F. W. BOLGIANO & CO., INC., Washington, D. C. 



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BEANS— Bush Lima 



500. Bolgiano's Enormous 

 Bush Lima. ("Best in Garden" Va- 

 riety.) (Ready to pick in about 75 

 days.) This wonderful Bush Lima is 

 very early, large and best of all 

 bush limas; the vigorous bushes are 

 crowded with enormous pods. The 

 delicious green beans are larger than 

 any other Lima Beans. It yields con- 

 tinuously from June until frost. Both 

 the pods and the luscious flavored 

 beans are much larger and consider- 

 ably thicker than the large bush lima. 

 The seed beans are greenish and very 

 handsome, while the dried beans of 

 the large bush limas are pure white. 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 30 cts.; qt. 50 cts., 

 postpaid; pk. $2.25; bu. $8.50. 



572. Fordhook Bush 

 Lima. (Matures in about 75 



days.) Sometimes called the 

 Potato Bush Lima. The plants 

 are vigorous and erect bearing 

 pods well above the ground. 

 The medium green pods aver- 

 age nearly five inches long and 

 are borne in heavy clusters. 

 They are well filled with thick 

 meaty beans which retain their 

 green tint when dried. Pkt. 10 

 cts.; pt. 30 cts.; qt. 50 cts., 

 postpaid; pk.$2.25; bu. $8.50. 



513. Improved Large 



Bush Lima. (Matures in 

 about 75 days.) An early large 

 green seeded sort, quite vig- 

 orous and productive. The 

 pods are very large, medium 

 green, and are well filled with 

 It produces a magnificent crop for 

 30 cts.; qt. 50 cts., postpaid; pk. 



Bolgiano's Enormous Bush Lima. 



thick, large-sized beans of excellent flavor, 

 market or home garden. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 

 $2.15; bu. $8.00. 



504. McCrea's Lima. (Matures in about 65 days.) Entirely new and 

 different. Strong, stocky bush with big root system. Small pods like a baby 



ima, but beans large, thick, potato type. Will stand cold and wet weather; 

 will stand extreme heat. Green-seeded, retaining a green tint when cooked. 

 Unusually sweet flavor. Very prolific. Pods in a crown setting with three 

 to five beans in a pod. An ideal home garden lima. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 30 cts.; 

 qt. 50 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.25; bu. $8.50. 



505. Henderson's Bush Lima. (Matures in about 65 days.) It has 



merit in being productive and very early for family use. Makes a delicious 

 dried bean for winter use. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 30 cts.; qt. 50 cts., postpaid; pk. 

 $1.80; bu. $6.50. 



506. Dreer's Bush Lima. (Matures in about 65 days.) Pkt. 10 cts.; 

 pt. 30 cts.; qt. 50 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.25; bu. $8.50. 



501. Wood's Prolific Bush Lima. (Matures in about 65 days.) Pkt. 

 10 cts.; pt. 30 cts.; qt. 50 cts., postpaid; pk. $1.80; bu. $6.50. 



One qt. to 150 hills; 10 to 

 12 qts. to acre 



Pole Limas 



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CULTURE. Choose light soil and make small hills 3 feet apart, having 

 previously spaded deeply and fertilized. Set long poles 2 feet deep in the 

 center of the hills. Allow 6 beans to each hill, covering them barely be- 

 neath the surface, their eyes downward. Do not allow more than 3 to 

 climb a pole. The lima bean is very delicate, and often from slight causes 

 fails to sprout. They should not be planted until the ground is warm. 



502. Bolgiano's Evergreen Pole Lima. ("Best 

 in Garden" Variety.) (Matures in 85 days.) Fine flavor; 

 tender, thin skin, and cooks quickly. Bears continually 

 until fro.st. The yield is enormous, of large pods hang- 

 ing in clusters, filled full of the most delicious beans. 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 30 cts.; qt. 50 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.25; 

 bu. $8.50. 



503. Bolgiano's "Emerald Isle" Pole Lima Bean. 

 (Matures in 85 days.) The mammoth pods measure 7 to 8% 

 inches long, and 1 ] 4 to 2 inches in width. You will really 

 enjoy growing the "Emerald Isle"; it is early, fine flavor, and 

 bears abundantly until killing frost. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 30 cts.; 

 qt. 50 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.15; bu. $8.00 



514. King of the Garden. (Matures in 85 days.) Its 



vines has a luxurious growth which abounds with large pods, 

 often 6 to 8 inches long, and filled with 5 or 6 perfect beans 

 to a pod. These beans are large and luscious and remain 

 green when dry. Medium early in season. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 

 30 cts.; qt. 50 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.00; bu. $7.50. 



515. Carpenteria Pole Lima. (Matures in 85 days.) 



A most desirable pole lima for the home and market garden. 

 Produces an abundance of fine, large, medium green pods, 5 

 to 6 inches long, usually closely filled with four beans of 

 largest size, much thicker than the average pole lima. The 

 color is distinctive in having a decided greenish tint, an indi- 

 cation of very finest quality. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 30 cts.; qt. 50 

 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.15; bu. $8.00. 



507. Early Leviathan. (Mature in 83 days.) Early; 

 vine very tall and strong; pods long and borne in clusters; 

 beans large and white. It is early strong-growing and pro- 

 lific. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 30 cts., qt. 50 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.15; 

 bu. $8.00. 



508. Potato Pole or Improved Challenger. (Matures 

 in 78 days.) This is the potato pole lima, the beans being 

 about the same size and shape as Fordhook. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 

 35 cts.; qt. 60 cts., postpaid; pk. $2.60; bu. $10.00. 



509. Carolina or Sieva. (Matures in 78 days.) In the 



south this is familiarly known as the "butter bean." It is 

 very early, vigorous and productive. The seeds are small 

 and white but of good flavor. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 30 cts.; qt. 

 50 cts., postpaid; pk. $1.80; bu. $7.00. 



Reans Are Most Delicious When Picked Fresh from Your Own Garden 



