JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA /fA\ 



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{ieW Jersey GroWn Fole Lima Beans 



WHY THEY ARE THE BEST 



For nearly half a century Southern New Jersey has had 

 the reputation, and deservedly so, of growing the finest 

 Lima Beans in the United States, the product being eagerly 

 sought after by Boston, New York, Philadelplifa and other 

 Eastern cities," for both seed and consumption. For some 

 years past, however, most all 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 productiveness 

 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. 



Twenty quarts of Pole Limas are required to plant an acre in hills 

 four h V four feet. We sell Large Packets of each variety, lOc. each, 

 postpaid. Pints, when sent by freight or express, at half the quart 

 rates ; half peck and half bushel at peck and bushel rates. 



Fold's Mammotli Podded Pole Lima Bean 



This Lima Bean is the result of over twenty years' selection by tho 

 late Jas. 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 beans per pod, of most 

 excellent qualitv for using either green or dry. The vines grow vigor- 

 ouslv, setting tlie beans early at the bottom of the pole, and continue in 

 l>enr'ing right up to frost. Ford's Mammoth Podded is, without ex- 

 ception, the largest podded, finest flavored and most productive 

 of all Lima Beans. Pkt, lOc; pint, 30c.; qt., 55c., postpaid; by freight 

 or express, pint, 20c.; qt., -JOc; 2qt8.,70c.; peck, $2.00; bush., S7.50. 



SKIBEKT'.S EARLy LIMA. This new variety is one of the very 

 earliest. The vine is very vigorous and productive. Pods are large 

 but thin, and can be more easily opened than those of other varieties. 

 The Kreen beans are very large, handsome and of the best quality. In 

 earliness, ease of shelliiig, size, beauty and quality of the gieen beans, 

 this variety is superior, and is now recognized as one ol the best for 

 either the garden or market. Pkt., lOc; pint, 25c.; qt., 45c., postpaid; 

 by freight or express, qt., 30c.; peck, 81.75; bush., S6.50. 



JBRSE: V EXTRA EARLY LIM A . 



The pods are large and numerous, in- 

 variably having from four to five beans 

 in each. These beans appear in Philu- 

 delphia markets nearly two weeks 

 ahead of ordinary Limas, selling at 

 from 83.00 to £4.00 per bushel of pods, 

 and, previous to the introduction of 

 .Seibert's Early, were considered the 

 earliest. Pkt.,'lOc.; pint, 25c.; qt., 45c., 

 postpaid ; bv freight or express, qt., 

 SOc; peck, gi.75; bush., 86.50. 



STOKES' EVERGREEN LIMA. 

 The Stokes' Evergreen not only holds 

 the full size and great productiveness 

 of the Salem Mammoth, but has the re- 

 markable additional quality of holding, 

 in all stages of growth, and even when 

 dry andslielled, the deep green color of 

 the unripe state, giving the appearance 

 of beans fresh from the vine when 

 cooked. Pkt.. lOc; pint, 35c.; qt., 65c., 

 postpaid; by express, qt.,50c.; peck, 82.75. 

 KING or THE GARDEN 

 Lima, bearing pods five to si.x inches long in 

 SIX beans in a pod. Pkt., 10c. ; pint, 25c.; qt., 45c., 

 ■ S6..50. 



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postpaid; by express or freight, qt., 3C'c.; peck, 81.75; bush 



SALEM IMPROVED LIMA. A selection from the large Lima Bean, of extraordinary 

 size and deep green color. Pint, 30c.; qt., 55c., postpaid ; by freight or express, qt., 40c.; 

 peck, 82.00; bush., $7.75. 



LARGE WHITE LIMA. (Extra Selected Size.) The well-known favorite. Our 

 strain is fine. Pint, 25c.; qt., 45c., postpaid ; bv express or freight, qt., 30c.; peek, 81.60; 

 bush., $6.00. 



DREER'S IMPROVED CHALLENGER or POTATO POLE LIMA. When green, 

 ie as large as the Large Lima. Thicker, sweeter and more tender and nutritious, remaining 

 green in the pod for a long time after maturing. Pkt., 10c. ; pint, 25c.; qt., 45c., postpaid ; by 

 express or freight, qt., 30c.; peck, $1.75; bush., 86.50. 



Shotwell's Improved Thick Pole Lima Bean 



Originated by one of the best and most experienced growers of Northern New Jersey. 

 Jt is of the thick or Potato Lima class, but will be found a decided improvement on the 

 Dreer's Improved Pole Lima or any other bean of its class in earliness, productiveness and 

 fine quality. All claims made for it have been fully substantiated by hundreds of our 

 customers who tried it in past seasons, and we regret we have not room here to publish the 

 many strong recommendations received from them. Pkt., 10c. ; pint, 35o.; qt., 65c., postpaid; 

 by freight or express, qt., 50e.; peck, 82.25; bush., $8.50. 



shotwell's improved 

 thick pole lima bean. 



