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BUSH LIHA BEANS 



CULTURE. — Select land that is especially warm, ricli and well supplied with vegetable fibre or humus. Plant eye downward 

 and two inches deep as soon as the soil becomes warm in the spring. Make the rows 2 feet apart and give to each plant 6 inches 

 space in the row. A top dressing of poultry manure, ashes, or some good fertilizer or compost around the plants will be of much 

 benefit in hastening maturity and increasing the yield. One pound will plant 50 feet of row. 



Packets o{ all varieties of Beans, 10 cts. each. 



[)reer's Wonder Bush Lima. (See Specialties, page 4.) 



Fordhook Bush Lima. (See cut.) This valuable variety is a perfected form of 

 Dieer's Bush Lima, which variety it resembles in form of pod and shape of bean, 

 but both are larger and the plant is of strong, upright growth, protecting the pods 

 from contact with the soil, thus preventing rust or rot. It produces the pods in clus- 

 ters and the Beans are very large, thick through and of a delicious flavor. It is now 

 largely grown by market gardeners, not only on account of its productiveness, but also 

 because their customers call for it. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, lb., 

 50 cts.; 2 lbs., 90 cts. (if by Parcel Po'st add as stated at top of pi.ge 15); 10 lbs., $4.00 



Ureer's I^USh Lima. A dwarf variety of Dreer's Improved Lima. The Beans grew 

 close together in the pods, producing three and four beans each, Sometimes five, and 

 are thick, sweet and succulent, fully equal in quality to Dreer's Improved Pole Lima. 

 An excellent variety, which is particularly valuable for the heme garden on account 

 of its productiveness. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, lb., 50 cts.; 2 

 lbs., 90 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as stated at top of page 15); 10 lbs., $4.(0. 



Burpee — Improved Bush Lima. Produces pods and beans which are enormous in 

 size, some pods measuring five to six inches long. The plant grows in dwarf foim, 

 strong and vigorous, producing large numbers of handsome pods, grown in clusters 

 and well filled with Beans which are of a delicious flavor. It is an improved type cf 

 the original Burpee's Bush Lima Bean, but is much larger, more productive, and the 

 pods will average more peas to a given number. By express or freight, at pur- 

 chaser's expense, lb., 50 cts.; 2 lbs., 90 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as stated at lop 

 of page 15); 10 lbs., $4.00. 



Burpee's Bush Lima. This variety was one of the first of the Bush Lima Beans to 

 be introduced. It is a bush form of the well-known Large White Lima, very pro- 

 ductive and of good quality. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, lb., 45 



cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts. (if 



by Parcel Post add as 

 stated at top of page 

 15); 10 lbs., $3 50. 



Henderson's Bush 



Lima. This is a small 



white Lima Bean which 



grows in the bush form 



and produces a large 



crop. The plants are 



very hardy, make rep d 



growth and are not sd 



apt to throw runnerslike 



some of the other varie- 

 ties of Bush Lima, and 



while they begin to set 



pods at an early season, 



I hey continue to do so 



until frost. The pods 



usually contain 4 beans, 



which are very tender 



end of a delicious flavor. 



By express or freight, 



at purchaser's expense, 



lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 70 



cts. (if by Parcel Post 



add as stated at lop 



of page 15); 10 lbs., 



$3.00. 



CARPINTERIA 

 POLE LIMA BEAN 



The Beans of this splendid pole lima have a greenish tint when 

 ready for use, which is an indication of good quality. Vines are 

 vigorous and make strong growth, producing large quantities of 

 pods, containing four large Beans, which are thicker than the 

 ordinary lima, and retain their color even when in the dry state. 

 The Beans cook nicely, and being thin skinned are exceedingly 

 tender and of fine flavor. The originator, who is a skillful grower, 

 claims that the " Carpinteria" is the most perfect Lima Bean 

 ever introduced. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, 

 lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts. (if wanted by Parcel Post, add as stated 

 on page 15); 10 lbs., $3.50. 



