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POLE LIMA BEANS-Continued 



117 Dreer's Improved Pole. A leading standard early variety, 

 which is very productive. The quality is exceedingly fine, the 

 Beans cooking rich and mealy. In some sections this variety is 

 called Challenger, or Potato Lima. Pods contain 4 or 5 thick 

 light green Beans, and shells out more Beans from a given number 

 of pods than any other Pole Lima. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. 

 Jib., 25cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 85 cts.; 10 lbs., $3.50. 



119 Early Jersey. Matures a few days earlier than the King of 

 the Garden, and is very productive. The pods contain from 

 three to five large beans, and the quality is good. Pkt., 10 cts., 

 postpaid, ^i lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 10 lbs., $3.50. 



121 King of the Garden. An old standby of vigorous growth 

 bearing large dark green pods with four to five large white beans, 

 of good quality. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. J lb., 25 cts.; lb., 

 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 10 lbs., $3.50. 



125 Small Lima, or Sieva. Poles literally loaded with well filled 

 pods. Beans small and of fine flavor. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. 

 Ub., 25cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 10 lbs., $3.00. ' 



POLE or RUNNING BEANS 



CULTURE— In common with Pole Limas (see culture directions 

 on page 14), these are rank growers and consequently rank feeders. 

 Do not attempt to grow Pole Beans on poor, thin soil, but enrich 

 the hills well with liberal quantities of well-rotted manure or humus. 

 One pound will plant 100 hills. 



Green Pod Varieties 



128 Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead. Pronounced by 

 experts the best flavored of all Beans in cultivation. Kentucky 

 Wonder combines size and quality in an extraordinary degree. 

 Pods are generally borne in clusters of 2 or 4, individual pods 

 averaging 7 or 8 inches long. They are deeply saddle backed, 

 very fleshy and perfectly stringless at all stages of development. 

 Kentucky Wonder 

 matures the bulk of 

 its crop in from 80 to 

 100 days. Seeds sown 

 along with the earlier 

 varieties of Bush 

 Beans will yield a 



crop just about the same time that the Bush Beans are through bearing. Where poles 



are not available, string supports should be provided since the vines are exceedingly 



rank growers, bearing exceptionally heavy crops. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. J lb., 20 cts.; 



lb., 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 65 cts.; 10 lbs., $3.00. 

 129 Lazy Wife's. A late variety, excellent for snap-shorts or shelled. Pods about 6 inches 



long and are thick, meaty and of fine flavor. The very prolific character of this variety 



first earned its rather misleading name. One can gather a great mess within a short time. 



Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. J lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 10 lbs., $3.25. 



132 White Creaseback, or Best of All. Early, productive and fine quality; pods about 5 

 inches long and are produced in clusters. Should be gathered while young. Pkt., 10 cts., 

 postpaid. Jib., 20 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 65 cts.; 10 lbs., $2.75. 



133 White Dutch Case-Knife. Beans straight and flat, of fair quality. Good shell bean. 

 Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid, i lb., 20 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 65 cts.; 10 lbs., $2.75. 



127 Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. Grown for shell beans exclusively, for, 

 unless used while quite young, pods show strings. Pods 5 inches long, pale green, but 

 become streaked with red when mature. The beans may be used either green or dry. Pkt., 

 10 cts., postpaid. J lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 10 lbs., $3.25. 

 Scarlet Runner. Largely grown as an ornamental, for its attractive flower clusters. 

 The shelled beans are quite palatable and serve the same purpose as shelled Limas in 

 sections too cold to produce Limas. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. J lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 

 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 10 lbs., $3.25. 



Wax Pod Varieties 



Kentucky Wonder Wax. A yellow-podded "Kentucky Wonder," which bears a 

 large quantity of rich, golden-yellow pods from the time the plant is about half grown 

 until it is killed by frost in the fall. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. J lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 

 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 10 lbs., $3.50. 

 136 Dreer's Golden Cluster Wax. Except for the fact that the beans are flat and some- 

 what shorter, this unique yellow-podded sort compares very favorable with Old Home- 

 stead, in both quality and immensity of yield. The majority of the very handsome pods 

 are 6 inches long by | inches broad. They are borne in clusters of 4 to 6 and hang on the 

 plants literally by the handsful, making it very easy to gather a handsome mess within a 

 short time. Those pods that are not gathered while young will ripen a very useful white 

 product of dry shell beans. Ready for use within 70 days from time seeds are sown. Pkt., 

 10 cts., postpaid, i lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 10 lbs., $3.50. 



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 Jllll I I* per lb. to points West of the Mississippi River. We deliver postpaid to any post office within the United States all other 

 Vegetable Seeds in packets, ounces and pounds. 



