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. 



Etirtu I PVinthnn '^^® Early Leviathan stands supreme because of its combined 

 UU.I Ly i^cc/iucfiufc 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. 

 Kina of the Garden ?,*•'' *^ the best and most popular main crop variety. 

 w»j^ X,. ^.^^ ^XA,,^^.^ 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. 



Improved Challenger or Improved Dreer's Pole ver|°producfive^ 



Pods and beans resemble Fordhook Bush Limas. Therefore also known as Fordhook Pole. 



Today we have been pulling down the last of our Lima Beans and stacking the poles 

 for next year and we cannot help but write you a few lines to let you know how we were 

 pleased with the Improved Challenger Pole Limas. 



To our mind they are 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 sub- 

 stance 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 had been picked sev- 

 eral times during the season, our poles were about 12 feet high and the vines went to the 

 tops and hung down. 



We had another variety of pole limas in the garden that were sent to us by a friend 

 and found them to be less productive and a thin or flat white bean that did not have the 

 flavor or attractiveness when cooked, needless to say we will plant only Improved Chal- 

 lenger from Manns next season. 



We are highly pleased with all the seeds we purchased from you and you will soon 

 receive our order for next year's supply. Sincerelv 



^' Bruce H. Gallup 



Giant Podded P^ ^^rge^t podded Uma in cultiva- 

 KA %*.,„„ M vMu.^u. 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 



Early 

 Leviathan 



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 15 inches apart. 



Enrlu Giant Tiv<h Lima "^^^ largest and earliest bush lima; two weeks 

 EjUrt-y LrlUfU ausn ijimu earlier than Fordhook, very prolific and of excel- 

 lent quality. Pods contain 4 to 5 large, close setting beans, and are borne in clusters 

 of 5 to 8. Plant very vigorous and upright, often attaining a height of 30 inches. 

 JPnrflhnnh Riieh T.irttn A most excellent variety and exceedingly popular 

 rurunuUK a una Ijimu .^j^^ 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 t^'^l^V^f^'XttTirA Iru^'Lsl 



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 Bask 



BUSH LIMAS PRICES Pt. 



Burpee's Improved Bush Lima $ .40 



Early Giant Bush Lima 45 



Fordhook Bush Lima 45 



Maryland Thick Seeded (Baby Fordhook) 45 



Wood's Prolific or Henderson's Improved Bash Lima. . . .30 



POLE LIMAS 



Burpee's Best 45 



Improved Challenger or Improved Dreer's Pole 45 



Early Leviathan 40 



Giant Podded Pole .45 



King of the Garden 40 



Sieva (small white) .30 



Qt. 



Pk. 



Bu. 



.75 



$4.00 



$13.00 



.85 



4.50 



14.00 



.85 



4.50 



14.00 



.85 



4.50 



14.00 



.55 



3.50 



12.50 



.85 



4.50 



14.00 



.85 



4.50 



14.00 



.75 



4.00 



13.00 



.85 



4.50 



14.00 



.75 



4.00 



13.00 



.55 



3.50 



12.50 



J. MANNS & CO., Baltimore, Md. 



Superior Seeds 



