SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS J. MANNS & CO., Forrest and Hillen Sts., Baltimore, Md. 5 
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 
Fordhook more productive, their bearing season is longer and they are more 
Ow 7 easily gathered. They succeed best in a warm sandy loam which 
Bush Lima. 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. 
C Fully a week earlier than any other pole varie- 
Early Leviathan ty. The Early Leviathan stands supreme be- 
cause of its combined 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. 
Pt., 25c; agt., 45c; pk., $2.75; bu., $9.60. 
° > Early, very productive and of good qual- 
Seibert S Large Early ity; pods dark green, well filled with 3 to. 
4 large beans. Qt., 45c; pk., $2.75; bu., $8.50. 
: > A very desirable pole lima for the home and market 
Carpinteria garden, producing 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. Qt., 50c; pk., $2.75; bu., $10.00. 
Id One of the largest and most valuable of the medium late 
ea 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. Qt., 50c; pk., $3.00; bu., $11.00. 
Ford’s Mammoth Podde The pods average 7 inches and are 
produced in great clusters, with from 
5 to 6 beans per pod, of most excellent quality for using either 
green or dry. Medium early. Qt., 45c; pk., $2.75; bu., $10.00. 
King of the Garden This is the best and most popular main 
crop variety. 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 
handsome; of medium dark green color, broad, flat and filled 
with four or five large white beans of finest quality. Qt., 50c: 
pk., $2.50; bu., $9.50. 
9 Vigorous, productive, and quite 
Challenger or Dreer S Pole early, producing pods rnich: are 
much thicker than any other sort and filled with four thick 
beans so closely set that the ends are flattened. A favorite 
among market gardeners. Qt., 50c; pk., $3.00; bu., $11.00. 
Gi P dd d The largest podded lima in cultivation; extremely vigorous in 
lant Fodde 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. Qt., 50c; pk., $2.75; bu., $10.00. 
e “Ge Beans small and white, somewhat like Henderson’s Bush Lima, 
Carolina or Sieva the butter bean of the South; pods 3 inches long and curved, 
very early, vigorous and productive, Pt., 25c; qt., 45c; pk., $2.75. 
Dwarf or Bush Lima Beans 
Large seeded sorts, 1 quart tu 100 hills; 1 bushel to the acre, 
Small seeded sorts, 1 quart to 150 hills; 3 pecks to the acre. 
Early 
Leviathan 
Bean. 
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 ft. rows dropping 3 seeds to a hill and 
the hills 15 inches apart. 
= a) The largest and earliest bush lima; two weeks earlier than Fordhook, very prolific ana of 
Early Giant Bush Lima excellent 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. Qt., 50c; pk., $3.50; bu., $12.00. 
fs A most excellent variety and exceedingly popular with mar- 
Fordhook Bush Lima ket 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, being a distinct 
improvement over the rather dry and mealy character of other varieties of this 
Potato Lima type. Pt., 30c; at POG: pk., #E00; ba $11.00. 7 ee 
, G ve’ rolific mid-season varie of very hardy, 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima as “ 
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. Qt., 50c; pk., $3.00; bu., 
$11.00. 
Dreer’s Wonder Bush Lima A thick seeded sort of very high quality; equally 
productive with Burpee’s but a week later. Pt., 
30c; gt., 50c; pk., $3.00; bu., $11.00. 
’ : O This variety is the most ular of the small seeded 
Henderson’s Bush Lima ioe eee Or Cue enaninan 
bush varieties and produces large crops of’3 inch pods 
‘containing 3 to 4 small, flat, white beans of good quality. Hardy, early and im- 
. 4mensely productive; and of excellent quality either green shelled or dry. Pt., 25c; 
qt., 45c; pk., $2.50; bu., $9.00. 
’ F , 7 G tl bl Hen- 
Wood’s Prolific or Henderson’s Improved Bush Lima G2rSon", Sec Lima“ in 
f j form and habit of growth, but produces much larger and thicker beans, equally 
Henderson’s Bush Lima Beans, as good in quality and very prolific. Pt., 30c; qt., 50c; pk., $2.75; bu., $10.00. 
