LAZY WIVES POLK BEAN This variety 



originated in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where tor 

 number ot years, it has been the must popular Pole Bean j 

 grown. Pods are wonderfully broad, chick, fleshy, and,! 

 above all, entirely stringless. In these respects theyl 

 surpass any other I know of. Then, again, the |>ods retain! 

 their rich, stringless and tender qualities until they are! 

 almost ripe; so much SO, in fact, that 1 am perfectly safe! 

 in saying they are the best of all Snap-Shorts. They also I 

 surmss every variety in the way vines cling to the pole, I 

 and every beau grower will at once acknowledge this is a I 

 nio.-t important qualification. It.- name. 1 think, implies 

 productiveness, for, the vines being covered all Summer] 

 w ith masses of beautiiul pods, it is just the sort to suit lazy 

 wives, as a mess can soon be picked for dinner. Pods are 

 rather flattish, oval shape, and, when fully grown, nrel 

 from 4 too inches long, exceedingly rich, buttery, and fine | 

 flavored when cooked. They are hardy, easily grown, and 

 enormously productive. I could furnish hundreds of 

 testimonials from persons who have grown and used the 

 Lazy Wives Bean, all claiming it to be the best Bean they 

 have ever tried, and many have discarded all other kinds, 

 using this for an early and late snap-short, and also as dry, 

 shell or Winter bean ; and such is the peculiar taste arid 

 pleasant flavor of this Bean that we nave known many 

 persons who could not be induced to eat other varieties of 

 string beans after tasting Lazy Wives, if they could obtain 

 the latter. Packet, 10 cents ; pint, 30 cents. 



IMPROVED KENTUCKY WONDER 

 POLE BEAN. — This Bean, w hile a very old variety, has 

 lately been so improved as to deserve cultivation liy all 

 people who like a nice long green podded pole bean. It is 

 very early, enormously productive, the pods actually 

 hanging in clusters from the top to the very bottom of the 

 pole. At the same time they are very long," stringless, and 

 always cook remarkably tender. In fact under its new 

 name, the Old Homestead, it has been recommended as 

 the best of all green podded pole bean-. Packet, 10 cents ; 

 pint, 25 cents. 



EXTRA EARLY" LIMA Also known as Early- 

 Jersey. This is 10 days to two weeks earlier than any other 

 pole Lima, and until the introduction of THE NEW 

 BUSH LIMA five years ago, was the earliest in cultiva- 

 tion. Notwithstanding its earliness it still equals the 

 ordinary large Lima in quality and productiveness, while 

 the beans are equally as large. Many in the North who 

 have never been able to raise Lima Beans until they 

 planted this variety have had great success with Extra 

 Early Lima. Pkt, 10 cents ; pint, 30 cents ; quart, 55 cents. 



BLACK LIMA.— The introducers. W. A. Bur- 

 pee & Co., have this to say: "The vine is a me- 

 dium vigorous grower, quite hardy and enor- 

 mously productive. Pods have a uniform length I 

 of about 3% inches, and contain 3 and 4 beans 

 each, which are of dark green color when cooked, 

 of delicious flavor and delicate quality. Packet, 

 10 cents; pint, 30 cents; quart, 50 cents. 

 JACKSON WONDER.- This is one of Ihe re- 

 cently largely 

 advertised spe- 

 cialties in dwarf 

 lima beans; re- 

 sem bles H e n- 

 derson's Bush 

 Lima, and In 

 parts of Geor- 

 gia it is highly 

 esteemed; said 

 t o be a very 

 valuable forage 

 c r o p, but on 

 our own trial 

 grounds we can 

 not say that it 

 amounted to 

 much. Pkt., 10 

 cts.; pt., 30 cts. 



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