12th annual price list and catalogue of fresh and reliable garden, field and flower seeds - grown and sold on the seed farm of Samuel Wilson (1888) (16457826547)

Title: 12th annual price list & catalogue of fresh and reliable garden, field and flower seeds : grown and sold on the seed farm of Samuel Wilson
Identifier: 12thannualpricel1888wils (find matches)
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Wilson, Samuel; Samuel Wilson (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Mechanicsville, P. A. : Samuel Wilson
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library



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22 WILSON'S SEED CATALOGUE FOR 1888. stringless, rich, buttery and possess an exquisite flavor ^yhen cooked and retains its tender, rich, and buttery qualities until nearly ripe. Since we first introduced this excellent beau, we have received more than 1,000 letters from persons who have planted it, and everyone speaks in its highest praise, both to productiveness and to its extra fine table qualities. We have known persons. Avho have refused to use any other kind of string beans after tasting the Lazy Wives, declare that they had no
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Lazy Wives Bean. idea that such a bean existed, and to become so fond of them as to want them on the table every day. i They ripen early, take readily to the pole, and are (me of the most valuable varieties to plant among com. Owing to the unusually wet sea>on our crop of this valuable bean is very short this j-ear, and as we control all the genuine stock that can be had in the country, we will be compelled to advance the price slightly. By express, pint, 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts.; pk., 03.00 ; pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts., 25 cts. by mail. King of the Garden Lima Beans. This new and highly improved lima bean, which 40 only been grown to a limited extent, is de- cidedly a great improvement over any other variety of lima beans we have ever seen, and we have tried all kinds. The King of tlie Garden, as will be seen by the illustration (Which is re- duced in length and size), is par- ticularly noted for the length of pods and the unustial num- ber of beans in a* pod. On out patch the past Summer could be found plenty of pods s to i inches long, and often as .many as 7 to 8 'beans in one pod. The beans ar e unusually large, rich, but- teiy and excel- lent fine flavor when cooked. The King of the Garden, is ^^the heaviest IC) cropper of any variety of lima beans" we evei saw. The pods are generally borne in clus- ters of three. The vines, which are liter ally loaded with pods, are strong and vigorous grow- ers, ripen about the time as oth e r varieties, and owing to the unusual size and number of pods which are crowded with beans, they will yield nearly twice as much to he acre as any other variety. Bv mail. pkt.. 10 cts.; pint, 40 cts.; by express, qt., 45 cts.; peck, 83.50. Dreer's Im- proved Lima. Extra early; very productive; of superior quali- ty, and remain green in the pod a long time after maturing. Our stock is groAvn from headquar- ters seed, and is perfectly pure. Per pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; qt., cts.; 4qts.. S1.25; peck,$2.25; bush., 88.00. For new and choice Poultry, see last pages, this Catalogue.