vegetable SEEDS Becker V s Seed Store, 101 and 103 Federal St., N. S„ Pittsburgh, Pa. 



BUSH LIMA BEANS 



1 i k<_- Pole Limas, these are very tender, and can- 

 not be planted until the soil is quite warm and the 

 weather is settled. Plant in tows 2 feet apart and 

 8 inches apart in the rows. Plant the eye downward. 

 One quart will plant KM) feet of row. 



Extra-Early Giant Bush Lima 



This new variety may be considered the earliest 

 of all the large-podded Bush I imus. Bean of same 

 size and of equally good quality as those of Giant 

 Improved, described next, but it matures approxi- 

 mately 10 days earlier and is more prolific. A splendid 

 acquisition. Pkt. 15 cts., lb. 45c, 2 lbs. 85c, 5 lbs. 

 $2, 15 lbs. $5.25. 



Giant Improved Bush Lima. This is superior to 

 any of the older forms ol Bush Lima. Plant very 

 vigorous and upright, attaining a height of 30 inches 

 and 24 inches across. Pods often borne in clusters of 

 5 to 8 and of enormous size. Beans are larger than 

 those of any other variety, excepting the Extra-early 

 Giant described above, and of the very best quality. 

 Matures earlier than others; immensely productive. 

 Pkt. 15 cts., lb. 45 cts., 2 lbs. 85 cts., 5 lbs. 

 $2, 15 lbs. $5.25. 



Fordhook Bush Lima. Both pods and Beans are 

 larger than those of any other Potato Lima, of which 

 type Fordhook is easily the most perfect to date. Habit 

 of plant a strong, erect, bush-like growth. Pods borne 

 in clusters of from 4 to 8, averaging 5 Beans to the pod. 

 Exceedingly productive and of best qualitv. Pkt. 15c, 

 lb. 45 cts., 2 lbs. 85 cts., 5 lbs. $2, 15 lbs. $5.25. 



Quarter-Century, or Wonder Bush Lima. The 

 best type of the ever-popular Burpee Bush Lima. Plants 

 large, bushy, and vigorous, 18 to 20 inches high and as 

 much across; yields heavy crops of large, well-filled pods, 

 containing 3 or 4 Beans each, which in size and quality 

 are equal to the older types of Pole Lima. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 lb. 40 cts., 2 lbs. 75 cts., 5 lbs. $1.75, 15 lbs. $4.75. 



Wood's Bush Lima. Larger than Henderson Bush 

 Lima, as productive and of as good quality, but a little 

 later. Pkt. 10c, lb. 35c, 2 lbs. 65c, 5 lbs. $1.50, 

 15 lbs. $4. 



Fordhook Bush Lima Bean 



Bush or Pole Limas — Which? 



\\ here space permits and poles can be gotten, grow some of both! The 

 bush sorts bear early but, on account of short vines, do not bear so heavily as 

 the climbing type. Our choice of a combination is Extra-Early Giant Bush and 

 Fordhook, together with Leviathan and Carpinteria Pole. 



Carpinteria Pole Lima combines high quality 

 with unusual bearing power 



Extra-Early Bush Lima Bean 



POLE or RUNNING BEANS 



These and Bush Limas are \?ss hardy than other Bush Beans, and should be planted several weeks later, when the ground is 

 warmer. Plant the seeds in slightly raised hills, 5 or 6 feet apart, 4 or 5 seeds to a hill. The Limas are especially tender and the rule 

 for late outside planting with them is rigid. Painstaking cultivators, who are usually the most successful, plant them eye downward, 

 after setting stout poles for every hill. All sorts of late-ripening Pole Beans are benefited by pinching the tips of the vines back when 

 they are about 5 feet high. Lima Beans are considered by many the very finest of all Beans, and there is nothing in the vegetable Hne 

 that can take their place. A quart of Limas will plant about 100 hills; a quart of smaller sorts about 200. 



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