WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Vegetable Seeds — 11 



POLE LIMA BEANS 



MAULE'S EVERGREEN 

 POLE LIMA BEAN. 



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Maulc's Evergreen 



For a number of years a market gardener 

 near I'hiladelphia has been experimenting 

 with lima beans, with the idea of breeding a 

 bean that would i-etain the green color of the 

 bean Avhen di'y. I have secured some of the 

 seed, and grew the product of same at Pan- 

 mure. I must say it is a strong, robust, vigor- 

 ous grower, very productive, and the dry beau 

 retains the green color longer than any other 

 variety I know of. Hence its name, Evergreen. 

 When Ave add to it unusual productiveness and 

 superb quality, Ave have a lima bean that is as 

 near perfection as eA-er attained. Pacltet, 10 

 cts.; pint, 30 cts.; qxiai-t, 55 cts., postpaid. 

 By ex. or fi'eiglit, not prepaid, qt., 40 cts.: 

 4 quarts, $1.40; peclc, $3.50; busliel, $9.00. 



53 King of the Garden 



This old standard market sort is one of the best 

 for main crop. It is vigorous in groAvth and 

 immensely productive. The vine begins to pro- 

 duce pods near the foot of the pole, and the 

 bearing season continues Avithout interruption 

 until frost. The pods are large, numerous and 

 well filled, and the beans are of mammoth size. 

 The handsome pods often attain a length of Ave, 

 six, seven or eA^en eight Inches, Avith five or 

 six full and perfectly formed beans in each pod. 

 Pitt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts., post- 

 paid. By ex. or frclglit, not prej>aid, qt., 

 35 cts.; 4 qts., $1.25; pk., $3.35; bii., $8.00. 



54 New Ideal 



Pods are of enormous size; some reaching 8 

 inches in length, and are ijroduced in large 

 clusters, with 5 to 7 large beans to a pod. The 

 vines are remarkably productive. Tlie superb 

 q uality, tenderness and rich flavor, render New 

 Ideal one of the best main crop limas for home 

 garden and market. Paclcet, 10 cts.; pint, 

 30 cts.; qnart, 50 cts., postpaid. By expi-ess 

 or freiglit, not prepaid, qnax-t, 35 cents; 

 4 quarts, $1.35; peclc, $3.35; busliel, $8.00. 



57 Carolina or Sieva 



(The Butter Bean of the South.) Grows 

 quickly, matures early and is immensely pro- 

 ductive and bears continuously throughout the 

 season. Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 35 cts.; qt., 45 cts., 

 jiostpald. By ex. or freiglit, not prepaid, 

 qt.,30c.$ 4 qts., $1.10; pit., $3.00; ton., $7.50. 



55 Salem Improved 



This is a selected strain of the large pole 

 lima, and is distinctly superior to the lima 

 beans with Avhich most of my customers are 

 familiar. It is one of the most prolific lima 

 beans on the market, as well as one of the best 

 in table quality. The pods are borne in clus- 

 ters, often with five or six large beans in a pod. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 35 cts.; qt., 45 cts., post- 

 paid. By ex. or freiglit, not prepaid, «it., 

 30 cts.; 4 qts., $1.10; pis., $3.00; ton., $T.50. 



56 Dreer's Improved 



Also called Challenger Lima, Potato Lima, 

 etc. Of peculiar shape, being thick and plump 

 rather than flat and oval. It is a A^ery "meaty" 

 bean, of excellent flav^or and high table quality. 

 The beans are delicious. When green they 

 nearly equal the ordinary large lima bean in 

 size, but are thiclcer, SAveeter and more tender. 

 They remain green in the pod a long time after 

 maturing. The pods, which are borne in clus- 

 ters, aA^ei'age four or five inches in length, and 

 each pod contains four or five thick beans, 

 squared at the ends by pressure. The beans are 

 easily shelled. Paclcet, 10 cts.; pint, 30 cts.; 

 quart, 50 cts., postpaid. By express or 

 freiglit, not prepaid, quart, 35 cts.; 4 qts., 

 $1.35; peck, $3.35; tousliel, $8.50. 



51 Panmure Extra Early 



This pole lima bean is from California, Avhich 

 State has, of recent years, become known as 

 the greatest lima bean district in the Avorld. 

 By carefully selecting the earliest pods year 

 after year I haA'e secured a bean that is posi- 

 tively tAA'o weeks earlier than any other. Beans 

 are as large as the ordinary large lima, pods 

 containing four and five beans. It is so good 

 that I haA^e decided to i)Ut the name of my New 

 Jersey trial grounds to it. At Panmure, tested 

 alongside of thirty other A'arieties, it proved 

 one to tAvo AA'eeks earlier than the earliest. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; pt., 30 cts.; qt., 55 cts., post- 

 paid. By express oi- freiglit; not pi-epaid, 

 qnart, 40 cts.; 4 quarts, $1.40, peclt, $3.50; 

 tonsliel, $9.00. 



48 Early Leviathan 



An early variety of large size equal in this 

 respect to the main crop varieties. The pods 

 diJier from those of other early pole limas in 

 being straighter and longer. The pods hang 

 out frojn the foliage in large clusters; I ha\'e 

 frequently seen flA e to ten in a cluster, each 

 containing from four to six large beans to the 

 pod. An excellent home or market sort, giA'iug 

 satisfaction everyAvhere. Pacltet, 10 cts.; pint, 

 30 cts.; quart, 50 cts., posijiaid. By express 

 or freight, not prepaid, quart, 35 cts.; 

 4 quarts, $1.35; peclc, $3.35; buslxel, $8.00. 



PANMURE 

 EXTRA 

 EARLY. 



