. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. This Bean should be planted in rows two feet apart, and the plants one foot apart in One plant alone is sufficient to a hill. Per pkt. of 15 seeds, 25 cts.; 5 pkts., SADDLE-BACK WAX BEAN. Tills valuable new dwarf Bean is a cross between the Yosemite Mammoth and the Black-eyed Wax, and inherits qualities from both parents. The plant is of vigorous growth and a profuse bearer, pods large, long, round, very full of meat and absolutely stringless. When


. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. This Bean should be planted in rows two feet apart, and the plants one foot apart in One plant alone is sufficient to a hill. Per pkt. of 15 seeds, 25 cts.; 5 pkts., SADDLE-BACK WAX BEAN. Tills valuable new dwarf Bean is a cross between the Yosemite Mammoth and the Black-eyed Wax, and inherits qualities from both parents. The plant is of vigorous growth and a profuse bearer, pods large, long, round, very full of meat and absolutely stringless. When the pods are broken between the Beans, there is no open space; the pods being completely tilled with meat, and can be sliced like a cucumber, without showing any hollow spaces. Per pkt., 15 cts.; 2 pkts., 25 cts.; pint, 40 cts. (by mail 50 cts.) ; qt., 75 cts. (by mail 90 cts.) EAELY GOLDEN-EYED WAX BEAN. This valuable variety has already secured a first place among Wax Beans. It is very eai-ly and of vigorous habit, growing rapidly and yielding an abundance of tender suc- culent pods of a rich waxy yellow color and of unexcelled flavor. The pods grow long and handsome and ai'e en- tirely free from spot or rust. Per pkt., 10 cts.; qt., 50 cts.; peck, $ Improved Rustproof GOLDEN WAX BEAN. This excellent variety is an improvement on the Golden Wax. The pods are thicker, more productive, and, if anything, of better quality, but its greatest merit is the fact that it is absolutely rust-proof. Per pkt., 10 cts.; qt., 50 cts.; peck. $ fliwrn. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer


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