Place Lima Beans with the "eye" down; plants will appear quicker and less liable to rot 



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OF THE 



.Garden 



Pole Lima Beans 



inoculate this 

 Seed with 



MuLFORD Culture 



Culture. — A warm, sandy loam, enriched with well rotted stable or poultry manure is best. 

 Must not be sown until the ground is warm and dry. When poles are used for support they 

 ^should be set not less than 4 feet apart each way. Plant 4 to 6 beans to a pole, eyes down, 2 

 inches deep. When well started thin out to 2 plants to a pole. Cultivate f requent ly but shallow. 

 Use 1 packet to 15 poles; 1 pound to 50 poles; 40 pounds to 

 the acre. Pole Lima Beans are ready to use in 70 to 90 days. 



51 Panmure Extra Early 



The earliest large podded pole lima 



By carefully selecting the earliest pods year after year we 

 have secured a bean that produces limas ready for the table 

 in 80 days. Beans are as large as the ordinary large lima, pods 

 containing four to fire beans. Tested alongside of thirty other 

 varieties, it proved one to two weeks earlier than the others. 

 Packet, 15 cts.; J^ poitnd, 25 cts.; pound, 45 cts., postpaid. 

 By mall, express or freight, not prepaid, pound, 28 cts.; 

 10 pounds or over at 85 cents per pound. 



52 Maule's Evergreen 



Named becaase it always retains its green colored beans 



Maule's Evergreen is a strong, robust, vigorous grower, very 

 prolific, producing large green limas in 85 days. The dry bean 

 retains the green color longer than any other variety of which 

 we know. When we add its unusual superb quality, we have a 

 lima bean that is near perfection for home or market. 

 Pacfeet, 15 cts.; 3^ pound, 35 cts.; pound, 45 cts., postpaid. 

 By mall, express'or freight, not prepaid, pound, 38 cts.; 

 10 pounds or over at 35 cents per pound. 



55 King of the Garden 



A standard sort; one of the best for main crop 



It is vigorous in growth and immensely productive. The vine 

 begins to produce pods near the foot of the pole, and the bear- 

 ing season continues without interruption until frost. The pods 

 are large, numerous and well filled, and the beansareof mam- 

 moth size. The handsome pods often attain a length of five, six, 

 seven or even eight inches, with five or six full and perfectly 

 formed beans in each pod. Ready for the table in 85 days. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; ^ pound, 35 cts.; pound, 40 cts., postpaid. 



By mall, express or trelgbt, not prepaid, pound, 38 cts.; 

 10 pounds or crer at 35 cents per pound. 



55 Salem Improved 



An enormons cropper of large pods for home or market 



This is one of the most prolific large lima beans on the mar- 

 ket, as well as one of the best In table quality. The pods are 

 borne in clusters, often with five or six large beans in a pod. 

 A choice large lima for main crop, either for home use or mar- 

 ket, bearing a crop in 90 days and continuing until frost. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; j^ pound, 35 cts.; pound, 40 cts., postpaid. 

 By mall, express or freight, not pi-epald, pound, 35 cts.; 

 10 pounds or over at 33 cents per pound. 



56 Dreer's Improved 



The so-called Challenger or Potato Lima 



Of peculiar shape, being thick and plump. It is a very 

 "meaty" bean, of excellent flavor and high table quality. The 

 beans are delicious. They remain green in the pod a long time 

 after maturing. The pods, which are borne in clusters, aveiage 

 four or five inches in length, and each pod contains four or 

 five thick beans, easily shelled. Fit for picking In 85 days, and 

 continues bearing until very late in season. 



Packet, 10 cts.; y^ pound, 35 cts.; pound, 40 cts., postpaid. 



By mail, express'or freight, not prepaid, pound, 38 cts.; 



10 pounds or over at 35 cents per pound. 



57 Carolina or Sieva 



Small Lima, known as the Butterbean of the South 



This very early and reliable small seeded pole lima is espe- 

 cially adopted for planting in the south; does equally as well 

 planted in the north, especially in sections where early frosts 

 will not permit other limas to mature their crop. A continuous 

 and prolific bearer, maturing its pods in 70 days and continues 

 until frost. Makes an excellent dried lima bean for winter use. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; J4 pound, 35 cts.; pound, 40 cts., postpaid. 

 By mall, express or freight, not prepaid, pound, 35 cts.; 



10 pounds or over at 33 cents per pound. ^^ EVERGREEN POLE LIMA. 



PANMURE EXTRA EARLY POLE LIMA BEAN. 



