38— Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1907 



2 Grand ^LiMAS 



King 



OF THE 



.Garden 



KING OF THE GARDEIV LIMA. -This is 

 the grand old standard market and family sort, 

 which nothing can displace from public favor, 

 tt is no longer a new bean, but one of the best 

 for main crop. It is vigorous in growth and 

 Immensely productive. The vine begins to pro- 

 duce pods near the foot of the pofe. and the 

 bearing season continues without interruption 

 until frost. The pods are large, numerous and 

 well filled, and the beans are of mammoth size. 

 The handsome pods often attain a length of five, 

 six, seven or even eight Inches, wilh five or 

 Bix full and perfectly formed beans in each pod. 

 No lima bean is more widely or more favorablv 

 known throughout the United States than the 

 King of the Garden. It is a market favorite. 

 Packet. 10 cents; pint, 2.5 cents; quart, 40 cents; 

 postpaid. Peck, S1..50; bushel, So.50. 



EVERGREEN LIMA. — The dried beans 

 remain green longer than any other. This 

 alone should recommend it to market growers. 

 (See green pages.) 



POLE LIMA BEANS. 



PANMURE EXTRA EARLY.— The earli- 

 est of all limas. (See green pages.) 



SEIBERT'S EARLY LIMA.— After Pan- 

 mure Extra Early the earliest of the pole limas 

 and one of the best for practical farmers and 

 truckers who wish to be first In the market. It 

 is the result of careful selection and high breed- 

 ing, with three ends in view, namely: Earliness, 

 a green bean and a thin pod. It is of large size 

 and excellent quality, the beans being tender 

 and succulent. It now holds a deservedly high 

 place in public esteem, being valued for home 

 use as well as for market. It is everywhere ad- 

 mitted to be a strain of exceedingly high merit. 

 Packet, 10 cents; pint, 25 cents; quart, 10 cents, 

 postpaid. Peck, SI. on; bushel, S5.50. 



SALEM IMPROVED LARGE LIMA. — 

 This is a selected strain of the large pole lima, 

 but so distinctly superior to the lima beans 

 with which most of my customers are familiar 

 that I give It a prominent place in my cata- 

 logue. It is one of the most prolific lima beans 

 on the miarket, 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. It ripens 

 shortly after Seibert's Early, and bears until 

 frost. I recommend it especially as a table 

 bean, though it is not less desirable for market 

 purposes. It should be tried by truckers for 

 their late or general crop. Every lover of this 

 delicious vegetable should by all means at least 

 try this fine lima bean. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; 

 qt., 40 cts., postpaid. Peck, S1.50; bushel, 8o..50. 



DREER'S IMPROVED LIMA.— Also called 

 Challenger Lima, Thorburn's Lima, Potato Li- 

 ma, etc. This is a bean of rather peculiar shape, 

 being thick and plump rather than flat and 

 oval. It is a very "meaty" bean, of excellent 

 flavor and high table quality. The vine has the 

 Uma habit of growth, and is very productive, 

 with pods always well filled. The beans are de- 

 licious. When green they nearly equal the ordi- 

 nary large lima bean in size, but are thicker, 

 sweeter and more tender. They remain green 

 in the pod a long time after maturing. The 

 pods, which are borne In clusters, average four 

 or five inches in length, and each pod contains 

 four or five thick beans, squared at the ends by 

 pressure. The beans are easily shelled and are 

 in wide favor. Packet, 10 cents; pint, SI) cents; 

 quart, 50 cents, postpaid. Pk., S1.75; bu., 86.50. 



4^ When beans by the pint or quart are or- 

 dered by express or freight, 8 cents per pint or 15 

 cents per quart may be deducted from prices 

 quoted. Pecks and bushels are sent by express 

 or freight at purchaser's expense. 



Seibert's 

 Li/w/v 



BUSH UMA BEANS, 



BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA — A dwarf or bush form of the large climbing lima. The climbing 

 habit has been almost wholly obliterated, and no poles are required. The pods and seeds are of 

 full lima size. The strain which I control is of uniformly dwarf or bushy habit. The plant giow8 

 18 or 20 inches high, and has an erect branching stem. The common yield is from 50 to 200 market- 

 able pods per plant. The size and luscious flavor of the bean are exactly the same as with the 

 climbing lima types. Sow in rows 3 feet apart and thin to 20 inches. ' Packet, 10 cents; pint 

 25 cents; quart, 40 cents, postpaid. Peck, 81.50; bushel, So.50. 



HENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA — The earliest of the bush limas; two weeks earlier than 

 any of the climbing beans. It is small in size, but of high table merit, and in favor with house 



keepers on account of its delicl 

 ous flavor and great productive 

 ness. The plant requires no sup 

 port of any kind. It bear.s unti' 

 frost, and a small patch will sup 

 ply a family. Its bearing ability 

 was demonstrated some years 

 ago when I offered a prize. of ?150 

 in cash for the largest yield. The 

 winning plant carried 'i2Si well 

 developed pods. Packet, 10 cts.; 

 pint, 25 cts.; quart, 40 cts., post- 

 paid. Peck, S1.75; bushel, S6.50. 



DREER'S BUSH LIMA.— 

 This is a dwarf form of the Dreer 

 or Thorburn pole lima, interme- 

 diate in size between Burpee and 

 Henderson. It is a thick meaty 

 bean, of extra good flavor and 

 high food value. The plant grows 

 12 to 18 inches high, and the 

 bush form of growth is well es- 

 tablished. It is very productive 

 the pods, like the leaves, being 

 short and thick. Packet, 10 cts., 

 pint, 25 cts.; quart, 45 cts., post- 

 paid. Peck, 81.75; bushel, S6.50. 

 AVOOD'S PROLIFIC BUSH 



LIMA Improved type of true 



bush lima. (See green pages.) 



J. P. Hostetter. Lawrenceburg, Ky 

 —To jon or any one that opens your 

 mail. I want to tbank one and all 

 from the lowest to the highest for 

 the honest and business Tike way 

 I have been treated in the past by 

 your great garden seed firm. Never 

 have I been better treated by any 

 business firm in the whole United 

 States. I don't think flowers on b 

 man's grave do him any good, but 

 the truth or a kind word may go s 

 long way. You will find my order 

 for $19.25. which please ship aa soon 

 as convenient. 



