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 
brown. 2-0z. pkt., 10c; % Ib., 25c; lb., 45c; 
2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.70, postpaid. 
37. WHITE SEEDED KENTUCKY 
WONDER. (Burger’s Stringless.) (64 days.) 
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. Used as snap 
beans or for dry shelled purposes. 2-0z., pkt., 
10; 120 lb. mieockn Dee bes) 2a lbs SOCseped bse. 
$1.70, postpaid. 




































ly warm. Lima Beans 
Varieties marked 4 
mended for freezing, 
beans in each pod. 
in shape, thick, sweet 
lent. 2-0z. pkt., 10c; 
$1.70, postpaid. 
39. 
(90 days.) 


Note: Plant Limas with the eyes 
down and in a warm loeation. 
not plant until the soil is thorough- 
should be 
harvested while they are still green. 
are 
POLE LIMAS 
This variety of Lima is desirable 
and succu- 
Y, 1b., 25c; 
lb., 45c; 2 Ibs., 80c; 5 lIbs., $1.70, 
est podded, finest flavored and most 
productive Pole Lima Bean. 
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. pkt., 10c; % Ib., 
25c; Ib., 45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs., 
SCARLET RUNNER. 
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 
*384%.. 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; % Ilb., 25c; Ihb.,, 
45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 5 Ibs., $1.70, postpaid. 
10. ASPARAGUS OR YARD LONG. 
This variety is a native of South America. Habit 
of growth is guite similar to Kentucky Wonder 
Bean. Pods broad, oval, light green, fleshy, ten- 
der 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. Seeds reddish brown with black circle 
around the eye. 2-0z. pkt., 10c; Y% Ib., 30c; Ib., 
50c, postpaid. 
Ly reper mere me aun 

Asparagus Bean. 
You will get a 
The Original Legume een more robust vine, a 
HOBBES HICTHER CROCES heavier crop and 
make this legume en- 
vich the soil in which 
itis used, Once tried 
on garden beans and 
peas you will always use it. It pays for itself 
ten times over. It is not an expense but an in- 
vestment. Price, Garden Size, sufficient for four 
pounds of either Beans, Peas or Sweet Peas, 10c, 
postpaid. 
NITRAGIN 
Restores and Maintains Soil Fertility 

OLDS’ LIMA BEANS 
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 can- 
Do 
recom- 
5 ners. It is like the Golden Bantam 
* 30. DREER’S P.O LE Corn in that it is small, early and 
LIMA. (Challenger.) (80 days.) very good. We recommend this variety 
of Lima for the home garden, 2-02, 
on account of earliness and PYro- pkt., 10c; % Ib., 22c; Ib., 40c; 2 Ibs., 
ductiveness. The plants are vigor- i id 
us and covered with large pods COS aah Peg S220 oRtDasd: 
ous” a 5 g , 
measuring 384% to 4 inches long 28. CS ete aa Rens 
with pods well filled and 4 to 5 ERSON. (Clark’s Bush.) Our new 
Beans are oval bush lima bean resembling Hender- 
son’s except that the seeds are always 
green. See page 3 for illustration and 
complete description. Pkt., 10c; 1% 
Ib., 25c; 1 Ib., 45c; 2 Ibs., 80c; 5 lbs.. 
postpaid. = Ev Pi $1.70, postpaid. 
33.. FORD'S 344%.. FORDHOOK BUSH 
PODDED. (85 days.) The larg- CIMA’ (75 days.) The highest in 
quality and the most prolific of all the 
Bush Lima Beans. An improved va- 
riety with plants growing erect and 
bearing well above the ground, Pods 
are medium green in color; 4 to 5 
inches long, and produced in large 
clusters; they contain from 3 to 5 
large beans of fine quality. The beans 
are white, with greenish tinge, thick 
and meaty. 2-oz. pkt., 10c;: 4% Ib., 
25c; Ib., 45c; 2 Ibs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.70, 
postpaid. 
* 34. BURPEE'S IMPROVED 
BUSH LIMA. (75 days.) Early, 
large and productive. Both beans and 
pods are larger than in the old Bur- 
pee’s Bush Limas, usually averaging 
The 
about the same color. Seed one more bean to the pod. Also earlier. 
reddish brown, mottled The bush is vigorous in growth and 
black. Planted mostly for has a heavy foliage. Pods are uni- 
ornamental. purposes but form in size, with an average of five 
the beans are good to eat, beans to a pod. Beans are large, thin 
both as snap and shelled skinned and of fine flavor. The pods 
: 7 beans. 2-0z, pkt., 10c; 1 are borne in clusters.. 2-0z. pkt., 10c; 
Burpee’s Improved Ib., 25c; 1b., 45c¢; 2 lbs., Yo Ib., 25c; 1b., 45c; 2 1bs., 80c; 5 
Bush Lima. 80c, postpaid. 
lbs., $1.70, postpaid. 
a. ve ee 

Vegetable Soy Bean Plant. 
VEGETABLE SOY BEAN 
5. MENDOTA. (83 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; 
¥Y, Vb., 30c; Ib., 50c; 2 Ibs., 90c; 5 Ibs., $1.90, 
FIELD. BEANS 
14. NAVY OR PEA BEAN. Popular 
baking bean since the time of the Civil Ws 
Primarily a Field Bean but deserves a place 
the garden. Don’t give it rich soil. 2-02. } 
BCs) tebe Ocre 1b o0cs) 2) lbs, 5D0;) br 
$1.20, postpaid. \ 
4. MICHELITE. A new strain of Navy 
Beans. Very uniform in maturing and growers 
state it is not necessary to hand pick them. Very 
heavy producers. See field seed section of _cat- 
alog, page 69, for complete description. Pkt., 
bow JA= lb w20chelb., 0c 2. lbs. 55csi9b) lbs. 
$1.20, postpaid. 
35. DARK RED KIDNEY. The popular 
bean used in soups, salads, and chili. Our 
strain is the dark red. Y2 1b., 20c; lb., 35c; 2 
Ibs., 60c; 5 lbs., $1.30, postpaid. 


Baby Potato Lima. 
* 29. BABY POTATO LIMA. 
A prolific bush lima bean originated as a_ field 
eross between Henderson's Bush Lima and one 
of the Potato Lima types. In vine character and 
general appearance of pods is similar to Hender- 
son’s Bush and can be handled by the same 
cultural methods, The seeds are small but thick, 
of bright green color when fresh, and similar 
in flavor to Fordhook, A _ thriftier and more 
robust plant than Henderson’s Bush, averaging 
3.3 seeds per pod in trials. Admirably adapted 
not only for produce markets but also for ¢can- 
ning and quick freezing, All-America Silver 
Medal Winner. 2 oz. pkt., 10c; Y Ib., 25c; Ib., 
45c; 2 lbs., 80c; 5 lbs., $1.70, postpaid, 
(70 days.) 

