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Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Bow a 



Fordhook Bush Lima Bean 



The Fordhook Bush Lima is 

 altogether unique, being an im- 

 proved erect bush form of the 

 popular "Potato Lima." Mr. 

 Burpee, the introducer, says: 

 Nothing like it has ever been 

 seen before. Of strong, erect, 

 true bush like growth (never 

 prostrate or running), the bush- 

 es average 20 to 30 inches in 

 height by 20 to 24 inches across 

 the top. The foliage is of heavy 

 texture and very dark green in 

 color. 



The stalks that produce the 

 olossoms are thrown out from the 

 lateral and main stalk; the pods 

 are borne in "clusters" of from 

 four to eight. The pods resemble 

 those of the Dreers Bush Lima, 

 but average more than double the 

 size, measuring from four to five 

 inches long, about one and a 

 quarter inches wide. The pods 

 contain three to five large beans 

 with an average of four. In the 

 illustration you will note the ex- 

 treme size and thickness of the beans 

 35 cts., qt. 65 cts. 



Price per pkt. 10 cts., 2 pkts. 15 cts., Vz pt. 20 cts., pt. 



New Hodson Wax Bean 



This distinct new type of bean is re- 

 markable for its great size of plant and 

 pod and wonderful productiveness. It 

 will outyield any other bush bean. A 

 very sturdy grower, and so far it has- 

 proven to be entirely free from rust and 

 blight. Comes about two weeks later 

 than the earliest dwarf beans. Plants are- 

 loaded with long, handsome, straight 

 pods, averaging seven inches in length,, 

 and of a waxy cream-yellow. 



When picked young they are string- 

 less, when fully mature they have a> 

 slight string." It is distinctly a market 

 gardener's bean, as a main crop vari- 

 ety, on account of its great vigor and 

 freedom from diseases. The plant should 

 be at least thinned out to 6 inches, 

 apart in the row. 



Price per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 

 45 cts., pk. $1.75. 



Black Valentine Dwarf Bean 



Very hardy, with a capacity for resisting unfavorable weather and disease. Long, straight, green 

 pods of fine quality, enormously productive. Ready in 50 days after planting, good for early and 

 late planting for its extreme hardiness. A most desirable sort for market gardeners for its large an(S 

 handsome appearance. None better for shipping and for this purpose is largely planted in the Souths 



Price per pkt. 5 cts., pt. 25 cts., qt. 50 cts., pk. $1.75. 



