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4 SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

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

ALL SEASONS.-See Novelty List. Pkt. 10c

GOLDEN CARMINE.-A week to ten days earlier than the Horticultural, robust grower, producing a crop of large stringless pods of bright golden yellow color when very young. As pods approach full size they are mottled and streaked with crimson. Pkt. 10c., 1/2 pt, 20c, qt, 65c; by express 1/2 pk, $1.15, pk. $2.00.

GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX -Generally considered the best of all wax pole beans. It bears profusely its long, golden yellow pods in clusters of three to six from bottom to top of pole, and continues in bearing from the middle of July till the vines are cut by frost. Pods are seven to eight incbes long and three fourths of an inch in width. They are quite flat but fleshy, absolutely stringless, very brittle and delicious. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt, 15 c, qt, 5Oc; by express, 1/2 pk. $1.15, pk. $2.00.

OLD HOMESTEAD.-Enormously productive, the pods hanging in great clusters from top to bottom of pole. Entirely stringless; pods are of a silvery green color. Can be grown with corn to good advantage. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt, 15c, qt, 45c; by express 1/2 pk. $1.00, pk, $1.75.

LAZY WIFE.-'l'he most popular pole bean and 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 pods retain their rich, tender and stringless qualities until nearly ripe. The white beans make excellent winter shell beans. Pkt. 5c, 1/2 pt. 20c, qt. 60c; by express 1/2 pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25.

CUT SHORT' .-The old-fashioned corn-field bean so popular
and of ton so difflcult to obtain Pkt. 50, Yo pt. 15, qt. 450; express,
Y. Pl>. 000, pk, $1.60.
MAU::OTH HORTICULTURAL POLE.-Df 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. Pkt.5c, Y. pk. 150, qt. 5Oc; byexpress, y. pk. $1.25. pk. $2.25.
WHITE DUTCH CASE KliII'E.-Yields an immese crop of
handsome flat white beans of excellent flavor. Cooks easily. Pkt. 50,
Y. pt. 15c,.qt. 45c; by express. Y. pk. $1.00, pk. $1.75.
YARD LONG.-A great curiosity but withal an excellent variety.
Produces pods 18 to 24 inches long. Pkt. lOc.
KUIG OF THE GARDEN LIMA.-An improvement on large
White Lima, producing a continuous bloom and fruitage to the
end of the season. Pods are of enormous size. . Pkt. 50, Y. pt. 150,
qt. 5Oc; by express, Yo pk. $100, pk. $1.75.
SCARLET RUNNER.-Valuable for table use or as anornamental vine. Pkt. 50. Y. pt. 200, qt. 600; by express, Y. pk. $1.25, pk. $2.25.
ARADIAN RUNN-ER.-Similar to the Scarlet Runner. Flowers
OLD HOMESTEAD BEANS.
wh.~e, rtriped scarlet. Pkt. 50, Y. pt. 25c, qt. 850.

BEETS.

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One ounce 8OW8 5() feet of drill. Four to six pounds for one (JI)'I'e.
For early, sow as soon as grou'nd can be worked, and about the
middle of May for general crop, in drills fifteen inches apart and one
and one-half inches deep. As the plants grow. thin to six inches
in drills. The yotmg plants make excellent greens. The seed will
germinate mN" freely if soaked in warm water twenty-four hO)lrs
before sowing: but care should be taken not to plant soaked seed
in very dry ground. The soil should be a deep rich loam.
MARKET GARllEN!:RS.-The best and most profitable table variety, See description with novelties. Pkt. 50, oz.IOc, J4 lb. 25c,:b.75o
EARLY CRIMSON GLOBE.-A very early variety, of spherical
form. Skin very smooth and it is as handsome a beet as you can im.
agine. It is of a rich, deep red color ~hading to purple. Cooks readlly, is very fine grained, and flavor cahnot be surpassed. When cooked it is of Elven, dark colorthoroughout and is attractive when on the
table. Of uniform shape and size. Pkt. 5c, oz. lOc, M lb. 25c, lb. 758.
CROSBY'S IMPROVED EGYPTIAN.-We believeth!s to be the
earliest variety in existence. It is a great improvement on the old
Egyptian,. being thicker, handsomer and more regular in shape,
smooth with very small tops and small taproot. Takes on its turnip
shape and looks well even in the early stages of its growth, on which
account it is preferred for forcing to any other variety, a decided advantag-e for a market where beets ar(' sold in bunches. Very popular with Des Moines market gardeners for this purpose. Preferred
for forcing in frames or for first sowing outside; being a rapid grower
it may be sown outside as late as July, Pkt. 5c. oz. lOc, l4 lb. 250, lb. 700.

EDMAND'S·BLOOD. TUR:NIP.-Dne of the best varieties grown for
main crop. The roots'are round, very smooth, of good marketable 'size,
and for table nse no variety can exceed it in fine quality. The skin is
deep blood red; the fiesh is also dark red and sweet and tender. Pkt. 5c,
oz.lOc, lo( lb. 2Oc, lb. 600.
DEWING'S IMPROVED BLOOD TURNIP.-An improvement on the old Early
Blood Turnip. Globe-shape, deep blood-red color, fine flavor, a good seller and generally considered the most desirable variety for main crop and winter use. Pkt, 50, oz.
lOc, M lb. I!Oo, lb. 5Oc.
ECLIPSE.-'l'his 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 briv,ht, glossy red, fine-grained and delici::ms with
none of that earthy flavor so objectionable in many varieties. Pkt.5c, oz. lOc, J4 lb. 2Oc,
lb. 600.
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LONG DARK BLOOD.-Our stock of this standard ~ariety is greatly improved,
smooth, sweet and tender. Pkt. 5c, oz. lOc, J4 lb. 2Oc, lb. 5Oc.
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GOLDElf GLOBE.-A choice European sort fully equal, and by many considered
superior, to the red varieties in swee tness and flavor, but both the skin and flesh are of
bright yellow eclor. When cut up in a dish with the rcd beets they make a handsome contrast. They mature ea:'ly a.nd are so sweet and nice that they should become
popular. Pkt.50. oz. lOc, J4lb. 3Oc, lb. $1.00.
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SWISS CHARD, or Silver Beet.-A distinct vegetable and much superior to the
common beet for greens, which are pro<luced soon after . planting. Later the leaves
grow very large, with broad, flat. hcautifd, white, wax-like ~tems and mid-ribS, which
may be cooked like asparagus. PI't. !\c. oz. IOc. J4lb. 250, lb. 750.

CROSBY'S IMPROVED' lIIGyPTIaN.

RElIItlI]l[]J'ER THAT WE PREPAY THE POSTAGE ON BEANS AT THE QUART RATE.