Title: J.R. Ratekin & Son's 18th annual seed catalog, 1902 : farm, field and garden seeds
Identifier: CAT31285704 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: J. R. Ratekin & Son; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Iowa Catalogs; Corn Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Catalogs
Publisher: Shenandoah, Iowa : J. R. Ratekin & Son
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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38 J. R. RATEKIN & SON'S ANNUAL SEED CATALOG.

Burpee's Bush Lima The bushes grow eighteen to twenty
inches, of stout growth and always erect,
yet brancbiag so vigorously that each plant develops into a magnificent cir-
cular bush from two to three feet in diameter. Enormously productive, single
plants under favorable i rcumstances yielding from 200 to 350 pods. Hand-
some large pods well filled with very large beans, identical in size and luscious
flavor with the well known large pole Lima's. Pkt. 5c; pt. 25c; qt. 45c.

Pole or Running Beans
Lazy Wife's No good wife would
like to be called "a lazy wife," yet
she will be excused for exhibiting a
lazy spell when bean picking time
comes, if she has the foresight to
plant this variety. They are called
Lazy Wive's because they hang so
full and the pods are so long and
broad that a mess is soon picked.
The pods are green, wonderfully
broad. thick, fleshy and entirely
stringless, retaining all their good
qualitis until nearly ripe. The
peculiar taste and agreeable flavor
of this bean are so captivating that
other varieties are not desired while the
Lazy Wives can be obtained.
Pint 25c; quart 45c.

Improved Golden
Wax
In spite of all the new sorts of beans
being introduced every year, our
trade calls for more Golden Wax
than any other variety. This great
popularity is due largely to the fact
that the variety we have is a great
improvement on the old Golden
Wax, having larger pods and being
much more prolific. This improved
stock is one of the handsomest
beans we have ever seen, the pods
being of dark, rich golden yellow
color and of perfect shape. For
family or market you can make no
mistake in planting them. Pkt.
5c; pint 25c; quart 45c.

Kidney Wax
Week earlier and vield one-third
more than Golden Wax, stalk erect,
pods long, broad, flat, brittle, string-
less, delicate waxy color, seed white
with a reddish purple spot.
Pint 25c: quart 45c.

Davis White Wax a distinct new dwarf wax bean, popular in
the family garden. It is the best white
seeded wax bean, of handsome appearance and very productive. It is so pro-
ductive that the vines are absolutely a mass of pods; it holds its pods well up
from the ground; the pods are always full of large, plump beans; being pure
white, with no eye, it is just what the bean canners have been looking for.
Pint 24c; quart 45.,
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