WM. C. BECKERT 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Lima Beans — Pole or Running Beans 



BUSH LIMA BEANS 



Fine crops of delicious Llmas are now grown without poles 



For Beans sent by mail, add postage at the rate of 8 'cts. per pt. and 15 cts. per qt. 10-cent packets sent postpaid. 



BURPEE'S LARGE BUSH LIMA. They form large branching bushes 18 or 20 inches high, and 

 2 or 3 feet across. The strong constitution of the plant is shown in its stout, thick stalks and large, deep 

 green, leathery leaves, as much as in its heavy yield of thick, broad, handsome pods, which are as large 

 and well filled as those of the Pole Limas; as many as 200 pods have been counted on a single plant. 

 Identical in size and flavor with the Pole Limas. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 4 qts. $1.25. 



DREER'S, or KUMERLE'S BUSH LIMA. This variety is of strong, bushy habit, and produces 

 its pods in great abundance. The beans are crowded thickly in the pods and are thick, sweet and succu- 

 lent. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 4 qts. $1.25. 



Pole, or Running Beans 



(©tartgert SSo^nen) 



Pole Beans are less hardy than the Bush sorts, and should be planted several weeks later, when the 

 ground is warmer and frost is over. Plant the seeds in slightly raised hills 3 or 4 feet apart, 4 or 5 seeds 

 to the hill. The Limas are especially tender, and the rule for late outside planting with them is rigid. 

 Painstaking cultivators, who are usually the most successful, plant them eye downward, after setting stout 

 poles for every hill. All sorts of late-ripening Pole Beans are benefited by pinching the tips of the vines 

 back when they are about 5 feet high. A quart of Limas will plant about 100 hills; a quart of the smaller 

 sorts about 200. 



POLE, LIMA BEANS 



KING OF THE GARDEN. An improvement 

 on the Large Lima. When not too closely planted, 

 the vines set beans early and bear continuously 

 until frost; only two vines should be allowed to a 

 hill. Productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 

 30 cts., 4 qts. $1. 



FORD'S MAMMOTH LIMA. The pods, aver- 

 aging 7 inches in length and 5 to 7 beans to a pod, 

 are produced in clusters; quality the finest. Vines 



vigorous, early and productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 4 qts. $1.25. 



EXTRA LARGE LIMA. A standard variety; 

 the beans are large and buttery in flavor. Pkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 4 qts. $1. 



DREER'S IMPROVED, or CHALLENGER 

 LIMA. Early and productive; beans thick and 

 rounded, tender and good. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., 

 qt. 35 cts., 4 qts. $1.25. 



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E,DIBLE=PODDED POLE BEANS 



SUNSHINE WAX. Pods 6 to 8 inches long; very straight, and 

 borne in clusters; prolific and of fine quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 4 qts. $1.25. 



GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX. Productive and early; pods from 

 6 to 8 inches long, of very fine flavor, and remaining fit for use a long 

 time. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 4 qts. $1.25. 



IMPROVED KENTUCKY WONDER, or OLD HOMESTEAD. 



Very prolific; long, showy green pods, borne in large clusters; they 

 are often 9 or 10 inches in length; when young are nearly round, 

 crisp and tender; excellent for home or market use. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., 4 qts. $1.50. 



LAZY WIFE. Very productive; pods green, 4 to 6 inches long, 

 broad, thick, fleshy and entirely stringless; of rich, tender quality; 

 excellent for winter use. Extensively planted. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 

 cts., qt. 40 cts., 4 qts. $1.50. 



DUTCH CASE-KNIFE. Pods long, flat; beans white, flat and 

 kidney-shaped; quality fine. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 

 4 qts. $1.25. 



HORTICULTURAL, or CRANBERRY. Good as a shell Bean, 

 either green or dry; Beans large, spotted with red; of good flavor; 



very productive and profitable. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 

 4 qts. $1.25. 



WHITE CREASEBACK, or 

 BEST OF ALL. Very productive, 

 bearing in clusters; pods silvery 

 green, medium size, best quality. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 

 4 qts. $1.25. 



FRENCH ASPARAGUS, or Ford's Mammoth Lima Beans. 

 YARD LONG. Pods 2 or 3 feet 



long; tender, and of asparagus flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts. 



SCARLET RUNNER. With showy scarlet blossoms; beans 

 purplish, with black markings; very ornamental. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 15 cts., qt. 30 cts. 



ENGLISH DWARF BEAN, BROAD WINDSOR. 



English Broad Beans are as hardy as peas, and should be sown in 

 drills 2 feet apart as early in spring as the ground can be prepared. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts,, qt. 25 cts. 



