I HENRTADREER -PHIIADEIPHIAM- m RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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POLE LIMA BEANS. 



Cultural directions same as given for Pole Beans on page 14. 



Packets of Beans, 10 cts. each, postpaid. 



Carpinteria Lima. (See Specialties, jxige 9.) Pt., 25 cts. 

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



?l.oO; peck, $2.50. 

 Early Leviathan Lima. The earliest variety of Pole Lima; 



produces pods in clusters. A good variety where the season 



is short. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts. ) ; qt., 35 cts. (post- 

 paid, 50 Cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck. §2.00. 

 Dreer's Improved Lima. (See cut.) A very superior early 



variety of excellent quality and great productiveness. This 



variety is without doubt the best 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. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 



35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 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. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.);qt., 35 cts. 



(postpaid, .50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. 

 Siebert's Early Lima. Early, and a great improvement on 



the large Lima. Pt., 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt. a5 cts. 



(postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $1.15; peck, $J.OO. 

 King of the Garden Lima. A vigorous grower, bearing 



large pods, varying in length from 5 to 8 inches. Pt., 20 cts. 



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



$1.00; peck, $1.75. 

 Ford's Mammoth Lima. This is a selection of large Lima 



Bean. The vines grow strong and are very productive; the 



pods are produced in clusters and continue until frost. Pt., 



20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt., 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 



qts., $1.15; peck, $2.00. 

 Small Lima, or Sieva. Very productive. Beans small, 



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



(postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $1.00; peck, $1.75. 



(For description of this variety see page 14.) 



BROCCOLI. 



Spargel-Kold, Ger. Chou-Brocili, Fr. Broculi, Sp. 



White Cape. Large, compact heads of a creamy- white color and 

 of good flavor. Culture same as for late Cauliflower. Pkt., 10 

 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; \ lb., $1.50. 



BRUSSEI.S SPROUTS. 



Rosen-Kold, Ger. Cliou de Bruxelles, Sp. 



Culture. — Sow seed for plants in frames or open ground. Set 

 plants in early spring, and for succession up to July, making rows 3 

 feet apart and having the plants stand IJ to 2 feet apart in the row. 

 Cultivate same as Cabbages. 



One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 



Dreer's Select Matchless. A small-leaved variety of this desir- 

 able vegetalile, which through careful selection has been brought 

 to perfection. Grows freely during the summer, and is fully 

 developed by the early frosts, at which time the stems are thickly 

 set with sprouts. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; ^ lb., $1.00. 



Long Island Half Dwarf. An American variety, thoroughly 

 acclimated; dwarf, robust habit; will endure the climatic changes 

 better than the foreign sorts, and much freer from mildew and 

 aphis. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; J lb., $1.00. 



