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4. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX

POLE BEANS.
Plant from five to six seeds in each hill, about two inches deep; one quart will plant 100 to 150 hills.

GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX--In our tests this has proved to be the best of all wax pole beans and for a number of years it has been the leading variety. It bears profusely its long golden-yellow pods in clusters of 3 to 6 from bottom to top of pole, and continues in bearing from the middle of July till the vines are cut by frost. This variety endures all kinds of weather, wet or dry. For market it excels all others. Pods are 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. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c. By express, 1/2 pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25.
OLD HOMESTEAD--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. Can be grown with corn to good advantage. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c. By express, 1/2 pk. $1.10, pk. $2.00.
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. 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. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c. By express, 1/2 pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25.

MAMMOTH HORTICULTURAL POLE.--Of the highest quality as a shell bean, either green or dry. Pods very large, bright carmine, lightly streaked, very handsome and exceedingly productive. Deserves more general planting. Similar in character to the London Horticultural, but larger in every way. The mammoth pods are striped and splashed with exceedingly brilliant crimson. The beans when fit for use of immense size. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c. By exp. 1/2 pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25.
WHITE DUTCH CASE KNIFE.--Yields an immense crop of handsome flat white beans of excellent flavor. Cooks easily. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c. By express, 1/2 pk. $1.00, pk. $1.75.

SCARLET RUNNER--Valuable for table use, or as an ornamental vine. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c. By exp. 1/2 pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25.
KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA.--An improvement on Large White Lima, and the finest stock for market gardeners. When not closely planted they set their pods early at the bottom of the pole, producing a continuous bloom and fruitage to the end of the season. Pods of enormous size. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 50c. By express, 1/2 pk. $1.10, pk. $2.00.
CUT SHORTS--The old-fashioned cornfield bean, so popular and often so difficult to obtain. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 15c, qt. 45c. By exp. 1/2 pk. 90c, pk. $1.60.

BEETS. One ounce sows 50 feet of drill; four to six pounds for one acre.
For early, sow as soon as ground can be worked, and about the middle of May for general crop, in drills fifteen inches apart and one and a half inches deep. As the plants grow, thin to six inches in drills. The young plants make excellent greens. The seed will germinate more freely if soaked in warm water twenty-four hours before sowing; but care should be taken not to plant soaked seed in very dry ground. The soil should be a deep, rich loam.

EARLY CRIMSON GLOBE.--An extra choice table beet. See novelty list for description. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 1/4 lb. 60c, lb. $1.50.
COOPER'S MARKET KING.--A half long variety and will therefore yield more bushels per acre than any round sort. The roots are very symmetrical and of fine dark red color and very solid. Flesh is also dark red, fine grained and of excellent quality. It is a quick grower and also one of the best keeping sorts. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00.
ECLIPSE.--This variety has become exceedingly popular and is one of the best early sorts. It possesses all the qualities requisite in a first class beet, and is of a uniform, globular shape. The roots are of a bright glossy red, fine-grained and delicious, with none of that earthy flavor so objectionable in many varieties. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c.
LONG DARK BLOOD.--Our stock of this standard variety is greatly improved, smooth, sweet and tender. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

MARKET GARDENER'S.--The best and most profitable table variety. See description with novelties. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c.
DEWING'S IMPROVED BLOOD TURNIP.--An improvement on the old Early Blood Turnip. Globe-shape, deep blood-red color, fine flavor, a good keeper for main crop. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.
SWISS CHARD, or SILVER BEET.--A distinct vegetable and much superior to the common beet for greens, which are produced soon after planting. Later the leaves grow very large, with broad, flat, beautiful white, wax-like stems and midribs, which may be cooked like asparagus. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

[image] EDMAND'S BLOOD TURNIP.

[image] CROSBY'S IMPROVED EGYPTIAN.

CROSBY'S IMPROVED EGYPTIAN.--We believe this to be the earliest variety in existence. It was originated by Josiah Crosby, a market gardener for the Boston market, and is a great improvement on the old Egyptian, being thicker, handsomer and more regular in shape, smooth, with very small tops and small tap root. It is of perfect shape when small, thus making a good beet for bunching, and is very popular with the Des Moines market gardeners for this purpose. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.
EDMAND'S BLOOD TURNIP.--One of the best varieties grown for main crop. While not a strictly first early beet, it follows very closely and is the most uniform of all turnip beets, with very small tops. The roots are handsome and round, very smooth, of good marketable size, and for table use no variety can excel it in fine quality. The skin is deep blood red; the flesh is also dark red and exceedingly sweet and tender. Our stock seed of this variety was obtained direct from Mr. Edmand and we are sure it will please every one who tries it. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c.

USE OUR EVERGREEN MIXED LAWN GRASS SEED.