; HlHRrADRKR IHllADELPHIAfA- UNLIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS- QUI 15 



Stangen Bolinen, Ger. 



POLE BEANS 



Haricots a rames, Fr. 

 Frijol vastago, Sp. 



CULTURE.— Pole Beans, especially Limas, require warm and very rich, loamy soil. Plant when the soil has become well 

 warmed through in spring. If planted in cold or soggy soil, the seed will rot. Use poles 5 to 8 feet long set in rows 4 feet 

 apart each way or in drills, if wire trellis is used. Plant 4 to 6 Beans around each pole, and thin out to 3 plants to a pole, or 2 

 to 3 Beans may 'be planted in a hill a foot apart under a wire trellis. Cultivate freely, and if possible top dress around each hill 

 with small quantity of poultry manure, compost or some good fertilizer. When hoeing, work this dressing well into the soil. 

 Sprouted Limas transplant easily. You can get a picking ahead of your neighhors by starting the Beans under glass in April and 

 transplanting to open ground in proper season. One quart will plant 150 to 200 hills. 



BEANS BY PARCEL POST. 



The prices given in this catalogue for Beans of all kinds are for 

 same to be sent by express or freight, at the purchaser's expense, If 

 pints or quarts are wanted sent by Parcel Post add as follows: 



To points East of Mississippi River, 8 cts. pt; 12 cts. qt. 



To points West of Mississippi River; 15 cts. pt.; 25 cts. qt. 

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

 Carpinteria Lima. (See specialties, page 5.) By express or 



freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 25 cts.; qt., 40 cts. (if by Par- 

 cel Post add as noted at top of page); 4qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 

 Dreer's Improved Lima. (See cut.) An early variety of excel- 

 lent quality and great productiveness. This is without doubt the 



best variety for private gardens, and will shell out more beans from 



a given number of pods than any other pole lima. The quality is 



exceedingly fine, the Beans cooking rich and mealy. In some 



sections this variety is called Challenger, or Potato Lima. By ex- 

 press or freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 25 cts.; qt., 40 cts. (if 



by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, 



$2.25. 

 Early Leviathan Lima. The earliest variety of pole lima; pro- 

 duces pods in clusters. A good variety where the season is short, 



as it can be depended upon to produce a good crop even in those 



sections of the country that have only a short growing season. 



The pods are long, and contain from four to five large beans, which 



are flat in shape, of good size and excellent quality. By express 



or freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 25 cts.; qt., 40 cts. (if by 



Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, 



$2.25. 

 Early Jersey Lima. This variety matures a few days earlier 



than the King of the Garden. Pods contain three and four large 



beans each. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 20 



cts.; qt, 25 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 



4 qts.; $1.10; peck, $2.00. 

 Seibert's Early Lima. Early and a great improvement on the 



large Lima. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 



20 cts. ; qt., 35 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page) ; 



4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 

 King of the Garden Lima. A vigorous grower bearing large 



pods, varying in length from 5 to 8 inches. By express or 

 freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts. (if by 

 Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $1.10; 

 peck, $2.00. 



Small Lima, or Sieva. Beans small, good quality and very 

 productive. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, 

 pt, 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at 

 top of page); 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



DWARF OR BUSH LIMA BEANS 



CULTURE.— Select land thr:t is especially warm, rich and well supplied with vegetable fibre or humus. Plant as soon as the 

 soil has become 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 quart will plant 100 feet of row; J bushel for an acre. 



Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima. This variety of Bush Lima 

 Bean is very desirable on account of earliness and productive- 

 ness. The plants are of strong, upright growth, and are com- 

 pletely covered with large pods, many of which contain four 

 Beans, which areas fully as large as the Pole Limas. The 

 Beans are flat in shape and of excellent quality. By eypress 

 or freight, at purchaser's expense, pt. ; 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts. (if 

 by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page), 4 qts., $1.50; 

 peck, $2.50. 



Burpee's Bush Lima. A Bush form of the Large White 

 Lima which is of good quality; By express or freight, at pur- 

 chaser's expense, pt. , 25 cts.; qt., 40 cts. (if by Parcel Post 

 add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 



Burpee — Improved Bush Lima. Pods and Beans are ex- 

 tremely large. Plant grows more erect than Burpee's Bush 

 Lima. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense pt., 30 

 cts.; qt., 50 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of 

 page)! 4 qts., $1.75; peck, $3.00. 



Dreer's Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of Dreer's Im- 

 proved Lima. The Beans grow close together in the pods 

 and are thick, sweet and succulent. By express or freight, at 

 purchaser's expense, pt., 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts. (if by Parcel 

 Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. 



Fordhook Bush Lima Bean. This valuable variety is a 

 perfected form of Dreer's Bush Lima, which variety it resem- 

 bles in form of pod and shape of Bean, but both are larger 

 and the plant is of a strong upright growth, protecting the 

 pods from contact with the soil, thus preventing rust or rot. 

 By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 30 cts.; qt, 

 50 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., 

 $1.75; peck, $3.00. 



Henderson's Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of the Sieva or 

 Small Lima. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, 

 pt., 25 cts.; qt. , 40 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at 

 at top of ?age); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 



