24. FOLDS' PENCIL POD BLACK WAX. 
(53 days.) Best of all the dwarf black-seeded wax 
varieties. The pods are round, 6% to 7 inches 
long, straight, and crease-backed. Early and very 
productive; entirely stringless and a clear yellow in 
color. Quality excellent. Large 2-oz. pkt., 10c; 
2 pkts., 15c; y 2 lb., 20c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 60c; 5 
lbs., $1.20, postpaid. 
22 . STRINGLESS WHITE KIDNEY 
WAX. (52 days.) The pods are 6% to 7 inches 
long, white, straight, and flat, borne in clusters. A 
very handsome bean for market. Large 2-oz. pkt., 
10c; 2 pkts., 15c; y 2 lb., 20c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 60c; 
5 lbs., $1.20, postpaid. 
20. ^IMPROVED GOLDEN WAX. (50 
days.) The standard flat, wax-podded variety. The 
Golden Wax has long been a popular favorite and 
this Improved strain surpasses the old Golden Wax 
in several ways. The pods are 4 to 4% inches long 
and very handsome; of a rich golden-yellow color. 
Large 2-oz. pkt., 5c; y 2 lb., 17c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 
50c; 5 lbs., $1.00, postpaid. 
POLE BEANS 
37. WHITE SEEDED KENTUCKY 
WONDER. (Burger’s Stringless.) (64 days.) 
Developed primarily for the home garden and 
trucker. Plant medium and a good climber, 4 to 5 
feet tall. Pods 6% to 7 inches, silvery green, ten¬ 
der, fleshy, stringless and fiberless and of good 
quality. Seeds oval-flat, white. Beans can be used 
as snap beans or for dry shelled purposes. Pkt., 
10c; 2 pkts., 15c; y 2 lb., 20c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 60c; 
5 lbs., $1.20, postpaid. 
38y 2 . KENTUCKY WONDER WAX. (68 
days.) The earliest of all the pole wax sorts. The 
pods are flat, 7 to 8 inches long, thick, decidedly 
crease-backed, very fleshy; brittle and somewhat 
stringy. Very attractive and of fair quality. Color, 
light yellow. Large '2-oz. pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; 
V 2 lb., 20c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 60c; 5 lbs., $1.20, 
postpaid. 
March 23, 1936. 
"We were very much pleased with the free trial 
package of carrot seed you sent last year. We 
sowed them late and had nice tender carrots this 
winter to eat raw.” — L. F. Schenk, Illinois. 
Asparagus Bean. 
38. ^KENTUCKY WONDER. (65 days.) 
(Old Homestead.) Without doubt the most popular 
and useful of the green podded pole beans. The 
vines are very vigorous and productive, and bear 
large clusters of big round pods, about 9 or 10 
inches long, curved, tender, very fleshy and of fine 
quality. Large 2-oz. pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; y 2 lb., 
20c; ib., 35c; 2 lbs., 60c; 5 lbs., $1.20, postpaid. 
10. ASPARAGUS OR YARD LONG. 
This variety is a native of South America. Habit 
of growth is quite similar to Kentucky Wonder 
Bean. Pods broad, oval, light green, fleshy, tender 
and fiberless; of good quality containing 7 to 8 
beans Pods average in length from 18 to 30 inches. 
This is a fine novelty to grow in your garden. Pkt., 
15c; 2 pkts., 25c; Vi lb., 40c; lb., 75c, postpaid. 
OLDS’ LIMA BEANS 
BUSH VARIETIES , 
NOTE: Plant Limas with the eyes down and in a warm location. Do not- plant until the soil 
is thorougly warm. Lima beans should be harvested while they are still green. 
34V2. FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. (75 
days.) The highest in quality and the most 
prolific of all the Bush Lima Beans. An im¬ 
proved variety with plants growing erect and 
bearing well above the ground. Pods are me¬ 
dium green in color; from 4 to 5 inches long, 
and produced in large clusters; they contain 
from 3 to 5 large beans each of fine quality. 
The beans are white, with greenish tinge, thick 
and meaty. Large 2-oz. pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; 
Vi lb., 22c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.40, 
postpaid. 
34. ★BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH 
LIMA. (75 days.) Early, large and produc¬ 
tive. Both beans and pods are larger than in 
the old Burpee’s Bush Limas, usually averag¬ 
ing one more bean to the pod. Also earlier. 
The bush is vigorous in growth and has a heavy 
foliage. Pods are uniform in size, with an 
average of five beans to a pod. Beans are large, 
thin skinned and of fine flavor. The pods are 
30. DREER’S POLE LIMA. (80 days.) 
This variety of Lima is desirable on account of 
earliness and productiveness. The plants are 
vigorous and covered with large pods, measur¬ 
ing 3 44 to 4 inches long with pods well filled 
and 4 to 5 beans in each pod. Beans are oval 
in shape, thick, sweet and succulent. Pkt., 10c; 
2 pkts., 15c; y 2 lb., 22c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 
5 lbs., $1.40, postpaid. 
39. SCARLET RUNNER. (90 days.) 
A pole bean that is really a climbing bean 
and very ornamental. The blossoms are 
scarlet, the pods a beautiful green, shading 
to wine color when ripe. The large, showy 
leaves are about the same color. Seed red¬ 
dish brown, mottled black. Planted mostly 
for ornamental purposes but the beans are 
good to eat, both as snap and shelled beans. 
Pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; Vz lb., 30c; lb., 50c; 
2 lbs., 90c, postpaid, 
OLDS 1 POLE LIMA BEANS 
borne in clusters and are easily gathered. Large 
2-oz. pkt., 10c; 2 pkts., 15c; y 2 lb., 22c; lb., 
40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.40, postpaid. 
31. HENDERSONS BUSH LIMA. 
(Butter Bean.) (68 days.) A small bean. The 
bush is not large, but the variety is earlier than 
any other Bush Lima. Pods are small contain¬ 
ing 3 or 4 small flat, white beans of good qual¬ 
ity. A popular variety with canners. It is like 
the Golden Bantam Corn in that it is small, 
early and very good. We recommend this 
variety of Lima’for the home garden, because of 
its quality and extreme earliness. Pkt,, 10c; 
2 pkts., 15c; y 2 lb., 17c; lb., 30c; 2 lbs., 55c; 
5 lbs., $1.10, postpaid. 
32. McCREA'S BUSH LIMA. Our 
new Bush Lima which is entirely different than 
any other. We advise all our customers to try 
it See page 8 for complete description. Pkt., 
lOc; 2 pkts. 15c; Vi D>., 25c; lb., 45c; 2 lbs., 
80c; 5 lbs., $1.60, postpaid. 
NITRAGIN 
Kuioiei vw Mwiuio* . 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima. 
33. FORD’S MAMMOTH PODDED. 
(85 days.) The largest podded, finest flavored 
and most productive Pole Lima Bean. The pods 
average eight inches in length, with from five 
to seven beans in a pod, excellent either green 
or dry. The vines grow vigorously, set the 
beans early, and continue to bear until frost. 
Pkt., 10c;‘2 pkts., 15c; Vi lh., 22c; lb., 40c; 
2 lbs., 70c; 5 lbs., $1.40, postpaid. 
14. NAVY BEAN or BOSTON BAKED 
BEAN, as it is sometimes called. Popular 
since the time of the Civil War. Primarily a 
Field Bean but deserves a place in the garden. 
Don’t give it rich soil. Cultivate well, but 
never cultivate or disturb any crop of beans 
while wet with either dew or rain, as it is al¬ 
ways sure to produce rust or blight. Pkt., 10c; 
Vi lh., 20c; lb., 35c; 2 lbs., 60c; 5 lbs., $1.20, 
postpaid. 
INOCULATE YOUR GARDEN BEANS. New size package 
now only 10c. You will get a more robust vine, a heavier 
crop and make this legume enrich the soil in which it is used. 
Once tried on garden beans you will always use it. It pays 
for itself ten times over. It is not an expense but an invest¬ 
ment. Price, Garden Size, sufficient for 4 pounds of either 
Beans, Peas or Sweet Peas, 10c, postpaid. 
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