness, hardiness and 
continuous productiveness. 
They are 10 days ahead of 
any other Lima Bean. 
Pkt., 10c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 
70c, postpaid. 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA 
Earliest, largest and the best of all large Limas. The sturdy 
bushes are loaded with pods that are truly enormous in size. 
The luscious, green beans are larger than any Limas ever known 
before. It is fully 8 to 10 days earlier than any other large 
Limas; will outyield Burpee’s Bush Lima by fully one-third, as 
the pods are very much larger, while the beans, either green or 
dry, are nearly twice as thick. Postpaid: Pkt., 10c; *4 lb., 15c; 
V 2 lb., 25c; lb., 40c; 10 lbs., $3.50. 
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA 
Grows stiffly erect, and keeps its bean pods off the ground. 
Plants are about thirty inches high and bear an immense crop 
of very large pods. Pods are medium green, smooth surface, 
about five inches long, and are borne in clusters of five to 
eight. The beans are delicious and from eight to ten days 
earlier than other bush limas. Pkt., 5c; % lb., 30c; lb., 50c, 
postpaid. 
BEANS—LIMA 
King of the Garden Lima—One of the most popular Pole Beans 
ever known. They are vigorous growers, setting the beans early 
at the bottom of the pole, producing continuously to the end of 
the season. They are more prolific than the ordinary Lima, 
bearing profusely in clusters of 4 to 6 with 5 or 6 beans in pod. 
Pkt., 15c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c. 
BEANS-MISCELLANEOUS DWARF or BUSH 
THE WHITE EGG BEAN 
This wonderful bean of recent introduction has proven a most 
excellent string and shell variety for both green and dry use. 
The bush or vine makes an enormous growth well filled during 
the season, with large fine beans of a very rich and delicious 
flavor. Beans are pure white, oval shaped and four to five 
times the size of the common navy beans, and yields about three 
times the amount of dry beans produced by the navies. This 
bean fills a distinct place in every garden, being quite different 
from any of the standard varieties. Pkt., 15c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 
75c. postpaid. 
Mexican Pinto or Chili Con Came Bean—The popular variety 
in the West and Southwest, is used exclusively by the Mexicans 
in the making of chili con came. Beans speckled and of medi¬ 
um size. The most profitable Field Bean grown in Colorado. 
Very prolific. Pkt,, 5c; lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. 
NAVY BEANS 
These well known white shell beans are the standard dry or 
shell beans for baked beans or bean soup. So well known they 
need not he described. Price—See below. 
GREAT NORTHERN BEANS 
Sometimes called White Wonder. Larger than the navy beans, 
very prolific, and the flavor exceptionally good. Grow a nice lot 
of this variety for your own use and you will always want to 
grow them. Price on the above two varieties of Shell Beans: 
Pkt., 10c; Vz lb., 15c; lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.00; 10 lbs., $2.05, post¬ 
paid. 
FROST PROOF BEANS-See Page 6. 
BEANS—Pole or 
Running Va¬ 
rieties 
Cut Short or Corn Hill 
—This is an old and 
very popular variety for 
planting among the 
corn. In some sections 
it is used almost exclu¬ 
sively. The pods are 
short, round and very 
tender. Beans nearly 
oblong. Pkt., 10c; lb., 
35c; 2 lbs., postpaid. 
55c. 
NEW 
POLE BEANS 
Kentucky Wonder Pole 
Burger’s Stringless, or White Seeded Kentucky Wonder is 
decidedly earlier than Kentucky Wonder. Pods very uniform in 
size, very long, moderately curved, crease-backed, dark green 
in color, extremely brittle, of excellent quality and free from 
disease, entirely stringless at all stages of growth. Dry beans 
excellent for baking in the winter. Pkt., 10c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 
postpaid, 55c. 
White Creaseback—Large, long pods, growing in clusters of 
from 6 to 12, of a silvery green of the best quality as snaps. 
A good corn hill bean. Pkt., 10c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., postpaid, 55c. 
Kentucky W onder, or Old Homestead—We can recommend 
this, one of the earliest and most satisfactory of all Green 
Podded Pole Beans, and unsurpassed for using in the green 
state. It is enormously productive; pods hanging in great-clus¬ 
ters from top to bottom of the pole. While young the pods 
somewhat resemble the popular old Refugee. This is the best 
and most profitable bean for the market gardener. Pkt., 10c; 
lb., 40c; 2 lbs., postpaid, 65c. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax (Pole)—The best wax podded pole 
bean. Vines are strong, producing pods 6 to 8 inches long, 
coming in very abundant clusters, pods very broad, thick and 
fleshy, of golden yellow to creamy white. Postpaid, Pkt., 5c; 
large size package, 10c; % lb., 20c; 1 lb., 30c. 
