. Eastman's annual seed catalogue. Nursery stock Maine East Sumner Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Garden Vegetables. / ASPARAGUS. ConOVer'S Colossal. The recog- nized standard variety. Palmetto. A new sort, earlier thJm Conover's Colossal, a better yielder, and more even and regular. Per lb. 1-4 lb. oz. pkt. Conover's Colossal, $ 50 15 8 3 The Palmetto, 75 20 10 5 BEAN. BUSH VARIETIES. Of who 4~~"Golden Wax. bean. * olific German Wax. the best and most orolific. ing. ^White Kidney. Of cellence for shelling green, baking. Ttfie Lightning, Lovers green


. Eastman's annual seed catalogue. Nursery stock Maine East Sumner Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Garden Vegetables. / ASPARAGUS. ConOVer'S Colossal. The recog- nized standard variety. Palmetto. A new sort, earlier thJm Conover's Colossal, a better yielder, and more even and regular. Per lb. 1-4 lb. oz. pkt. Conover's Colossal, $ 50 15 8 3 The Palmetto, 75 20 10 5 BEAN. BUSH VARIETIES. Of who 4~~"Golden Wax. bean. * olific German Wax. the best and most orolific. ing. ^White Kidney. Of cellence for shelling green, baking. Ttfie Lightning, Lovers green beans, either string or shell, wish to hasten the season, should plant the Lightning. Planted beside other extra! Yellow Six Weeks early varieties, we have yet to hear of the instance where it has failed to exceed therrrrL^ all in eailiness, while in its season its qual- ity is excellent. It should be closely watch- ed when the beans begin to form, as a very few days from the blossom will give pods suitable for string beans. At this stage of their growth they are very tender and of rich flavor. But they keep right on growing, and in a few days more the pods have toughened, and not long after they are fit for shelling. It exactly resembles the old Early Fegee in appearance, but comes into bearing fully two weeks ahead of that variety. * Dwarf Horticultural. The dwarf form of the old London Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry. Excellent for shell- ing. PRICES. u (Hush Varieties.) ^ THE LIGHTNING, Mlfaarf Horticultural, ^ublden Eyed Wax, I^arly Valentine, ^t3olden Wax Prolific German Wax, "Yellow Six Weeks, —""Early Mohawk, ^ White Kidney, (Pole Varieties.) •Tiprticultural Lima, JJ^ondon Horticultural, olden Eyed Wax. In our New England climate the bush varieties of wax or butter bean are particularly subject to rust. The Golden Eyed Wax (the dried bean of which might easily be mistaken for the common yellow-eye,) has proved rust proof with us. The pods equal a


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