POLE LIMA BEANS 



1 quart to 150 hills; 8 to 10 qnarts per acre. 



Pole beans do not bear as early as the bush varieties but they are more productive, 

 ftieir bearing season is longer and they are more easily gathered. They succeed best in 

 a warm sandy loam which has been enriched with well rotted manure. If poles are used 

 they should be set three to four feet apart each way. After the ground has become warm 

 and dry. plant 4 to 6 beans to a pole and when well started thin out to 2 or 3 plants to 

 a pole. By placing the seed eyes down they will germinate more quickly and for this 

 reason are less liable to rot. Cultivate frequently but shallow. 



Kovlll Lcviothttfl "^^^ Early Leviathan stands supreme because of its combined 

 ^ qualities, earliness, size and productiveness. The large, well 



filled pods are borne in clusters of five to ten and are spaced over the entire vine. They 

 are well filled with large fleshy beans of excellent quality, delicate pale green in color. 

 CQrpintCrio ■^ very desirable pole lima for the home and market garden, producing 

 '^ _ an abundance of large four-seeded medium green pods. The color is 



distinctive in having a decided greenish tint, an indication of very finest quality. The 

 beans are thin skinned, delicious flavor and retain the distinctly green tinge even when 

 dried. 



Ideal ^"® °^ ^^^ largest and most valuable of the medium late varieties, producing a 

 tremendous crop of seven-inch pods, which are filled with five to six large beans 

 of excellent quality. Seed large, ovid, flat white with slight greenish tinge. Splendid 

 for market gardeners. 



Kino of th€ Garden '^^'* '^ *'*® ^^^^ ^^^ most popular main crop variety. 

 . . Vines are strong and vigorous; setting pods early and 



continuing to bear until frost. Is used extensively by market gardeners because of its 

 very prolific nature and the immense size of the pods, which are very straight and hand- 

 some; of medium dark green color, broad, flat and filled with four or five large white 

 beans of finest quality. 



Challenger or Dreer's Pole vigorous, productive, and quite early, producing 

 , „,, , ... . , pods which are much thicker than any other 



sort and filled with four thick beans so closely set that the ends are flattened. A favor- 

 ite among market gardeners. 



Giant Podded "^^^ largest podded lima in cultiva- 

 tion; extremely vigorous in growth, 

 mid-season. Pods are borne in clusters of 6 to 8 and 

 measure 7 inches long and 1% inches broad. The beans 

 are extra large and of excellent quality. 



BUSH LIMA BEANS 



Large seeded sorts, 1 qt. to 100 hills; 1 bu. to the acre. 

 Small seeded sorts, 1 qt. to 150 hills; 3 pks. to the acre. 



These varieties require no support, are about two weeks 

 earlier than the pole beans, and can be planted closer in 

 the rows. They are therefore used by large growers and 

 by gardeners who do not find it convenient to use poles. 

 After danger of frost is past and the ground has become 

 warm, plant in 3 foot rows dropping 3 seeds to a hill and 

 the hills 16 inches apart. 



Early 

 Leviathan 



Early Giant Bush Lima The largest and earliest bush lima; two weeks 



earlier than Fordhook, very prolific and of excel- 

 lent quality. Pods cont&in 4 to 6 large, close setting beans, and are borne in clusters 

 of 6 to 8. Plant very vigorous and upright, often attaining a height of 30 inches. 

 Fordhook Bush Lima ^. ?°^* excellent variety and exceedingly popular 



■with market gardeners. The plants are freely 

 branching and very erect in their growth. Four or five large, very thick beans are 

 contained in each pod and the plants continue to produce large quantities from July 

 until frost. The green beans even when full size are tender, juicy and sweet when 

 cooked. 



Burpee's Improved Bush Lima ^ ^^^ prolific mid-season variety of 



.... , very hardy, vigorous and true bush 



growth, bearing clusters of 5 to 8 pods measuring 5 to 6 inches long. The pods are 

 borne abundantly, enormous in size and well filled with handsome beans which are 

 both larger and thicker than those of the regular Burpee's Bush Lima. 



Wood's Prolific or Henderson's Improved Bush Lima 



A very early and vigorous type, producing an abundance of 3 to 4-inch pods; contain 

 4 small, flat, white beans of good quality. 



Early Giant Bush 



BUSH LIMAS PRICES 



Burpee's Improved Bush Lima 



Early Giant Bush Lima 



Pt. 



$ .25 

 . .30 

 . .30 

 . .25 



. . .30 



. . .25 



. . .30 



, ,25 



. .25 



. . .25 



. .25 



.25 



Qt. 



$ .40 

 .50 

 .50 

 .50 



.50 

 .45 

 .50 

 .45 

 .50 

 .45 

 .45 

 .45 



Pk. 



$2.50 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 



3.00 

 2.75 

 3.00 

 2.75 

 3.00 

 2.75 

 2.75 

 2.75 



Bu. 



$ 8.50 

 10.00 

 10.00 

 10.00 



10.00 

 9.00 



10.00 

 9.00 



10.00 

 8.50 

 8.50 

 8.50 



Fordhook Bush Lima 





Wood's Prolific or Henderson's 



POLE LIMAS 

 Burpee's Best 



Improved Bush Lima. 



Carpinteria 





Challenger or Dreer's Pole... 

 Early Leviathan 





Giant Podded Pole 



Ideal 





King of the Garden 



Sieva (small white) 





J. MANNS & CO., Baltimore, Md. 



Superior Seeds 



