3 Bush Lima Beans. 
BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA. 
“Burpee’s Bush Lima comes absolutely true from seed. The bushes grow 
eighteen to twenty inches high, of stout growth and always erect, yet branching 
so vigorously that each plant develops into a magnificent circular bush, from 
two to three feet in diameter. The leaves are of very large size and great Sub- 
stance. The bush character is thoroughly established, not one plant in a thou- 
sand showing any disposition to‘run.’ The thickness of the main stalk and 
branches of the plant, as also the unusual size, healthy green color, and thick, 
leathery substance of the leaves, indicate the strong constitution of this variety, 
by which it is enabled to bear large crops, and is also a sure cropper. Itisan 
immense yielder, each bush bearing from fifty to two hundred handsome large 
pods, well filled with very large beans, which are identical in size and luscious 
flavor to the well known large pole Limas.”’ Pkt., 10 cts.; pint, 30 cts.; quart, 50 cts. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH LITA. 
At least two weeks earlier than any of the climbing sorts, and the earliest of 
the Bush Limas. Requiring no support of any kind. It produces a crop from 
the time it comes into bearing until frost, and being enormously productive, a 
very small patch will keep a family supplied with this splendid vegetable 
throughout the entire season. One pint will plant 5rows each 50 feet long. To 
give some idea of its productiveness, would say, in competition for the $150 cash 
prize offered in my 1888 catalogue, a plant of Henderson’s Bush Lima, less than 
24 inches high, and containing the enormous quantity of 323 well developed pods 
secured the prize. The size of the dry bean will hinder Henderson’s Bush Lima 
from being popular with market gardeners; but for private gardeners it will 
prove most satisfactory, its habit of growth, delicious flavor and wonderful pro- 
ductiveness recommending it highly. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 30 cts.; quart, 50 cts. 
THORBURN’S OR DREER’S BUSH LIMA. 
This bean, first offered by Thorburn & Co., is a dwarf form of Dreer’s Pole 
Lima. Its habit is remarkably fixed, as it shows little inclination to run to vine. 
Grows 12 to 18 inches high, and possesses the delicious flavor characteristic of the 
Dreer’s Lima; withal is very productive, pods being short and very thick. 
Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents. 
W allthree of these Beans? One packet of E 
oooWhy Not Try anes ie ee BUSH LIMA BEANS BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA BEAN. 
25 cts; one pintof each, 75cts.; one qt. of each, $1.25, postpaid. 
KEENEY’S RUSTLESS GOLDEN WAX BEAN. . 
This new wax bean, offered last year for the first time, is the result of many years’ efforts on the part of one of the 
most experienced and largest bean growers in the country, who has this to say regarding it: “This is the long-lookeu- 
for bean, combining hardiness and productiveness with fine quality. A strong growing bush variety of remarkable 
vigor and freedom from rust. It sends out short tendrils, on which pods are formed in addition to those near the 
central stalk of the plant, which accounts for its wonderful productiveness, amounting under favorable conditions 
to 100 to 150 fold. The pods are meaty and well filled, thick, flat when young and semi-round later, of rich yellow 
color and fine quality, and entirely stringless even when large enough to shell. If the pods are picked as fast as formed, 
the plant continues to furnish a bountiful supply for an unusually iong season.” Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts. 
MAMMOTH LUSCIOUS SUGAR PEA. 
Nothing has ever anywheres near approached Mammoth Luscious in size or delicacy of flavor, it being far super- 
ior to the Melting Sugar or any other variety of Peas, shelled or sugar. Dr. F. M. Hexamer, editor of the American 
Agriculturist writes: ‘We have grown nearly every variety of Sugar Peas listed in seedsmen’s catalogues, but have 
never seen anything to compare with the Mammoth Luscious.’”’ This is the general verdict. This new Sugar Pea 
bears pods much larger than any other variety and are from 6 to 7 inches long, and an inch and a half broad. They 
are entirely free from membraneous lining and strings, and combine flavor and brittleness and succulence far ahead 
of all other kinds. They continue long in bearing, and even when old they boil down as tender and nice as when 
young. The vines grow 6 feet long and require sticks. The pods areso long and broad that they should be sliced, 
boiled about ten minutes, or fifteen if old, and have a little butter or white sauce put over them, when they will be 
ready to supply the table of the most fastidious epicure; and as they contain so much sugar, starch and gluten, are 
very nutritious for family use. They should not be shelled, but the peas and pod eaten together. As can readily be 
seen from the above description, a very few pods, gathered quickly from a small piece of ground is sufficient for any 
ordinary family. ‘These pods can be sliced and boiled in fifteen minutes, so that the whole operation from gathering 
to the table can be done in less than an hour. The ordinary shelled varieties, as is well known, require a much 
longer time to gather and shell, and a very much larger piece of ground to supply a family. If you have never grown 
Sugar Peas, do not miss this opportunity. If you have sown them before, you should certainly include Mammoth 
Luscious in your order, as no lover of Sugar Peas can miss this chance of obtaining the most delicious Sugar Pea ever 
offered. Crop is very short, consequently I can offer it in small quantities only. Packet, 15 cents; 2 packets, 25 cents. 
It gives me pleasure to inform my friends that in addition to the $1500 which I distributed for 
the 94 largest Club Orders in 1895 (see opposite page 64) I also awarded $1200 as follows : 
$2 oO for the largest and finest head of Lupton Cab- $100 for the largest and best shaped Turner Hy- 
5 bage, to J. V. N. Young, Arroyo Grande, Calif. brid Tomato, toJ.S. Hunter, Savannah, Mo. 
$100 for the best half dozen New Imperial Tomatoes. $ 00 for the largest and best Ruby King Pep- 
The competition for this prize was exceptionally I per, toS. E. Austin Way, Clove, N. Y. 
close, and it was necessary to finally divide the prize between + est a st shaped Maule? 
Jacob 8. Schamp, Minnie, W. Va., Franklin D. Jones, Beck- $50 Fo ese Ste eae to Hees 
ley, Conn., and Geo. J. Townsend, Palmyra, New York. Barrett, Provo City, Utah. 
for the threc largest and best shaped Maule’s for the largest and best shaped Maule’s Earl 
$100 Yellow Globe Danvers Onions, to D. J. $50 White Spine Cacambes to Jonas F. ose 
Saunders, New Bridge, Oregon. Tohickon, Pa. 
$100 for the three largest and best shaped Mauwle’s § for the largest and best shaped Improved 
Red Wethersfield QOnioms, to Abel Steele, 50 Half Long Parsnip, to George B. Sanders. 
Ferguson, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Sanders failed to give his address, consequently this 
for the largest Hundred Weight Pump- prize remains unpaid until he sees this notice and sends it. 
$100 kin, to J. O. Kelley, Sandersville, Miss. § oO for the best Red Top White Globe Turnip, 
K - \ for ear of Mauie’s Improved Early Mas- 5 to G. Herbert Williams, East Sound, Wash. 
GU s Rustless \ $100 todon Corn containing the most grains, to § for the best Maule’s Heavy Cropping Ruta 
Goiden Wax. \ 1p. W. Straight, Sheridan, Mo. 50 Baga, to Joseph Beaulieu, Liberty, Maine. 
@@S During the last 12 years I have paid out in cash prizes, a sum exceeding $20,000. Saar 
This is a record unequalled by any other seed firm the world over. 
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ee TWO BIG FACTS CONCERNING THIS BUSINESS. ee 
During the year 1891 I gave away free for trial 272,650 packets of seed. | : postasenst iene 
During the year 1392 IT gave away free for trial 262,190 packets of seed. en ed In Postage Eling} Whar 
pane the Wau 1893 I gave away free for trial 32h 5 hh DaCHeLs of seed: A Fortune Exp d last five years. 
During the year 1894 I gave away free for trial 310,476 packets of seed. | Tn other words, from Oct. 1st, 1890 to 
During the year 1895 I gave away free for trial 349,267 packets lof seed. | Oet. 1st, 1895, I OO paid Uncle Sam 141 203 : 2 
Thus making a record of 1,519,127 packets, distributed | for postage stamps. Do you think there is another seed company in 
free for trial among my customers in the last five years. ! America that can make such a statement? 
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