LAZY WIVES POLE BEAN.—This variety 
originated in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where for age 
number of years, it has been the most popular Pole Bean 
grown. Pods are wonderfully broad, thick, fleshy, and, 
above all, emtirely stringless. In these respects they jm! 
surpass any otherI knowof. Then, again, the pods retain ™ 
their rich, stringless and tender qualities until they arcRm 
almost ripe; so much so, in fact, that I am perfectly safe Ry 
in saying they are the best of all Snap-Shorts. They also 
surpass every variety in the way vines cling to the pole, 
and every bean grower will at once acknowledge this is a 
most important qualification. Its name, I think, implies 
productiveness, for, the vines being covered all Summer 
with masses of beautiful pods, it is just the sort to suit lazy 
wives, as a mess can soon be picked for dinner. Pods are 
rather flattish, oval shape, and, when fully grown, are 
from 4 to 6 inches long, exceedingly rich, buttery, and fine 
flavored when cooked. They are hardy, easily grown, and § 
enormously productive. I could furnish hundreds of 
f testimonials from persons who have grown and used the 
! Lazy Wives Bean, all claiming it to be the best Bean they 
have ever tried, and many have discarded all other kinds, 
using this foran early and late snap-short, and alsoasdry, ff 
shell or Winter bean; and such is the peculiar taste and 
pleasant flayu: of this Bean thgt we have known many § 
persons who could not be induced to eat other varieties of ff 
string beans after tasting Lazy Wives, if they could obtain 
the latter. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents. | 
IMPROVED KENTUCKY WONDER 
POLE BEAN.—This Bean, whilea very old variety, has 
lately been so improved as to deserve cultivation by all 
people who like a nice long green podded pole bean. It is 
very early, enormously productive, the pods actually 
hanging in clusters from the top to the very bottom of the 
pole. At the same time they are very long, stringless, and 
always cook remarkably tender. In fact under its new 
name, the Old Homestead, it has been recommended as 
the best of all green podded pole beans. Packet, 10 cents ; 
pint, 25 cents. 2 
EXTRA EARLY LIMA.—Also known as Early 
Jersey. Thisis 10 days to two weeks earlier than any other 
le Lima, and until the introduction of THE NEW 
USH LIMA 8ix years ago, was the earliestin cultiva- 
tion. Notwithstanding its earliness it still equals the 
ordinary large Lima in quality and productiveness, while # 
the beans are equally aslarge. Many in the North who § 
have never been able to raise Lima Beans until they 
planted this variety have had great success with Extra § 
Early Lima. Pkt, 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 55 cents. 
BLACK LIMA.—The introducers, W. A. Bur- j 
mpee & Co., have this to say: “The vine is a me- 
dium vigorous grower, quite hardy and enor- 
{| mously productive. Pods havea uniform length 
\ of about 34 inches, and contain 3 and 4 beans 
each, which are of dark green color when cooked, §i 
of delicious flavor and delicate quality. Packet, § 
10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents. 
JACKSON WONDER.—This is one of the re- 
eently largely > 
advertised spe- 
cialties in dwarf 
# lima beans; re- 
sembles Hen- 
derson’s Bush 
Lima, and in 
parts of Geor- 
gia it is highly 
esteemed; said 
to be a very 
valuable forage 
crop, but on 
our own trial 
grounds we can 
not say that it ff 
amounted to |@ 
much. Pkt., 10 
Meeliz\ waies meek 
a 
B Actual Count July 1st, 1895, I had 307,335 customers at 45,059 different post offices. 
y 9 There are still very nearly 20,000 post offices in the U.S. at which we 
have no customers. Any one who first sends me an order from an office where I have no customer will re- 
Clover GUARANTEED SEEDS. Address all orders to WM. HENRY MAULRH, No. 1711 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. A. 
“The vines grow luxuriantly, and furnish a 
bountiful supply of enormous pods, many specimens 
measuring from 5 to 8 inches and often producing 5 and 
6 beans to the pod, all perfectly formed and possessing 
superb qualities, unexcelled by any that have come to 
my notice during a practical experience in bean cul- 
ture of 20 years.” Pkt., 10 
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@oage *1,.—Aumual Catalogue for 1896 of Maule’s Four-Leaf 
