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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS. 



POLE BEANS. 



Stangen Bo/men, Ger. Haricots a r-.itnes, Fr. Frijol vastago, Sp. 



One quart "will plant about one liundred hills. 



All under this head require poles 8 to 10 feet long, and should not be planted until the ground is warm, as they are more 

 tender than the dwarf varieties. Plant about the middle of May if the season is suitable. Lima Beans are apt to rot if planted 

 too early. Set poles 4 feet apart each way, and plant 4 to 6 beans about 1 inch deep around each pole. When sowing Lima 

 Beans place the eve downwards, and thin out to 3 plants to a pole, if the soil is rich ; pinch oft" the ends when the plants overrun 

 the top of the poles, to effect more perfect growth below. They succeed best in sandy loam, with a shovelful of rich, light and 

 well-rotted compost to each hill, well incorporated. Lima Beans for early use may be grown in frames and transplanted. 



POLE LIMA BEAXS. 



Early Jersey Lima. A few days earlier than the Large Lima. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 

 20 CIS., qt. 40 cts., peck S2 00. 



Dreer's Improved Lima. A very superior early variety of excellent quality 

 and gieat productiveness. This variety is without doubt the best for private gardens. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 33 cts.. peck $200. 



Siebert's Early Lima. An improvement on the Large Lima Bean, the pods be- 

 ing peculiarly thin and flexil)le, so that they are more easily opened and shelled than 

 other beans. \Yhen in condition for use they are larger than any other variety, and 

 very handsome in shape and color. It is the earliest of the large Limas. Vines are 

 har.iy and very productive. Pkt. 10 ct>., pt. 25 cts, qt. 40 cts., peck $200. 



Larg-e Green Lima. This variety is largely grown 

 and highlv esteemed. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 3.5 cts., 

 peck 82.00. 



King- of the Garden Lima. A vigorous grower, 

 bearing profusely large pods varying in length from 5 to 

 8 inches. The beans are large and of rich flavor. Pkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 3.5 cts., peck $2 00. 



Ford's Mammoth Lima. (See cut.) A choice 

 selection of the Large Lima. It produces pods and beans 

 of enormous size and in great abundance. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., peck $2.00. 



Small Lima, or Sieva. The earliest of the Limas. 

 A prolific bearer; beans small, but of good quality. Pkt. 

 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., peck $2.00. 



Drbbk's Golden Cluster Wax 

 Pole Bbans. " 



POLE, OR RUISXEVG BEANS. 



WAX POD. 



Dreer's Golden Cluster Wax. This is a first class Pole 



Bean. It bears profusely its long golden-yellow pods in clusters 

 of 3 to 6 from bottom to top of pole, and continues in bearing 

 from the middle of July till the vines are cut by frost. This 

 v.Triety endures all kinds of weather, wet or dry. For market 

 it excels. The pods retain their tenderness long after the beans 

 have attained a large size. Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 20 cts., qt. 40 cts., 

 peck $2.00. 

 Golden Champion Wax. The earliest and one of the best 

 of the wax-podded Pole Beans; pods long, cylindric.-tl, much 

 curved, very fleshy, stringless, bright golden-yellow, borne in 

 clusters, unusually prolific and of excellent quality. Pkt. 10 cts.. 

 pt. 25 cts., qt. 40 cts , peck $2.00. 



GREEN POD. 



Pkt. 10 cts., pt. 15 cts., qt. 30 cts., peck $1.75. 

 Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. Equally good 



as a snap-short or shelled l^ean in the green or dry state. 



White I>Utch Case-Knife. One of the earliest, used as a 

 shelled bean, green or dry. 



Wllite Dutch Runner. An ornamental variety; large white 

 seed and lieautil'ul clusters of white flowers; good as a shelled 

 bean. 



Scarlet Runner. .A. groat favorite, producing clusters of beau- 

 tiful scarlet flowers. The leading Pole Bean of English gardens. 



White Creasehack, or Best of All. One of ihe'eariiest 

 grL-en-podded Pole Beans, exceedingly productive and of fine 

 quality. 



Kentucky Wonder, or Old Homestead. Producing 

 in chisters excellent snap-short beans in 80 days from germina- 

 tion. 



1g^ For Beans sent by mail add for postage at the rate of % cts. 

 per pint, 15 cts. per quart. Quarter-bushels and over sent 

 by express or freight at purchaser" s expense. 



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FoRp's Mammoth Lima 



(the l.nrgest variety grown). 



Seeds and Plants are now taken by leading Express Companies at a reduction of 20 per cent, from regular rates of merchandise 



