i RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEM 



BUSH LIMA BEANS 



CULTURE — Lima Beans are very susceptible to cold and seeds should not be planted until the ground has become thoroughly 

 warm. Sow about the same time that maple trees unfold their first leaves. Being gross feeders, they should be sown on well enriched 

 land, with the rows 2§ feet apart, dropping the bean six inches apart in the row, eye down. The two halves of the Lima Bean become 

 its seedling leaves, and unless the Beans are placed "eye down" the young plants find it most difficult to push through the soil. Fre- 

 quently the neck of the seedling is broken in the attempt which of course stands for loss of the plant. In light soil, cover about one inch 

 deep, less on heavier soils. A good fertilizer applied at the rate of 20 pounds to every hundred feet of row, when the plants begin to 

 bloom, will materially increase the yields. Hill plants slightly earlier in the season to hold the pods off the ground One pound will 

 plant 50 feet of row. 



103 Burpee Improved Bush Lima. The plants are strong 

 and vigorous, producing large numbers of handsome pods, 

 grown in clusters and well filled with Beans. Pkt., 15 cts.; 

 § lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 85 cts.; 5 lbs., $2.00, prepaid. 



105 Dreer's Bush Lima. Comes in a week or ten days later 

 than our Wonder Bush. The Beans are packed close together 

 in the pods, producing usually four beans each, sometimes 

 five, and are thick, sweet and succulent. An excellent variety, 

 which is particularly valuable for the home garden on account 

 of its productiveness. Note the results of the trials at the 

 Illinois Experiment Station, printed below. Pkt., 15 cts.; 

 1 lb., 30 cts.; lb., 55 cts.; 2 lbs., $1.00; 5 lbs., $2.25, prepaid. 



The Illinois State Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 Urbana, Illinois, recently concluded trials of five varieties of 

 Bush Lima Beans extending over five years and grown under 

 every conceivable condition, and the Dreer Bu*h Lima shows 

 by far the highest average in yield each year. The combined 

 five year average yields for all these different treatments 

 shows the Drccr Lima Bean producing a 51% greater yield 

 than any other variety. Write to the Illinois Experiment 

 Station for Bulletin 307. 



The Dreer" 

 Bush Lima Bean 



111 Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima. Very desirable on account 

 of earliness, productiveness and its fixed habit of growing in 

 the dwarf or bush form. The plants are of strong, upright 

 growth, and are completely covered with large pods, many 

 of which contain four beans fully as large as those of the pole 

 limas. The beans are flat and broad and are superior in 

 flavor to the round, thick-seeded varieties. On account of its 

 unusual earliness, Wonder Bush Lima can be planted well on 

 in the season without much risk of failure. Pkt., 15 cts.; 

 \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 85 cts.; 5 lbs., $2.00, prepaid. 



107 Fordhook Bush Lima (See Specialties, 2nd Cover and 

 Page 1.) Pkt., 15 cts.; \ lb., 30 cts.; lb., 50 cts.; 2 lbs., 90 cts.; 

 5 lbs., $2.00, prepaid. 



109 Henderson's Bush Lima. The popular Baby Lima. A 

 bush form of Sieva or Small Lima type, which is largely 

 grown by those who prefer the small size beans, and also in 

 big demand for canning. The plants grow about 20 inches 

 high and are very productive, bearing well filled pods, con- 

 tinuously throughout the season. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; 

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



POLE LIMA BEANS 



Dreer's Wonder 

 Bush Lima Bean 



CULTURE — Pole Limas are even more tender than the Bush type and should not be planted until toward end of May, or when all 

 danger of frost is passed. Set the poles about 4 feet apart each way and plant 4 to 6 beans, eye downward, around each pole. When 

 plants are up, thin out to 3 plants to a pole. Pinch off the ends when plants overrun the top of the poles. It is well to use a shovelful of 

 rich, light, well-rotted compost to each hill. One pound of seed will plant 75 to 100 hills. 



115 Carpinteria Lima. Vines are vigorous and make strong growth, producing large quantities of pods, usually containing four large 

 Beans, which are thicker than the ordinary lima, and retain their pale green color even when in the dry state. Pkt., 10 cts.; j lb., 

 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.85, prepaid. 

 122 Early Leviathan 

 Lima. The earliest 

 large podded Pole 

 variety in cultiva- 

 tion and an enor- 

 mous cropper. The 

 shelled beans are of 

 excellent quality. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; J lb., 

 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 

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

 $1.85, prepaid. 



Early Leviathan Pole Lima Bean 



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