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J. STECKXER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND
Improved Prolific Dwarf German
Wax. This variety is a great improvement
on its parent, the Dwarf German Wax.
Pods are longer and more productive, with
the good qualities of the old kind, which
was the first Wax Bean introduced here from
Germany.
Grenell's Improved Rust Proof
Golden Wax. An improvement on the
Dwarf Golden Wax Bean; the seed is
identically the same in color as that kind.
The pods are straight, long, and fleshier
than Golden Wax, superior in quality and
positively "Rust Proof,- quite an object
with us here in the South, when we often
have rainy weather in the Spring, which is
injurious to most wax beans. The origina-
tor also claims it to be more prolific and
hardier than the ordinary Golden Wax
Bean.
We had this bean thoroughly tried and
found it so superior to the ordinary Golden
Wax that we have concluded to drop the
last named varit-tv from our list.
Detroit or Rust Proof Wax. This
splendid wax bean is of recent intro-
duction, and is very productive and hard. 7 ;
pods straight, flat and somewhat broader
than the Dwarf Golden Wax. The beans,
when well grown, are of a beautiful golden
yellow. The originator claims that when
tried side by side with the majority of wax
beans, it had never spotted or -rusted,'"
while most of the other varieties were un-
salable. He claims it to be the best bean
for shipping.
Dwarf Butter Wax. This variety
is also sold under the name of "Bis-
marck"' and "Rust Proof Wax." It is
very early, an excellent ltearer, pods simi-
lar in shape to the Ward well's Dwarf Kid-
ney Wax; they are very brittle and of fine
flavor. Not as liable to rust as other kinds.
The seed is of a dark purple color when
dried.
Wardwell's Dwarf Kidney Wax.
Undoubtedly the best dwarf Wax Bean in
cultivation; it is quite early; the pods are of
Pride of Newton Beans.