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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 Experiment Station, printed below. Pkt., IS cts.; 

 h 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 Bush Lima shows by far the highest average in yield 

 each year. The combined five year average yields for all these different 

 treatments shows the Dreer Lima Bean producing a 51 % greater yield 

 than any other variety. Write for Bulletin 307 addressing above 

 Station. 



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Special Crosby's Egyptian Beet 



Dreer's Special Crosby's 

 Egyptian Beet 



145 This special selection of extra early Beet is as great an 

 improvement over the ordinary Crosby Egyptian as 

 the latter variety is over the old-time Egyptian Blood 

 Turnip Beet and is valuable both for the private 

 gardener and the amateur, on account of its reliability 

 to produce a uniform crop of best quality. The skin is 

 very smooth, bright red and flesh vermillion, very sweet 

 and tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; i lb., 60 cts.; lb., 

 $1.75. 



Sprouting Broccoli 

 "Calabrese" 



179 Of easy culture, it can be grown for an early crop, start- 

 ing seeds in hotbed or greenhouse in February or March 

 and later transplanting the same as Cabbage, but we 

 believe it is better grown for fall use, sowing seed in the 

 open bed in May and transplanting later thirty inches 

 apart each way. One ounce of seed will produce 

 about 2000 plants. 



Plants produce, growing from the centre, green heads 

 somewhat in the form of a Cauliflower and measuring 

 four or five inches across, although not of so compact a 

 form. These are cut out and used before the flower buds 

 open up, and then from the axils of the leaves there 

 gradually will develop thick, fleshy, light green sprouts 

 with buds similar in form to those removed earlier 

 from the centre of the plants, but smaller, ranging 

 from one to three inches across. Cut these with 

 about five or six inches of stem and prepare for the 

 table like Asparagus. They are tender and of a distinct 

 and very agreeable flavor, and will be found a welcome 

 change from the usual green vegetables. The sprouts 

 should be cut regularly, just as soon as sufficiently 

 developed, otherwise they will soon flower and fail to 

 produce further. Pkt., 20 cts.; \ oz., 85 cts.; oz., $1.50. 



Dreer's Matchless Brussels Sprouts 



A selected strain of this highly esteemed, hardy vegetable, grown for 

 the sprouts which are produced along the stem, and are in the 

 form of miniature savoys. The small spoon-shaped leaves wrap 

 around one another and form solid round heads in large quantities, 

 and which are tender and of fine flavor. The heads begin to form 

 at bottom of stem, and when cut away additional heads will form in 

 succession up to the top of stem. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 20 cts.; oz., 35 

 cts.; i lb., $1.00. 



Golden Acre Cabbage 



This excellent variety is the earliest round headed Cabbage. It will 

 mature at least 7 days ahead of the earliest strains of Jersey Wake- 

 field, considered the standard Early of the country. The heads of 

 Golden Acre cabbage are perfectly round, firm, and of exceptionally 

 line texture, heavy mid-ribs being entirely absent. They average in 

 weight about 4 pounds and produce very few outer leaves, permitting 

 close planting in the row. A valuable addition to the list of fine 

 Cabbages. Pkt., 20 cts.; \ oz., 50 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; \ lb., $2 00. 



'Calabrese" Sprouting Broccoli 



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