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DORR'S IOWA SEEDS.

BLACK ALGIERS BEAN.

country. In shape it is ohlong, as shown in the
engraving, on second cover page of this catalogne,
which was made from a photograph of a specimen
taken from our field. They grow very uniform
in shape, ofa rich yellow color outside; the flesh
is II. rich golden color, solid and thiCk, with very
little hollow or seeds, inside it has a remarkably
fine gram and, when cooked, is unnsnally dry
and free from any hard lumps or tough stringy
pieces. Owing to Its remarkably pleasant flavor,
unusual and extra fine grain of the flesh when
cooked, it is decidedly the most valuable variety
for culinary purposes ever introduced.

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Pies or Custards Without Eggs,

Black Algiers Bean.
This magnificent variety cannot be too highly
praised, either for snap beans or shell beans for
Winter use. It is a week earlier than the German
Wax, and the pods are of a beautiful waxy white~
even before fully grown, so they can be marketea
tIerY early. When of full size the pods are long,
brittle, stringless, oj a transparent ivory whue, tender,
BUCtmlent, and oj rich, creamy j!a.vor. The beans are
medium Sizehoval, white and smooth, and are
very easily t reshed. It is, without doubt, the
moot productive wax bean grown, the vines being
a perfect mat of pods the entire season, Pkt., 15
ets.; pint, 40 cta.

THE VALPARAISO SQUASH.
The Valparaiso Squash is a native of Chili,
a State in South AmerICa, and takes its name from
Valparaiso, one of the largest cities in that

made with the Valparaiso Squash, are equally as
rich and palatable a. when eggs are used in cooking our common varieties of squashes, or best
varieties of pie pumpkins.
Another peculiarity of this desirable squash, or pumpkin, is its
Enormous Productiveness,
making it one of the most valuable varieties for
feeding purposes. The quantity grown upon
one acre, when estimated by tons, would hardly be
credited. Pkt., 10 cts. ; 3 fbr 25 cts.; oz., 30 cts. ;
7:1: lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.50.
New KinverYellow Globe Mangel. The
Ihndon Times, says: .. Thi8 splendid variety possesses most distinctiveJeatures in size, shafe and color.
Unlike the ordinary Globe Mangel, it IS of greater
girth at the top or shoulder than at the middle of
the bulb, whence it gradually tapers to a perfect
tap root. Its skin, which is as fine 8.8 that of an
apple, ip as far as it peuetrates the soil, of a bright
orange tint. It is oj superb quatuy and an enormous
CTlYpper; the great weight of eighty-four tons per
acre havilolg been grown on it, and single bulbs
weighing forty-flve pounds each," Oz., 10 cts.; 7:1:
lb., ~ cts.; lb., 6(1 eta.