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to 200 marketable pods per 
KING OF THE 
GARDEN LIMA. insure 
constitution, and 
crops. 
rows 3 feet apart and thin to 12 to 18 inches in the row. 
cents; quart, 50 cents, postpaid. Peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.50. 
earlier than any of the climbing beans. 
a family. 
Brine of $150 in cash for the largest yield. 
= developed pods. 
4 scribed. 
pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents, postpaid. Peck, $2.25. 
POLE AND BUSH LIMA BEANS. 
SALEM IMPROVED LIMA. 
The plant grows 18 or 20 inches high and 
has an erect, branching stem, 
treatment. The vigorous growth of the stem and 
the rich color of the foliage indicate a strong 4 
large 
The size and luscious flavor of the bean 
is precisely the same asthe pole Lima. S&S 
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 
HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA.—The earliest of the bush Limas; two weeks 
It is small in size, and hence not pop- 
lar with market gardeners, but of high table merit, and in favor with housekeep- 
= ers On account of its delicious flavor and great rroductiveness. 
s quires no support of any kind. It bears until frost, and a small patch will supply 
Its bearing ability was demonstrated some years ago when i offered a 
The winning plant carried 323 well 
Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. Pk., $1.75; bu., $6.50. 
THORBURN’S OR DREER’S BUSH LIMA.—This bean is a dwarf form of 
It is a thick, meaty bean, of good flavor and high food value. The plant 
| grows 12 to 18 inches high, and the bush form of growth is well established. 
* very productive, the pods, like the leaves, being short and thick. 
KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA.— 
An improvement Over all the old pole 
Limas, excelling in every way. It is vig- 
orous in growth and immensely pro- 
ductive, yielding the largest and best 
beans. It is not the earliest on my list, 
but for main crop I recognize it as the 
leader. The pods are large, numerous 
and well fiiled, and the vine begins to 
bear near the foot of the pole and con- 
tinues until frost. I can endorse but 
cannot better the words of the origin- 
ator, who said; ‘**The vines grow luxur- 
iantly, and furnish a bountiful supply 
of enormous pods, many specimens 
measuring from 5 io 8 inches, and often 
producing 45 or 6 beaus to the pod, all 
perfectiy formed, aud possessing superb 
qualities.” Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 
cents; quart, 60 cents, postpaid. Peck, 
$2.00; bushel, $7.50. 
SALEM IMPROVED LIMA. — A 
Selected strain of the large pole Lima, 
but so superior to the Lima Beans with 
which most of my customers are fam- 
iliar that | give it a promivent place in 
my catalogue. It is one of the most pro- 
ductive as well as one of the best Limas. 
The pods are borne in clusters, often 
with five or six large beans in a pod. 
It ripens shortly after Seibert’s Early 
Lima, and bears until frost. I recom- 
mend it especially as an excellent table 
bean, though it 1s not less desirable for 
sending to market. Packet, 10 cents; 
pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents, postpaid. 
Peck, $1.75; busbel, $6.50. 
SEIBERT’S EARLY LIMA.—The 
earliest of all pole Limas. Developed bya 
market gardener who selected the larg- 
est green beans from the thinnest and 
most easily opened pods. The very best 
sort for practical market gardeners. It 
produces pods very early, and the beans 
are of fine quality. The green shelled 
beans are large, tender and succulent. 
In earliness, ease of shelling, size, 
beauty and quality of the green beans 
this variety is unsurpassed, and must 
be accorded a high place in public 
esteem, for garden as well as for mar- 
ket. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts., 
postpaid. Peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.50. 
DREER’S IMPROVED LIMA.—A 
bean of rather peculiar shape; thick 
and plump. The vines are very produc- 
tive, and the pods always well filled. 
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When green they nearly equal the 
large Lima in size, but are thicker, sweeter and more tender. They remain green 
in the pod a long time after maturing. 
a valuable one. 
The type represented by Dreer’s Lima is 
Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. Pk., $2.00; bu., $7.50. 
BLACK LIMA.—A bean of delicate quality and delicious flavor, but dark in 
color. 
The vine is of medium growth, quite hardy and very productive. 
Pods 
havea uniform length of about 344 inches, and contain three to four beans each. 
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents, postpaid. Peck, $2.00; bushel, $7 00. 
BURPEEH’S BUSH LIMA.—This is a dwarf bush form of the large Lima, Tuc 
pods and seeds are of full Lima 
Size, but the piant has lost its af 
climbing or trailing habit, and 
has been changed from a 
vine into a bush. This 
bean has caused a 
good deal of 
trouble at times 
by showing a 
tendency to re- 
vert to the old 
climbing form, 
and there is 
doubtless much 
poor seed on the 
market, but I 
&@ have succeeded 
in growing «a 
strain of uni- 
formly dwarf 
and yields from 50 
plant under good 
and regular 2&3 
Sow in 
The plant re- 
It is 
Packet, 10 cents; 

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