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LIMA BEANS 



Culture. — All Lima Beans are very susceptible to rotting in cold, wet ground, and should not be planted until warm weather fairly 

 sets in. One quart of Lima Beans will plant about loo hills, allowing four to five beans to a hill ; 20 quarts will plant an acre in hills 4 by 4 

 feet. Poles 8 to 10 feet long should be firmly set in the hill before planting the seed. Poles should be set 4 feet apart each way. 



Dwarf Bush Lima Beans 



Fordhook Bush Lima Bean 



The only stiffly erect bush form of the Potato Lima. 

 Both pods and beans are twice the size of the 

 Dreer's Bush Lima. 



Fordhook Bush Lima is altogether unique, and has 

 a stiffly erect habit, branching freely, but with all the 

 branches held upright. It has an ideal bush growth, 

 which is strikingly different from the low spreading 

 growth of the Dreer's Bush Lima. Fordhook Bush 

 Lima bears tremendous crops; the beans are ready for 

 use fully three weeks earlier than any other of the pole 

 lima varieties. The plump, well-filled pods are twice 

 as large as those of the Dreer's Bush, while the beans 

 are also twice the size: the pods measuring 4 to 5 

 inches in length, containing four to five large beans. 

 Pkt. 15 cts., 'Apt. 25 cts., pt. 40 cts., by mail postpaid ; 

 by express, pt. •^octs , qt. 45 cts., 4 qts. $1.50, pk. $2.75, 

 ^bus. $1, bus. $10. 



New Wonder Bush. Largest in size and best of all. 

 The New Wonder is the earliest, dwarfest and most 

 prolific of the whole class of Bush Limas. A decided 

 improvement on the original type of Burpee's Bush 

 I^ima, being larger in size, more hardy and prolific. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt 50 cts., postpaid; by ex- 

 press or freight, qt. 35 cts., pk. $2, bus. $7.50. 



Dreer's Bush. Possesses all the good qualities 

 of the Dreer's Improved or Challenger Pole Lima, 

 growing vigorously about 2 feet high and showing no 

 disposition whatever to run. It produces pods in 

 great abundance. The beans grow close together, 

 four and sometimes five in a pod, and are thick, 

 sweet and succulent. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 50 

 cts., postpaid ; bv express or freight, qt. 35 cts., pk. 

 Si. 85, bus. $7. 



Burpee's Bush. The true bush form of the old 

 large Lima Pole Bean, and most popular of the 

 class. It grows vigorously to a height of 20 inches. 

 Pt. 30 cts. , qt. ,so cts. , postpaid ; by express or freight, 

 qt. 35 cts., pk. $1.85, bus. S7-25. 



Wood's Prolific Bush. An Improved Henderson 

 Bush Lima. Earlierthan the Burpee's Bush Lima, but 

 somewhat smaller in size of bean. Makes a larger 

 growth than others; stems are loaded down with 

 beans in great clusters. Pkt. :o cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 

 50 cts., postpaid; by express or freight, qt. 35 cts., 

 pk. $1.80. bus. $6.75' 



Henderson's Bush. Size of the small Southern 

 or Sieva Lima. Enormously productive. Pt. 25 cts.. 

 qt. 50 cts., postpaid; by express or freight, qt. 35 cts 

 bus. $6.50. 



Fordhook Bush Lima Bean 



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Pole Lima Beans 



stokes' Standard Pole Lima. Seepage 10. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 35 

 cts. ; by express, pt. 30 cts., qt. 50 cts., pk. J2.50. 



Early Leviathan. In this new Bean we have one that is earlier 

 than any other variety of Lima Bean, of unsurpassed quality and 

 with pods of immense size. The pods grow m large clusters and 

 are always well filled with most delicious beans of a beautiful 

 green color. This will be found the best Bean for those who want 

 Limas, and owing to their location have only a short season to 

 mature them. Pkt. 15 cts., pt. 30 cts., by mail, postpaid; by ex- 

 press, qt. 35 cts., pk. $2.10, bus. $8. 



Siebert's Early. This new variety is one of the very earliest. The 

 vine is very vigorous and productive Pods are large, but thin, 

 and can be more easily opened than those of other varieties. The 

 green beans are very large, handsome and of the best quality. In 

 earliness, ease of shelling, size, beauty and quality of the green 

 beans, this variety is superior, and is now recognized as one of the 

 best for either the garden or market. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 

 50 cts., postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 35c., pk. $1.85, bus. $7. 



Pole Lima Beans, continued 

 Jersey Extra-Early. The pods are large and num- 

 erous, invariably having from four to five beans in 

 each. These Beans appear in Philadelphia markets 

 nearly two weeks ahead of ordinary Limas, selling 

 at from $3 to $4 per bushel of pods, and, previous to 

 the introduction of Siebert's Early, were considered 

 the earliest. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 50 cts., post- 

 paid ; by freight or. express, qt. 35 cts., pk. $1 85, 

 bus $6.75. 



Stokes' Evergreen. The Stokes' Evergreen not 

 onl)- holds the full size and great productiveness of 

 the Salem Mammoth, but has the remarkable addi- 

 tional quality of holding in all stages of growth, and 

 even when dry and shelled, the deep green color of 

 the unripe state, giving the appearance of beans 

 fresh from the vine when cooked. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 35 cts., qt. 60 cts., postpaid ; by express, qt. 45 cts., 

 pk. $2.75. 



King of the Garden. More prolific than the ordi- 

 nary Lima, bearing pods 5 to 6 inches long in clus- 

 ters of four and five, with five to six beans in a pod. 

 Pkt. 10 cts , pt. 30 cts., qt. 50 cts., postpaid; by ex- 

 press or freight, qt. 35 cts., pk. $1.85, bus. $6.75. 

 Salem Improved. A selection from the large Lima 

 Bean, of extraordinary size and deep green color. 

 Pt. 30cts., qt. 55 cts., postpaid; by freight or ex- 

 press, qt. 40 cts , pk. $2.50. 

 Large White ( Extra Selected Size). The well-known 

 favorite. Our strain is fine. Pt. 25 cts., qt. 50 cts., 

 postpaid ; by express or freight, qt. 35 cts., pk. $1.75, 

 bus. J6.50. 



Dreer's Improved Challenger, or Potato. When 



green, is as large as the Large Lima. Thicker, 

 sweeter and more tender and nutritious, remaining 

 green in the pod for a long time after maturing. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 50 cts , postpaid ; bj' ex- 

 press or freight, qt. 35 cts., pk. jSi.85, bus. $7. 



Shotwell's Improved Thick Pole Lima 

 Bean 



Originated by one of the best and most experienced 

 throwers of northern New Jersey. It is of the thick or 

 potato Lima class, but will be found a decided im- 

 provement on the Dreer's Improved Pole Lima or any 

 other Bean of its class in earliness, productiveness and 

 fine quality. All claims made for it have been fully 

 substantiated by hundreds of our customers who 

 tried it in past seasons, and we regret we have not 

 room here to publish the many strong recommenda- 

 tions received from them. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 50 cts., post- 

 paid ; by freight or express, qt. 35 cts., pk. $2, bus. $7 75. 



Ford's Mammoth-Podded Pole Lima Beans 



This Lima Bean is the result of over twenty years' selection by 

 the late James Ford, who was one of the oldest market-gardeners 

 around Philadelphia. The pods grow to an average length of 8 

 inches, are produced in great clusters, with from five to seven beans 

 per pod, of most excellent quality for using either green or dry. 

 The vines grow vigorously, setting the beans early at the bottom 

 of the pole, and continue in bearing tight up to frost. Ford's Mam- 

 moth-podded is, without exception, the largest-podded, finest-flav- 

 ored and most productive of all Lima Beans. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., 

 qt. 50 cts., postpaid; by freight or express, qt. 35 cts., pk. Si. 85, 

 bus. $7.25. 



Miss Mary L. Whitman, West Hartford, Conn., writes November n), igog: 



" I was very successful with your ' Stokes' Standards.' Even after Novem- 

 ber I the tomatoes from the 'Stokes' Standard' Main Crop ai e still in fine con- 

 dition, solid and fine flavored. They were very satisfactory all summer, as 

 were the 'Bonny Best' Earlies, and produced quantities of the best fruit. 

 ' Stokes' Standard ' Beets were early and very fine ; the same excellent quality 

 was found in 'Stokes' Standard' Sugar Corn, Bush Beans, Salmon-fleshed 

 Muskmelon, Cucumber and others. It is surely of great advantage to be so 

 sure of getting the best of each kind of vegetable. 



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