WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Lima Beans — Pole or Running Beans. 



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BUSH LIMA BEANS. 



Fine crops of delicious Limas are now grown without poles, 

 ans sent by mail, add postage at the rate of 8 cts. per pt. and 15 cts. pei qt. 10-cent pkts. sent postpaid. 



BURPEE'S LARGE BUSH LIMA. Has become immensely popular. The plants come true from 

 seed, and the dwarf habit has become well fixed. They grow into splendid branching, circular 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 enormous yield of thick, broad, handsome 

 pods, wjyl'ch are as large and well filled as those of the Pole Limas; as many as 200 pods have been counted 

 on aiingle plant. Identical in size and flavor with the Pole Limas. Pkt. 10c, pt. 15c, qt. 30c, 4 qts. $1. 



✓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. $1.20. 



Pole, or Running Beans. 



(©tcmgen S3of)nen.) 



Pole Beans are not so hardy as the Bush sorts, and should be planted several weeks later, when danger 

 from 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 culti- 

 vators, 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 uir"' l — T EXTRA LARGE LIMA. A standard variety; 



the Large Lima, with large beans and pods, and 

 more productive habit. When not too closely planted, 

 the vines set beans early and bear continuously un- 

 til frost; onlv two vines should be allowed to a hill. 

 P\U'. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 4 qts. $1. 



V 'FORD'S MAMMOTH LIMA. The pods, aver- 

 ging 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. $1.20. 



the beans are large and buttery in flavor. Pkt. 10 

 cts/fpt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 4 qts. $1. 

 j/EXTRA EARLY JERSEY LIMA. The beans 

 are smaller than those of some other Limas, but are 

 much the same in form and quality. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 ptT18 cts., qt. 35 cts., 4 qts. $1.20. 

 tT DREER'S IMPROVED LIMA. Early and pro- 

 ductive; beans thick and rounded, tender and good. 

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



EDIBLE-PODDED POLE BEANS. 



mm SUNSHINE WAX. Bright yellow pods, 6 to 8 inches long; very //HORTICULTURAL, or CRAN 



straight, and borne in clusters ; prolific and of fine quality. Pkt. 10 BERRY. Good as a shell Bean 

 §t$., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 4 qts. $1. either green or dry; beans large, 



fc» GOLDEN ANDALUSIAN WAX. Pods 6 inches long, broad, 

 thick, fleshy and stringless, retaining this feature until nearly ripe; 

 quality fine; begins bearing when quite young. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 

 cts., qt. 30 cts., 4 qts. $1. 



• COLDEN CLUSTER. Productive and early; plump, tender, yel- 

 low, pods from 6 to 8 inches long, of very fine flavor, and remaining 



fit for use a long time. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. i5 cts., qt. 30 cts., 4 qts. $1. 

 r w>COLDEN CHAMPION. Enormous, light yellow pods ; they cook 



quite tender, and have no string. Pkt. 10c, pt. 15c, qt. 30c, 4 qts. $1. 

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

 ■inroad; thick, fleshy and entirely stringless; of rich, tender quality. 



Each one contains from 6 to 8 plump, round, white beans, which are 



excellent for winter use; late in maturing and one of the very best 



of Ithis type of Beans. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., 4 qts. $1. 

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



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

 'kidney-shaped; quality fine. Pkt. 10c, pt. 13c. qt. 25c, 4 qts. 90c. 



spotted with red ; of good flavor 

 very productive. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 13ycts., qt. 25 cts., 4 qts. 90 cts. 

 /WHITE CREASEBACK, or 

 ''BEST OF ALL. Very productive, 

 bearing in clusters ; pods silvery 

 green, medium size, best quality. 

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

 4 qts. 90 cts. 



RED SPECKLED CUT- 

 SHORT. For planting among corn; productive and of excellent 

 quality. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 13 cts., qt. 25 cts., 4 qts. 90 cts. 

 ./SCARLET RUNNER. With showy scarlet blossoms; beans pur- 

 plish, with black markings. Pkt. 10c, pt. 13c, qt, 25c, 4 qts. 90c. 



FRENCH ASPARACUS, or YARD LONG. Pods 2 or 3 feet 

 long; tender, and of asparagus flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 50 cts^ 



Ford's Mammoth Lima Bean. 



— 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. 



