POLE UMA BEANS 



1 «aut to li* MUb; 

 8 to 10 qnarts per acre. 



FoU beam do not bear as early as the bush varieties but they are more productiye, 

 (heir bearine 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. 



Fnrlii J fninfhnn "^^^ Early Leviathan stands supreme because of its combined 

 M^uny 4^ct/*.Uf.ftuft 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. 

 KSnn nf thi> (Znrt1t>n This is the best and most popular main crop variety. 

 E\uiy ui I.IIK truf uc« yj^^^ ^^^ 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, whieh 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 yeVy°prod'ucfive^. 



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 J}"^ '«'"^,«»* p,<»'^'**<* "™* i" '""^^^Zl 



vx •.«..»•. M vxA,%A,^%A, ^,j,„. extremely vigorous in growth, 

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

 measure 7 Inches long and m inches broad. The beans 

 are extra large and of excellent quality. 



BUSH LIMA BEANS 



Early 

 Leviathan 



Large seeded sorts, 1 qt. to 100 hilU; 1 bn. 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 hlllt 16 inches apart. 



WnrilhnnTf 919 Heaviest yielding high quality bush lima. Recent U. S. Dept. 

 M. ui uiiuun, £,'±^ ^j ^gj. ^ggjg ^^ jg locations throughout the country proved 

 Fordhook 242 more prolific than any of the other four popular commercial varieties. 

 The average yield was 8505 lbs. per acre, nearly 25% better than the second best and 

 far ahead of all the other varieties. 



Burpee*8 Improved Bush Lima ^e;;''^a?d7!*'vig"rour"nd trut'^us^h 



growth, bearing clusters of B 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 



A very early and vigorous type, producinj 

 4 small, flat, white beans of good quality. 



Carly Giant Bnik 



BUSH LIMAS PRICES Pt. 



Burpee's Improved Bush Lima $ .50 



Fordhook 242 Bush Lima 50 



Maryland Thick Seeded (Baby Fordhook) 50 



Wood's Prolific or Henderson's Improved Bush Lima. . .40 



POLE LIMAS 



Burpee's Best 50 



Improved Challenger or Improved Dreer's Pole 50 



Early Leviathan 45 



Giant Podded Pole 45 



King of the Garden 45 



Sieva (small white) -40 



Qt. 



Pk. 



Bn. 



$ .95 



$5.00 



$15.00 



.95 



5.00 



18.00 



.95 



5.50 



18.00 



.75 



4.50 



15.00 



.95 



4.85 



16.00 



.95 



4.85 



16.00 



.75 



4.85 



16.00 



.75 



4.85 



16.00 



.75 



4.85 



16.00 



.75 



4.50 



15.00 



J. MANNS & CO., Baltimore, Md. 



Superior Seeds 



