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BEANS— The Cream of the Limas. 



FORD'S MAarMOTH PODDED. (See Jlhistralion.) 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 arojnd Philadelphia. No 

 novelty we have ever offered cost us so much money for 

 seed, and even at the fabulous price offered Mr. Ford for his 

 entire stock he hesitated, but filially accepted ouroffer. In 

 mammoth size, great productiveness and fine quality 

 it far surpasses even such varieties as the King of the 

 Garden, Salbm Improved and other fine sorts. The pods 

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

 accompanying engraving, made from nature, and are pro- 

 duced 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 early at the 

 bottom of the pole, and continue in bearing right up to frost. 

 Ford's i\Iummotli Podded is without exception the 

 largest podded, finest flavored and most productive of 

 all Lima Beans. Pkt., lOc; pint, 35c.; qt., 65c., postpaid; 

 by freight or express, qt., 50c.; 4 qts., S1.7o; peck, S3.00; 

 bush., Sll.OO. 



THE AVILLOTV LEAF LIBIA. This new Pole Bean 

 •was first offered in 1891. 



It differs from all other Beans known in its beautiful 

 deeply cut foliage, aptly described by its name — WILLOW 

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

 nounced it worthy of growing as an ornamental climbing 

 vine. The beauty of the foliage, although such an attraction, 

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

 profusion of blossoms, which is astonishing. The vines 

 blossoni and bear pods of uniform size from bottom to top. 



The pods are 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 fine flavor. It matures beans 

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

 every direction, and blossom and bear throughout the sea- 

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

 S2,00 ; bush, $7.50, by express or freight. 



HOKTICULTITKAL LIMA. A new lima bean of great 

 merit, being a cro^s between the Dwarf Horticultural and 

 Dreer's Improved Lima and combining the good qualities of 

 the latter witli the earlinessof tlie 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 farnorth of where any true liniabeancan be grown, 

 while it;: prolificness and the quality of the green shelleii 

 beans make it a desirable addition to any garden North or 

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

 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, tei-minating abruptly to a short 

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

 thesizeand shape of Dreer's Improved Lima, but 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 varietj' of uii'doubted merit. 

 Pkt., lie; pint, 30c.; qt., 55c., post-paid; qt., 40c.; peck, $2.25; 

 bush., $8.00, 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 

 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 thing," 

 to plant this sort largelv. Pkt., lOc; pint, 30c.; cit. 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 other limas. The Stokes' Evergreen 

 notonlyholds the full size and great productiveness ofthe 

 Salem Mammotli, but has the remarkable additional 

 quality of holding, in al I 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 Ihe 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 varietv. Could a more valuable acquisition in Pole Lima 

 Beans be wished for? Pkt., lOc; pint, 40c.; qt., 75c., post-paid. 



KING OF THE GARDEN LLMA. This bean has met with enormous sales the past few seasons. They are vigorous 

 grrowers; setting their beans early at bottom of pole, producing continuously to the end ofthe 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 t>ean is considered by many growers 

 superior to all others in quality and productiveness. When green it is ^s 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. 50c., post-paid ; qt., 35c.; 

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



