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4. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] LAZY WIFE'S POLE BEAN

POLE BEANS.
One quart will plant 100 to 150 hills.
These succeed best on clay loams, which should be liberally enriched with short manure in the hills, which are formed according to the variety, from three to four feet apart. From five to six seeds are planted in each hill, about two inches deep. After planting all beans be sure and firm the ground, either with feet or roller.
OLD HOMESTEAD.--This is an improvement on the Kentucky Wonder, and we regard it as far ahead of any other early green podded pole variety, being fit for the table August 1st. It is enormously productive, the pods hanging in great clusters from top to bottom of pole. It is entirely stringless, and the pods are of a silvery green color, and cook tender and melting. Pods are often twelve inches in length, and instead of picking them into a basket, it is customary to pile them up on one arm like kindling wood when gathering a mess for family use. The dry beans are long, oval, duncolored and of fair quality as a shelled bean. Can be grown with corn to good advantage, and thus secure two crops from the same ground. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c.
LAZY WIFE'S.--This Pole Bean, for so long the favorite with Pennsylvania farmers, has become very popular. We presume it derived its name from its immense productiveness, and from the ease with which they are cooked. The pods, of medium dark-green color, are produced in great abundance, and measure from 4 1/2 to 6 inches in length. The illustration herewith represents a natural-size pod; they are broad, thick; very fleshy and entirely stringless. The pods retain their rich, tender, and stringless qualities until nearly ripe. Each pod contains from six to eight round white beans, which make excellent winter shell beans. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c.
GOLDEN CLUSTER.--The pods are a beautiful golden-yellow color and of large size, averaging from seven to eight inches long and three-fourths of an inch in width. Although the pods are quite flat, they are fleshy, absolutely stringless, and very brittle, while their flavor is delicious. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c.

[image] OLD HOMESTEAD BEANS.

MAMMOTH HORTICULTURAL.--An improvement on the old Horticultural Pole. The beans are of enormous size, splashed and spotted with red, and of the highest quality as a shell bean either green or dry. Pods very large, bright carmine slightly streaked, very handsome and exceedingly productive. It is somewhat earlier than the parent variety, shows no rust, and is considered by some eastern gardeners the best pole bean in the world. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c.
KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA.--An improvement on Large White Lima. While the dried beans are about the same size as the common large Lima, the green beans are of unusual size. The pods are very long and frequently contain four to six very large beans. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 45c.
SCARLET RUNNER.--A favorite snap bean in Europe, valuable for table use, or as an ornamental vine. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 70c.
CUT SHORTS.--The old-fashioned corn-field bean which is so popular and often so difficult to obtain. Per pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c.

WHITE DUTCH CASE KNIFE.--Good green-podded variety. A great favorite in the east, yielding an immense crop of handsome flat white beans of excellent flavor. Cooks easily. It will pay you to try a few pole beans this year. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 45c.
YARD LONG.--A great curiosity, and withal a bean of excellent quality. Pods three feet long and highly ornamental. Tender and of asparagus flavor. Pkt. 10c.

Remember
We pay the postage on beans at these prices.
DEDUCT 15 CTS.
On each quart if to be sent by express or freight.

[image] HENDERSON'S EARLY SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER.

CAULIFLOWER.
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants.
One of the most delicious of vegetables. Any soil that will grow cabbage will grow cauliflower, as their requirements are very similar. Culture same as cabbage, except that they need a cool and moist atmosphere and should be watered during dry weather. As the flower heads appear, the large leaves should be broken down over them to shield them from the sun and rain.
HENDERSON'S EARLY SNOWBALL.--Throughout the country this is considered not only the earliest of all cauliflowers, but it is more certain to make a head than any other sort. Its dwarf habit and short outer leaves allow it to be planted as close as eighteen to twenty inches apart each way, thus making it especially valuable to market gardeners. Our stock is extra choice and cannot be excelled. It is grown in the locality where this variety originated, by a grower whom we believe to be the best in the world. Per pkt. 15c, 1/4 oz. 75c, oz. $2.50.
EXTRA EARLY DWARF ERFURT.--Valuable for forcing. A very popular variety in Europe and with eastern gardeners. First quality. Per pkt. 15c , 1/4 oz. 60c, oz. $2.00.
EARLY PARIS.--Well known small variety which usually proves quite satisfactory. Have made price low this year so that all can try this excellent vegetable. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 50c.
LENORMAND'S.--There is considerable call in this market for a late variety of cauliflower, and in the Lenormand's we have just what is wanted. It is of large size and produces well formed heads of excellent quality. Per pkt. 10c, oz. 65c.
CAULIFLOWER PLANTS.--See list Vegetable Plants.