Dreer's Reliable VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Health Value of Fresh Lima Beans 



Calories per lb. 570 Vitamins A , B 



Proteins 7.1% Carbohydrates 22.0% 



Fats .7% Iron .0024% 



Fordhook Bush Lima Beans 



107 Fordhook Bush Lima. This 

 variety is well known wherever Lima 

 Beans can be grown as it combines pro- 

 ductiveness with choice quahty. The 

 plants make a vigorous, upright growth 

 so that the pods are held well above the 

 soil surface. This keeps them clean and 

 avoids rust and rot. The pods are borne 

 in clusters which accounts for the pro- 

 ductiveness of this splendid variety. 

 Each pod is about 5 inches long and 

 contains 4 or 5 oval, very thick, light 

 green beans which have a distinctive 

 rich nut-like flavor. It is a great seller 

 on all markets and a good variety for the 

 home gardener. Pkt. 10c: i lb. 25c; 

 lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 5 lbs. $1.75, prepaid. 



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 late trees, like Oaks, unfold their first leaves. Being gross feeders, they should 

 be sown on well enriched land, with the rows 2j feet apart, placing the beans si.x 

 inches apart in the row, eye down. The two halves of the Lima Bean seed becomt- 

 its seedling leaves and unless the Beans are placed "eye down" the young plants 

 find it most difficult to push through the soil. 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 earlier in the 

 season to hold the pods ofi the ground. One 

 pound will plant 50 feet of row. 



Ill Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima. The 



most desirable Bush Lima Bean because it 

 is extremely early and very productive. The 

 plants are of strong, upright bush growth. 

 They are heavily laden with large pods 

 many of which contain 4 beans each. These 

 beans are fully as large as those of Pole 

 Limas. Many gardeners pronounce the 

 broad, flat beans much superior in flavor 

 to those of the round, thick seeded varieties. 

 On account of its earliness, Dreer's Wonder 

 Bush Lima can be planted well on into the 

 season without much risk of failure. We 

 highly recommend it and suggest that you 

 give it a thorough trial tliis year. Pkt. 10c; 

 i lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 5 lbs. $1.75, 

 prepaid. 



103 Burpee Improved Bush Lima. A 



splendid bean with pods measuring 5J to 6 

 inches in length and containing 5 or 6 

 moderately thick, flat, white beans of good 

 flavor. It is a productive variety of de- 

 licious flavor even when fully grown. 

 Pkt. 10c; \ lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 

 5 lbs. SI. 75, prepaid. 



105 Dreer's Bush Lima. This excellent 



bean matures about a week or 10 days later 



than Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima. It is 



particularly recommended to home gardeners 



because it combines productiveness with 



choice quality. The beans are packed close 



together, 4 or 5 to a pod. They are thick 



and have a most delicious, sweet, and luscious 



flavor. It is a great favorite with many 



gardeners. Pkt. 10c; J lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 2 lbs. ^ , ,„ j 



o- c lu e-1 ^r, J Dreers Wonder 



&3c; 5 lbs. S2.00, prepaid. 3^3,, Lima Bean 



109 Henderson's Bush Lima. This is 



the popular Baby Lima Bean— a bush form 

 of the Small or Sieva Pole Lima. It is grown 

 extensively by those who prefer small sized 

 beans. Very productive bushes, 20 inches 

 high, bearing a magnificent crop of pods 

 3 inches long each containing 3 or 4 small 

 white beans. Pkt. 10c; ^ lb. 25c; lb. 35c; 

 2 lbs. SOc; 5 lbs. $1.45, prepaid. 



New! 110 McCrea's Bush Lima 



This new variety is of considerable merit. The feature that wiU appeal to 

 most gardeners is the fact that it has a remarkably sweet flavor. The plants are 

 strong and upright carrying an abundance of heavy foliage. The light green, 

 short, but very thick pods are equally as abundant and each pod contains from 

 3 to 5 large plump rich green beans which are so tightly packed in the pod that 

 many of them are almost square. Highly recommended to the home gardener 

 and canner. Pkt. 15c; J lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, prepaid. 



McCrea's 

 Bush Lima 



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