POLE SNAP BEANS 

*38. KENTUCKY WONDER. (65 days.) 
(Old Homestead.) 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. Seeds buff 

*38%. KENTUCKY WONDER WAX. 
(68 days.) The earliest of all the pole wax sorts. 
The pods are flat, 7 to 8 inches long, thick, de- 
cidedly crease-backed, very fleshy; brittle and 
somewhat stringy. Very attractive and of fair 
quality. Color, light yellow. Seeds light choco- 
late brown. 2-0z. pkt., 10c; 14% 1b., 30c; Ib., 
50c; 2 lbs., 90c; 5 lbs., $1.90, 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, ten- 
der and fiberless; of good quality containing 7 
7 
to 8 beans. Pods average in length from 18 to 
30 inches. This is a fine novelty to grow in your 
garden. Seeds reddish brown with black circle 
around the eye. 2-oz. pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c, 
postpaid. 

Bansei Vegetable Soy Bean. 
VEGETABLE SOY BEANS 
brown. 2-0z. pkt., 10c; % Ib., 
2 Ibs., 90c; 5 lbs., $1.90, postpaid. 
37. 
WONDER. (Burger’s Stringless.) 
30c; 
WHITE SEEDED KENTUCKY 
5 . 
sat AEE 9. BANSEI. (90 days.) In recent years 
many varieties of edible Soy Beans have been 
imported from the Orient by the Department of 
64 days. : ‘ : : 
( ays.) Agriculture, and detailed study on their adaption 


Plant medium and a good climber, 4 to 5 feet : - : : ae 
fall’ Pods: 642 io? ance otilioen ecveeu* ter and also market and growing conditions have 
der, fleshy, stringless and fiberless and of good Deen made eee eth 1g tiene) tents aoe eet 
duality. Seeks aval tint Mulstcs? Usedvas snap appeared the most suitable for the north. Plant 
beans or for dry shelled purposes. 2-0z., pkt., ue aa me of medium height, very prolific, 
a ; y, AG oer. 5 the well adapted to a short growing season, The 
10c; % Ib., 30c; Ib., 50c; 2 Ibs., 90c; ’ beans when ripe are glossy yellow, elliptical of 
$1.90, postpaid. 
OLDS’ LIMA BEANS 
Note: Plant Limas with the eyes 
down and in a warm location. Do 
not plant until the soil is thorough- 
ly warm. Lima Beans should be 
harvested while they are still green, 
Varieties marked » are’ recom- 
mended for freezing. 
POLE LIMAS 
*30, DREER’S POLE 
LIMA. (Challenger). (80 days.) 
This variety of Lima is desirable on 
account of earliness and productive- 
ness. The plants are vigorous and 
covered with large pods, measuring 
3% ‘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. 2-0z, pKt., 
10c; 1%. 1b., 30c; Ib., 50c; 2 Ibs., 
90c; 5 lbs., $1.90, postpaid. 
33. .FORD’S MAMMOTH 
PODDED. (85 days.) The larg- 
est 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. 2-0z pkKt., 10c; Y2 Ib., 
30c; Ib, 50c; 2 Ibs., 90c; 5 Ibs., 
$1.90, postpaid. ’ 
39. SCARLET RUNNER. 
(90 days.) A pole bean that is 
really a climbing bean and very 
ornamental. The blossoms are scar- 
let, the pods a beautiful green, 
shading to wine color when ripe. 
The large Showy leaves are about 
the same color, Seed reddish brown, - 
mottled black; Planted mostly for 
ornamental purposes but the beans 
are good to eat, both as snap and 
shelled beans. 2-02. pkt., 10c; ¥% 
lb., 30c; Ib., 50¢; 2 Ibs., 90c, post- 
paid, ie BF : ; 
always green. 
Asparagus Bean. mild and pleasing flavor. All Soy Beans of the 
edible variety are green when in the growing 
condition, They are highly resistant 
to insect pests. Eating qualities are 
good when cooked to serve similar to 
Lima Beans. Roasted Soy Beans are 
very good and these are prepared by 
soaking the dried beans overnight, 
boil for one hour in salted water. 
Spread in shallow pan and roast in 
moderate oven, 350 degrees Fahren- 
heit until brown. Sprinkle with salt 
while still warm, Pkt., 10c; % Ihb., 
S0C# sib. DOG 2. lbsi,s 90e% Tbs ibs.. 
$1.90, postpaid. 
5. MENDOTA, (838 days.) A 
new blight resistant Vegetable Soy 
Bean. Introduced by Prof, O. B. 
Combs of the Wis. College of Agri- 
culture. Nothing finer in Vegetable 
Soy Beans. See page 1 for complete 
description. Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c, 
postpaid. 
FIELD BEANS 
14. NAVY OR PEA BEAN. 
Popular baking bean since the time 
of. the Civil War. Primarily a Field 
BUSH LIMAS 
*31. HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA. 
(Baby Lima or Butter Bean.) (68 days.) The 
bush is not large, but the variety is earlier than 
any other Bush Lima. Pods are small containing 
3 or 4 small flat, white beans of good quality. 
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. 2-o0z. pkt., 10c; ¥% 
Ib;, 80c;  Ib., 50cs 2 Ibs; 90e3" 5 Ibs., $1.90, 
postpaid. 

































28. GREEN SEEDED HENDERSON. 
(Clark’s Bush.) Our new bush lima bean re- 
sembling Henderson’s except that the seeds are 
See page 3 for illustration and 
Pkt., 10c; %, Ib., 30c;3 
complete description. 
5 Ibs., $1.90, postpaid, 
deibs, 50¢;.)2)-lbs,, /90c; 
Bean but deserves a place in the 
*34%. FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. (75 ‘d Ton técioc it sch coll. 2-0 
days.) The highest in quality and the most niki, 10}, ke ober ip ape: e 
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; 4 to 5 inches long, and pro- 
duced in large clusters; they contain from 3 to 
5 large beans of fine quality. The beans are 
lbs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.70, postpaid. 
4. MICHELITE. A new Navy 
Bean which we offer for the first 
time. Very uniform in maturing and 
growers state it is not necessary to 
hand pick them. Very heavy pro- 
white, with greenish tinge, thick and meaty. } 
2-oz. pkt., 10c; % Ib., 30c; 1b, 50c; 2 Ibs., ducers. See field seed section of 
90c; 5 lbs., $1.90, postpaid. : catalog, page 69, for complete de- 
scription, Pkt., 100 Ip o0es Ih:, 
: 50c; 2 Ibs., 90c; 5 Ibs., $2.00. 
«34. BURPEE’S_ IMPROVED BUSH $ 
LIMA. (75 days.) Early, large and produc- 35, DARK RED KIDNEY. 
tive. Both beans and pods are larger than in the The popular bean used in soups, 
old Burpee’s Bush Limas, usually averaging one salads, and chili. Our strain is the 
more bean to the pod. Also earlier. The bush dark red. 1% lb. 30c; Ib, 50c; 2 
is vigorous. in growth and has a heavy foliage. lbs., 90c;.5 Ilbs., $1.90, postpaid. 
NITRAGIN 
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 pe 
You will get a more robust vine, 
a heavier crop and make this legume 
enrich the soil in which it is used. 
clusters. 2-0z, pkt., 10c; 2 Ib., 30c; 
2 Ibs., 90c; 5 lbs., $1.90, postpaid. Once tried on garden beans and peas 
you will always use it. It pays for 
*29. BABY POTATO LIMA. (70 days.) itself ten times over. It is not an 
Our new thick seeded Baby Lima. Shel page 2 : expense ie an te ar as rlee, 
ai : ere by i : ar ,  sufficien 0 0 
EE eae oat es nee 81.90, Burpee’s Improved pounds of either Beans, Peas or 
; 5, 50c; Tbs., -90¢; ; 
setuid. Le ae Bush Lima. Sweet Peas, 10c, postpaid. 
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