PETER HENDERSON A CO., MEW YORK- 



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OLD HOMESTEAD, 



Green-podded Snap Pole Bean. 



Or IMPROVED 



Kentucky Wondek. 



A marvel of productive- 

 ness from July until frost. 

 Large, thick, stringless 

 pods, meaty, tender and 

 delicious. 



This best and most popular green-podded snap pole bean is a marvel of continued 

 productiveness and is ten days earlier than any other green pole bean. First pick- 

 ings may be made in this latitude early in July, and if the pods are gathered as they 

 become ready for "snaps, "the vine will continue to produce in great abundance 

 until killed by frost. 



The pods hang in great clusters from the top to the bottom of the vine and can be 

 gathered by the handful ; the pods are very large, 8 to 10 inches in length, entirely 

 stringless, plump, round and almost "solid meat," cooking meltingly tender and of 

 superb flavor. 



We have supplied Old Homestead Beans to customers in almost every State in the 

 Union, and those who report on them invariablv do so in most nattering terms. (See 

 cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. pt., 40c. qt., $2.25 pk. 



"I am highly pleased with your Old Homestead Beans. Our first picking was on July 16th, and from 

 that time until frost came the vines hung so full that one could pull off great handfuls at a time. " 



JOS. M. SCOTT, New Alexandria, Ohio. 



THE TWO BEST POLE LIMAS GROWN. 



LEVIATHAN SSLy. IDEAL 



FOR 



MAIN CROP. 



Henderson's Early Leviathan 



Pole Lima Bean. 



ONE WEEK EARLIER THAN ANY! 



TWO WEEKS EARLIER THAN MOST ! 



Of Superior Quality. Immense Size. Wonderfully Productive. 



This delicious vegetable is denied many on account of the 

 length of season required to mature it, the early frosts com- 

 ing on as the crop is ready to pick. Leviathan is one week 

 earlier than any large Pole Lima yet offered and two weeks 

 earlier than most, consequently it will prove a boon to 

 thousands of growers. We cannot praise too highly the 

 splendid quality and enormous productiveness of this peer- 

 less variety. The pods grow in large clusters — we have 

 frequently seen from 5 to 10 in a cluster, — and they 

 are always well filled with the most delicious beans of 

 beautiful green color. Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. pt., 40c. 

 qt., $2.25 pk. 



" Your Early Leviathan Pole Lima has done better than any of three 

 other varieties grown by me; the season has been cold and wet, but the 

 Leviathan Limas have given us great satisfaction." 



I. L. POWELL, 

 Gardener to Samuel Thorne, Esq., Millbrook, N. Y. 



LJENDERSON'S 



New Pole Lima Bean, 



BEST MAIN-CROP LIMA GROWN. 



IDEAL. 



Enormously Prolific. :: Beans of Gigantic Size. :: Quality, Tenderness and Flavor Superb. 



There have been several special types and selections of the favorite old large White 

 Lima put on the market, most of which have been improvements in one way or another. 

 Our Leviathan, offered above, is a notable example, among its excellent points being 

 that of earliness. Henderson's Ideal Lima is not extra early, but it matures a 

 tremendous crop before frost in the vicinity of New York. The merits of this 

 variety are enormous size of pod and bean, productiveness and quality. It pro- 

 m. duces the largest Limas we have seen in our experience of over fifty years ; 

 five to seven of these big, fat buttery beans are borne in pods averaging 

 two-thirds of a foot long; these pods are produced in large clusters, those 

 at the bottom of the plant maturing early in the season, followed in 

 succession by the upper clusters, those at the top of the pole coming 

 in before frost. The plant is of rugged constitution, which carries 

 it through wet spells without injury. The superb quality, tender- 

 ness and rich flavor, combined with gigantic size of bean and 

 productiveness, render Henderson's IDEAL the peer of any Lima 

 grown for use either green or cured. (See cut.) Price 15c. 

 pkt., 25c. pt., 40c. qt., $2.75 pk. 



"I wish to inform you of the results obtained from the Henderson Ideal Limas. 

 * ii For some years I have been making a specialty of growing pole limas and have 



^\~\ | bought nearly every new variety offered by the different _ seedsmen;^ but we have 



never found any to compare with the Ideal for size 



F. S. " 



yield and quality.' 

 WHITE, St. Louis, Mo. 



For our complete list of Garden Beans ( cim^ b^ TnAimi 11 ' 



HO see p. 53; Field Beans, p. 68. 



