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BUSH LIMA BEANS 



CULTURE — Lima Beans are very susceptible to cold and seeds should not be planted until 

 the ground has become thoroughly warm. Sow about the same time that maple trees unfold 

 their first leaves. Being gross feeders, they should be sown on well enriched land, with the rows 

 24 feet apart, dropping the beans six inches apart in the row, eye down. The two halves of the 

 Lima Bean become its first seedling leaves, and unless the Beans are placed "eye down" the 

 young plants find it most difficult to push through the soil. Frequently the neck of the seedling 

 is broken in the attempt which of course stands for loss of the plant. In light soil, cover about one 

 inch deep, less on heavier soils. A good fertilizer applied at the rate of 20 pounds to every hundred 

 feet of row, when the plants begin to bloom, will materially increase the yields. Hill plants 

 slightly early in the season to hold the pods off the ground. One quart will plant 100 feet of row, 

 j bushel will plant one acre. 



FoRDHOOK Bush Lima 



Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima. See Colored Plate and page 8. 

 30cts.; lb., SOcts.; 2 lbs., 90 cts.; 10 lbs., $4.00. 



Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. J lb., 



Fordhook Bush Lima. A perfected form of the Dreer's Bush Lima which variety it resembles 

 in form of pod and shape of the bean, but both are much larger and the plant makes a strong 

 upright growth which prevents the pod from coming in contact with the soil, thus avoiding rust 

 and rot. It produces many large pods in clusters and each pod is well filled with large beans, 

 which are veo' thick through and of excellent flavor. The shelled beans are of that attractive 

 green color which is always indicative of highest quality in limas. A great seller on market. 

 Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. nb.,30cts.; lb., 55 cts.; 21bs.,S1.00; lOlbs., S4.50. 



Burpee — Improved Bush Lima. Both pods and beans are of truly enormous size, some pods 

 measuring five to six inches long. The plant grows in dwarf form, strong and \'igorous, pro- 

 ducing large numbers of handsome pods, grown in clusters and well filled with Beans which are 

 of a delicious flavor. It is a great improvement over the original Burpee's Bush Lima Bean, 

 being much larger, more productive, and the pods will average more beans to a given number. 

 Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. J lb., 30 cts.; lb., 50 cts.; 2 lbs., 90 cts.; 10 lbs., S4.00. 



Dreer's Bush Lima. The Beans grow close together in the pods, producing three and four 

 beans each, sometimes five, and are thick, sweet and succulent. An excellent variety, which 

 is [jarticularly valuable for the home garden on account of its productiveness. Pkt., 10 cts., 

 postpaid. ; lb., 30 cts.; lb., 50 cts.; 2 lbs., 90 cts.; 10 lbs., $4.00. 



Burpee's Bush Lima. One 



of the first of the Bush 

 Lima Beans to be intro- 

 duced, but now largely 

 superseded by both Burpee 

 Improved and Fordhook 

 Bush. Very productive and 

 of good quality. Pkt., 10 

 cts., postpaid. -J lb., 25 cts.; 

 lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 

 10 lbs., S3. 50. 



Henderson's Bush Lima. 



A bush form of Sieva or 

 Small Lima type, which is 

 largely grown by those who 

 prefer the small size beans. 

 The plants grow about 20 

 inches high and are very 

 productive, bearing contin- 

 uously throughout the sea- 

 son. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid, 

 i lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 

 2 lbs., 70cts.;101bs., S3.00. 



POLE LIMA BEANS 



CULTURE — Pole Limas are even more tender than the Bush 



type and should not be planted until toward end of May, or when 



all danger of frost is passed. Set the poles about 4 feet apart each 



way and plant 4 to 6 beans, eye downward, around each pole. 



When plants are up, thin out to 3 plants to a pole. Pinch off the 



ends when plants over-run the top of the poles. It is well to use a 



shovelful of rich, light, well-rotted compwst to each hiU. One 



pound of seed will plant 75 to 100 hills. 



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. It is the best for private 



gardens, and shells out more Beans from a given number of pods 



than any other Pole Lima. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. J lb., 25 cts.; 



lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs, 80 cts.; lOlbs., S3.50. 



We deliver postpaid to any post ofRce within the United States Vegetable seeds in packets, ounces and pounds, 

 except Beans, Corn, and Peas. If these are wanted by Parcel Post, add 5 cts. per lb. to points East of th« 

 Mississippi River, and 10 cts. per lb. to points West of the Mississippi River. 



