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POLE BEANS. 



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Cl^LTURE — 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, ar.d thin out to 3 plants to a pole, or 2 to 3 

 Beans may be planted in hills a fooUapart 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 Bean, under glass in April and trans- 

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



Packets of Beans, 10 cts. each, postpaid. 



POLE BEANS— WAX POD. 



Kentucky Wonder Wax. (See Specialties, page 5 ) Pt.. 



25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 



qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 

 Dreer's Golden Cluster Wax. Bears long golden-yellow 



pods in clusters, and continues for a long time Pt., 25 cts. 



(postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.)'; 4 qts 



$1.50; peck, 2.50. 



POLE BEANS— GREEN POD. 



Kentucky Wonder, or Old Homestead. (See cut.) 

 Excellent for snap-shorts and matures early. The vines make 

 a strong, vigorous growth, climb the poles well and produce 

 quantities of the large pods, which grow in clusters and are of 

 good quality. Pt, 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. 

 (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



White Creaseback, or Best of All. Early, productive and 

 fine quality; pods about 5 inches long and are produced in 

 clusters. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 

 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



Lazy Wife's. A late variety, excellent for snap-shorts or 

 shelled. Pods about 6 inches long and are thick and meaty, 

 with fine flavor. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts. ); qt., 30 cts. 

 (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



White Dutch Runner. An old-time variety which may be 

 used for snaps, or as a shelled bean. The vines are somewhat 

 different from other Pole Beans, but are productive, bearing 

 many large pods, which are of good quality. Pt., 20 cts. (post- 

 paid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.10; 

 peck, $2.00. 



Scarlet Runner. Mostly used as an ornamental climber, but 

 edible and may be cooked in same manner as other snap-beans, 

 or used as a shelled bean. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts,); qt., 

 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25 



Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. The best variety 

 of this t\ pe. Pods 5 inches long, pale green, but become 

 streaked with red when mature. Pt., 20cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); 

 qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



White Dutch Case=Knife. Sometimes used for growing 

 among corn; pods long and flat. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 

 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 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 has become warm in the spring. Make the rows 2 feet 

 apart and give to each plant inches space in the row. A top- 

 dressing of pouluy manure, ashes, or some good fertilizer or 

 compost around the plants will be of much benefit in hastening 

 maturity and increasing the yield. 



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

 proved Lima. The Beans grow close together in the pods, 

 producing 3 to 4 and sometimes 5 in a pod, a' d are thick, 

 sweet and succulent. Pt.. 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 

 40 cts. (postpaid, 55 cts.); 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 



Fordhook Bush Lima Bean. This valuable variety is a 

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

 sembles 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 and rot. 

 Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 

 cts. )• 4 qts . $1.50; peck, $2.50. 



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

 Bean is very desirable on account of earliness, productiveness 

 and its fixed habit of growing in the dwarf or bush form. The 

 plants are of strong, upright growth, and are completely cov- 

 ered with large pods, many of which contain four beans, which 

 are fully as large as the Pole Limas. The beans are flat in 

 shape and of excellent quality. Pt., 2"> cts. (postpaid, 33 

 cts.); qt., 40cts. (postpaid, 55 cts. ) 4 qts., $1.25; peck, $2.25. 



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



Lima which grows about 20 inches high and is of good quality. 



Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 



4 qts., $K»10; peck, $2.00. 

 Burpee — Improved Bush Lima. Pods and Beans are 



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



Lima and is more productive. Pt., 25 cts. (postpaid, 33 cts.); 



qt., 45 cts. (postpaid, 60 cts.); 4 qts., $1.50; peck, $2.50. 

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



Small Lima. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 30 cts. 



(postpaid. 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.10; peck, $2.00. 



