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POLE 

 LIMA BEANS 



Continued 



117 Dreer's Improved Pole. In some 

 sections this variety is called Challen- 

 ger, or Potato Lima. Plants strong, 

 medium late and very productive. 

 Pods contain 4 or 5 thick light green 

 Beans, and shells out more Beans 

 from a given number of pods than 

 any other Pole Lima. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 J lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 85 cts.; 

 5 lbs., $1.95, prepaid. 



121 King of the Garden. An old 



favorite variety of vigorous growth 

 bearing large dark green pods with 

 four to five large white beans of good 

 quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; £ lb., 25 cts.; 

 lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 5 lbs., 

 $1.85. prepaid. 



12S Small Lima, or Sieva. Poles 

 literally loaded with well filled pods. 

 Beans small like the Henderson Bush 

 variety and of fine flavor. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; -| lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 

 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, prepaid. 



POLE 

 or RUNNING 

 BEANS 



CULTURE — In common with Pole 

 Limas (see culture directions on page 12), 

 these are rank growers and consequently 

 rank feeders. Do not attempt to grow 

 Pole Beans on poor, thin soil, but enrich 

 the hills well with liberal quantities of 

 well-rotted manure or humus. One 

 pound will plant 100 hills. 



Green Pod Varieties 



128 Kentucky Wonder or Old 

 Homestead. Combines size and 

 quality in an extraordinary degree. 

 Pods are generally borne in clusters of 

 2 or 4, individual pods averaging 7 or 

 8 inches long. They are deeply saddle 

 backed, very fleshy and perfectly 

 stringless at all stages of development. 

 Kentucky Wonder matures the bulk of 

 its crop in from 80 to 100 days. 

 Where poles are not available, string 

 supports should be provided since the 

 vines are exceedingly rank growers, 

 bearing exceptionally heavy crops. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 

 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, prepaid. 



Ureer's Golden Cluster Wax Pole Beans 



Dreer's Improved Pole Lima 



129 Lazy Wife's. A late variety, excellent for snap-shorts or 

 shelled. Pods about 6 inches long and are thick, meaty and 

 of fine flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lbs., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 

 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, prepaid. 



132 White Creaseback, or Best of All. Early, productive 

 and fine quality; pods about 5 inches long and are produced 

 in clusters. Should be gathered while young. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, prepaid. 



127 Horticultural, or Speckled Cranberry. Grown for 

 shell beans exclusively, for, unless used while quite young, 

 pods show strings. Pods 5 inches long, pale green, but be- 

 come streaked with red when mature. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 

 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, prepaid. 



131 Scarlet Runner. Largely grown as an ornamental, 

 for its attractive flower clusters. The shelled beans 

 are quite palatable and serve the same purpose as 

 shelled Limas in sections too cold to produce Limas. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; i lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 

 5 lbs., $1.85, prepaid. 



Wax Pod Varieties 



137 Kentudky Wonder Wax. A yellow podded "Ken- 

 tucky Wonder," which bears a large quantity of rich 

 golden-yellow pods from the time the plant is about 

 half grown until it is killed by frost in the fall. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 5 lbs., 

 $1.85, prepaid. 



136 Dreer's Golden Cluster Wax. Introduced by us over 

 40 years ago. Tr. '\andsome pods are 6 inches long by ] 

 inch broad, and are borne in clusters of 4 to 6 and hang on 

 the plants literally by the handsful. Those pods that are not 

 gathered while young will ripen a very useful white product 

 of dry shell beans. Pkt., 10 cts.; § lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 

 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.85, prepaid. 



Kentucky Wonder or 

 Old Homestead 

 Pole Beans 



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