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WM. HENRY MADLE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Dwarf or Bush Lima Beans 



Inoculate THIS . 

 Seed WITH 



MuLFORD Culture 



Ctjltukk. — Succeed best in warm, sandy loam, enriched ■nitli well rotted stable or poultry manure. Must not be sown until the ground Is 

 warm and dry. Sow in drills 3 feet apart, placing the eye down, 18 to 24 inches apart in the drills ; or in hills 3 feet apart each way, allowing 

 or 2 plants to each hill. A packet will plant about 25 foot of row; use 1 pound to 100 feet, 25 to 30 pounds to the acre. Ready for use in 50 to 63 days. 



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Fordhook Bush Lima 



The only stiffly erect bush form of the populeir "potato" Lima 



Enormous bearer of plump pods filled with thick, meaty green beans 

 Fordhook produces a strong, erect, true bush-like growth (uever prostrate 

 or running). The foliage is of heavy texture and very dark green in 

 color. The stalks that produce the blossoms are thrown out from the lateral 

 and main stalks; the pods are borne in "clusters" of from four to eight. 

 The pods measure from 4 to 5J inches long, about 11 inches wide, by as 

 much as three-fourths of an inch thick. The pods contain three to five 

 large beans with an average of four. Maturing in about 60 days. 



Fordhook Bush Lima yields fully 33J per cent, heavier crop and in season 

 it is from four to six days earlier than most other sorts. 



Packet, 1 5 cents; half pound, 30 cents ; pound, 50 cents, postpaid. 



By mail, express or freight, not prepziid, pound, 37 cents 



10 pounds or over at 35 cents per pound. 



64 Burpee's Improved Bush Lima 



Enormous pods of excellently flavored beans: extremely prolific 



This bean produces a magnificent crop of pods, which measure from 5 to 6 inches long 

 by 11^ inches wide. Compared with Burpee's Bush Lima, both pods and beans are much 

 larger, while the beaus either green or dry, are nearly twice as thick. The sturdy bushes 

 are loaded with pods that are truly enormous in size. The luscious green beans ready 

 for use in about 65 days and are much larger than any bush lima. 



Packet, 15 ceiits; half poiiud, 30 cents; pouud, 50 ceiits, postpaid. 



By mall, express or freight, uot prepaid, pound, 37 cents; 



10 pounds or over at 35 cents per pouud. 



62 Burpee's Bush Lima 



Beans as leu-ge as pole limas ; ready to use 10 to 12 days earlier 



A dwarf or bush form of the large climbing lima. The plant grows 18 or 20 Inches 

 high, and has an erect branching stem. The size and luscious flavor of the bean 

 are exactly the same as with the climbing lima types, maturing in about 65 days. 

 Packet, 10 cents; half ponud, 35 cents; pound, 45 cents, postpaid. 

 By mall, express or freight, uot prepaid, pound, 34 cents; 

 10 pounds or over at 352 cents per pouud. 



61 Wood's Prolific Bush Lima 



The earliest of all limas; a long and continuous bearer 



It Is a distinct and valuable improvement over the original bush lima. Grown for 



its extreme earliness. Its true bush form plants are practically loaded down with 



pods, which are borne from early in the season and continue till frost. Pods contain 



8 to 4 beans. Valuable as a shell' bean for winter use. Keady for the table in 50 days. 



Packet, 10 cents; half pouud, 35 cents; pound, 40 cents, postpaid. 



By mall, express or freight, uot prepaidi pound, 27 cents; 



10 pounds or over at 35 cents per pound. 



61 WOOD'S PROLIFIC BUSH LIMA BEAN. 



THE INFORMATION WE HAVE GAINED BY THE ACTUAL EXPERIENCE OF 44 YEARS is your* if you read this book Whether you are a buyer 

 of Maule'f Seeds for the firit time or a customer of years' standing, we want you to feel we ens as much interested in your gardening success as you are. 



