12 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1913 



MAULE'S EVERGREEN 

 POLE LIMA BEAN 



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This pole lima bean is from California, -which 

 State bas, of recent years, become known as 

 the greatest lima bean district in the world. 

 By carefully selecting the earliest pods year 

 after year I have secured a bean that is posi- 

 tively two vreeks earlier than any other. Beans 

 are as large as the ordinary large lima, pods 

 containing four and five beans. It is so good 

 thati have decided to put the name of my New 

 Jersey trial grounds to it. At Panmure, tested 

 alongside of thirty other varieties, it proved 

 one to two vreeks earlier than the earliest. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 ets.; qt., 50 ct8., post- 

 paid. By express or freiglit; not prepaid, 

 quart, 35 cts.; 4 quarts, $1.35, peels, §2.00; 

 bnsbel, S7.50. 



53 King of the Garden 



This old standard market sort is one of the best 

 for main crop. It is vigorous in growth and 

 immensely productive. The vine begins to pro- 

 duce pods near the foot of the pole, and the 

 bearing season continues withotit interruption 

 until fl-ost. The pods are large, numerous and 

 well filled, and the beans are of mammoth size. 

 The handsome pods often attain a length of five, 

 six, seven or even eight inches, with five or 

 six full and perfectly formed beans in each pod. 

 Pfet., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts., post- 

 paid. By ex. or freight, not prepaid, qt., 

 30 cts.; 4 qts., SI. 10; pb., S2.00; ba., $7.00. 



54 New Ideal 



One of the best main crop pole lima beans, 

 with enormous size pods. Some reaching 8 

 inches in length, and are produced in large 

 clusters, with 5 to 7 large beans to a pod. The 

 vines are remarkably productive. The superb 

 qualitv, tenderness and rich flavor, render New 

 Ideal one of the best large limas for both home 

 garden and market. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 

 35 ets.; quart, 45 cts., postpaid. By express 

 cr frelgfit, not prepaid, quart, 30 cents; 

 4 quarts, $1.00; peck. Si. 75; bissliel, S6.50. 



57 Carolina or Sieva 



(The Butter Bean of the South.) Grows 

 quickly, matures early and is immensely pro- 

 ductive and bears continuously throughout the 

 season. Pbt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts., 

 postpaid. By ex. or freiglit, not prepaid, 

 qt., 30c.; 4 qts., Sl-OO; pk., §1.75; b«., $6.25. 



55 Salem Improved 



This is a selected strain of the large pole 

 lima, and Is distinctly superior to the lima 

 beans with which most of my customers are 

 familiar. It is one of the most prolific lima 

 beans on the market, as well as one of the best 

 in table quality. The pods are borne in clus- 

 ters, often with five or six large beans in a pod. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts., post- 

 paid. By ex. or freight, not prepaid, qt., 

 SO cts.; 4 qts., Sl.OO; pk., S1.75; bu., S6.25. 



56 Dreer's Improved 



Also called Challenger Lima, Potato Lima, 

 etc. Of peculiar shape, being thick and plump 

 i-ather than flat and oval. It is a very "meaty" 

 bean, of excellent flavor and high table quality. 

 The beans are delicious. When green they 

 nearly equal the ordinary large lima bean in 

 size, but are thicker, sweeter and more tender. 

 They remain green in the pod a long time after 

 maturing. The pods, which are borne in clus- 

 ters, average four or five inches in length, and 

 each pod contains four or five thick beans, 

 squared at the ends by pressure. The beans are 

 easllv shelled. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; 

 quart, 45 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freight, not prepaid, quart, 30 cts.; 4 qts., 

 Sl.OO; peck, Sl-7.^! bushel, $6.50. 



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Maiile's Evergreen 



For a number of years a market gardener 

 near Philadelphia has been experimenting 

 with lima beans, with the idea of breeding a 

 bean that would retain the green color of the 

 bean when dry. I have secured some of the 

 seed, and grew the product of same at Pan- 

 mure. I must say it is a strong, robust, vigor- 

 ous grower, very productive, and the dry bean 

 retains the green color longer than any other 

 variety I know of. Hence its name, Evergreen. 

 Whenwe add to it unusual productiveness and 

 superb quality, we have a lima bean that is as 

 near perfection as ever attained. Packet, 10 

 cts.; pint, 30 cts.; quart, 50 cts., postpaid. 

 3y ex. or freight, not prepaid, qt., 35 cts.; 

 4 quarts, $1.25; peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.50. 



4S New Early Leviathein 



An early variety of large size equal In this 

 respect to the main crop varieties. The pods 

 difler from those of other early pole limas in 

 being straighter and longer. The pods hang 

 out from the foliage in large clusters; I have 

 frequently seen five to ten in a cluster, each 

 containing from four to six large beans to the 

 pod. Packet, 10 cts.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 

 45 cts., postpaid. By express or freight, 

 not prepaid, quart, 30 cts.; 4 quarts, $1.10; 

 peck, $2 00; bushel, $7.00. 



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