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GERMAN CLUSTER LIMA BEAN. 



We distributed last spring, amongour customers, free fop 

 trial, several thousand packages of tliis valuable new pole 

 lima bean, and have received hundreds of reports pro- 

 nouncing it a most valuable acquisition. We first obtained 

 the seed a few years since from a German gardener who had 

 brouglitthem with hitn when he emigrated to this country. 

 Tliey are very early and wonderfully productive, producing 

 large pods containing five to six beans eacii in great clusters 

 of ten to twelve. The vines are heavier and leaves broader 

 than in any of tlie American limas. The stalks are so tliick 

 and heavy as to be almost self-supporting without the use of 

 poles and they can be readily grown on a light trellis. We 

 hope no progressive lima bean grower will omit planting 

 it this season as it is without doubt one of the most valuable 

 of all the new sorts. Pkt., lOc; pint, 40e.; qt.,75c., post-paid; 

 qt., 60c.; 4 qts., $2.00, by express. 



A FEW TRIAL REPORTS. 



Walter Quadling, Cedarville, N. J., Sept. 22, 1893, -writes: 

 " Your new lima beans are rightly named Cluster, as tliey 

 grow in huge clusters with very large pods filled with 

 delicious beans." 



Jos. T. Fulton, Oakwood, Md., Sept. 5, 1893, writes: 

 "The new pole limas beat anything I ever saw in the bean 

 line. They are the largest and the greatest bearers." 



R. F. Dil worth, Joplin, Wo., Sept. 4, 1893, writes : " New 

 German Cluster Lima Beans are magnificent; truly worthy 

 of all praise." 



NEW GOLDEN ANDALUSIA. WAX BEAN. This 

 new bean. Introduced by us five years since, has crea- 

 ted a decided sensation. Hundreds pronounce it 

 emphatically the inost valuable pole variety ever offered. It 

 originated in Andalusia, Bucks County, Pa, with a 

 celebrated bean grower. Our illustration gives some 

 idea of its wonderful productiveness. It is nothing urmsual 

 to pick one-half bushel to three pecks from a single 

 vine at one picking. The pods are five to six inches 

 long, broad, thick, very fleshy, and entirely striiigless, far 

 surjyassing all other varieties in this respect, and retaining 

 these important qualities until almost ripe. The pods 

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

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

 to the poles, a very Important feature, as 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 as a bullet, pure white in 

 color and also make a fine shell or winter bean. Large pkt., 

 10c.; pint, 35c.; qt.,65c.; post-paid; qt., 50c.; 4 qts. $1.75; peck, 

 $3.00 ; bush., $12.00, by freight or express. 



KENTUCKY WONDEK, or Old Homestead. The 

 largest and most fleshy podded green Pole Bean, rapidly 

 becoming popular in the Middle and Southern States. "Vines 

 vigorous, climbing well and very productive, bearing their 

 pods in large clusters; blossoms white ; pods green, very 

 long, often reaching nine or ten inches, nearly round when 

 young, and very crisp, becoming very irregular and spongy 

 as the beans ripen. Dry beans long, oval, dun colored. A 

 verv prolific sort, and one of the best. Pkt., lOc; pint, 25e.; 

 qt., 50c. 



EAKLY GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX POLE BEAN. 

 This new variety is distinct in seed, color, and habit of 

 growth. The pods retain their tenderness and plumpness 

 long after the beans have attained a large size, so that only 

 a few days after they cease to be fit for stiing beans, they 

 are fit to shell. The pods are a beautiful waxy yellow, from 

 six to eight inches long, borne in clusters of four to six. 

 Commencing ten days after the Dwarf Golden Wax, it con- 

 tinues to bear profusely until frost sets in. Pkt. , 10c. ; pint, 

 30c.; qt., 60c., post-paid; qt., 45c.; 4 qts., $1.50; peck, fe.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, 35c.; qt., 60c.; peck, $'J.50. 



Large White Lima (Extra Selected Size). One of 

 the best of the pole beans, either green or dry. Pint, 25e.; 

 qt., 45c., post-paid; peek, $1.75; bush., $6.50. 



Carolina, or Sewee. Similar to Large Lima, produc- 

 ing beans about half the size, but more productive. Pint, 

 25c.; qt.,4.5c.; peck, $2.00. 



CUT SHOBT.or CORN HILL. An old variety,very pop- 

 lar for planting among corn, and will give a good crop with- 

 out the use of poles; vines medium, with dark colored, 

 smooth leaves; pods short, cvlindrical and tender. Pkt., 

 lOc; pint, 25c.; qt., 45c.; peck, $1.75; bush., $6.50. 



SOUTHERN PROLIFIC. A splendid, vigorous and 

 productive variety. Pods in clusters, succulent and delicious ; 

 matures in seventy daj's from germination, bearing until 

 frost. Pint, 25c.; qt., 45c.; peck, $1.75; bush., $6 00. 



Scarlet Runner. Clusters of beautiful scarlet flowers 

 for ornament and table use. Pint, 25c.; qt.,45c. 



German Black Wax Pole. A pole variety of the 

 German or Black Wax, of splendid quality as a snap and 

 verv productive. Pint, 25c.; qt.,4,5c.; peek, $2.00. 



OTHER GOOD POLE BEAJVS. The following ex- 

 cellent varieties of pole beans are each 10c. per pkt.; 30c. 

 per pint; 50c. per qt., post-paid: Crease Back, New 

 Golden Wax Flageolet, Diitch Case Knife, Horticu- 

 ltural or Wren's Egg, Red Seeded Giant Wax. 



