1784—OVER A CENTURY AND A HALF OF LEADERSHIP—1937 
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POLE or RUNNING BEANS (Not Limas) 
—Continued 
Missouri Pole—66 Days. Pods, medium green 
splashed with red. A good climber. Seed large, 
oval. Color drab spotted with brown tan. Plant 
large. Pods tough and stringy. 
i lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.26 10 lbs. $2.30 
McCaslan Pole—67 Days. A prolific, early ma¬ 
turing, green podded, pole variety, of excellent 
quality. Pods are rather flat and slightly curved, 
7 to 8 inches long, thick, dark green, meaty and 
quite stringless. The shell Beans are a flattish pure 
white. f lb 16c lb. 26c 5 lbs. $1.06 10 lbs. $1.96 
Nancy Davis, Striped Creaseback or Scotia—73 
Days. Seed Kidney shaped, mottled putty color 
with dark stripes. Blossoms bright crimson with 
silver gray hood. Pods green, round, full, crease- 
back, slightly curved, dashed with purple as the 
pods mature, 5 to 5^ inches long, containing 8 or 9 
beans. A good semi-stringless variety. The best 
vaiiety for planting to Corn. A good climber and 
productive. 
^ lb. 16c lb. 26c 5 lbs. $1.06 10 lbs. $1.96 
Red Speckled Oval Cut Short—74 Days. Pods 
3^ inches long, small dark green, flat, stringy. A 
favorite in the South for planting to Corn, as it is a 
good climber. Seeds, gray splashed with crimson. 
^ lb. 16c lb. 26c 5 lbs. $1.05 10 lbs. $1.95 
Scarlet Runner—64 Days. A half round, stringy, 
broad pod, valuable as a shell bean for food or for 
ornamental purposes. Not a good runner in the 
Southern states, color of blossoms scarlet. Pods 
average 65 to 6 inches long, containing 3 or 4 beans 
in a pod. A great favorite in the New England 
states. ^ lb. 20c lb. 35c 5 lbs. $1.46 10 lbs. $2.66 
POLE LIMAS 
THE FLAVOR OF ALL THE POLE LIMAS IS SUPERIOR TO BUSH LIMAS. Probably Originally 
a Native of Peru or Brazil. Two Pounds Will Plant 100 Yards; Thirty Pounds Will Plant an 
Acre. Seed breaks ground in 7 days. One inch high in 9 days under most favorable 
circumstances in greenhouse 
Landreths’ Large Green Seeded Lima 
Carolina or Sewee -80 Days. Named aftei the 
river in South Carolina. A small earl}’ variety of 
Limas, much more used in the South than elsewhere, 
as a Butter Bean, more vigorous in growth and more 
prolific than the ordinary Jersey Limas. Very small 
foliage, short pointed leaves, more metallic ^reen 
than the ordinary Lima. Pods, about 3 inches long, 
borne in clusters, averaging 3 or 4 small white beans. 
Similar to Dwarf Sew’ee, Henderson’s Bush or Baby 
Lima. I lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.26 10 lbs. $2.30 
Challenger, Dreer’s, or Fordhook Pole—89 Days 
Beans very full or plumb, larger foliage than Jersey 
Lima, pods not so long as the King of the Garden 
by 1 -J- inches, but as broad; not so early as the King 
of the Garden, the original parent of the Fodhook 
Bush Lima, very meaty and good flavor. Potato 
lima type. Pods about 4 inches long, containing 
about 3 or 4 beans which are similar but not as 
plump as the Fordhook Bush Lima. 
i lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.26 10 lbs. $2.30 
Florida Butter Speckled Pole—77 Days. Plant 
similar to Carolina. Borne in clusters. Seed small, 
buff spotted with reddish-brown. Usually three 
beans in a pod. 
I lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.26 10 bs. $2.30 
King of the Garden—84 Days. One of the best 
and most productive Pole Limas, large leaved, good 
climber. Vine of a branching habit, pods about 
4j to 5^ inches long, dark, large and containing 
about 3 or 4 beans to the pod. Seed flat, and white 
with a slight green tinge. 
^ lb. 20c lb. 30c .5 lbs. $1.26 10 lbs. $2.30 
LANDRETHS’ LARGE GREEN SEEDED—84 
Days. Seed of a decided green tinge, that is, not 
bleached ivory-white. This green seeded selection is 
similar to the Jersey Lima of years ago which has 
never been excelled. The best form of Jersey Limas 
on the market today for both private and market 
gardeners, unsurpassed in flavor, of superior quality, 
averaging 4 or 5 beans to the pod, which is 42- to o-J 
inches long. 
} lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.26 10 lbs. $2.30 
Large Early Jersey—84 Days. One of the old 
standbys of the Lima type. Pods average 4 to 4? 
inches long. Contain 3 beans each. Seed identical 
to the King of the Garden, 
h lb. 20c lb. 30c 5 lbs. $1.25 10 lbs. $2.30 
VITALITY TESTS 
Every season in our Greenhouses we make about 
fifty thousand tests in earth of the Germination and 
Vitality of the Seeds used in filling orders. Tests 
are made of each lot of Seed received at the Ware¬ 
house, no matter from what source, and repeated 
again three months later. All these tests are entered 
in a separate vitality book, which is consulted 
before the Seeds are shipped. 
