POLE AND BUSH LIMA BEANS. 



KING OP THE GARDEN LIMA 



An improvement over all the old pole 

 Limas, excelling in every way. It is vig- 

 orous in growth and immensely pro- 

 ductive, yielding the largest and best 

 beans. It is not the earliest on my list, 

 but for main crop I recognize it as the 

 leader. The pods are large, numerous 

 and well filled, and the vine begins to 

 bear near the foot of the pole and con- 

 tinues until frost. I can endorse but 

 cannot better the words of the origin- 

 ator, who said ; "The vines grow luxur- 

 iantly, and furnish a bountiful supply 

 of enormous pods, many specimens 

 measuring from 5 to 8 inches, and often 

 producing 5 or (i beans to the pod, all 

 perfectly formed, and possessing superb 

 qualities." Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 

 cents; quart, 60 cents, postpaid. Peck, 

 82.00; bushel, 87.50. 



SALEM IMPROVED LIMA. — A 

 selected strain of the large pole Lima, 

 but so superior to the Lima Beans with 

 which most of my customers are fam- 

 iliar that I give it a prominent place in 

 my catalogue. It is one of the most pro- 

 ductive as well as one of the best Limas. 

 The pods are borne in clusters, often 

 with live or six large beans in a pod. 

 It ripens shortly after Seibert's Early 

 Lima, and bears until frost. I recom- 

 mend it especially as an excellent table 

 bean, though It is not less desirable for 

 sending to market. Packet, 10 cents; 

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

 Peek, $1.75; bushel, $6.00. 



SEIBERT'S EARLY LIMA. — The 

 earliestof all pole Limas. Developed by a 

 market gardener who selected the larg- 

 est green beans from the thinnest and 

 most easily opened pods. The very best 

 sort for practical market gardeners. It 

 produces pods very early, and the beans 

 are of fine quality. The green shelled 

 beans are large, tender and succulent. 

 In earliness, ease of shelling, size, 

 beauty and quality of the green beans 

 this variety is unsurpassed, and must 

 be accorded a high place in public 

 esteem, for garden as well as for mar- 

 ket. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts., 

 postpaid. Peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.50. 



DREER'S IMPROVED LIMA.— A 

 bean of rather peculiar shape; thick 

 and plump. The vines are very produc- 

 tive, and the pods always well filled. 



The beans are of the most delicious quality. When green they nearly equal the 

 large Lima in size, but are thicker, sweeter and more tender. They remain green 

 In the pod a long time after maturing. The type represented by breer's Lima is 

 a valuable one. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 80 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. Pk., $2.00; bu., S7.60. 



rpHIS year cultural directions written by Mr. Greiner and revised by me will 

 be found on all my packets and ounces of vegetable seeds. Make a note 

 of this; it Is worth your while. 



trouble at times 

 by showing a 

 tendency to re- 

 vert to the old 

 climbing form, 

 and there is 

 doubtless much 

 poor seed on the 

 market, but I 

 have succeeded 

 in growing a 

 strain of uni- 

 formly dwarf 



habit. The plant grows IS or 20 inches high and 

 has an erect, branching stem, and yields from 50 

 to 200 marketable pods per plant under good 

 treatment. The vigorous growth of the stem and 

 the rich color of the foliage indicate a strong 

 constitution, and insure large and regular 

 crops. The size and luscious flavor of the bean 

 is precisely the same as the pole Lima. Mow in 

 rows 3 feet apart and thin to 12 to IK Inches in the row. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 30 

 cents; quart, 50 cents, postpaid. Peck, $2.00; bushel, $7.50. 



HENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA. — The earliest of the bush Limas; two weeks 

 earlier t han any of the climbing beans. It is small in size, and hence not popu- 

 lar with market gardeners, but of high table merit, and in favor with housekeep- 

 ers on account of its delicious flavor and great productiveness. The plant re- 

 quires no support of anv kind. It bears until frost, and a small patch will supply 

 a family. Its bearing ability was demonstrated some years ago when I oflered a 

 prize of S150 in cash for the largest yield. The winning plant carried 321 well 

 developed pods. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts., postpaid. Pk., 81.76; bu., 80.00. 



TIIOK BURN'S OR DREER'S BUSH LIMA — This bean is a dwarf form of 

 Dreer'B Pole Lima, intermediate in size between the two bush Limas above de- 

 scribed. It is a thick, meaty bean, of good flavor and high food value. The plant 

 grows 12 to 18 Inches high, and the bush form of growth is well established. It is 

 very productive, the pods, like the leaves, being short and thick. Packet, 10 cents; 

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



BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA.— This Is a dwarf bush form of the large Lima. The 



pods and seeds are of full Lima 

 size, but the plant has lost its 

 climbing or trailing habit, and 



has been changed from a ^ . i i8zW £!P VZ" 1 



vine into a bush. This 

 bean has caused a 

 good deal of 



KING OF THE 

 GARDEN LIMA 



BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA BEAN. 



When beans by the pint or quart are ordered by express or freight, 8 cents per pint, or 15 cent6 per quart 

 may be deducted from prices quoted. Pecks and bushels sent by freight or express at purchaser's expense. 



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