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Title: Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, and bulbs, 1899
Identifier: CAT31284029 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: I. J. Simonson (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: New York, N. Y. : I. J. Simonson
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS. 5 sort pk. $i for 25, BEANS, continued. Long Yellow Six Weeks. A standard market or family use. Qt. 25 cts., bus. $4.50. Extra-early Refugee. A selection from and possess- ing all the first-rate qualities of the well-known Refugee, which it is gradually superseding. It is an immense yielder, sure cropping ; an excellent shipper. Pkt. 10 cts., qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.25, bus. $4. Early Mohawk. Qt. 20 cts., pk. $1. Early China. Qt. 20 cts., pk. $1. Extra-early Refugee Wax. A perfect Refugee, with long, round, yellow wax pods ; an immense yielder, and suitable for either early or late sowing. A valuable acquisition to the list. Qt. 25 cts., pk. $1.25, bus. $4. BEANS, POLE or RUNNING. French, Haricots a Rames. German, <2tangen=5Jol;nen Spanish, Frijolc Vastago. Culture.—-One quart will plant 60 to 70 hills ; half a bushel will plant an acre. The soil should be mellow, rich and warm. Lay the ground out in hills 4 feet apart each way, and set poles 8 or 10 feet long firmly in the hills before putting in the seed. Plant 5 or 6 Beans in a hill, and cover about 2 inches deep ; leave 3 healthy plants at each pole, and when a few inches high draw a little earth around them as a support. Use the cultivator freely to keep the soil mellow and clean. Extra-early Jersey Lima. Fully two weeks earlier than any other Pole Lima. They are always tender and delicious. Pkt. 10 cts qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75. Dreer's Lima. Smaller Beans, but earlier and more prolific than Large Lima. Pkt. 10 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75. Large White Lima. Always popular, and surpassed by other sorts only in earliness. Pkt. 10 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75- Large White Case Knife. An old-fashioned productive and early variety. Pkt. 10 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.25 German Black Wax. Produces long, golden yel- low stringless pods, tender and of delicious quality. Pkt. 10 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.25. Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. Popu- lar ; useful either green or dried. Pkt. 10 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75. Scarlet Runner. Ornamental and useful; produces brilliant scarlet flowers, and the Beans are used either green or shelled. Pkt. 10 cts., qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.75.
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Dreer's Lima. French, Chou Brocoli. BROCCOLI. German, <5parget=$oftl. Spanish, Brocuh. Culture.—One ounce will produce 3,000 plants. Sow thinly in seed beds. For permanent loca- tion, select fresh land, deeply tilled. When the plants are strong enough, set out in rows 2 feet apart each way, setting the plants well down to their lower leaves. Cultivate frequently, and give a plentiful supply of water during all stages of their growth. White Cape. Dwarf, compact habit; firm white heads of fine quality. Oz. 25 cts., %\b. 75 cts. Improved Purple Cape. A standard sort; very hardy and productive. Oz. 30 cts., )£Vo. 85 cts.

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