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POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
Ford’s Mammoth Podded Pole 
Lima Bean 
This Lima Bean is the result of over twenty years' selection bj' 
the late Jaa. Ford, who was one of the oldest market K^rdenera 
around Philadelphia. The pods grow to an average length of 8 inches, 
are produced in great clusters, with from five to seven beaus p('r 
pod, of most excellent quality for using cither green or dry. The 
vines grow vigorously, setting the I>ean8 early at the l>ottoin of tl»e 
I>ole, and continue in bearing right up to frost. Ford's Muin- 
TOoth Podded is, without exc-eption. the largest podded, finest 
flavored and most productive of all Lima Beans, Pkt., 
10c.; pint, 30c.: ql., 55c., postpaid; by freight or express, pint, 2‘Jc.; 
<lt., 40c.; 2 qts., 70c.; peck, $2.U0; bush., ST.OJ. 
Originated by one of the best and most experienced growers 
of Norliiern New Jersey. It is of the thick or Potato Limn cIuhh, hut 
will be found a decided improvement on tlic IJrcer’s Improved Pole 
Lima or any oilier bean of its chL«is in enrliness, jjroducliveness and 
fine quality. All claims made for it have been fully hubslantiatcd 
by hundreds of our cuhioniers who tried it in ])nsl seasons, and we 
regret we have not room here to publish the man v strong rceom- 
mendnlionsreoeived from them. Pkt., 10c.; pint, a.'k'.; qt.,r>5c., jiosU 
paid ; hy freight or express, ql., 40c.; peck, $2.25; bush., $8.00. 
Shotwell’s Improved Thick Pole 
Lima Bean 
... quarts of Pole Limas are required to plant nn acre in hills 1 x 4 feet. 
\> e sell Largo 1 ackots of ouch variety, 10c, each* Pints, when sent by freight or 
express, at half the quart rates; half peck ami half bushel ut peek and buahol 
rates. * 
ing in all stages of growth, 
nmi even when dry 
andshelled, the deep green 
color of tlio unripe stale, 
giving the appearance of 
beans frc.‘<h from the vino 
wlien cooked. Pkt , 10c.; 
pint, 35c. ; (jt., &5e., posl- 
jmid ; by express, qt., 50c.; 
peek, $2.75. 
ICING OF THK 
G.VHDEN POLE LIM A. 
More prolific than the 
ordinary Lima, hearing 
pods 5 to 6 inches long in 
clusters of four and five, 
with five to six beans in 
a pod. Pkt., lOe. ; pint, 
25c.; qt , 45e., postpaid ; 
by express or freight, ql., 
80c.; peek, $1.75; bti.sh., 
$0.50. 
SALEM MAMMOTIi 
POLE LIMA. A Hclec- 
tion from the large Lima 
Bean, ofoxtruordimiry sir.o 
and deep green color. 
Pint, 00c.; <|t., 55c., post¬ 
paid; hy freight or cx- 
i>re.sH, qt.. lOe.; peek, $2.00; 
bush., $7 75. 
LAUGE WHITE 
POLE LIMA. ( Extra 
Selected Size.) The well- 
known favorite. Our 
strain is fine. Pint, 25e.; 
qt., 45c., postpaid ; by ex¬ 
press or freight, ql., 30e.; 
jieck., SI.60; bush., $6.00. 
DU EE It'S IM- 
PROVED CIIALLKNG- 
I«: It, or P O T A T O 
POLE LIMA. Wlicn 
green, 'Is as large as the 
Large Lima. Thicker, sweeter and more lender and nutritious, 
reniuining green in tlie pod for a long time after maturing. Pkt., 
10c.; i)ini, 25c.; (|t., 1V‘, postpaid; hy express or freight, qt., 30c.; 
Peck. $1.75 ; bush., $0.50. 
SHOTWEI.lJ.S lMPICOVi:i> 
I'OLi: LIMA. 
SEIBEItT'S EARLY POLE LIMA. This new variety is one of the very earliest. 
The vino is very vigorous and productive. Pods are large* but thin, and euu be more 
easily opened limn those of other varieties. The groeu beaus di e very hu ge, liaudsomo 
and of the best quality. In earliness, ease of shelling, size, beauty and quality 
of the green beans, this variety is superior, and is now reeoguizeil ns one of llic host 
for eitlter the garden or market. Pkt., 10c ; pint, 25e.; qt., 450., postpaid ; by iVolght 
or o.xpress, qt., 80c.; peek, $1.75; bush., $6.50. 
JERSEY EXTltA E.'VRl^Y POLE LIMA. The poils are hu ge ami numerous, 
invariably having from four to five beans in each. These beans appear in Philadelphia 
imirkets nearly two weeks ahead of onliuary Limas, selling at from $8.00 to Sl.OJ per 
bushel of pods, and, previous to the introduction of Seibert’s ICarly, wore oonsidered 
the earliest. Pkt., 10c.; pint, 25c.; qt., 45c , postpaid; hv freight or express, <it., 30c.: 
peck. $1.75: hush., $6.50. ’ 
SALEM EVERGREEN POLE LIMA. The Salem Evergreen not oulv holds 
the full sizeund greaiiiroductiveness of the Salem ^lammoth, hut lias Die remarkable 
additional quality of hold- 
