Bountiful 
Earliest Wcsx Bean 
r— Northern Grown Beans- 
Our Northern Grown Beans are the best that can be produced. Our stock of seed 
is selected with extreme care, and the growing crops carefully rogued several times 
each season. The following list comprises the best of their respective types. 
DWARF GREEN-PODDED BEANS 
ONE PINT OF SEED FOR 75 FEET OF ROW 
Burgess' Special Stringless "Full Measure" Stringless 
One of the very best round podded, stringless, 
dwarf green beans in existence, and on account of 
its superior quality, it is especially desirable for the 
home garden. It begins to bear in 52 days, and the 
heavy pods continue producing throughout a long sea¬ 
son. Very productive; pods average 6 inches long, 
fleshy and absolutely stringless. 
TENDERGREEN 
52 days. Delicious, 
fine-flavored snap bean. 
Very popular with market growers because it yields 
a heavy crop of early beans. Its ability to continue 
to bear throughout the season makes it an ideal 
home garden variety. The pods are light green, of 
handsome appearance, grow 7 inches in length, and 
are round, extremely meaty and tender. Even when 
fully grown they are absolutely stringless. The plants 
make a strong and vigorous growth and are remark¬ 
able for their large yields of long straight pods. 
BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD. 53 days. 
Round-podded, prolific sort, stringless, pods 5% 
inches long, and of excellent quality ; rust resistant. 
{Rust-Resistant Green Pod) 
53 days. Burgess’ Special Stringless is an improved 
strain of Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod. It is a 
much better yielder with darker, straighter and more 
slender pods, fully seven inches long. This fine qual¬ 
ity variety is entirely without strings or fiber and 
holds snap bean stage longer than the Burpee type. 
KSfUIMTIEBIB 48 da ys. Bears continuously 
DWUn I irUt for several weeks, being the 
first to give pods fit to pick in the spring. Under 
favorable conditions of soil and season this variety 
has been known to bear one bushel of pods per 15 
feet of row. The pods are long, flat, slightly curved,- 
tender, of delicious flavor and practically stringless. 
Dl ECcklTIEIII (Black Seeded Bountiful). 51 
ikEr'i I IrUL days. A very attractive bean of 
fine quality. Long, medium deep green, straight, flat, 
meaty pods which are strictly stringless at all stages. 
The dwarf, upright plants are strong and robust, even 
under conditions not favorable for best results, producing large yields. 
Early Wander Wax 
RUST PROOF—STRINGLESS 
Early Wonder Wax is the ear¬ 
liest bean. Ready to pick in 40 
days. A bountiful yielder which 
continues bearing for a long sea¬ 
son. Plants 18 Inches high and 
2 feet across. Pods 5 to 7 inches 
long, fiat, plump, handsome and 
meaty, of a clear, waxy-yellow 
color, tender, brittle and of fine 
texture. Practically rust-proof. 
An ideal bean for the home gar¬ 
den and a real money maker for 
the market gardener. 
Early Wonder Wax 
INOCULATE 
BEANS 
for Best Results 
Inoculating bean seed hastens 
maturity, increases the yield and 
enriches the soil. Inoculation for 
Beans only, half bushel size, 
25c; bushel size, 35c; 5 bushel, 
$1.50, postpaid. 
Garden Culture. 
Good for Beans, Peas 
and Sweet Peas. Suf¬ 
ficient for 6 lbs. of 
2 seed, 10c, postpaid. 
Dwarf Wax-Podded Beans 
ONE PINT OF SEED FOR 75 FEET OF ROW 
BRITTLE WAX or ROUND POD KID¬ 
NEY WAX. 52 days. Handsome, round. 
Full Measure Stringless 
Burgess’ Special 
Golden Wax “ (r0 „? SK 
proof Golden Wax. A few days earlier 
and more productive. The pods are 6y 2 
to 7 inches long and entirely stringless. 
Its long bearing period makes it ideal 
for home gardens and market growers. 
RUSTPROOF GOLDEN WAX. 50 days. 
Heavy cropper ; pods of good length, flat 
and quite thick ; clear, waxy, golden yel¬ 
low color; stringless, and of fine but¬ 
tery flavor. 
DAVIS STRINGLESS WHITE WAX. 
52 days. Pods about 6% inches long, 
very straight, waxy-yellow. Owing to fine 
appearance, will bring the highest price 
on the market. Popular for canning, as 
beans are pure white. Used both as a 
snap bean and as a dry shell bean; fine 
for baking ; Very productive. 
extremely fleshy pods of waxy yellow. 
Brittle; always stringless and tender; 
prolific. 
PENCIL POD BLACK WAX. 52 days. 
The finest strain of Black Wax yet in¬ 
troduced and of the very best quality. 
Round pods 6 to 7 inches long and of 
uniform rich yellow color; entirely 
stringless, brittle, tender, meaty, exceed¬ 
ingly fine grained and without fibre. 
Bears profusely and throughout a long 
season. Rust resistant. 
SURE CROP STRINGLESS 
or Bountiful Wax 
53 days. Attractive, rich yellow pods 
of finest quality, 6 to 7 inches in length, 
slightly curved, and very meaty and 
sweet. Perfectly stringless at all stages. 
The seeds are black when ripe. Valu¬ 
able for its earliness, productiveness and 
disease-resisting qualities. 
BUSH LIMA BEANS 
One pint of Lima Beans 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH. The largest 
of all Bush Limas, hearing pods almost equal 
in size to those of the large Pole Limas. Pods 
5 to 6 inches long by 1*4 inches wide and the 
full size beans are of luscious flavor. 
Fordlhoolf Nearly as large as Burpee’s 
rwl llimproved and about a week 
earlier. Extremely prolific, with large, thick, 
meaty Beans of delicious quality. Shell easily 
and remain green a long time. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH. The earliest Lima 
grown and continues to produce until killed by 
frost. Will produce an abundant crop under 
a wider range of weather and soil conditions 
than any other Lima. Beans not large, but 
quality is excellent. Our Michigan grown seed 
is a week earlier than Western or Southern 
seed. 
plants 100 feet of row 
McCrea's Bush 
or Baby Fordhook 
Strong, 
stocky bush 
with big root 
system. Small 
pod like a 
Baby Lima but Bean large, thick. Potato type. 
Will stand cold and wet weather in the spring 
and extreme heat in summer much better than 
other large-seeded Limas. Green-seeded, re¬ 
taining a green tint when cooked. A r ery pro¬ 
lific—pods in a crown setting with three to 
five Beans in a pod. An ideal home-garden 
Lima. Dry Beans, when cooked, swell to 
same size as the green Beans, retaining the 
sweet flavor, thus being an exceptionally fine 
dry Lima for winter use. 
Fordhook Bush Lima 
PRICES 
PREPAID 
NOT PREPAID 
Bountiful. 
Brittle Wax. 
Burgess’ Special Golden Wax. 
Burgess’ Special Stringless. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Ljma. 
Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod. 
Davis’ Stringless White Wax... 
Early Wonder W^ax. 
Fordhook Bush Lima. 
Full Measure Stringless. 
Henderson’s Bush Lima. 
McCrea’s Bush Lima. 
Pencil Pod Black Wax. 
Plentiful. 
Rustproof Golden Wax. 
Sure Crop Stringless Wax. 
Tendergreen. 
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