. Burpee's farm annual 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. SUNSHINE WAX POLE BEAN. Burpee's Sunshine is sure to become a standard favorite, as 11 is unusually hardy in constitution. It is a good, strong grower, 1»111 does not make such a rank growth of foliage as The Golden Cluster, while outyielding it in erop. The bright, light-yellow pods are borne in clusters of three and four at every joint of the vines, and on a pole in full bearing the yellow of the pods greatly predominates ov
. Burpee's farm annual 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. SUNSHINE WAX POLE BEAN. Burpee's Sunshine is sure to become a standard favorite, as 11 is unusually hardy in constitution. It is a good, strong grower, 1»111 does not make such a rank growth of foliage as The Golden Cluster, while outyielding it in erop. The bright, light-yellow pods are borne in clusters of three and four at every joint of the vines, and on a pole in full bearing the yellow of the pods greatly predominates over the green of the foliage,— well warranting its name, "; The pods, six to eight inches long, are perfectly straight, and al- though flat wrhen young, are meaty, of finest quality, and entirely stringless. The dry beans are rich brown in color and of good quality for winter use. The great productiveness and hardiness of this variety render it particularly valuable for gen- eral cultivation, as, grown either on poles in the garden or with a field crop of corn, it can be used as a snap bean throughout the season and the surplus saved for winter use. Per pkt. 15 cts.; 2 pkts. for 25 cts.; pint 40 cts., postpaid. Jackson Wonder Dwarf Lima Bean. Still another Bush Lima! The Jackson Wonder was exten- sively advertised throughout the South last year and met with a large sale at 25 cts. per pkt. of 10 beans. Thoroughly tested at Ford hook Farm, we would pronounce it a prolific strain of the Speckled Sieva, or small Lima, of established bush character and real merit, resembling Henderson's Bush Lima, but larger in size of beans, with better filled pods; it is also more easily shelled than the Henderson Lima. However, as we maybe too conservative in praising the merits of '' Novelties,'' we have reproduced verbatim below the introducer's description with the accompanying illustration :— The Jackson Wonder Bean is dwarf, or bunch, requiring no poles. It grows from
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