


We Offer Stout Cedar 
POLE SNAP BEANS 
One pound plants 200 hills. 
The flavor and quality of these types of Bean are 
very high. Grow them if you have the room. Erect 
stout pele 3 feet apart; sow 8 Beans in a circle 
around the base after danger of frost has passed; 
thin to 5 plants per pole. Or you may grow them 
against a wire fence, allowing 1 pound per 100 feet. 
2A 141 Old Homestead (Green Kentucky 
Wonder). »* The pods are tender, string- 
less when young and silvery green, hanging 
in clusters throughout the plant. Begins to 
yield in ten weeks, and thereafter is a con- 
tinuous bearer. Pkt. 15 cts., 4b. 35 cts., 
Ib. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 
2A 142 Scarlet Runner. Has scarlet 
flowers. The green pods, though contain- 
ing strings, are probably the best flavored 
of any Bean. Pkt. 15 cts., W%lb. 35 cts., 
Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
2A 143 Yard-Long Asparagus. A _ re- 
markable Bean, yielding narrow rounded 
pods of enormous length. The quality is 
pean Pkt. 20 cts., }4Ib. 50 cts., Ib. 
cts. 

Beans for Growing Under Glass 
(DWARF) ‘ 
These are of interest only to the professional 
gardener anxious to produce a crop out of season in 
a greenhouse. 
2A 131 The Prince. New sort, quick to ma- 
ture and cropping enormously. The pods 
are without strings, meaty, of fine flavor, 
11 to 12 inches long. Pkt. 25 cts., Wb. 
55 cts., Ib. $1, 5 Ibs. $4.75. 
2A 132 Wonder. Of fine color and refined 
flavor. Round, 6-inch pods are borne in 
great abundance. Ib. 45 cts., Ib. 85 cts., 
5 Ibs. $4.10. 
2A 130 Masterpiece. Strong, quick grower 
and very prolific, the pods attaining a 
length of over 7 inches, straight, tender, 
meaty and stringless. Bean thick-flat. 
lb. 45 cts., Ib. 80 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.75. 

Beans for Baked Beans 
| Grow until fully ripened; then shell. Pods are 
inedible. 
(2A 162 White Marrow. The large straight 
pods each contain half-dozen large white 
Beans, ready in about 4 months. Excel- 
lent flavor. Height 114 feet. 14lb. 30 cts., 
Ib. 55 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.50. 
2A 160 Pea or Navy. Large, spreading plant 
with strong runners. The white “‘Boston’”’ 
Beans are small and oval. Harvested 3 
months after seeding. 4b. 30 cts., Ib. 
55 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.50. 
_2A 161 Red Kidney. Beans are red. }4lb. 
30 cts., Ib. 55 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.50. 
GIFT DEPARTMENT 
EPICURE FOODS 
These Departments issue a 
special Catalogue. We gladly 
mail it on request. 

NEW YORK 8, N. Y. 
BEAN-POLES 

Early Giant Lima 
Beans 
Pole Snap Beans 
Broad (Fava) Beans 
Differ from American types in that they do best 
in cold weather; light frost does them no harm, and 
they should be planted early. Select strong land and 
spray continuously against aphis and blight. Not 
recommended for the home-garden. 
2A 135 English Windsor. Heavy pods are 
produced in pairs with 3 or 4 large Beans 
m each. Tender and delicious. Mlb. 
35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
2A191 Soy Beans for Sprouting 
Used. in Chinese cooking. Lb. 25 cts. 
(postpaid 45 cts.); 5 Ibs. $1 (postpaid $1.35). 
How to Grow Lima Beans 
Don’t waste your seed by sowing Lima Beans be- 
fore all danger of frost is over and the soil is thor- 
oughly warm. Sow Bush sorts in rows 2 feet apart 
and about 2 inches deep, putting the Beans 3 inches 
apart im the row, “‘eye down,” later thinning so that 
the plants stand 6 to 8 inches apart. For Pole varie- 
ties put 6 seeds in each hill, arranging the hills 3 feet 
apart each way. They require a pole 7 feet high, 
and when the vines have peaehed: the top, pinch 
them and so_increase the yield. Some gardeners 
plant under glass and transplant about the time 
seeds are usually sown. Limas always do best on a 
nice, rich, loamy soil. Surplus stock may be ripened 
on the vines, the Beans dried and kept for winter. 
Lima Beans take almost the whole season to 
grow. You cannot plant them for succession, except 
Early Giant. A good idea is to first sow an excep- 
tionally quick crop, like radish, mustard or spinach, 
dig when harvested and then sow Limas. 
One pound of seed plants 50 to 100 feet of drill 
or 50 hills. 
Should you notice your plants being spotted or 
spoiled by blight or fungus Gad this applies to Snap 
Beans also), pull out each affected plant and burn 
it; this does not often happen. But you are very 
likely to find damage by the Mexican bean beetle. 
In the soil around the plants you may see the mature 
beetle, like a spotted, rather large yellow lady bug. 
Under the leaves are clusters of the orange-yellow 
eggs, with the yellow, spiny larve that hatch from 
them. The leaves will be eaten mto lacy designs, the 
larve eating the leaves, but leaving the vems. Hurry 
and dust your plants with Hortex, or spray them, 
especially the under side of the leaves, with Rotene. 
A 25-foot row or ten hills should supply 
25 pounds or more of Lima Beans (pods). 
They furnish vitamins Bi, C and G; also 
phosphorus, copper and some iron. 

%* Kinds so marked suitable for 
QUICK FREEZING 
Your attention is directed to page 27 for an interesting 
assortment of Herbs 
for climbing sorts at $3.50 per dozen. 

They last 
many years. 
DWARF LIMA BEANS 
One pound will plant 50 to 100 feet of drill. Yield 
in from 12 to 14 weeks. 
2A 177 Triumph. >» 1949 All-America 
Silver Medal. Developed by Drs. Mag- 
ruder and Wester of U. S. Plant Industry. 
Thick-seeded Baby Lima type. Has more 
quality and flavor than other heavy- 
yielding small-seeded types. Green seeds 
give it a fresher appearance in canning and 
freezing. Pkt. 25 cts., Wb. 55 cts., Ib. 
$1, 5 Ibs. $4.75. 
2A 176 Peerless. > Ideal for canning and 
freezing; good for the garden also, espe- 
cially in the East. Clusters of rather short 
pods, holding from 2 to 3 medium-size 
green Beans that are unexcelled for flavor. 
Yields heavily even under adverse weather 
conditions. Honorable Mention,  AII- 
America Seed Trials for 1948. Pkt. 25 cts., 
YéIb. 55 cts., Ib. $1, 5 Ibs. $4.75. 
2A 172 Fordhook 242. 4 An All-America 
Seed-Trials Winner. Like Fordhook, the 
Beans are thick, fleshy, of medium size— 
the true “‘potato” type. Yields are out- 
standing, and first pickings of Two-forty- 
two are very large. Quality is high. Pkt. 
20 cts., 4b. 45 cts., Ib. 85 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.75. 
/2A 173 Fordhook. >» A dwarf form of the 
Challenger or Potato Lima, and earlier. 
Pods measure 4 to 5 inches, frequently 
containing 4 fine Beans of medium size, 
thick, meaty and very tender. Pkt. 15 cts., 
Yéib. 40 cts., Ib. 75 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
2A 170 Baby Potato. » Beans are some- 
what smaller than Fordhook. The plant is 
smaller also, so it Is interesting to those 
whose garden space is limited. Flavor is 
especially good. Pkt. 15 cts., M%4lb. 40 cts., 
Ib. 75 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
2A 171 Early Giant. »% The short period in 
which this Bean matures enables it to be 
grown for succession, sowings being made 
from May 15 to July 10 near New York. 
The flavor is refined, and the luscious 
Beans, which are large, thick, and flat, are 
produced m remarkable quantity. Pkt. 
15 cts., %Ib. 40 cts., Ib. 75 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
2A 175 Improved Bush. A fine standard 
Bush Lima; pods are large, well filled with 
large Beans. A great producer; growth is 
vigorous; the blossom-bearing stalks are 
thrown well out of the foliage, and the Beans 
are ready for picking very early. Mlb. 
40 cts., lb. 75 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
2A 174 Henderson Bush. Pods and Beans 
are small, but plentiful. Pkt, 15 cts., Ib. 
35 cts., lb. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
One pound will plant 50 hills. Yield in from 13 
to 15 weeks. 
2A 183 Green-seeded. Vigorous, runners 
producing many broad pods closely filled 
with large Beans, many of the pods con- 
taining four. Nearer to having every Bean 
perfect than others. The distinctive green 
tint is retained in the dry state. Finer- 
flavored and more tender than white-seeded 
Beans. Pkt. 15cts., 4Ib. 40 cts., Ib. 75 cts., 
5 Ibs. $3.50. 
2A 180 Challenger or Potato Improved. 
Early. A small thick Bean of excellent 
flavor. Mlb. 35 cts., lb. 60 cts., 5 Ibs. $2.75. 
2A 184 King of the Garden. Beans flat, 
large, 4b. 35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
2A 182 Ford’s Mammoth. Pods often 9 
inches long; Beans flat and large. lb. 
AO cts., Ib. 70 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.25. ; 
2A 181 Early Leviathan. Early variety 
with pods in clusters. Pkt. 15 cts., M4Ib. 
40 cts., Ib. 70 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
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