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CARTERS TESTED 
SEEDS— CHOICE VEGETABLES. 
BEANS — Continued. 
AMERICAN DWARF OR BUSH. 
No. 
138 Black Valentine.—A standard sort; pods long, round, and 
straight. A good market variety. 
139 Carters Dwarf Horticultural.— A distinct improvement on 
the old horticultural Bean, and wonderfully productive. 
140 Goddard, or Boston Favourite.—A snap Bean when young, 
and a good shell Bean later. 
141 Low’s Champion.—A large, flat, stringless Bean, used as a 
snap or shell Bean; known as the Dwarf Red Cranberry. 
146 Early Mohawk.—Very early and hardy. Flat podded variety, 
of excellent quality. 
142 Red Kidney .—The old-fashioned baking Bean; excellent also 
as a shell Bean. 
143 Refugee or 1,000 to 1.—A late planting variety, with large, 
handsome, tender pods. The best for pickling. 
144 Prolific Tree Pea Bean.—A small, white, baking variety 
known as the white Pea Bean. Very productive. 
145 Stringless Green Pod.—Absolutely stringless, and very early; 
very crisp and tender. 
147 Improved Yellow Eye.—Extremely productive, and is profit¬ 
able as a field Bean, and extensively used as a baking Bean. 
148 White Kidney.—An excellent string or shell variety and 
unsurpassed as a baking Bean. 
i pint. $ pint. pint. quart. 
Price of the above .. .15 .25 .40 .75 
AMERICAN WAX PODDED OR BUTTER. 
No. 156 R. P. Golden Wax. No. 153 Davis Kidney Wax. 
153 Davis Kidney Wax.— A very hardy, well-shaped, tender, white- 
seeded Bean. A great favourite. 
154 Hodson Wax.—One of the best all-round garden varieties. 
Tender and stringless. 
155 Improved Prolific Black Wax.—A perfectly stringless, round, 
thick-podded Bean, of excellent flavour. 
156 Improved Rust-proof Golden Wax. —A remarkably produc¬ 
tive Bean, practically free from rust. This variety is perhaps 
the most popular sort in cultivation. 
157 Stringless White Wax.—A great improvement over the old 
White Wax Beans, as it is perfectly stringless and does not rust 
easily. The pods are a clear waxy white, of medium size. 
158 Wardwell’s Kidney Wax.—This is an early, long, flat-podded 
variety, of excellent quality. It is stringless and brittle, and 
will produce a very heavy crop. 
159 Golden Eyed Wax.—One of the best wax varieties and a 
heavy cropper. 
i pint. i pint. pint. quart. 
Price of the above .. .15 .25 .45 .80 
CARTERS TESTED SEEDS , Inc., 102-106 CH. 
AMERICAN DWARF OR BUSH LIMA.— The Cultivation of Bush 
Lima Beans .—Select soil that is warm, rich, and well supplied 
with vegetable matter cr humus. Plant as early as soil can be 
worked in the spring. Prepare the rows 2 ft. apart, and allow 
each plant a space of 6 in. in the row. As these beans are very 
slothful in growth, a top-dressing of well-rotted manure or some 
good fertilizer or compost around the plants will aid greatly 
in hastening maturity, besides increasing the yield. 
No. 
164 Dreer’s Bush Lima.—A dwarf form of Dreer's Pole Lima Bean, 
and it possesses every good feature of that well-known variety. 
They grow close together in the pods, producing 4 to 5 sweet, 
succulent beans to the pod. 
165 Forhook Bush Lima.—A perfect bush Lima Bean, of a strong, 
upright growth, protecting the pods from contact with the soil, 
thus preventing rust and rot. Considered superior to any other 
variety. 
166 Burpee’s Bush Lima.—A dwarf form of the Large White Lima 
Very early and of good quality. 
167 Henderson’s Bush Lima.—Exceedingly productive. Valuable 
also for the fact that it matures two or three weeks earlier than 
any of the other varieties of Lima Bean. 
\ pint. 2 - pint. pint. quart. 
Price of the above.20 .35 .60 1.00 
POLE BEANS.— The Cultivation of Pole Beans .—Pole Beans, espe¬ 
cially Lima Beans, show better results from a warm and very 
rich loamy soil. The seed should be planted when the soil has 
become thoroughly warmed through in the spring. Should the 
ground be cold or soggy, the seed will ret. Poles should be set 
in rows 4 ft. apart and 3£ to 4 ft. between the poles. Plant 4 to 6 
beans around each pole, and as the plants make a showing thin 
out to 3 plants to the pole. Cultivate freely, and if possible top- 
dress around each hill with a quantity of well-rotted manure com¬ 
post or some good fertilizer. When hoeing, work this well into 
the soil. Climbing varieties of French Beans may be sown under 
glass whenever desired, in pots large enough to allow staking. 
Be cautious in sowing the French varieties out of doors until 
quite sure that the warm season is well established. 1 quart of 
pole Beans will plant 200 hills. 1 quart of pole Lima Beans will 
plant 100 hills. 
POLE LIMA BEANS. 
173 Dreer’s Improved.—An early variety of excellent qualities 
and great productiveness. 
i pint. $ pint. pint. quart. 
Price of the above .. .20 ,35 .60 1.00 
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