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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 Beans 



The only stiffly erect ^V^Cc DC/"- 1 A 1 tnxI 

 bush form of the Po- ^^ ^^ '"^'^^ ■ ■ I 



tato 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 lield 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 tliree weeks earlier than any other of the pole 

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

 as large as those of tlie 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., !^pt. 20 cts., pt. 35 cts., by mail, postpaid; 

 by express, pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., 4 qts. $1.25, pk. $2.25. 



Burpee " Improved Bush." Enormous 



pods, 



borne abundantly and well filled and very early. These 

 are the largest pods of any of the Bush Lima Beans ; 

 vigorous bush with heavy foliage; plants uniformily 

 upright. Pods measure 5 to 6 inches long by iK inches 

 wide. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 40 cts., by mail postpaid; by ex- 

 press, pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., 4 qts. $1.25, pk. $2.25. 



Dreer's Bash. Possesses all the good qualities of 

 the Dreer's Pole Lima, growinj^ vigorously about 2 

 feet high and showing no disposition to run. It pro- 

 duces 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; by express or freight, qt. 

 35 cts., pk. $2, bus. $7.50. 



Wood's Prolific Bush. An Improved Henderson 

 Bush Lima. Earlier than tlie Burpee' s Bush Lima, 

 but somewhat smaller in size of bean. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 30 cts., qt. 50 cts., postpaid ; by express or freight, 

 qt. 35 cts., pk. $1.80, bus. $7. 



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., 

 pk. S1.75, bus. $6.50. 



Pole Lima Beans 



POLE LIMA BEANS, continued 



Carpen teria 



novelty! 



Green-Seed ed Pole liima. ^ Lirna 



— — — — — — — ^ Bean with 



Green Seed is always greatly desired. This new Bean 

 was found by one of the largest Lima Bean farmers, 

 in California. Its superiority and wonderful produc- 

 tiveness are very marked. The vine is of strong, vig- 

 orous growth, with many branches or runners, pro- 

 ducing a great many large pods which are closely 

 filled with large, broad-seeded and plump, thick, 

 green-colored, perfect Beans. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 35 cts., 

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

 4 qts. $1.25, pk. $2.25. 



Stokes' 



3tokes'stan dardI 



stan dard Pole I^ima. Very prolific, 



with immense 



pods hanging in large clusters, frequently with five 

 large beans to the pod. Pkt. 10 cts., 'Apt. 20 cts., pt. 

 35 cts.; by express, pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts., 4 qts. $1.30, 

 pk. $2.50. 



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 

 in 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, post- 

 paid; by express, qt. 30 cts., pk. $1.85, bus. $7. 



Shotwell's Im- 



Early I<eviathan. 



specialty] 



proved Thick-P ole Lima, 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, 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 recommendations received from them. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 35 cts., qt. 50 cts., postpaid ; by freight 

 or express, qt. 35 cts., pk. $2, bus. $7.75. 



Ford's Mammoth -Podded Pole 



This Lima Bean is the result of over twenty 

 years' selection by the late James Ford, 



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 matur- 

 ing. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 50 cts., postpaid; by express or 

 freight, qt. 35 cts., pk. $1.85, bus. $7. 



Jersey Extra-Early. The pods are large and numerous, invaria- 

 bly haying 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 S4 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., postpaid; by freight or express, 

 qt. 35 cts., pk. $1.85, bus. $7. 



King of the Garden. More prolific than the ordinary Lima, bear- 

 ing pods 5 to 6 inches long in clusters of four and five, with five to 

 six beans in a pod. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 30 cts., qt. 50 cts., postpaid; 

 by express or freight, qt. 35 cts., pk. $1.85, bus. $7. 



Salem Improved. A selection from the large Lima Bean, of extra- 

 ordinary size and deep green color. Pt. 30 cts., qt. 55 cts., post- 

 paid ; by freight or express, 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. $6.50. 



Fordhook Bush Lima Bean 



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. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 30 cts., qt. 50 cts., postpaid ; by freight or express, qt. 35 cts., pk. 

 $1.85, bus. $7. 



Stokes* Evergreen. ""^ j^p^EC I ALT Y) 



The Stokes' Evergreen not only holds the full size and great pro- 

 ductiveness of the Salem Improved, 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. 40 cts., pk. $2.50. 



E. W. Meadors, Salem, Ind., writes September 14, 1911: 



"I am a market-gardener and used your seeds this year. I made a grand 

 display of vegetables grown from your seeds at our county fair, which was 

 held at Salem, Ind., September 5 to 8, 1911, and took first prize over all 

 other displays; almost everybody asked me where I got my seeds, and I told 

 them I got them of Stokes. This was surely a great advertisement for your 

 seeds. I can highly recommend Stokes' seeds to be true to name and of the 

 finest quality." 



