


DWARF GREEN-PODDED BEANS 
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. 





ONE PINT OF SEED FOR 75 FEET OF ROW ; 
Burgess’ Special Stringless 
(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. 
BOUNTIFUL 48 days. Bears continuously 
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 delicidus flavor and practically stringless. 
PLENTIFUL (Black Seeded Bountiful). 51 
“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 2. 2ays. 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. Eyen when 
fully grown they are absolutely stringless. The plants 
make a strong and vigorous growth and are remark- 
Bountiful 
: days. A very attractive bean of able for their large yields of long straight pods. 
fine quality. 
Long, medium deep green, straight, flat, 
/ meaty pods which are strictly stringless at all Stages. BURPEE’S STRINGLESS GREEN POD. 53 days. 
E li t W B The dwarf, upright plants are strong and robust, even Round-podded, prolific sort, stringless, pods 5% 
ar es ax ean under conditions not favorable for best results, producing large yields. 
inches long, and of excellent quality; rust resistant. 
STRINGLESS BLACK VALENTINE. 53 days. Dark green pods produced in large 
quantities. Matures early, looks most attractive and is entirely stringless. The beans 
are fleshy and have a delicious, mild flavor. : 
Dwarf Wax-Podded Beans 
ONE PINT OF SEED FOR 75 FEET OF ROW 
Early Wonder 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. 7 inches 

Pods 5 to 7 
Jong, flat,, plump, handsome and 
meaty, of a clear, waxy-yellow Ly . 48 days. BRITTLE WAX or ROUND POD KID- 
color, tender, brittle and of fine Burgess Specia Rust re- NEY WAX. 52 days. Handsome, round, 
texture. Practically rust-proof. sistant. A selec- extremely fleshy pods of waxy yellow. 
An ideal bean for the home gar- Golden Wax tion from  Rust- Brittle; always stringless and tender; 
den and a real money maker for proof Golden Wax. A few days earlier prolific. ; 
and more productive. The pods are 6% 
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, fiat 
and quite thick; clear, waxy, golden yel- 
low color; stringless, and of fine but- 
tery flavor. 
the market gardener. 
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. ; 


It takes longer to fill C.0.D. orders. Due 
NO C.0.D. ORDERS to labor shortages we can not accept 
C.0.D. orders between Jan. 1st and July Ist, so please 
send remittance in full with each order. ' 

Full Measure Stringless 
BUSH LIMA BEANS 
One pint of Lima Beans plants 100 feet of row 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH. The largest 
of all Bush Limas, bearing pods almost equal 
in size to those of the large Pole Limas. Pods 
5 to 6 inches long by 1% inches wide and the 
full size beans ae of puedes faror 
early as large as Burpee’s 
Fordhook} 3.3 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 is 
a week earlier than Western or Southern seed. 




Baby 
Fordhook 


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Baby Fordhook Lima 
Early Wonder Wax 







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PRICES PREPAID NOT PREPAID Excellent Quality 
Packet 16 Pint Pint Quart |2 Quarts|| 5 Lbs. 10 Lbs. | 25 Lbs. | 100 Lbs. - 
Baby Fordhook Tima... 7... .08<0 077; $0.10 | $0.30 | $0.55 | $1.00 | $1.90 || $1.85 | $3.60 | $8.75 |$33.95 Beans About Twice as 
omsule eee ac ek? :10 124 140 73 |/ 1.35 || 1.05 | 2.00 | 4.75 | 17.95 Thick as Henderson’s 
BnittlomWiaxeee sotto. eens cee -10 -26 -44 -80 1.50 1.35 2.60 6.25 | 23.95 : 
Burgess’ Special Golden Wax.......... -10 -25 -42 -75 1.40 1.25 2.40 5.75 21.95 This new Lima of exceptional 
Burgess’ Special Stringless............. -10 -24 -40 -73 1.35 1.10 2.10 5.00 18.95 merit was developed by the Ohio 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima......... 7 ShO -28 -47 .85 1.60 || 1.50 2.90 7.00 | 26.95 Experiment Station. It is a 
Burpee’s Stringless Green Pod,........ -10 -22 -38 -70 1.30 1.00 1.90 4.50 | 16.95 - spat plant with vigorous branch 
Barly Wonder Wax... .. 0.00. .e sees -10 -26 -44 -80 1.50 1.35 2.60 6.25 | 23.95 nat eat ee The pods are 
Fordhook Bush Lima...............2. B1On if weed 50 93 | 1.75 || 1.65 | 3.20 | 7.75 | 29.95 fled with St) aor Cae ae 
Full Measure Stringless............... -10 -24 -40 -73 1.35 1.05 2.00 4.75 | 17.95 which at first are deep green but 
Henderson’s Bush Lima.............+. -10 -28 47 -85 1.55 1.40 2.70 6.50 | 24.95 become lighter as plants mature. 
Pencil Pod Black Wax.............-.- -10 -24 -40 -73 1.35 1.15 2.20 5.25 | 19.95 These plump beans are of the 
lentils se dee ee recess at -10 24 -40 -73 1.35 1.10 2.10 5.00 18.95 true Fordhook type and are of — 
9 Rustproof Golden Wax......... -10 24 -40 -73 1.35 1.15 2.20 5.25 19.95 superb quality. Very productive 
6?" | strtgless Black Valentine... -10 24 -40 .73 1.35 1.05 | 2.00 | 4.75 | 17.95 and earlier than’ the large Ford- 
Tendergreen..............++--. .10 .24 -40 i731. gs 1.15 | 2.20 | 5.25 | 19.95 hook, which makes it a most val- 

uable variety. 

