SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS J. MANNS & CO., Forrest and Hillen Sts., Baltimore, Md. [7] 
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POLE LIMA BEANS 
1 quart to 150 hills; 8 to 10 quarts 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 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. 
’ , The Early Leviathan stands supreme because of its combined 
Farly Leviathan 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. 
7 ry A very desirable pole lima for the home and market garden, producing 
Carpinteria 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 One of the 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. 
7 ; This is the best and most popular main crop variety. 
King of the Garden 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 
: 2 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 The 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 
f 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. Early 
After danger of frost is past and the ground has become [Leviathan 
warm, plant in 3 foot rows dropping 3 seeds to a hill and 
the hills 15 inches apart. 
Early Giant Bush Lima The largest and earliest bush lima; two seeks 
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. 
Fordhook Bush Lima A most excellent variety and exceedingly popular 
e plants 
with market gardeners. 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 
unt nae The green beans even when full size are tender, juicy and sweet when 
cooked. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima A very 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. 
BUSH LIMAS PRICES Qt. Pk. Bu. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima...................... $ .55 $3.75 $12.50 
Early Giant Bush Lima...........................:- 50 3.50 12.00 
Fordhook Bush Lima.......................0..0..005 .60 4.25 15.00 
Wood’s Prolific or Henderson’s Improved Bush Lima. .55 3.75 12.50 
POLE LIMAS 
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Challenger or Dreer’s Pole......................... -60 4.00 14.00 
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