D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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DWARF 7 LIMA BE ANS— Continued 
Bush Lima, or Dwarf Sieva 'SS Zt 
without runners, but continue to grow and set pods until stopped by frost; leaves small and 
bright green; flowers small, yellowish-white, borne in clusters and' often above 
the foliage; pods short, flat, and containing two to four beans. Dry beans white, 
small, and not equal in quality to the Dwarf Large White Lima. 
Pkt. 10c; PL 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 <Jts. $1.25; Bushel $7.00 
klimpfip RikH I ima ( Dreer's). A dwarf form of the Challenger 
II Ul IK/1 lv UUoll LI III 11 Lima, having the same thick pods and large, 
thick beans which have made the Challenger so popular. The plant, while 
fully as dwarf, is hardier, and matures its crop earlier than the Dwarf Large 
White Lima. Many people consider this sort the best of the Dw 0 ^ Limas. 
Pkt. 10c; Pt. 30c; Qt. 45c. 
Pole or Running BEANS 
CIII TURF * > °* e Beans are even more sensitive to cold and wet, as 
well as to droughts and hot winds, than the dwarf varie¬ 
ties, but are of superior quality and productiveness. After settled warm 
weather, set poles four to eight feet long in rows four feet apart and extend¬ 
ing north and south, the poles being three feet apart in the row. Let the poles 
slant slightly toward the north. Set iti this way the vines climb better, and 
the pods are straighter and more easily seen. Around each hill plant five to 
eight beans two iuches deep. When well started, thin to four plants, and see 
that they all climb around the pole in the same way, for they will not grow 
If tied up in the opposite direction. Another plan is to plant in rows thickly 
enough so that there will be one plant to eight or ten inches. Set posts five 
feet high firmly at each end of the rows and drive stakes made or 2x2 lum¬ 
ber at intervals of sixteen feet along the rows. Stretch a wire, size number 
10 or 12, between posts along 
each row, and fasten it to the 
tops of the stakes in the row 
with wire staples. Run a 
light wire or twine along the 
row about six inches from the 
ground and fasten to the posts 
and stakes with wire staples. 
Tie twine to the wire above 
and the wire or twine below, 
wherever there is a plant. The 
vines will run up these 
until they reach the 
top wir^, when they 
will care for them¬ 
selves. Another way 
is to omit the bottom 
wire and stick small 
stakes two to six in¬ 
ches in the soil and 
fasten to top wire. 
Early Golden Cluster Wax 
A well known, early and very beautiful sort. Vina* 
large, strong growing, vigorous, hardy; leaflets large 
light green, crimped; flowers yellowish-white; pods 
six to eight inches long, borne in abundant clusters, 
each containing from three to six pods, these are broad 
very thick and fleshy, deeply creased along the edg* 
to which the beans are attached, and much curveo; 
color bright golden yellow. 
OF THE VERY BEST QUALITY, AND STAYING 
IN CONDITION FOR USE A LONG TIME. 
The beans are also excellent shelled green. We recorn 
mend this variety as furnishing the largest and hand 
somest pods of any sort in the list. 
Pkt. 10c; PL 80c; <Jt. 45c; 4 Qts.$1.50; Bushel $0 (X 
MAMMOTH PODDED 
Horticultural Pole... 
Similar in general character to the London HorticuJ 
tural, but larger in every way. The mammoth jKxk: 
are striped and splashed with exceedingly brilliant 
crimson. The beans when fit for use are of immense 
size and of the finest quality, and when dry are 
Mammoth Poddeo colored and marked in the same way as the pods. Thu- 
Horticultural Pole variety has been sold under many names, such ae 
Beans. Worcester, Hampden and Mugwump Pole, but a great 
deal of the stock offered has been impure, many plants being 
like London Horticultural. We have developed a stock which is pure, and sure tc 
please all who plant it Pkt. 15c; Pt. 30c; Qt. 50c; 4 Qts. $1.75; Bushel $10.00 
If Beans are wanted by mail or express prepaid , add 10c. per pint, 
15c. per quart , for charges. 
Early 
Golden Cluster 
Wax Beans 
