

PETER HFNDERSON aCO.,iNEW YORK 



17 



IMPROVED 



Old Homestead kentOcky wonder 



GRpN'POPDED SNAP POLE BEAN 



A Marvel of Produdiveness 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- podded Pole Bean. First 

 pickings may be made in the latitude of New York early in July, and if the pods are 

 gathered as they become ready for "snaps," the. vine will continue to produce m 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 very large, 8 to 10 inches in length, entirely strmg- 

 less, plump, round and almost ' ' solid meat, " cooking meltingly 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, invariably do so in most flattering terms. 

 \Seecut.) Price, 10c. pkt, 2Sc.pt., 40c. qt., $1.40 for four qts., $2.50 pk. 



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

 for productiveness and quality, many of the pods being a foot in length, 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. 



THE TWO BEST POLE LIMAS GROWN 



Leviathan '""^ 



EAKLY 



IdeaF^^ 



Hendersons 



EARLY POLE 

 LIMA BEAN 



MAIN CROP 



Leviathan 



ONE WEEK EAKLIEK THAN ANY 



TWO WEEKS EAKLIEPv THAN MOST 



OF SUPERIOR QUALITY IMMENSE SIZE 



WONDERFULLY PRODUCTIVE 



This delicious 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, consequently 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 fre- 

 quently seen from 5 to 10 in a cluster — and they are always 

 well filled with the most delicious Beans of beautiful 

 green color. Price, 10c. pkt., 2Sc. pt., 40c. qt., $1.40 

 for four qts., $2. 50 pk. 



"7 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." EDWARD HOLLESTER, Avondale Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 



' ' Your Early Leviathan Pole Lima has done better than any of three other varieties grown by me; the season has been cold and wet, 

 but the Leviathan Limas have given us great satisfaction." 1. L. POWELL, 



Gardener to Samuel Thome, Esq., Millbrook, N. Y. 



HENDERSON'S POLE LIMA BEAN, IDEAL 



THE BEST MAIN CROP LIMA GROWN ENORMOUSLY PROLIFIC 

 BEANS OF GIGANTIC SIZE QIJALITY, TENDERNESS AND FLAVOR SUPERB 



There have been several special types and selections of the fayorite old large White Lima put on the 

 market, most of which have been improvements in one way or another. Our Leviathan, 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 buttery 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 ma- 

 turing 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 injury. 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., $1.50 for four qts. $2.75 pk. 



I wish to inform you of the results obtained from the Henderson Ideal Lima. For some 



years I have been making a specialty of growing pole limas and have bought nearly every 



new variety offered by the different seedsmen; but we have never found any to compare 



with the Ideal for size, yield and quality." F. S. WHITE. St. Louis, Mo. 



"I feel so proud of the Ideal Lima, that I want to thank yon for my success. I 

 entered 40 pods with .5 and 6 beans to the pod at the New Jersey Horticultural 

 Show at Orange and received First Prize against six other Lima growers." 

 FRED M. REINHARDT, Gardener to Mrs. F. Cummings, West Orange, N. J. 



o" complete list of Garden Beans (''crn.brnt B^am'a^a'umaf ) see pages 53 and 54; Field Beans, p. 68 



