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Stangen Bohnen, GER. Pp Frijol vastago, Sp. 
CULTURE.—Pole 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 to3 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 neighbors by starting the Beans under glass in April and transplanting to open ground in 
proper season. One quart will plant 150 to 200 hills. Material for inoculating Pole Beans will be found offered 
on page 50. 
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 cut.) The Beans of this splendid 
pole lima have a greenish tint, an indication of good quality 
and an advantage in appearance over the white skinned varie- 
ties. Vines are vigorousand 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. 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. 
Dreer’s Improved Lima. An early variety of excellent 
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 vaziety is called Challenger, or Potato 
Lima. 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 Leviathan Lima. The earliest variety of pole lima; 
produces pods in clusters. The pods are long and contain from 
4 to 5 large beans, which are flat in shape, of good size and 
excellent quality. By express or freight, at purchaser’s ex- 
pense, 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 3 and 4 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 ex- 
pense, 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. 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 that is especially warm, rich and well supplied with vegetable fibre or humus. Plant 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 dress- 
ing 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; # bushel for an acre. 
Dreer’s Wonder Bush Lima. (See Specialties, page 9). Dreer’s Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of Dreer’s Improved 
Small Lima, or Sieva. 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. 
Henderson’s Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of the Sieva Lima. The beans grow close together in the pods and are 
or Small Lima. By express or freight, at purchaser’s expense, thick, sweet and succulent. By express or freight, at purch- 
pt., 24 cts.; qt., 40 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top aser’s expense, pt., 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts. (if by Parcel Post 
of page); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 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 | Fordhook Bush Lima Bean. This valuable variety is 
Lima, which is of good quality. By express or freight, at pur- a perfected form of Dreer’s Bush Lima, which variety it re- 
chaser’s expense, pt., 25 cts.; qt., 40 cts. (if by Parcel Post sembles in form of pod and shape of bean, but both are larger 
add as noted at top of page); 4’qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. and the plant is of a strong, upright growth, protecting the 
‘Burpee—Improved Bush Lima. Pods and beans are ex- pods from contact with the soil, thus preventing rust or rot. 
tremely large. By express or freight, at purchaser’s expense, By express or freight, at purchaser’s expense, pt., 30 cts.; 
pt., 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at qt., 50 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 
top of page); 4 qts., $1.75; peck, $3.00. 4 qts., $1.75; peck, $3.00. 
