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Pole or "Running "Beans — Continued. 



LAZY "tVIFK'S (see illustration). The best and largest Green Podded Pole 

 Bean, first introduced by us a few years since, has become a great favorite. 1 he 

 l>ods grow from four to six inches long, entirely stringless, and of a rich buttery 

 flavor when cooked. The pods remaiii green, and retain their tender, rich, stringless 

 flavor until nearly ripe. The beans are white, and unsurpassed as shell beans for 

 winter use. They are pronounced by all who have grown them the best green pod- 

 ded snap-short Pole Bean in cultivation. We cannot commend this bean too highly. 

 Pkt., lOc: pint, 30c.; qt. , 65c., post-paid; qt.,40c.; peck, S2.00; busli., ST. 50. bv exp^e^•^^. 



WHITE CKEASEBACK, or FAT HORSE (see illustration). A well-known 

 and highly esteemed Southern variety. Very productive. Forms very full, rouml 

 pods, very fleshy, entirely stringless and distinctly creased along bark, hence iis 

 name. Tliis variety is especially valuable for its extreme earliness and its habit of 

 perfecting all of its pods at the same time. Pint, 20c.; qt., 35c.; peck, 81.75; 

 bush., 66.50. 



Varieties of Pole Limas. 



JERSEY EXTRA EARLY LE>IA. Several years' careful comparative tests 

 by our most prominent lima bean growers have proved this selection to be fully i en 

 days earlier than any other. The pods are large and numerous, invariably having 

 from four to five beans in each pod. These beans appear in Philadelphia markets 

 nearly two weeks ahead of all other limas, selling at trom 83.00 to S4.C0 per bushel of 

 pods. We advise all our customers who grow lima beans for market, and want a 

 "profitable thing," to plant this sort largely. Put., lOc; pint, bOc; qt., 55c.,pust^ 

 paid; qt.,40c.; 4qts.,Sl.-5; peck, S2. 00; bush., S7. 50, bv express or freight. 



FORD'S MAM310TH PODDED. This grand new Lima Bean is the result 

 of over twenty years' selection by Jas. Ford, one of the oldest and most successful 

 market gardeners around Philadelphia. In mammoth size, great productive- 

 ness and fine quality, it far surpasses even such varieties as the King of the 

 Garden, Salem Improved, and other fine sorts. The pods grow to an average 

 length of eight inches, and are produced in great clusters, with from five to seven beans 

 per pod. of most excellent quality, for using either green or dry. The vines grow 

 vigorously, setting the beans earlj* at the bottom of the pole, and continue in 

 bearing right up to frost. Ford's "Mammoth Podded is without exception the 

 largest podded, finest flavored and most productive of all Lima IJean". 

 Pkt., lOc; pint, 35c.; qt.,65c., post-paid; by freight or express, qt. ,50c.; 4qts.,S1.50; 

 peck, S2. 50; bush.,?9.00. 



THE AYILLOW LEAF LEMA . This new Pole Lima Bean difi"ers from all others 

 in its beautiful deeply cut foliage, aptly described by its name — Willow Leaf; it is 

 so handsome that many gardeners have pronounced it wortliy of growing as an or- 

 namental climbing vine. The beauty of the foliage, although such an attract ion, is 

 overlooked as soon as it begins to bloom, because of the profusion of blossoms, which 

 is astonishing. The pods are of the Sieva or Sewee type, larger in size than Hen- 

 derson's Busli Lima, well filled with the pure ■white beans, which are tender and of 

 fine flavor. It matures beans ready for the table very early; the vines l)ranch freely 

 in every direction, and blossom and bear throughout the season. Pkl., lOc; pint, 

 25c.; qt., 4oc., post-paid ; qt., 30c.; peck, SI. 75; bush., 56.. 50, bv express or freight. 



STOKES' EVERGREEN LIMA. In this new lima we have the result of 

 several years' patient selection from our Salem Mammoth, which, as is well-known, 

 is the largest in size of bean of all other limas. The Stokes' Evergreen not only 

 holds the full size and great productiveness of the Salem Mammoth, but has the 

 remarkable additional quality of holding, in all stages of growth, and even when 

 dry and shelled, the deep green color of the unripe state, thus giving the dry beans, 

 when cooked during the winter and spring, not only the green appearance, but also 

 the deUcious flavor of beans fresh from the vine. This very valuable evergreen 

 quality is now entirely fixed and thoroughbred in this variety. Pkt., lOc; pint, 

 40c.; qt., 75c. 



KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA. This bean has met with enormous sales 

 the past few seasons. They are vigorous growers, setting their beans early at bof>- 

 tom of pole, -producing continuously to the end of the season. They are more 

 prolific than the ordinary lima, bearing pods five to seven inches long in clusters of 

 four and five, with five to six beans in a pod. Pkt., lOc; pint, 25c.: qt., oOc, post- 

 paid; qt., 3oc.; 4 qts., S1.(K) ; peck, SI. 75: bush., S7..50, by freight or express. 



DREER'S IMPROVED, or CHALLENGER POLE LLMA. This popular 

 bean is considered by many growers superior to all others in quality and produc- 

 tiveness. AVhen green it is as large as the Large Lima, thicker, sweeter and more 

 tender and nutritious, remaining green in the pod for ,a long time after maturing. 

 Pint, 25e.; qt., .tOc, post-paid ; qt., 35c.; peck, S2. 00; bush.,S7.fO. bv freight or express, 



SALEM liVIPKOVED LIMA. A selection from the large lima bean, of 

 esfraordinarv size and generallv of a deep green color. Pint, 15c.; qt., 30c.; peck, 

 S2.'25; bush.,S8.00. 



Large White Lima (Extra Selected Sizel. One of the best of the pole beans, 

 either green or dry. Pint, 1.5c ; qt., .30o.; peck, 31.75 ; bush, S6.25. 



Carolina, or .Sewee. Similar to Large Lima, producing beans about half the 

 size, but more productive. Pint, 20c.; qt., 35e.; peck, S2.00 ; bush, S7.00. 



SHOTWELL'S IMPROVED THICK POLE LIMA BEAN. 



(See photograph, in colors, made from nature, on back of this book.) 



Originated bv one of the best and mostexperienced growers of Northern New Jersey, 

 tato Lima class, but will be found a decided improvement on the Dreers Improved, oi 



As will be seen, it is of the thick or 

 Potato Lima class, but will be found a decided improvement on the JJreer s improvea, or any other Bean of its class, in earli- 

 ness productiveness and fine quality. All claims made for it have been fully substantiated by thousands of onr customers, 

 to whom we sent trial packets last s"eason, only a few of whose reports we have room to publish below. Pkt., lOc; pint. 40c-: 

 qt., 75c., post-paid ; qt., 60c.; 2 qts., 81.00 ; 4 qts., S1.75, by express. 



A Few ISxpressions from Thousands of Reports Received. 



SHOTWELL'S LMPROVED THICK LIMA. 



W. A. Landers, Ridgeland, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1895, writes : 

 "Shotwell's Improved Thick Lima is, by far, the best and 

 most productive Lima Bean I ever grew or saw, two weeks 

 earlier than any other, and superior in quality and flavor." 



The Beam" Co., Hustonville, Ky., Nov. 1, 1895, writes: 

 " New Bean, No. 55, the earliest and best Wax we have ever 

 grown: entirely rust-proof. Shotwell' s Improved Thick 

 Lima proved very productive, and pronounced by all our 

 bean growers here, the best in quality." 



NEW WAX BEAN No. 55. See Page 31. 



Chas. M. Peterson, Peninsula, O., Oct. 19, 1895, writes: 

 "New No. 55 is the only Wax Bean I have ever grown that 

 was absolutely free from rust, although I have all of the so- 

 called rust-proof varieties. Please accept thanks for kind- 

 ness in allowing me to test it in advance of its introduc- 

 tion." 



Chas. Bell, West Point, Va., Sept. 2, 1895, writes: " The 

 New Wax Bean, No. 55, is entirely stringless, and the very 

 best I have ever seen." 



