D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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POUB 1>IMA BEAINS 



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EARLY... 

 LIMA BEAN 



Introduced by us in 1895. 



THE . EARLIEST , TRUE . LIMA 



It Furnishes the 

 Largest Green Beans 



And is the Most Easily Shelled 

 of any of the Limas. 



The Best Lima Bean Ever Offered 



FOR MARKET GARDENERS' USE. 



Practical value has been the object aimed 

 at in the development of this grand variety. 

 It is the outcome of the labors of a skillful 

 market gardener who selected for 

 several years the largest green 

 beans from the thinnest and most 

 easily opened pods. 



The vine is so productive that although the 

 pods rarely contain more than four beans the yield 

 IS enormous and is produced from the very first to 

 the last of the season. 



The green shelled beans are of immense size 

 but so tender and succulent that they shrink in 

 drying to about the size of the Large White Lima. 



In Earliness, Ease of Shelling, Size, 

 Beauty and Quality of the Green Beans, 

 This Variety is far in Advance 

 Of all Other Sorts. 



It is recognized as the best of all the Limas for 

 either the garden or market. Pkt. 10c: Pt. 2.5c: 

 ^t. 40c; 4qts. $1.50; Bushel $8.00 



SMALL WHITE LIMA, CAROLINA, OR SIEVA vines vigor- 

 ous, with many short branches, so that they are sometimes 

 grown without poles; very early and productive, with small, 

 smooth, dark green leaves, and small, yellowish-white blos- 

 soms: pods short, curved, thin; flat: beans white small 

 kidney-shaped. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Ots.' $1.25; 

 Bushel $7.00 ' 't -^^ ? 



CHALLENGER LIMA The vines of this splendid sort are very 

 stout, vigorous and productive, leaves lai-ge and thick The 

 pods are much thicker than those of the other Limas and 

 contam from four to five beans which are large thick 

 white, and of the best quality. It is early and continues 

 bearmg its closely crowded clusters of pods until cut otT by 

 trost. One of the most popular varieties with the New York 

 market gardeners. This is similar to, but a decided improve- 

 ment on what is knovMi as Dreer's Improved Lima Pkt. 10c • 

 Pt. 25c; (^t. 40c; 4 (^ts. $1.50: BusIipI $8.00 



LARGE WHITE LIMA Too late for the extreme North, and 

 is being supplanted bj' Seibert's Early Lima, because the 

 latter is earlier. Vine tall growing, vigorous, but slender; 

 leaves medium sized, smooth, light green: blossoms small, 

 white: pods borne in clusters, long, broad, very thin, dark 

 green; beans large, ovoid, kidnev-shaped. greenish-white, 

 flat. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c: 4(^ts.$1.25: Bushel $7.00 



King of the Garden Lima ... 



Vine veiy vigorous and productive. Tods of the largest size 

 filled with four or five immense, white beans of the finest 

 quality. On account of its large pods it is a favorite wiUi 

 market gardeners. It will come into bearing sooner, and 

 will make larger pods if not more than two vines are left to 

 grow on a pole. Pkt. 10c: Pt. 25c: Qt. 40c; 4 Qts. $1.50; 

 Bushel $7.50 



If Beans are wanted by mail or express, prepaid, add 10 cents per pitit, 15 cents per quart, for charges. 



