For Shelling and Baking 
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 and ripen in Au- 
gust, the leaves falling earlier than 
other varieties. No other bean ap- 
proaches it in yield or quality. Pkt., 
10 cts.; \% Ib., 24 cts.; Ib., 40 cts.; 
2 lbs., 70 cts.; 5 Ibs., $1.50, postpaid. 
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- 
dry and mealy. Pkt. 10 cts.; 4% Ib., 25 cts.; lb.,45 | mon navy beans. Pkt., 10 cts.; % Ib., 22 cts.; Ib., 
cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 5 Ibs., $1.75, postpaid. 35 cts.; 2 Ibs., 60 cts.; 5 Ibs., $1.35, 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.; 4% Ib., 25 cts.; lb. 45 cts.; 2 
Ibs., 80 cts.; 5 Ibs., $1.75, 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, 
stringless variety, used for snap beans or for shelling green. Par- 
ticularly fine for succotash. Heavy yielding and fine flavored. Does 
well ina cool climate. The seeds are light buff, spotted red. Pkt., 10 
cts.; 12 lb., 25 cts.; Ib., 45 cts.; 2 Ibs., 80 cts.; 5 Ibs., $1.75, postpaid. 
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feet long; 60 lbs. plants an acre. 
212 White Marrow. An excellent large seeded 
baking sort. Vines large, slender, spreading, 
with short runners and small leaves; very pro- 
lific; seeds large, about twice the size of the 
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248 Edmand’s Early Blood Turnip rop Beet in cultivation 
An excellent English variety for the home garden. 
Used for second early crop or for late planting and 
winter keeping. Roots are turnip-shaped and reg- b., $2 
ular. Flesh is deep blood-red, exceedingly sweet and te 
of fine quality. Tops are small and erect, fine for SS 
beet greens. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 44 lb., 60 cts.; = 
144 Ib., $1.10; 1b., $2.00; 2 lbs., $3.90, postpaid. 



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245 Crosby’s Egyptian 
Growers 
Which has been 
excels in handsome form, 
very small tap-root, 
good size, 
Ready for use in 45 to 50 days. 
$4.40 postpaid. 
241 Crimson Globe 
days. 
is deep crimson, slightly ringed or zoned. 
exquisitely tender and delicious in flavor. 
remain tender over a long period of time. 
$2.25; 2 lbs., $4.40, postpaid. 

250 My Own Introduction 
Excellent for Home and Market 
By far the Finest Globe Shaped Main 
The flesh is 
dark crimson, of rich sweet flavor. Very 
smooth—no fibrous roots. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
0z., 30 cts.; 14 lb., 90 cts.; % Ib., $1.505 
3 2 Ibs., $5.40, postpaid. 

Extra Early Money Maker for Market 
A very superior extra early strain of garden Beet 
carefully selected for years. 
small tops, 
fine quality and above all, 
quick, rapid growth. The flesh 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. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 22 
cts.; % lb., 65 cts.; % Ib., $1.20; lb., $2.25; 2 lbs., 

Beautiful Color—Excellent Quality 
A handsome, medium size, globe shaped sort, entire- 
ly free from side roots, ready for market in 65 
Beets average 3 inches in diameter, the re 
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Though 
it grows quickly enough for very early use, yee 
10 cts.; oz, 22 cts.; %4 Ib. 65 cts.; 14 Ib., $1.20; Ib, 
213 Improved 
White Navy 
The Greatest Money 
Maker of all. $100.00 
per Acre Profit Not Un- 
common. Our Improved 
Strain of White Navy 
Beans are second to 
none. All northern 
grown from re-selected 
true seed, carefully 
milled and hand picked; 
very uniform size seed 
that will plant evenly 
and reproduce a quality 
of Beans that will sell 
always at good pricés. 
Plant at least enough 
for your own use, next 
winter. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4% 
Ib., 22 cts.; lb., 35 cts.5 
2 lbs., 60 cts.; 5 Ilbs,, 
$1.35, postpaid. 
214 Red 
Kidney 
The good _ old-fashioned 
baking bean. This well 
known field bean is one of 
the best varieties for use as 
a dry bean. Produces large, 
flat, green pods, filled with 
large, red kidney-shaped 
beans, rich in flavor. One 
of the largest of all baking 
beans. Used _ extensively 
for canning purposes. Pkt., 
10 cts.; % Ib., 24 cts.; Ib., 
40 ets.; 2 lbs., 70 cts.; 5 Ibs., 
$1.60, postpaid. 






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243 Very early variety, 
and globular, tap roots small, ; 
smooth, and tops small. The flesh is jj 
deep red, zoned pink, very sweet and ten- jj 
der. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; %4 Ib., 60 | 
cts.; % Ib. $1.10; Ib., $2.00; 2 Ibs., | 
$3.90, postpaid. 











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