POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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The Cream ihe Pole l^ima ^^ans 



Two INew|Seibert*s Early L»ima Bean 



Ones (Shotwell's Improved Thick Lima 



Fop illustration and description, see Novelties, page 2. 



FORD'S MAMMOTH PODDED 

 ...LIMA... 



This grand new Ijima Bean is the result of over twenty 

 years' selection by Jas. Ford, one of the oldest and most suc- 

 cessful market gardeners around Pliiladelphia. In mam- 

 moth size, great productiveness and line quality, it far 

 surpasses even such varieties as the King of the Garden, 

 Salem Improved and other tine 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 ex- 

 cellent quality, for using either green or dry. The vines 

 grow vigorously, setting tlie beans early at the bottom of the 

 l>ole, and continue in bearing right up to frost. Ford's 

 Mammoth Podded is without exception the largest pod- 

 ded, finest flavored and most productive of all Lima 

 Beans. Plct., 5c.; pint, 30e.; qt., 50c., post-paid ; by freight 

 or express, qt., 35c.; 4 qts., $1.25 ; peck, $2.00; bush., $7.50. 



JERSEY EXTRA EARLY LIMA. Several years' 

 careful comparative tests by our most prominent lima bean 

 growers have proved this selection to be fully ten days 

 earlier tlian 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 from $3.00 to $4.00 per 

 bushel of pods. We advise all our customers who grow lima 

 beans for market, and want a " profitable tiling," to plant 

 this sort largely. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 30c.; qt., 50c., post-paid; 

 qt., 35c.; peek, 81.50 ; bush., $5.50, by express or freight. 



GERMAN CLUSTER LIMA. We first obtained seed 

 of this new variety from a German gardener who had brought 

 them with liim when he emigrated to this country. They are 

 early, producing large pods containing five to six beans each 

 in great clusters of ten to twelve. The vines are heavier and 

 leaves broader than in any of the American limas. The 

 stalks are so thick and heavy as to be almost self-supporting. 

 Pkt., oc; pint, 20c.; qt., 35c.; peck, $2.00; bush., $7.50. 



THE TYILLOTY LEAF LIMA. This new Pole Lima 

 Bean differs from all others in its beautiful deeply cut foliage, 

 aptly described by its name — Willow Leaf. The pods are 

 of the Sieva or Sewee type, well filled with the pure white 

 beans, which are tender and of fine flavor. Pkt., 5c. ; pint, 

 1,5c.; qt., 30c.; peck, $1.50; bush., $5.50. 



STOKES' EA':EKGREEN lima. In this new lima we 

 have the result of several years' patient selection from our 

 Salem Mammotli, 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 dr.v beans, when cooked during the winter and spring, 

 not only the green appearance, but also the delicious flavor 

 of beans fresh from the vine. This very valuable evergreen 

 quality is now entirely fixed and thoroughbred in this vari- 

 ety. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 20c.; qt., 40c. 



KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA. This bean has met 

 with enormous sales the past few seasons. They are vig- 

 orous growers, setting their beans early at bottom of pole, 

 producingcontinuously to the end of the season. They are 

 more prolific than the ordinary lima, bearing pods fiye to 

 seven inches long in clusters of four and five, with five to six 

 beans in apod. Pkt., 5c.; pint, 2,5c.; qt., 45c., post-paid ; qt., 

 80c.; 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.60; bush., $6.00, by freight. 



DREER'S IMPROVED, or CHALLENGER POLE 

 LIMA. This popular bean is considered by many growers 

 superior to all others in quality and productiveness. When 

 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, 25c.; qt. ,4,5c., post-paid; qt., 

 30c.; peck, SI. 50; bush., $5.50, by freight or express. 



SALEM IMPROVED LIMA. A selection from the 

 large lima bean, of extraordinary size and generally of a deep 

 green color. Pint, 20c.; qt, 3.5c,; peck, $2,00; bush., $7.50. 



Large Wliite Lima (Extra Selected Size). One of 



the best of the pole beans, either green or dry. Pint, 15c.; 

 qt., 30c., peck, SI. .50; bush., $5.00. 



Carolina, or Sewee. Similar to LargeLima, producing 

 beans about half the size, but more productive. Pint, 1.5e.; 

 qt., 30c.; peck, $1.50; bush., $5.00. 



