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PETER HENDERSON & CO.- VEGETABLE SEEDS 



-** BEANS, Pole or Running.*^- 



German, Stangen-Bohnen. — French, Haricot a Raines. — Spanish, Judias. 

 1 qt. to 150 hills; 10 to 12 qts. to the acre in drills. 

 These are more tender and require rather more care in culture than the Bush Beans, and should be 

 sown two weeks later. They succeed best in sandy loam, which should be liberally enriched with short 

 manure in the hills, which are formed, according to the variety, from three to four feet apart ; from 

 five to six seeds are planted in each hill, about two inches deep. As the matured bean is used mostly, 

 the season is too short for succession crops in the North, though it is advantageous to plant succession 

 crops in the Southern States, where the season of growth is often from March to November. Rough 

 cedar or similar poles about seven or eight feet long should be used for Lima Beans to climb on, or what 

 is better still, White's Garden Trellis, described in another portion of this Catalogue. They should 

 be set in the ground at least 18 inches, so as to prevent being blown over. 



Add 15 cts. per qt. extra if to be sent by mail. 

 EARLY GOLDEN CLUSTER "WAX. The Early Golden Cluster begins to bear 

 early in July and continues until frost. The pods are from six to eight inches 

 long, and are borne in clusters of from three to six, and are most freely pro- 

 duced. The pods are of a beautiful golden yellow color, and the flavor is most 

 delicious. This variety can be used either shelled or as a string bean. (See cut.) 

 Price, 15 cts. per packet; 8 pkts. for SI. 00 ; 40c. per pt. ; 60c. per qt. ; $4.50 

 per peck; $16.00 per bush. 

 Dutch Case-Knife. A very productive variety, and one of the earliest; sometimes 

 used as " snaps," but generally shelled. Next to the Limas the best market 

 sort. 20 cts. pt. ; 35 cts. qt. ; $1.75 peck ; $6.00 bushel. 

 Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry. A popular variety for private use ; equally 

 serviceable in the green state or shelled. (See cut.) 20c. per pt. ; 35c. per qt. ; 

 S2.00 per peck ; S7.00 per bush. 

 SCARLET RUNNER. A great favorite in European gardens, both as an orna- 

 mental plant and useful vegetable. Grows to the height of 9 or 10 feet, present- 

 ing dazzling scarlet flowers from July to October. Usedboth as astring bean and 

 shelled. Seeds when ripe lilac, mottled black. 

 20 cts. pt. ; 35 cts. qt. ; $2.00 peck ; $7.00 bush. 

 ■White Dutch Runner. Similar to the pre- 

 ceding, excepting in color of seeds and 

 flower, which are white. 20 cts. pt. ; 35 cts. 

 qt. ; $2.00 peck; $7.00 bush. 

 GIANT WAX. Pods six to nine inches long ; 

 clear, waxy yellow, thick and fleshy ; very 

 productive ; when cooked, tender and deli- 

 cious ; seeds red when ripe. 50 cts. pt. ; 

 80 cts. qt. ; S5.00 peck ; $18.00 bushel. 

 German "Wax Pole. One of the best varieties 

 either for snaps or shelled in the green 

 state. 25 cts. pt. ; 40 cts. qt. , $2.25 peck ; 

 $8.00 bushel. 



JERSEY EXTRA EARLY LIMA BEAN. 



HORTICULTURAL POLE BEAN. 



EARLY GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX BEAN. 



-He LIMA BESNS.'N- 



JERSEY EXTRA EARLY LIMA. In our 



experience with it from year to year, we 

 have found it invariably ten days to two 

 weeks earlier than any other sort. The pods 

 of it have been large enough to pick July 24th, 

 and have been sold in the New York markets 

 a week later at the rate of $3.00 per bushel (of 

 pods). In size and appearance it is about the 

 same as the Large White Lima, and is of equal- 

 ly good quality. (See cut.) Price, 45 cts. pt. ; 

 80 cts. qt. ; $5.00 peck; $18.00 bushel. 

 LARGE "WHITE LIMA. With nearly every one the seeds, either green or ripe, of 

 this variety, are considered the most tender and delicious of all the bean family, and 

 it is therefore universally grown both for market and family use. The ripe seeds 

 are a flattish kidney shape, and have a dull white color. 30cts.pt.; 50 cts. qt.; 

 $3.00 peck; $9.00 bushel. 

 SMALL LIMA OR SIEVA. A variety of the Large White Lima. The pods, how- 

 ever, are much smaller, usually about three inches long. It is a little earlier and 

 more hardy. The seeds also ai-e smaller, but of the same color as the Large White 

 Lima. 25 cts. pt. ; 40 cts. qt. ; $2.75 peck ; $9.00 bushel. 

 DREER'S IMPROVED LIMA. The distinctive features of this are early maturity, 

 large vield, and extra quality. The bean itself is thick and round, rather than oval 

 shaped, as most other Limas are. 30 cts. pt. ; 50 cts. qt. ; $3.00 peck; $9.00 bush. 

 HENDERSON'S NEW BUSH LIMA (see description on page 8, and Colored 

 Plate, page 9). Price, 25 cts. per packet (of 50 beans) ; 75 cts. % pt. ; $1.00 per pt. ; 

 $1.50 per qt. 



Your Bush Lima Bean is a grand success. I am picking by the bushel.— F. A. Farrell, 1238 McKean St., Phila., Pa., July 18th, 1889. 

 I consider the Henderson Lawn Grass Seed the best I have ever used.— James P. Kernoohan, Newport, R. I., November 9th, 1889. 



