JEROME B. RICE SEED C O M P A N Y, CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. 
LIMA AND POLE BEANS 
Culture .— These are more tender, and require rather more care in culture than the Bush Beans, and should be 
sown two weeks later. They succeed best in sandy loam, which should be liberally enriched with short manure in 
the hills, which are formed, according to the variety, from 3 to 4 feet apart. From five to six seeds are planted in 
each hill about 2 inches deep. As the matured bean is used mostly, the season is too short for succession crops in the 
North, though it is advantageous to plant succession crops in the southern states, where the season of growth is 
often from March to November. Rough cedar or similar poles about 7 or 8 feet high should be used for Lima 
Beans to climb on. They should be set in the ground at least 18 inches, so as to prevent being blown over. 
One quart to 150 hills; one=half bushel to the acre in drills 
GIANT PODDED POLE LIMA 
Undoubtedly the best of all the large-podded Pole Limas. A gardener observing this variety in our trial grounds 
well asked the question, “ Why any other Pole Lima? ” It is moderately early, extremely vigorous in growth with 
dark green foliage and pods. The pods will average 7 inches long and are borne in clusters of six to eight; beans are 
extra large and of excellent quality. 
Carpinteria. A vigorous productive variety which retains its distinctive green color in the seed. 
Dreer’s Improved (Challenger). A vigorous growing, productive sort with large, thick, medium sized, light green 
beans. Also known as Potato Lima. 
Early Leviathan. The earliest of the large podded pole Limas and one of the most desirable. 
King of the Garden. An improved strain of Large White Lima and one of the most popular varieties. 
Large White. The old standard pole Lima. 
Seibert’s Early. A thick seeded, early, productive variety of the highest quality. 
Small, or Sieva. Best described as a pole variety of the well known Henderson’s Bush Lima. 
DWARF OR BUSH LIMAS 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA 
A decided improvement on the old sort and by far the best of the large, flat-seeded type. The vine is more sturdy 
and productive; beans are larger and thicker than in the old form and average one more bean to the pod. 
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA 
A most excellent variety and perhaps more generally grown for market than any other sort. The vines are very 
productive with large pods containing 4 to 5 large, oval-shaped, very thick, white beans. 
Burpee’s Bush. The well known dwarf type of the pole Limas but now largely superseded by Burpee’s Improved 
Bush. 
Henderson’s Bush. A very early, productive, small-seeded type of Lima; much in favor with canners and for 
private gardens in the far North. 
New Wonder Bush. Quite similar to Burpee’s Bush but a trifle earlier, more dwarf and with broader, thinner, 
flat beans. 
Wood’s Prolific. Quite like Henderson’s Bush though the beans are somewhat larger and thicker. 
TWO OF THE BEST POLE SNAP BEANS 
KENTUCKY WONDER, OR OLD HOMESTEAD 
' Undoubtedly the most popular and useful of the green podded pole varieties and more generally grown than any 
other. Vines very vigorous and wonderfully productive, bearing round pods 9 inches long, distinctly curved, 
slightly stringy but tender and of good quality. 
KENTUCKY WONDER WAX 
The earliness and hardiness of this variety recommend it for growing even in the northern states. It is extremely 
productive, with pods 9 inches long, thick, decidedly creasebacked, very fleshy and brittle, although slightly 
stringy; color clear light yellow. 
OTHER STANDARD POLE BEANS 
Burger’s Green Pod, or White Kentucky Wonder. A 
very early, white seeded variety with long, round and 
nearly straight, stringless pods. A high quality pole 
bean. 
Golden Cluster Wax. An excellent pole wax-podded 
sort; early, vigorous, hardy and productive. Pods 
are long, extremely straight, broad and flat; color 
light waxy-yellow; seed beans white, oval-shaped. 
Horticultural Pole, or Cranberry (October Bean). An 
old, standard variety, with long, straight, flat, string¬ 
less pods,dark green in color, splashed with bright red. 
King Horticultural or Hampden Pole. Both seed 
and pods are the largest of the Horticultural type. 
Pods seven inches long, flat, stringless, and showy. 
Lazy Wife. A late, productive, white-seeded pole 
variety. Pods are long, broad, flat, stringless and of 
excellent quality. 
McCaslan Pole. A very early prolific white-seeded 
variety and one of the most popular; pods deep 
green, stringless and of excellent quality. 
Missouri Wonder. A very popular long, green-podded 
variety, immensely productive. 
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