. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list for 1899. Nursery stock California Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Herbs Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs California San Francisco. s BO WEN'S CATALOGUE BEANS. French, Haricot; German, Bohne; Spanish, Friforenano. The bean comes from the East, growing wild in Persia. Its use as an article of food is prehistoric. Its healthful and nutritive qualities are of the highest order. The Snap or String Beans are those having fleshy, tender, edible pods. The pods of the Wax varieties,
. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list for 1899. Nursery stock California Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Herbs Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs California San Francisco. s BO WEN'S CATALOGUE BEANS. French, Haricot; German, Bohne; Spanish, Friforenano. The bean comes from the East, growing wild in Persia. Its use as an article of food is prehistoric. Its healthful and nutritive qualities are of the highest order. The Snap or String Beans are those having fleshy, tender, edible pods. The pods of the Wax varieties, which are rapidly coming into more general use, are of a creamy color and -waxy appearance when young and ready for the table, and on this account are distinct from the well-known green podded kinds. Our list comprises the best known varieties, of which we furnish hand- picked seed, which are unsurpassed in quality, and are known to be true to name. Plant after danger of frost is past, in rich, mellow loam, or highly manured soil, finely pulverized. The bush varie- ties yield best when planted four to six inches apart in two and one-half to three feet rows. Keep the ground moist and cultivate thoroughly, being careful not to work among nor handle them when wet or damp with rain or dew. Dwarf or Bush Green=Podded Kinds. EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE.—Said to be the earliest green-podded variety, fit for the table two weeks in advance of the old Refugee, and retaining all the good qualities of that standard Extra Early Refugee. EXTRA EARLY RED VALEN= TINE, IMPROVED ROUND POD.—Is of healthy, vigorous growth, and has no superior in any respect among the green- podded kinds. The pods are round, very fleshy, tender, and rich. The bean is rather small, and when ripe, usually irreg- ular in form and red in color. EARLY CHINA RED of the earliest. For snaps gather young; later, they are good green shelled, and excellent dry for winter use. The bean is rather large, and white w
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