VEGETABLE SEED NOVELTIES 



Lima Pole Bean. 



Allhough this remarkable new Bean has been known to a limited 

 extent in Georgia and Alabama, it was first brought prominently 

 before the public last season by Messrs. W, Atlee Burpee & Co.. who 

 thoroughly tested and proved us enormous productiveness and great 

 value in every part of the United States by distributing several 

 thousands of sm;ill packets free for trial. Our own inspection of the 

 crop, coupled with this knowledge, allows us to cordially endorse 

 their descriptiongiven below. Ourseed of WILLOW LEAF LIMA 

 is direct from Messrs. W. Atlee Burpee & Co.. and can therefore be 

 depended upon. 



The immense productiveness of the Willow Leaf Lima Bean is 

 amply proved from these reports, which are a sample of a large num- 

 ber received, to say nothing of many other reports from customers. 



Mr. Sam. CocHKAN, Arlington, Va., grew a vine measuring six- 

 teen feet three inches in length, and bearing 1729 pods; Mr. Jesse 

 L. RuPAKn, Sheldon, Mo., a vine measuring fifteen feet long, bearing 

 1401 pods; Mk. J. A. Campbell, Ft. Spring. W. Va., a vine 

 measuring seventeen feet eleven inches long, and bearing 1059 

 ports; Mr. H. H. Clark, Onargo, III., a vine nine feet long, bearing 

 1047 pods; Mr. Walter J. Parker, Woodland, N. C, a vine 

 measuring eighteen feet in lengih and bearing 771 pods ; Mr. J. J. 

 Harrison, Bladen Springs, Ala., a vine eleven feet in length, and 

 containing 763 pods; Mr. L. J. Lamb, Rossville, III., a vine twelve 

 feet in length, bearing 759 pods; Mr. Jas. S. Cooper, Patoka, 

 Ind., a vine fifteen feet in lengih, and bearing 721 pods. 



"In all our experience in the seed business, never before have we 

 known such a record to be made by any variety of Bean; in fact, 

 while we knew that the Willow Leaf Lima Bean, as announced last 

 year in the free distribution, was e.xtraordinarilj' productive, we could 

 hardly credit the hirgest of the prize reports, as announced above, 

 when first received, but in each and ever>' case we had the vines 

 shipped to us by express, and the counts given above were accurately 

 verified in our office. 



" It differs from all other Limas.also from all other Beans known^ 

 in its beautiful deef>ly cut foliage^ aptly described in its name — ^VUj- 

 IjOW leaf ; by reason of its light, graceful folia^je, it is ^o hand- 

 some that many gardeners have pronounced it worthy of growing as 

 an ornamental climbing vine. The leaves are trifoliate, b^ing narrow, not more than half an inch at the broadest part, and tapering to a point 

 some five inches. As the leaves are of a rich, dark green color, all pendent, it presents an attractive front. The beauty of the foliage, al- 

 though such an attraction, is overlooked as soon as it begins to bloom, by reason of the profusion of blossoms, which is astonishing ; the vines 

 are full of bloom, and later become loaded with pods. Tiie vines blossom and bear pods of uniform size from bottom to top. 



" The pods are of the Sieva or Sewee type, larger in size than Henderson's Bush Lima, well filled with the pure white beans, which are 

 tender and of fine flavor. It matures beans ready for the table very early ; ihe vines branch freely in ever^' direction, continuing to blossom 

 and bear throughout the season." Price, per pkt., 15 cts.; 2 pkts., 25 cts.; 5 pkts., 50 cts , postpaid. Per pint, 75 cts.; per quart, 51.40, 

 postpaid by Mail. By Express, per pint, 65 cts.; per quart, $1.25. 



