Bush Lima Beans 



Treat Lima Bean seeds 

 with Spergon and Nitragin 



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

 ground has become thoroughly warm. Being gross feeders, they should be sown on wellrenriched 

 land, with the rows 2 l /> feet apart, placing the beans six inches apart in the row, eye down. 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 off the ground. 1 Pkt. for 

 25 ft. of row; one pound will plant 150 feet of row. 



103 Burpee Improved Bush Lima. 75 days. 

 Productive and of choice quality. The thick 

 Beans are packed close together, 4 or 5 to a 

 pod. Thev have a good flavor. Pkt. 10c; 

 y 2 lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, 

 prepaid. 



109 Henderson's Bush Lima. 65 days. 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 tall, 

 bearing a heavy crop-of pods 3 inches long, 

 each containing 3 or 4 small white beans. 

 Pkt. 10c; y 2 lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 

 5 lbs. $2.00, prepaid. 



113 Baby Fordhook Lima 



70 days. A development by Dr. Roy Magru- 

 der of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Very 

 desirable for the home garden, canning, and 

 freezing, with short pods of medium green 

 color packed with three or four small thick 

 beans of appetizing light green color. The 

 bushes grow 14 to 16 in. tall, branch freely, 

 and bear a truly enormous crop of pods. Pkt. 

 10c; y 2 lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. 

 $2.00, prepaid. 



107 Fordhook Bush Lima 



75 days. This variety is well known 

 wherever Lima Beans are grown as it com- 

 bines productiveness with choice quality. 

 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 even during wet seasons. The 

 pods are borne in clusters which accounts 

 for the productiveness of this splendid va- 

 riety. Each pod is about 5 inches in length 

 and contains 4 or 5 very thick, light green, 

 oval beans which have a distinctive rich 

 nut-like flavor quite unlike any other va- 

 riety. Pkt. 10c ; Yi lb. 30c ; lb. 50c ; 2 lbs. 90c ; 

 5 lbs. $2.00, prepaid. 



Ill 



Dreer's Wonder 

 Bush Lima 



Fordhook Bush Lima 



75 days. A most desirable Bush Lima Bean 

 because it is early and very productive. The 

 plants are of strong upright growth, heavily 

 laden with large pods many of which contain 4 

 beans each. Many gardeners pronounce the 

 broad, flat beans superior in flavor to those of 

 the round, thick-seeded varieties. We highly 

 recommend it and suggest that you give it a 

 thorough trial this year. Pkt. 10c; l /> lb. 30c; 

 lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, prepaid. 



See page 27 



for Vegetable 



Planting Calendar 



Pole Lima Beans 



-For Extra-Heavy Crops 



Culture — Pole Limas are even less hardy than the Bush type and should not be planted until 

 toward the end of May or when all danger of frost is past. Set the poles about 4 feet apart each 

 way and plant 6 to 8 beans, eye downward, around each pole. When plants are up, thin out to 3. 

 plants to a pole. Pinch off the ends when plants overrun the top of the poles. It is good practice 

 to use a shovelful of rich, light, well-rotted compost under each hill. 1 Pkt. for 30 poles; 

 one lb. for 100 poles. 



121 King of the Garden. 88 days. An im- 

 proved Carpenteria which yields a heavy 

 crop. It is an old favorite of vigorous growth 

 bearing large dark green pods each contain- 

 ing 4 or 5 pale green beans. The beans are 

 attractive and enjoy great popularity on 

 account of their splendid flavor. Pkt. 10c; 

 l / 2 lb. 25c; lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 80c; 5 lbs. $1.80, 

 prepaid. 



117 Dreer's Improved Pole 



90 days. The pods and beans are similar to 

 the Fordhook Bush Lima. It is a medium- 

 late variety of strong growth, bearing a very 

 heavy crop of attractive pods that shell out 

 more beans from a given number of pods 

 than any other Pole Lima. Each pod con- 

 tains 4 or 5 thick and attractive, light green 

 beans. Pkt. 10c; y 2 lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 

 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, prepaid. 



125 Small or Sieva. 77 days. Loaded with 

 small, well-filled pods. Small white beans like 

 the Henderson Bush. Pkt. 10c; y> lb. 25c; 

 lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 80c; 5 lbs. $1.80, prepaid. 



122 Early Leviathan. 79 days. The earliest 

 large-podded Pole variety and an enormous 

 cropper. The pods are 5 to 6 inches long and 

 contain 5 or 6 beans each. The shelled beans 

 are of excellent quality. Pkt. 10c; y 2 lb. 

 30c; lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, prepaid. 



Edible Soy Bean 



Inoculate seed with Nitragin 

 101 Bansei. 95 days. Edible Soy Beans are a 

 comparatively new vegetable so far as American 

 gardeners are concerned. They are rich in vita- 

 mins A, B, and D. Bansei is a very early variety 

 which will mature even where the growing sea- 

 son is quite short. The sturdy, upright bushes 

 are enormously productive bearing thick bunches 

 of pods with 2 or 3 delicious, light green beans of 

 a nut-like flavor to each. Pkt. 10c; l /> lb. 

 30c; lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, prepaid. 



Dreer's Improved 

 Pole Lima Beans 



Wait with planting Lima Beans until the weather is balmy and settled 



