4 SEED CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. IVT A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen ITHZ'^n '^Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
May's King of the Garden Early Lima Beans 
Pole or Running' 
Sorts 
Directions for Culture^ 
POLE BEANS and especially 
LimaSt require a very 
rich, warm, loamy soil and 
<houId be planted when 
all danger of frost is 
past for if planted in 
cold or soggy soil 
the seed will rot. 
Use ; 
feet lonR set in 
TOWS 4 feet apart 
planting 4 to 6 
beans in a 
circle about 
6 inches 
from the 
base of 
the pole; 
later. 
thin out 10 3 plants 
per pole; or where 
a trellis is used 2 or 
3 beans may be 
planted in hills a foot apart. Cul- 
tivate freely, top-dressing each hill 
with a liiile poiiliry manure, com- 
post, or goocf fertilizer, which is to 
DC well worked into the soil. To 
get a very early crop start the 
beans under glass in April and trans- 
plant to the open ground as soon as 
the weather becomes warm. One 
quart wilt plant from 150 to 200 hilts. 
Prices quoted on vegetable seeds are as 
/ow as can be consistently made on quality stock. 
MAY'S CHAMPION LIMA 
THIS VARIETY vias introduced by us and after repeated trials 
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 gardeners 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 vigorous and healthy in growth and exceedingly prolific. 
Packet lOc, pint 30c., quart 4Sc., peck $2.00. 
MAY'S KENTUCKY WONDER (°'-&r"e°enpoo"°) 
A WELL KNOWN and tried variety that scarcely needs recom- 
mendation to the bean growers. It is lo days earlier than 
any other green pole bean, vigorous and enormously productive 
from July to frost. The pods are borne in clusters hanging from 
the top to the bottom of the pole, are 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 abso- 
lutely stringless. The seed is long, oval and dun-colored. Packet 
5c., pint 30c., quart 45c., peck $2.50. 
MAY'S LIMA— KING OF THE GARDEN 
RIGHTLY NAMED and more extensively cultivated 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 8 to 9 inches, and containing as many beans of excellent 
flavor and quality. The vines are vigorous and prolific and 
market gardeners find it one of the most profitable varieties. 
Packet 5c., pint 30c., quart 45c., peck $2.00. 
White Creaseback. Finest early pole bean, pods in clusters. 
Packet Sc., pint 25c., quart 40c., peck $2.00. 
Dutch Caseknife. Large white beans when fully matured. 
Packet Sc., pint 25c., quart 40c., peck $2.00. 
Scarlet Runner. Ornamental, with scarlet blossoms. Packet Sc., 
pint 2Sc., quart 4Sc., peck $2.00. 
Southern Prolific. Packet Sc., pint 25c., quart 40c., peck $2.00. 
MAY'S BUSH LIMA BEANS 
Burpee's Bush Lima. A bush form of large white Lima. Packet 
Sc., pint 28c., quart 4Sc., peck $2.00. 
Henderson's Bush Lima. Very early, pods 5 to 6 inches long. 
Packet Sc., pint 28c., quart 45c., peck $1.75. 
MAY'S DWARF OR BUSH WAX SORTS 
Black Wax, Pencil Pod. Very productive, light golden pods. 
Packet Sc., pint 28c., quart 4Sc., peck $1.75. 
Currle's Rust Proof Wax. Very early and prolific, crisp. Packet 
Sc., pint 25c., quart 40c., peck $2.00. 
Golden Wax, Keeney's Rustless. Golden pods, flat, stringless. 
Packet Sc., pint 2Sc., quart 40c., peck $1.75. 
Refugee Wax. Quite early, stringless, yellow pods. Packet Sc., 
pint 25c., quart 40c., peck $1.75. 
Round Pod Kidney. Long straight pods, a heavy bearer. Packet 
Sc., pint 2Sc., quart 40c., peck $1.75. 
Valentine Wax. Early, tender and almost stringless. Packet Sc., 
pint 25c., quart 40c., peck $1.75. 
While Wax. Pods flat, very long, white, straight and tender. 
Packet 5c., pint 2Sc., quart 40c., peck $2.00. 
