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BEANS.— The Cream of the Limas. 



FORD'S MABEVIOTH PODDED. {See lUuslration.) This 

 grand new Lima Bean is the result of over twenty 

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

 most successfid market gardeners arc jnd Philadelphia. Ko 

 novelty we have ever olfered cost lis so much money for 

 seed, and even at the fabulous |)rice offered Mr. Ford for his 

 entire stock he hesitiited, but finally accepted our offer. In 

 inainniotU size, great pi'oductiveness and fine quality 

 it far surj)asses even such varieties as the King of the 

 Garden, Salem Improved andother fine sorts. The pods 

 grow to an average length of eight inches, as shown in the 

 accompanying engraving, made from nature, and are ])ro- 

 duced in great clusters, with from five to seven beans per 

 pod, of most excellent quality, for using either green or dry. 

 Tlie vines grow vigorously, setting the beans early at the 

 liottom of tlie 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 Beans. Pkt.,10c.; pint, S5c.; qt., 65c., post-paid; 

 by freight or express, qt., 50c.; 4 qts., $1.75; peck, S3.00: 

 bush., SiO.OO. 



THE WILLOW LEAF LIIVIA. This new Pole Bean 

 was first offered in 1891. 



It difJ'ers from all other Beans known in its beautiful 

 deeply cut foliage, aptly described by its name — W^ILLOW^ 

 LEAF; it is so handsome that many gardeners have pro- 

 nounced it worthy of growing as an ornamental climbing 

 vine. The beauty of thefoliage,althoushsuchanattraction, 

 is overlooked as soon as it begins to bloom because of the 

 profusion of blossoms, which i.s astonishing. The vines 

 blossom and bear pods of uniform size from bottom to to]). 



The pods art of the Sievaor Sewee type, larger in size 

 than Henderson's Bush Lima, well filled with the pure white', 

 beans, which are tender and of fhie flavor. It matures beans 

 ready for the table very early; the vines branch freely in 

 every direction, and blossom and bear throughout the sea- 

 ton. Pkt., lOc; pint, 25c.; qt., 45c., post-paid; qt., 30c.; peck, 

 $2.00; bush, $7.00, by express or freight. 



HOKTICULTUKAL LIMA. A new liraabean of great 

 merit, being a cro.'-s between the Dwarf Horticultural and 

 Dreer's Improved Lima and combining tlie good qualities <jf 

 the latter with the earline^sof the former. It is fully as early 

 as the Dwarf Horticultural and as prolific as Dreer's Im- 

 proved Lima. Its extreme earliness will permit of its being 

 planted farnoith of where any true lima beancan be grown, 

 while itc prolificness and the quality of the green shelled 

 beans make it a desirable addition to any garden North or 

 South. Vines medium size, not much branched and not run- 

 ning over four feet usually, but fruiting freely to the ends; 

 leaves large, coarse, wrinkled, green, resembling Dwarf 

 Horticultural; pods borne in clusters, three to six inches in 

 length, flat, almost straight, terminating abruptly to a short 

 point, green, and carry three to six beans; dry beans .about 

 Ihesizeaiid shape of Dreer's Improved Ijinia,hut marked 

 the same as Dwarf Horticultural, though the ground color is 

 a little darker. We advise all our customers to give this 

 bean a thorough trial, as it is a variety of undoubted merit. 

 Pkt., Iflc; pint, 30o.; qt., 45c., post-paid ; qt., 30c.; peck, 82.00; 

 bush., $7.00, by freight or express. 



JERSEY EXTRA EARLY LIMA. Six years' careful 

 comparative tests by our most prominent lima bean 

 growers have proved this selection to be fully ten days or 

 two weeks 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 about two 

 weeksahead of allolher limas, selling at from JS.OOtoSl.OO 

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

 lima beans for market, and want a "profitable thing," 

 to plant this sort largel v. Pkt., lOc; pint, 30c.; qt. 55c., post- 

 paid; qt., 40c.; 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25; bush., $8.00, by 

 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 otiier limas. The Stokes' Evergreen 

 notonly holds tliefuU size and great productiveness of the 

 Salem Mammotli, but has the remarkable additional 

 quality of holding, inallstages of growth, andeven when dry 

 and shelled, the <leep 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 delicious 

 flavor of beans fresh from the vine. This very valuable 

 evergreen quality is now entirely fixed and thoroughbred in 

 this variety. Could a more valuable acquisition in Pole Lima 

 Beans be wished for? Plcl.,10c.; 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 bottom 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.,50c., post-paid; qt., 35c.; 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25; bush., $8.00, by freight or express. 



DREER'S IMPROVED, OR CHALLENGER POLE LIMA. This popular bean is considered by many growers 

 superior to all others in qualify and productiveness. "When green it is as large as ihe Laige Lima, thicker, sweeter and more 

 tender and nutritions, remaining green in the jiodforalong time after maturing. Pin', 25o.; qt. SOc, post-paid ; qt., 35c.; 

 peck, $2.00; bush., $7.00, by freight or express. 



