Garden and farm annual

              CROSMAX  BROTHERS'   CATALOGUE.
Henderson's Dwarf Lima, a
dwarf variety of the well-
known Lima Bean, but two
weeks earlier and more productive ; flavor delicious ;
seeds much smaller than
those of the pole variety.
Pt. 25c 10
Boston    Favorite,   or   Goddard,
red-podded dwarf.   Pt. 20c . .10
White Kidney, or Royal Dwarf,
a late variety : fine for shell
beans.    Pt. 20c  10
Red Kidney, similar to the
above: seed purplish red.
Pt. 80o., 1 pt. 20c 10
White Marrowfat, the very
best for baking ; beans large,
white.    Pt. 20c 10
Dwarf Horticultural, similar to
the well-known horticultural
pole bean, with the exception
of its dwarf habit.    Pt. 25c.
New Prolific Pickler, a new green-pod variety and is especially adapted for
pickling, excellent quality; the pods, when pickled, show up well on account
of their freshness in color ; the plant grows about three feet high and is
stocky in habit; is a very nice snap bean and stringless when young ; it is
extremely hardy and a great bearer of long pods (8 to 10 inches in length)
which come in clusters.   Pt. 35c., -J pt. 20 10
yellow podded varieties.
Challenge Dwarf Black Wax, the earliest of all Wax Beans, making it a
pronounced favorite with market gardeners ; the pods are of good size, of rich
yellow color and stringless ; seeds black when ripe.    Pt. 25c 10
Prolific Black Wax or Butter, early, very tender and solid; the pods are
of a waxy yellow, stringless and almost transparent.    Pt. 20c 10
Rust-Proof or Improved Golden Wax, pods large, long and brittle, and
entirely stringless ; as a snap-bean it excels all others in tenderness and richness of flavor, and is also valuable as a shell bean.    Pt. 20c 10
Black-Eyed Wax. one of the earliest beans grown, and worthy of a trial ;
seeds white with black spots about the eye.    Pt. 20c 10
Golden-Eyed Wax, early, vigorous, and a profuse bearer ; the pods are flat,
large and tender ; singularly free from blight and rust.    Pt. 20c 10
Wardwell's Kidney Wax, extra early: long, flat, waxy pods; very free
from rust.    Pt. 20c 10
Red Flageolet Wax. a peculiarly valuable early wax bean ; a decided
advantage being their freedom from rust; an enormous yielder of mammoth
pods often reaching twelve inches in length : seeds red.    Pt. 20c  10
Crystal White Wax, distinct, but not strictly a wax bean ; very desirable for
snaps or for pickles ; vines large, spreading, very productive, having many runners, producing pods in pairs throughout their whole length ; blossoms small
yellowish-white: pods greenish-white, short, curved, round or thicker than
wide, with crease in the back, very fleshy and brittle ; ripe beans, small, oval,
white.    Pt. 25c 10
Yosemite Mammoth Wax, a valuable variety; enormous pods 8 to 12
inches long, very thick,  nearly  all  solid  pulp, rich  yellow,  and absolutely
stringless : exceedingly productive.    Pt. 30c ".10
N. B.—All of the beans thus far mentioned are dwarf and require no support.
BEANS (Pole or Running).
German, 2taiigeit.23ot)iicn.    French, Haricots a Ramet.
This class of Beans is less hardy than the Dwarfs, and should be planted about
the 15th of May, in a rich sandy loam, in as warm a situation as can be found
Four plants are sufficient to grow in a hill: set the poles three feet apart each way,