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Old Homestead 



or, IMPROVED 

 KENTUCKY WONDER 



GREEN-PODDED SNAP POLE BEAN 



A Marvel of Productiveness from July until frost. Large, thick, 

 stringless pods, meaty, tender and delicious 



This best and most popular green-podded snap Pole Bean is a marvel of continued 

 productiveness and is ten days earlier than any other green Pole Bean. First pickings 

 maj- be made in this latitude early in July, and if the pods are gathered as they become 

 ready for "snaps," the \'ine will continue to produce in great abundance until killed 

 by frost. 



The pods hang in great clusters from the top to the bottom of the vine and can be 

 gathered by the handful; the pods are verj' large, 8 to 10 inches in length, entirely string- 

 less, plump, round and almost ' ' soUd meat , ' ' cooking meltingh^ tender and of superb flavor. 



We have supplied Old Homestead Beans to customers in almost every State in 

 the Union, and those who report on them, invariablv do so in most flattering terms. 

 (See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. pt, 40c. qt., $2.25 pk^ 



■' The Old Homestead Beans just simply beat anything in the way of Pole Beans I ever saw both 

 for produciiveness and quality, many of the pods being a foot in length and tender and delicately flavored 

 as it is possible for a bean to be. I had the first on the 8th of June, which was way ahead of any one else 

 in this section for Pole Beans." Mr. THOMAS P. JONES. Griffin. Ga. 



Pole Lima Bean 



HENDERSON'S 



EARLY leviathan 



One week earlier than any! Two weeks earlier than most! 

 Of Superior Quality, immense Size. Wonderfully Productive 



This deUcious vegetable is denied many on account of the length of season required 

 to mature it, the early frost coming on as the crop is ready to pick. Leviathan is one 

 week earlier than any large Pole Lima yet offered and two weeks earlier than most, con- 

 sequently it will prove a boon to thousands of growers. We cannot praise too highly 

 the splendid quality and enormous productiveness of this peerless variety. The 



pods grow in large clusters 

 — we have frequently seen 

 from 5 to 10 in a cluster — 

 and they are always well 

 filled with the most deU- 

 cious Beans of beautiful 

 green color. Price, lOc.pkt., 

 25c. pt., 40c. qt., $2.25 pk. 



" / thought you might like to 

 hear of my continued success 

 with your Leviathan Lima Bean. 

 It is simply grand. I have 

 planted other varieties, but so far 

 have found none equal to yours." 



EDW.iRD HOLLESTER, 

 .\vcmdale .Ave.. St. Louis. Mo. 



"Permit me to congratulate you on the introduction of Henderson's Early Lexriathan Pole 

 Limas. It is the peer of any variety that I have ever grown or seen." 



W. E. VAIL, Yorktown Heights, N. Y. 



HENDERSON'S NEW 



POLE LIMA BEAN, "IDEAL" 



The Best Main Crop Lima Grown. Enormously Prolific. Beans of 



Gigantic Size. Quality, Tenderness and Flavor Superb 



There have been several special types and selections of the favorite old large 

 White Lima put on the market, most of which have been improvements in 

 one way or another. Our Le\'iathan, offered above, is a notable example, 

 among its excellent points being that of earliness. Henderson's Ideal Lima 

 is not extra early, but it matures a tremendous crop before frost in the 

 vicinity of New York. The merits of this variety are enormous size of pod 

 and Bean, productiveness and quality. It produces the largest Limas we 

 have seen in our experience of over fifty years; five to seven of these big, 

 fat butterv- Beans are borne in pods averaging two- thirds of a foot long; 

 these pods are produced in large clusters, those at the bottom of the plant 

 maturing early in the season, followed in succession by the upper clusters, 

 those at the top of the pole coming in before frost. The plant is of rugged 

 constitution, which carries it through wet spells without injurj'. The superb 

 quality, tenderness and rich flavor, combined with gigantic size of Bean and 

 productiveness, render Henderson's IDEAL the peer of any Lima grown for 

 use either green or cured. {See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 25c. pt., 45c. qt., $2.50 pk. 



"For some years I have been making a specialty of growing Pole Lima Beans and hare 

 bought nearly everything offered by the different seedsmen but have never found anything to 

 compare with your Ideal for si:e. \ield and quatilv." 



F. S. WHITE, St. Louis. .Mo. 



For 

 our 



complete list of Garden Beans {''ZZC'^.^'^^'d'' 



tiaf ) see pages 52 and 53; Field Beans, p. 68 



