4 SEED CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. A T A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen inxTti "Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
May's King of the Garden Early Lima Beans 
POLE BE.vNS and especially 
Lima.1, require a ver 
rich, warm, loamy soil and 
should be planted when 
all danger of frobt is 
past for if planted In 
cold or soggy soiF 
the seed will rot 
Use poles 5 lo 8 
feet long set in 
rows 4 feet apart 
planting 4 to 6 
beans in a 
circle about 
6 inches 
from thi 
base of 
the pole: 
'a»cr. 
thin out to 3 plants 
per pole; or where 
a trellis is used 2 or 
3 beans may be 
pUnred in hills n foot apart. Cul- 
tivate freely, top-dressing each iiiH 
ivith a little jpoultry manure, com- 
post, or good fertilizer, which is to 
be well worked into the soil. To 
fct a very early crop start the 
cans under glass in April and trans- 
plant to the open ground as soon as 
the weather becomes warm. One 
quart will plant from 150 to 200 hills. 
Prices quoted on vegetable seeds are as 
low as can be consistently made on quality stock 
KENTUCKY 
WONDER 
MAY'S Champion 
Lima 
THIS VARIETY Tvas intToduced by us and after repeated triais has been found to be one of 
the best and most satisfactory lima beans on the market. It is undoubtedly the finest 
for private gardens, and market gardeneis would do well to note its excellent qualities in 
choosing their next year's crop. The pods are very large, 
shelling out more beans to a given number of pods than 
any variety of lima bean and in quality they are 
rich and mealy. The vines are 
i^orous and healthy in growth 
and exceedingly prolific. 
Packet lOc, pint 30c,, 
quart 45c., peck $2.00. 
MAY'S Kentucky 
Wonder 
(Old Homestead 
Greenpod) 
AWEi.i, KNOWN and tried 
variety that scarcely 
ceds recommendation to the bean 
rowers. It is 10 day."! earlier than 
•--^^ any other green pole bean, 
vigorous and enormously 
productive from July to frost. 
The pods arc borne in clusters 
hanging from the top to the bottom 
of the pole, arc silvery green in color, 
very long, often measuring 9 or 10 inches, 
crisp, round, so fleshy that they are greater in 
thickness than in breadth; tender and absolute- 
ly stringless. The seed is long, oval and dun- 
colored. Packet Sc., pint 30c., quart 45c., 
peck $1.50. 
MAY'S Lima— King of the Garden 
iGHTLY NAMED and more exten- 
sively cuUivnted than any other 
Lima. It is a heavy yielder on all 
kinds of soil and there is no better strain 
in the market. The pods are enormous, 
often measuring B to 9 inches, and containing 
as many beans of trsccUcnt flavor and quality. The vines are vi^»)rous 
and prolific and market gardeners find it one of the most prohtabie 
varieties. Packet Sc., pint 30c., quart 45c., peck Sl.75. 
