WALTER^ p. STOKES 219 Market §treet. PHIbADELPHIA,EA. 



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. 



Stokes' Evergreen. The Stokes' Ever- 

 green not only holds the full size and 

 great productiveness of the Salem Mam- 

 moth, but has the remarkable additional 

 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. 

 65 cts., postpaid ; by e.xpress, qt. 50 cts.. 

 pk. $2.75. 



King of the Garden. More prolific than 

 the ordinary Lima, bearing pods 5 to 

 6 inches long in clusters of four and 

 five, with five to si.x beans in a pod. Pkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., postpaid; 

 by e.xpress or freight, qt. 30Cts., pk. $1.75, 

 bus. $6.50. 



Salem Improved. A selection from the 

 large Lima Bean, of extraordinary size 

 and deep green color. Pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 

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

 40 cts., pk. $2.25, bus. S8.50. 



Large White (E.xtra Selected Size). The 

 well-known favorite. Our strain is fine. 

 Pt. 25 cts. , qt. 45 cts. , postpaid ; by express 

 or freight, qt. 30 cts., pk.$i.75, bus. $6.50. 



Dwarf Bush Lima 

 Beans 



New Wonder. 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 improve- 

 ment on the original type of Burpee's 

 Bush Lima, being larger in size, more 

 hardy and prolific. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25c., 

 qt. 40 cts., postpaid; by express orfreight, 

 qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.90, bus. $7. 



Dreer's, or Knmerle. Possesses all the 

 good qualities of the Dreer's Improved or 

 Challenger Pole Lima, growing vigor- 

 ously 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. 25 cts., qt. 

 45 cts., postpaid; by express or freight, 

 qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.90, bus. $7. 



Dwarf White, or Burpee. 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. 

 25 cts., qt. 50 cts., postpaid; by express 

 or freight, qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.80, bus. $6. 75. 



Wood's Prolific. An Improved Hender- 

 son Bush Lima. Earlier than the Bur- 

 pee'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. 10 cts., pt. 

 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., postpaid; by express 

 or freight, qt. 30 cts., pk.$i.8o, bus. $6.75- 



Henderson's, or Dwarf Sieva. Size of 

 the small Southern, or Sieva Lima. Enor- 

 mously productive. Pt. 25 cts. , qt. 50 cts. , 

 postpaid; by express or freight, qt. 30c., 

 pk. $1.75, bus. $6.50. 



Pole Lima Beans 



stokes' Standard Pole Lima. See 



page 9. 



Siebert's Early. This new variety is one 

 of the very earliest. The vine is very vig- 

 orous 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. 25 cts., qt.45 cts., postpaid ; by freight 

 or express, qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.80, bus. 

 16.75- 



Jersey Extra-Early. The pods are large 



and numerous, 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 $t, to $4 per bushel of 

 pods, and previous to the introduction of Siebert's Early, were 

 considered the earliest. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 45 cts., post- 

 paid ; by freight or express, qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.80, bus. $6.75. 



LEAFLET ESSAYS on vegetable growing, free 

 with orders. See page 38 



Dreer's Improved Challenger, or Po- 

 tato. 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. 45 cts., post- 

 paid ; by express or freight, qt. 30 cts., 

 pk. $1.85, bus. $7. 



Shotwell's Improved Thick 

 Pole Lima Bean 



Originated by one of the best and most 

 experienced growers of northern New Jer- 

 sey. It is of the thick or Potato Lima class, 

 but will be found a decided improvement 

 on the Dreer's Improved Pole Lima or any 

 other Bean of its class in earliness, produc- 

 tiveness and fine quality. All claims made 

 for it have been fully substantiated by hun- 

 dreds of our customers who tried it in past 

 seasons, and we regret we have not room 

 here to publish the many strong recommen- 

 dations received from them. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 Dt. 35 cts., qt. 55 cts.. postpaid; by freight 

 or express, qt. 40 cts., pk. $2.25, bus. S8.50. 



Ford's Mammoth-Podded 

 Lima Bean 



Pole 



to sev 

 green 

 at the 

 Ford 

 finest 

 pt. 30 

 40 cts 



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 

 en beans per pod, of most excellent quality for using either 

 or dry. The vines grow vigorously, setting the beans early 

 botloni of the pole, and continue in bearing right up to frost, 

 s Mammotli-podded is, without exception, the largest-podded, 

 ■flavored and most productive of all Lima Beans. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 cts., qt. 55 cts., postpaid; by freight or express, pt. 20 cts., qt. 

 ., 2 qts. 70 Cts., pk. $2, bus. $7. 



If undecided what varieties to order, always take "Stokes' 

 Standards," and you will make no mistake 



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