WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds — 11 



fXTRA EARLY POLE LIM 



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King 



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Panmure Extra Early Pole Lima. 



This pole lima bean is from California, which State has, of recent years, become known as 

 the greatest lima bean district in the world. It represents the careful selection for many years 

 of one of the best growers of lima beans I know of. By selecting the earliest pods year after 

 year he has secured a bean that is positively two weeks earlier than any other. Beans are as 

 large as the ordinary large lima, pods containing five and six beans. It comes in bearing early 

 in July and bears right up to frost. It is so good that I 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 weeks earlier than the earliest of them. Packet, 15 cents; pint, 40 cents; quart, 

 75 cents, postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, quart, 60 cents; peck, $3.50. 



Evergreen Pole Lima. 



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 watched his experiment for several years with a great deal of interest, and 

 at last at a big price secured some of the seed, and grew the product of same at Panmure. I 

 must say it is a strong, robust, vigorous grower, very productive, and the dry bean retains the 

 green color longer than any other variety I know of. Hence its name, Evergreen. Every mar- 

 ket gardener knows what a desirable characteristic this is in a bean, and when we add to it 

 unusual productiveness and superb quality, we have a lima bean that is as near perfection as 

 possible. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 40 cents; quart, 75 cents, postpaid. By express or 

 freight, not prepaid, quart, 60 cents; peck, $3.50. 



KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA This is 



the grand old standard market and family sort, 

 which nothing can displace from public favor. 

 It is no longer a new bean, but 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 without interruption 

 until frost. 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. 

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

 paid. By express or freight, not prepaid, 

 quart, 30 cts.; peck, $3.00; bushel, $7.50. 



SEIBERT'S EARLY LIMA.— After Pan- 

 mure Extra Early the earliest of the pole limas 

 and one of the best for practical farmers and 

 truckers who wish to be first in the market. It 

 is the result of careful selection and high breed- 

 ing, with three ends in view, namely: Earliness, 

 a green bean and a thin pod. It is of large size 

 and excellent quality, the beans being tender 

 and succulent. It now holds a deservedly high 

 place in public esteem, being valued for home 

 use as well as for market. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 

 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts., postpaid. By express 

 or freight, not prepaid, quart, 30 cts.; 

 peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.50. 



SALEM IMPROVED LARGE LIMA. — 

 This is a selected strain of the large pole lima, 

 but so distinctly superior to the lima beans 

 with which most of my customers are familiar 

 with. 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 clusters, often 

 with five or six large beans in a pod. It ripens 

 shortly after Seibert's Early, and bears until 

 frost. I recommend it especially as a table 

 bean, though it is not less desirable for market 

 purposes. It should be tried by truckers for 

 their late or general crop. Every lover of this 

 delicious vegetable should by all means at least 

 try this fine lima bean. Pkt., 10c; pt., 25c; 

 qt., 45c, postpaid. By ex. or fgt., not pre- 

 paid, qt., 30 cts.; pk., $2.00; bu., $7.00. 



DREER'S IMPROVED LIMA.— Also called 

 Challenger Lima, Thorbnrn's Lima, Potato Li- 

 ma, etc. This is a bean of rather peculiar shape, 

 being thick and plump rather than flat and 

 oval. It is a very "meaty" bean, of excellent 

 flavor and high table quality. The vine has the 

 lima habit of growth, and is very productive, 

 with pods always well filled. The beans are de- 

 licious. When green they nearly equal the ordi- 

 nary 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 clusters, 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 easily shelled and are 

 In wide favor. Pkt., 10 cts.;'pt., 30 cts.; qt., 

 50 cts., postpaid. By ex. or fgt., not pre- 

 paid, qt„ 35 cts.; pk., $2.00; bu., $7.50. 



CAROLINA, OR SIEVA. — (The Butter 

 Bean of the South.) This small white pole lima 

 grows quickly, matures early and is immensely 

 productive and bears continuously throughout 

 the season. Pkt, 10 cts.; pt, 25 cts.; qt., 

 45 cts., postpaid. By ex. or freight, not 

 prepaid, qt., 30 cts.; pk., $2.00; bu., $7.50. 



