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POLE LIMA BEANS-Continued 



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117 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. Pods contain 4 or 5 thick 

 light green Beans, and shells out more Beans from a given 

 number of pods than any other Pole Lima. Pkt., lOcts.; 

 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 85 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.95, prepaid. 



119 Early Jersey. Matures a few days earlier than the King of 

 the Garden, and is very productive. The pods contain from 

 three to five large beans, and the quality is good. Pkt., 10 

 cts.; J lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, 

 prepaid. 



121 King of the Garden. An old standby of vigorous growth 

 bearing large dark green pods with four to five large white 

 beans of good quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; i lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 

 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.85, prepaid. 



125 Small Lima, or Sieva. Poles literally loaded with well 

 filled pods. Beans small and of fine flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; § 

 lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, prepaid. 



POLE or RUNNING BEANS 



CULTURE — In common with Pole Limas (see culture direc- 

 tions on page 14), these are rank growers and consequently rank 

 feeders. Do not attempt to grow Pole Beans on poor, thin soil, 

 but enrich the hills well with liberal quantities of well-rotted 

 manure or humus. One pound will plant 100 hills. 



Green Pod Varieties 



128 Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead. . Pronounced 

 by experts the best flavored of ail Beans in cultivation. Ken- 

 tucky Wonder combines size and quality in an extraordinary 

 degree. Pods are generally borne in clusters of 2 or 4, in- 

 dividual pods averaging 7 or 8 inches long. They are deeply 

 saddle backed, very fleshy and perfectly stringless at all 

 stages of development, 

 of its crop in from 80 

 to 100 days. Seeds 

 sown along with the 

 earlier varieties of 

 Bush Beans will yield 

 a crop just about the 

 same time that the 



Bush Beans are through bearing. Where poles are not available, string supports should 



be provided since the vines are exceedingly rank growers, bearing exceptionally heavy 



crops. Pkt , 10 cts.; \ lb., 20 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, prepaid. 

 129 Lazy Wife's. A late variety, excellent for snap-shorts or shelled. Pods about 6 inches 



long and are thick, meaty and of fine flavor. The very prolific character of this variety 



first earned its rather misleading name. One can gather a great mess within a short time. 



Pkt , 10 cts.; i lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; .5 lbs., $1.75, prepaid. 



132 White Creaseback, or Best of All. Early, productive and^fine quality; pods about 

 5 inches long and are produced in clusters. Should be gathered while young. Pkt., 10 

 cts.; \ lb., 20 cts ; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, prepaid. 



133 White Dutch 'Jase- Knife. Beans straight and flat, of fair quality. Good shell 

 bean. Pkt, 10 cts.; § lb., 20 cts.; lb , 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 65 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.55, prepaid. 



127 Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. Grown for shell beans exclusively, for, 



unless used while quite young, pods show strings. Pods 5 inches long, pale green, but 



become streaked with red when mature. The beans may be used either green or dry. 



Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.85, prepaid. 

 131 Scarlet Runner. Largely grown as an ornamental, for its attractive flower clusters. 



The shelled beans are quite palatable and serve the same purpose as shelled Limas in 



sections too cold to produce Limas. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 



5 lbs., $1.85, prepaid. 



Wax Pod Varieties 



137 Kentucky Wonder Wax. A yellow podded "Kentucky Wonder," which bears a 

 large quantity of rich golden-yellow pods from the time the plant is about half grown 

 until it is killed by frost in the fall. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 

 5 lbs., $1 85, prepaid. 



136 Dreer's Golden Cluster Wax. Except for the fact that the beans are flat and some- 

 what shorter, this unique yellow-podded sort compares very favorably with Old Home- 

 stead, in both quality and immensity of yield. The majority of the very handsome pods 

 are 6 inches long by f inches broad. They are borne m clusters of 4 to 6 and hang on the 

 plants literally by the handsful, making it very easy to gather a handsome mess within a short time. Those pods that are not 

 gathered while young will ripen a very useful white product of dry shell beans. Ready for use within 70 days from time seeds are 

 sown. Pkt, 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 5 lbs.. $1.85, prepaid. 

 ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS in quantities offered in this Catalog are DELIVERED TRANSPORTATION PAID, anywhere 



in the United States, we reserving the privilege of shipping either by PARCEL POST, EXPRESS or FREIGHT. 



Kentucky Wonder, or Old Homestead 



