(BuAn oQima Jjean3 



1 pt. to 100 ft.; 1 bn. per 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 15 inches apart or sow in a row and 

 thin to S in. apart. 



Baby Fordhook 



having 3 

 about 15 



(70 days) Pods 2% 

 in. by % in. plump, 



to 4 tightly packed beans, plant 



in., bushy, very prolific. 



Fordhook 242 



Klngf of the Garden Pole 



(75 days) Heaviest 

 yielding high quality 

 bush lima. Recent U. S. Dept. of Agr. tests 

 at 15 locations throughout the country 

 proved Fordhook 242 more prolific than any 

 of the other four popular commercial varie- 

 ties. The average yield was 8505 lbs. per 

 acre, nearly 25% better than the second 

 best and far ahead of all the other varieties. 



Burpee's Improved Bush 



(76 days) A very prolific mid-season variety 

 of very hardy, vigorous and true bush 

 growth, bearing clusters of 5 to 8 pods 

 measuring about 5 inches long. The pods 

 are borne abundantly and well filled. 



Pole Jjinta Jjeand 



1 pt. to lOO ft.; 8 to 10 qts. per acre 



Pole beans do not bear as early as the 

 bush varieties but they are more productive, 

 their bearing season is longer and they are 

 more easily gathered. They succeed best in 

 a warm sandy loam which has been en- 

 riched with well rotted manure. If poles 

 are used they should be set about 2 feet 

 apart, in rows 4 ft. apart. 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. 



Burpee's Improved Bush 



Improved Challenger 



(95 days) Vigorous and 

 very productive. Pods 

 and beans resemble Fordhook Bush Limas. Therefore 

 also known as Fordhook Pole. We quote Mr. Bruce H. 

 Gallup who is a very successful gardener. "The best of 

 all the pole varieties, giving one a plump, green bean, 

 very succulent or moist, but with still enough meatiness 

 to afford plenty of substance and carry their green color 

 after they are cooked, with a delicious nutty flavor. As 

 to their productiveness we are fully satisfied as we have 

 picked as many as 87 large plump green pods off one pole 

 at one time and this after the pole has been picked several 

 times during the season." 



King of the Garden ZlT'^'L^:f?.'\rnll 



strong and vigorous; setting pods early and continuing 

 to bear until frost. Is used extensively by market gar- 

 deners because of its very prolific nature and the immense 

 size of the pods, which are very straight and handsome; 

 of medium dark green color, broad, flat and filled with 

 four or five large white beans of finest quality. 



Giant Podded ^®^ days) The largest podded 

 lima in cultivation; extremely 

 vigorous in growth, mid-season. Pods are borne in clus- 

 ters of 6 to 8 and measure 6% inches long and 1% inches 

 broad. The beans are extra large and of excellent quality. 



PRICES 



BUSH I,rMAS Pt, 



Baby Fordhook $ .55 



Burpee's Improved Bush 55 



Fordhook 242 Bush 55 



Wood's Prolific 55 



POI.E I.IMAS 



Burpee's Best 50 



Improved Challenger .50 



Giant Podded Pole .50 



King of the Garden 50 



Sieva (small white) 50 



Qt. 



Pk. 



$1.00 



$6.00 



1.00 



6.00 



1.00 



6.00 



1.00 



6.00 



.95 



5.00 



.95 



5.00 



.95 



5.00 



.95 



5.00 



.95 



5.00 



J. MANNS & CO.. BALTIMORE 2. MD. 



Superior Seeds 



