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213 Improved 
White Navy 
The world’s most 
popular baking bean. 
Always popular, yields 
enormously; makes de¬ 
licious baked beans. 
The old standby. 
Plants are of decidedly 
robust growth, devel¬ 
oping strong roots 
after setting pods. 
Beans are clear white. 
Pkt., 5 cts.; Yz lb., 15 
cts.; lb. 25 cts.; 2 lbs., 
45 cts.; 5 lbs., 85 cts., 
postpaid. 
217 White Mexican or Prolific Tree. 
The best field bean in cultivation. 
A sure cropper. Selected out of the 
navy variety, reducing the runners 
and making it a bush form variety. 
No other farm crop has seen such 
a great advance in price as beans. 
It is one of the greatest money¬ 
making crops for farmers. The pods 
are large and filled with medium 
sized, pure, white, nearly round 
beans, which excel in cooking quali¬ 
ties. It is an upright grower, hold¬ 
ing the pods well up.from the ground, 
and a great bearer. The pods grow 
in thick clusters anid ripen in Au¬ 
gust, the leaves falling earlier than 
other varieties. No other bean ap¬ 
proaches it in yield or quality. Pkt., 
10 cts.; Yz lb., 20 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; 
1 lb. of Bean seed plants row 100 
feet long; 60 lbs. plants an acre. 
2 lbs., 50 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid 
214 Dark Red 
Kidfiey 
The good old-fashioned 
baking bean. This well 
known field bean is one of 
the best varieties for use as 
a dry bean. Producing large, 
flat, green pods. Well filled 
with large, red kidney-shaped 
beans, rich in flavor, and is 
one of the large.st of all bak¬ 
ing beans. It is used exten¬ 
sively for canning purposes. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; Yi lb., 20 cts.; 
lb., 30 cts.; 2 lbs., 50 cts.; 
5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. 
212 White Marrow. An excellent large seeded 
baking sort. Vines large, slender spreading, with 
short runners and small leaves; very prolific; 
seeds large, about twice the size of the white navy 
bean; ovoid, clear white, cooking very dry and 
mealy. Pkt., 10 cts.; Yz lb., 20 cts.; lb., 30 cts.; 
218 Great Northern. Very popular baking va¬ 
riety. A splendid field bean, preferred by many 
to the navy beans for baking. Excellent quality, 
fine flavor, cooks rapidly, good size beans,- heavy 
yielder. Beans are larger and softer than com¬ 
mon navy beans. Pkt. 10 cts.; Yi lb., 20 cts.; lb.. 
2 lbs., 50 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. 
30 cts.; 2 lbs., 50 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid, 
215 White Kidney, 
Same as Red Kidney except seed is white. Plant 
upright, with large, broad leaves; pods medium size, dark green; 
seed large, white, kidney-shaped, slightly flattened and of excellent 
quality green or dry. Pkt., 10 cts.; Yi lb., 20 cts.; lb., 30 ctsl; 2 
lbs., 50 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. __ 
216 Dwarf Horticultural or Wren’s Egg. Excellent for snap beans 
or shelling green. The pods are greenish-yellow splashed with red, 
5 inches long, stout and flat. It is a very hardy, medium late variety 
and stringless, used for snap beans or for shelling green. Particu- 
larly fine for succotash. Heavy yielding, and fine flavored. Does 
well in a cool climate. The seeds are light buff, spotted red. Pkt., 
10 cts .;'/2 lb., 22 cts.;lb., 35 cts.;2 lbs., 50 cts.;5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. 
[Eclipse 
Ip 343 Very early variety, roots uniform 
II and grlobular. tap roots small, skin 
I' smooth, and tops small. The flesh is 
I deep red, zoned pink, very sweet and ten- 
If der. Pkt., 6 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 
III 33 cts.; Vs lb., 40 cts.; lb., 75 cts.; 3 
Ih lbs., $1.40, postpaid. 
250 My Own Introduction 
Excellent for Home and Market 
By far the Finest Globe Shape Main 
Crop Beet in Cultivation. The flesh is 
dark crimson, rich sweet flavor. Very 
smooth—no fibrous roots. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 18 cts.; Yi lb., 40 cts.; % lb., 70 
cts.; lb., $1.25; 2 lbs., $2.25, postpaid. 
248 Edmand’s Early Blood Turnip 
An excellent Elnglish variety for the home garden. 
used for second early crop, or for late planting and 
winter keeping. Roots are turnip-shaped and reg- 
Elesh i.s deep blood-red, exceedingly sweet and 
of fine quality. Tops are small and erect; fine for 
beet greens. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 10 cts.; % lb., 23 cts.; 
Vs Ib., 40 cts.; lb., 75 cts.; 3 lbs.. .$1.40. nostoaid. 
f 1 oz. of Beet Seed 
^ will sow row 100 
feet long, 7 lbs. per 
acre. 
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245 Crosby’s Egyptian 
Extra Early Money Maker for Market 
Growers 
A very superior extra early strain of garden Beet 
which has been carefully selected for years. It 
excels in handsome form, good size, small tops, 
very small tap-root, fine quality, and above all, 
quick, rapid growth. Th6 fiesh is deep red. Takes 
on its turnip shape very early, a decided advan¬ 
tage for forcing for real early market, and espe¬ 
cially for a market where Beets are sold in bunches. 
Ready for use in 45 to 50 days. Pkt., 7 cts.; oz., 14 
cts.; % lb., 27 els.; Vs lb., 47 cts.; lb., 85 ct.s.; 2 lbs., 
$l.<!fi, postpaid. 
241 Crimson Globe 
Beautiful Color—Excellent Quality 
A handsome medium size, globe shape sort, en¬ 
tirely free from rootlets; ready for use in 65 days. 
The foliage is small but just right for bunching 
or for forcing under glass. Of a rich bronze pur¬ 
ple, borne on slender stems which occupy but a 
small portion of the root. The flesh is a rich 
blood red, slightly zoned or ringed. Pkt., 7 cts.; 
«z.. 14 cts.; V* lb., 27 cts.; Vs lb., 47 cts.; Ib., 85 cts.; 
