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POLE or RUNNING BEANS 



Green Pod Varieties, Continued 



12 7 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 



become streaked with red when mature. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 



65 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.55, 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. 



Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.85, prepaid. 



Wax Pod Varieties 



137 Kentucky Wonder Wax. A yellow podded "Kentucky 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., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 



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

 136 Dreer's Golden Cluster Wax. Introduced by us over 40 years ago. The hand- 

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



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. In light soil, 



over 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. 



1 03 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., 10 cts.; \ lb., 

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



105 Dreer's Bush Lima. (See Specialties, page 1.) Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 

 2 lbs., 85 cts.; 5 lbs., $2.00, prepaid. 



Ill Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima. The earliest maturing lima we offer. 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 pronounced by many 

 as being superior in flavor to the round, thick-seeded varieties. On account of its unusual easi- 

 ness, Wonder Bush Lima can be planted well on in the season without much risk of failure. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; \ lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.75, prepaid. 



107 Fordhook Bush Lima. This most excellent variety gains in popularity each succeeding 

 year. It produces many large pods in clusters and each pod is well filled with 4 or 5 large beans, 

 which are very thick through and of excellent flavor. A great seller on market, and a favorite 

 wherever Bush Lima Beans are grown. 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, continuously throughout the season. Pkt., 10 cts.; J lb., 25 cts.; lb., 35 cts.; 2 lbs., 65 

 cts.; 5 lbs., $1.55, prepaid. 



Kentucky Wonder Wax Pole Beans 



The "Dreer" 

 Bush Lima Bean 



Note— This year particularly a vegetable garden is an economic necessity. It will considerably 

 reduce the weekly food bill and what is of far greater importance the home garden supplies fresh 

 tender produce of a quality unknown to the buyer of "store" vegetables. The work too, is pleasant 

 and healthful and if intelligently arranged the garden can be kept producing nearly all year 



For heavier yields, inoculate seed beans with "Stimugerm, offered on page 197 



