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New Jersey Grown Pole Lima Beans 



WHY THEY ARE THE BEST 



For nearly a half a century Southern New 

 Jersey has had the reputation, and deservedly so, 

 of gi-owing the finest Lima Beana in the United 

 States, the product being eagerly sought after by 

 Boston, New York, Philadelphia and other East- 

 ern cities, for both seed and consumption. For 

 some years past, however, many seedsmen have 

 been growing their supplies in Southern California, 

 where they are grown very cheaply and without 

 poles. We have made hundreds of tests of various 

 Limas from California seed, and find the product 

 much inferior in both quality and prodiictiveness to 

 those grown in New Jersey. It is also difficult to get 

 them to take the poles, owing to the method by 

 which they are grown, while the beans are smaller 

 and lack the rich, buttery flavor peculiar to the 

 New Jersey Limas. 



Remember, the priccsquoledby the pintand quartarefor the 

 best Seed Beans, Postage Paid, by Mail. If ordered sent by 

 express or freight, you can DEDOCT 8c. per pint or 15c. per 

 quart. Large Packets of each variety, 10c. each, post- 

 paid. Half peck and liiilf bushel at peek and bushel rates. 



SEIBEKT'S EARLY LIBIA. This new variety is one 

 of the very earliest. The vine is very vigorous and produc- 

 tive. Pods are large, but thin, and can be more easily opened 

 than those of other varieties. The green beans are very large, 

 handsome and of the best quality. In earliness, ease of shell- 

 ing, size, beauty and quality of the green beans, this variety 

 is superior, and is now recognized as one of the best for either 

 the garden or market. Pint, 25c.; qt., 45c.; peck, §1.85; bush., 

 87.00. 



SHALLCROSS MARKET QUEEN LLMA. This new 

 Pole Lima Bean was developed after many years' careful 

 selection by Mr. Frank Shallcross, a noted Philadelphia mar- 

 ket gardener and Lima Bean grower, from whom we first ob- 

 tained seed. While not the earliest, it is, without question, 

 one of tlie most prolific, bearing its handsome pods in im- 

 mense clusters and filled with large, flat, green beans. Pint, 

 30c.; qt., 55c.; peck, 82.25; bush., S8.00. 



JERSEY EXTRA EARLY LIMA. The pods are 

 large and numerous, invariably having from four to five 

 beans in each. These beans appear in Philadelphia markets 

 nearly two weeks ahead of ordinary Limas, selling at from 

 $3.00 to 84.00 per bushel of pods, and, previous to the introduc- 

 tion of Seibert's Early, were considered the earliest. Pint, 

 25c.; qt., 45c.; peck, 81.85; bush., 87.00. 



STOKES' EVERGREEN LEVIA. The Stokes' Ever- 

 green 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, giv- 

 ing the appearance of beans fresh from the vine when cooked. 

 Pint, 35e.; qt.,60c.; peck, 82.50. 



KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA. More proUfic than 

 the ordinary Lima, bearing pods five to six inches long, in 

 clusters of four and five, with five to six beans in a i>od. 

 Pint, 25e.; qt., 45c.; peck, 81.70; bush., 86.. iO. 



DREER'S IMPROVED, CHALLENGER or PO- 

 TATO POLE LIMA. "When green, 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., 45c.; peck, 81.75: bush., 86.75. 



SALEM IMPROVED LIMA. A selection from the 

 Large Lima Bean, of extraordinarv size and deep green 

 color. Pint, 30c.; qt., ."'Sc.; peck, 82.00; bush., 87.75. 



LARGE "WHITE LIMA. (Extra Selected Size.) 

 The well-known favorite. Our strain is fine. Pint, 25c.; 

 qt., 45c.; peck, 81.60; bush., 86.00. 



New Golden Pod Andalusia 



This new pole bean, introduced by us ten years since, 

 has created a decided sensation wherever grown. The pods 

 are five to six inches long, broad, thick very fleshy, and en- 

 tirely stringless, far surpassing all other varieties in this respect, 

 and retaining these important qualities until almost ripe. 

 Pods when fully grown are five to six inches long, exceed- 

 ingly rich, buttery and fine flavored. The vines cling well to 

 the poles, a very important feature, as owing to its wonderful 

 productiveness, the weight of a vine filled with such a mass 

 of large pods is very great. They commence bearing in great 

 abundance when the vines are quite young, and continue to 

 bear profusely the entire season. The beans when dry are 

 round, pure white and also make a fine shell o" winter bean. 

 Pint, 30c.; qt ,55c.: peck, 82.25; bush., 88.00. 



FORD'S MAMMOTH PODDED 

 POLE LIMA BEAN 



This Lima Bean is the result of over twenty years' selec- 

 tion by the late Jhs. Ford, who was one of the oldest market 

 gardeners around Philadelphia. The pods grow to an average 

 length of eight inches, are produced in great clusters, with 

 from five to seven beansper pod, of most excellent quahty, 

 for using either green or dry. The vines grow vigorously, set- 

 ting the beans early 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 Beans. Pkt., lOc; pint, 30c.; 

 qt., 55c., postpaid ; bv freight or express, qt., 40c.; 2 qts., 70c.; 

 peck, 82.00; bush., 87.,'iO. 



