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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. 20 cts., %lb. 45 cts., Ib. 
80 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.75. 
176 Peerless. y% Clusters of rather short 
pods, holding from 2 to 3 medium-size 
green Beans that are unexcelled for flavor. 
Honorable Mention in All-America Seed 
Trials for 1948. Pkt. 20 cts., 4Ib. 45 cts., 
Ib. 80 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.75. 
2A 172 Fordhook 242. + 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., %lb. 45 cts., Ib. 75 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
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., 
Ib. 40 cts., Ib. 70 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
2A 171 Early Giant. > The short period in 
which this Bean matures, allows 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 in remarkable quantity. This 
variety is especially recommended. Pkt. 
20 cts., 4b. 45 cts., Ib. 80 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.75. 
2A 174 Henderson Bush. Pods and Beans 
are small, but plentiful. Pkt. 15 cts., M%lb. 
35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
170 Baby Potato. Pkt. 15 cts., M%4lb. 45 
cts., Ib. 75 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.50. 
175 Improved Bush. Wlb. 45 cts., Ib. 
75 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.50. 


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. 20 cts., 44Ib. 45 cts., Ib. 80 cts., 
5 Ibs. $3.75. 
2A 180 Challenger or Potato Improved. 
Early. A small thick Bean of excellent 
flavor. 4b. 35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
184 King of the Garden. Beans flat, large. 
1Ib.. 40 cts., Ib. 70 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
2A 181 Early Leviathan. Early variety 
with pods in clusters. Pkt. 15 cts., lb. 
AO cts., Ib. 70 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.25. 


300 CARDOON. Grown like celery and 
served like asparagus. Sow m May, and 
transplant 3 feet apart. Three weeks be- 
fore using, the heads are tied, straw is 
piled against them; soil is heaped against 
the straw to blanch them. Pkt. 25 cts., 
3 pkts. 60 cts. 
8 Vegetable Seeds 



Early Giant Lima 
Beans 
Pole Snap Beans 
Broad (Fava) Beans 
_ Differ from American types in that they do best 
mm cold weather; light frost does them no harm, and 
they should be planted early. Select strong land and 
spray continuously agamst 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. lb. 
35 cts., Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
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 in 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 reached 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 eed 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 exce 
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 (and 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 Ieaves are clusters of the orange-yellow 
eggs, with the yellow, spiny larve that hatch from 
them. The leaves will be eaten into Iacy designs, the 
larvee eating the leaves, but leaving the veins. 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 
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of Beans 
bing sorts at $3.50 per dozen. 
They last 
many years. 
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 poles 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., W4lb. 35 cts., 
Ib. 65 cts., 5 Ibs. $3. 
2A 142 Scarlet Runner. Decorative scarlet 
flowers. The green pods, though contain- 
ing strings, are probably the best flavored 
of any Bean. Pkt. 15 cts., 4b. 40 cts., 
Ib. 70 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.25. 
2A 143 Yard-Long Asparagus. A _ re- 
markable Bean, yielding narrow rounded 
pods of enormous length. Excellent qual- 
ity. Pkt. 20 cts., 4lb. 55 cts., Ib. $1. 
for Growing Under Glass 
(DWARF) 
These are of interest only to the professiona 
gardener anxious to produce a crop out of season in 
a greenhouse. 
131 The Prince. New quick sort; cropping 
enormously. Stringless, meaty, of fine 
flavor, 11 to 12 inches Iong. Pkt. 20 cts., 
ib. 55 cts., Ib. $1, 5 Ibs. $4.75. 
130 Masterpiece. Strong, quick, and very 
prolific. Seven-inch, straight, tender, 
thick-flat, meaty and stringless. lb. 
45 cts., Ib. 80 cts., 5 Ibs. $3.75. 

Brussels Sprouts 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Source of vita- 
mins B,;, C, and G. High in phosphorus and 
copper. One ounce will produce about 
3000 plants; 30 to 50 plants suffice for an 
average family. Yields within 14 weeks of 
sowing seed. Sow thinly outdoors; trans- 
plant when 4 inches, 2 feet apart. Keep 
the soil well cultivated all summer; in 
October begin gathering the sprouts. A 
25-foot row should give you 20 quarts or 
more. 
250 Favorite. Half-dwarf, covered with 
tight sprouts. Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 60 cts., 
6 pkts. $1.10, oz. $1.50, 14Ib. $4.50. 
STUMPP & WALTER CO, 
