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FERRY & CO., DETRO 



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BEANS 



DWARF LIMA 



Wonder Bush Lima 



This eompai-atively new class of 

 beans cannot be recommended too 

 highly. The beans can be grown 

 and gathered much more easily 

 than the pole Limas, and are 

 fully as good in quality. Every 

 horne garden should have at 

 least one planting of them. 



Bush Lima, or Dwarf Sieva 



( HEKDER- 

 .S O N ■' S). 



A dwarf f urni of the Small Lima, and valuable be- 

 cause of its extreme earhness. Vines are without 

 runnei-s, but continue to gi'ow and set pods until 

 stopped by fvosx. Leaves small and very dark 

 green : borne in clusters and often above the foli- 

 age. Pods short, flat and containing two to four 

 "beans, which are of excellent qualitj^ either green 

 shelled or dry. Seed small, flat and white. 

 Pkt.lOc; F»t.Ji5c; Qt.35c; 4Qts.$l.-;i5; Bu.$7.00 



A fine, new bean intro- 

 duced by Dreer. Simi- 

 lar to Dwarf Large White Lima, but pods larger- 

 borne more in the center of the vine and mature, 

 little eaiiier. The vine also is less inclined to 

 foi-m an occasional runner and we think is more 

 productive. Green beans and the seeds like those 

 of Dwarf Large White Lima. Pkt. 10c; Pt. '45c; 

 Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.35; Bu. $7.00 



Dwarf Large White Lima ft'^'i&tZ 



Large Lima. Plants uniformly dwarf, but enor- 

 mously productive. Pods as large as those of the 

 Large Lima and contain from three to five very 

 large, flat beans of the best quality. While not 

 quite as e^rly as Dwarf Sieva, this is considered 

 by many to be of better 

 quality, fully equaling 

 in this respect the Large 

 White Lima. Seed of 

 medium size flat, white 

 Pkt. 10c; Pt. '^.'ic; 

 Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1 

 Bu. $7.00 



WoNDEff Bush 

 Lima Bean. 



Kamerle Bush Lima ,Vir'ha?i™fh'"^m"tS 



pods and large, thick beans which have made the Challen- 

 ger so popular. The plant, Mhile fully as dwarf, is hai diez 

 and matures its crop earlier than the Dwarf Large \\ mte 



Lima. Many consider this .sort the best of the Dwarf Limas. 



Pkt. lOc; Pt. 35c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $7.00 



BEANS-Pole or Running 



CULTURE— Pole Beans are even more .sensitive to cold and wet as well 

 as to droughts and hot winds than the dwarf varieties, but are of superior 

 quality and productiveness. After .settled warm weather set poles four to 

 eight feet long and slanting slightly toward the north, in rows four feet apart 

 and extending north and south, the poles being three feet apart in the row. 

 in this way the vines climb better and the pods are straighter and more easdy 

 seen. Around each stake plant five to eight beans two inches deep, and when w ell 

 started thin to four plants. It is a natural habit of all vines to climb around a pole 

 always in one direction, and they will not do well if an attempt is made to tram 

 them to run in the opposite direction. Another plan is to plant in rows thickly 

 enough so that there will be one plant to eight or ten inches. Set posts five feet 

 high firmly at each end of the rows and drive stakes made of 2x3 lumber at inter- 

 vals of about sixteen feet along the rows. Stretch a wire, size No. 10 or 12, between 

 the posts along each row, and fasten it to the tops of the stakes with wire staples, 

 run a lighter wire or twine along the bottom about six inches frora;the ground, 

 fastening likewise to the posts and stakes. Between these two horizontal wires 

 stretch a wire or twine perpendicularly wherever there is a plant; the vines will 

 run up these until they reach the top wire, when they will care for themselves 

 Another way is to omit the bottom wire and stick small stakes two to six inches 

 in the soil and fasten to top wire. 



l/i/hitP f'fPJIQP Rap!/ TIus variety is especially valuable for its extreme 

 ffilitty 1/1 C-tidC/ UGKjfk eariiness and its habit of perfecting all of its pods 

 within a short time. Vines small to medium, but vigorous, and in good soil won- 

 derfully productive, bearing round, fleshy pods in clusters of from four to twelve 

 Pods medium length, silvery green, of the be^t quality a.s snaps and stand ship ping 

 better than most sorts. The beans are too small to be of much value when shelled 

 green, but are of very superior quality baked. Seed small, oval, verv 

 white and hard. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 30c; Qt. 30c; 4 Qts. $1.0O; Bu.$G.o6 



U&nfiirhv M/Anfll>r Ti^is spendid variety, introduced by us in 1885, 

 S^t-HilllyRJ ^USiUC! has since been offered as Seek-No-Further, and 

 was introduced in 1891 as a novelty under the name of Old Homestead. 

 Vine vigorous, climbing well and very productive, bearing its pods in large 

 clusters; pods green, very long, often reaching nine or ten inches, nearlj'- 

 round and very crisp when young, becoming very irregular and spongy 

 as the beans ripen. Seed long, oval, dun-colored. An early and very 

 prolific sort, \yith showy pods which are most excellent for snaps. It is 

 sometimes catalogued as being the same as Southern Prolific, but this is 

 an error, as the latter is two weeks later and has shorter pods, Pkt. iOc; 

 Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25; Bu. $6,50 



If Beans are ordered by mail or express, prepaid ,add 10 cents per pint^ 

 15 cents per quart; for charges. 



