D. M. FERRY & CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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POLE LIMA BEANS 
eibept’s 
EARLY... 
LIMA BEAN 
Introduced by us in 1895. 
THE. EARLIEST.TRUE. LIMA 
It Furnishes the 
Largest Green Beans 
And is the Most Easily Shelled 
of any of the Limas. 
The Best Lima Bean Ever Offered 
FOR MARKET GARDENERS’ USE. 
Practical value has been the object aimed 
at in the development of this grand variety. 
It is the outcome of the labors of a skillful 
market gardener who selected for 
several years the largest green 
beans from the thinnest aud most 
easily opened pods. 
The vine is so productive that although the 
pods rarely contain more than four beaus the yield 
is enormous and is produced from the very first to 
the last of the season. 
The green shelled beans are of immense size 
but so tender and succulent that they shrink in 
drying to about the size of the Large White Lima. 
In Earliness, E«se of Shelling. Size, 
Beauty a-id Quality of the Green Beans, 
This Variety is far in Advance 
Of all Other Sorts. 
ft is recognized as the best of all the Limas for 
either the garden or market. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; 
Qt. 40c; 4 Qts. $1.50; Bushel $8.0) 
SMALL WHITE LIMA. CAROLINA, OR SIEVA Vines vigor¬ 
ous, with many short branches, so that they are sometimes 
grown without poles: very earlv and productive, with small, 
smooth, dark green leaves, and small, yellowish-white blos¬ 
soms: pods short, curved, thin, flat: 'beans white, small, 
kidney shaped. Pkt. 10c; Pt. *25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts. $1.25; 
Bushel $7.00 H 
LARGE WHITE LIMA Too late for the extreme North, and 
is being supplanted by Seibert's Early Lima, because the 
latt>*r is earlier. Vine lull growiug, vigorous, but slender; 
leaves medium sized, smooth, light green; blossoms small, 
white: pods borne in clusters, jong, broad, very thin, dark 
given: beans large, ovoid, kidney-shaped, greenish white, 
flat. l’kt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Qts.$1.25; Bushel $7.00 
CHALLENGER LIMA The vines of this splendid sort are very 
stout, vigorous and productive, leaves large and thick. The 
pods are much thicker than those of the other Limas and 
contain from four to five beans which are large, thick, 
white, and of the best quality It is early and continues 
bearing its closely crowded clusters of pods until cut off by 
frost. One of the most popular varieties with the New York 
market gurdeners. This is similar to, hut a decided improve¬ 
ment on what is known as Dreer's Improved Lima. Pkt. 10c; 
I’L 25c; Qt. 40c; 4 Qts. $1.50; Bushel $8.00 
King of the Garden Lima... 
Vine very vigorous and productive Pods of the largest size 
filled with four or five immense, white beans of the finest 
quality. On account of its larj^e pods it is a favorite with 
market gardeners. It will come into bearing sooner, and 
will make larger pods if not more than two vines are left to 
grow on a pole. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 40c; 4 Qts. $1.50; 
Bushel $7.50 
If Beans are wanted by mail or express , prepaid , add 10 cents per pint , 15 cents per quart, for charges. 
