OLDS’ POLE SNAP BEANS 
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. Pkt., 10c; Y% 
Ib., 35c; 1b., 60c; 2 Ibs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.40, 
postpaid. 
*25. 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. Pkt., 15e; 1% Ib., 45c; lb., 70c; 2 
lbs., $1.30; 5 lbs., $2.80, 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 
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. Pkt., 15c; Ye 1b., 50c; postpaid. 
*38. KENTUCKY WONDER. (65 days.) 
(Old Homestead or Cornhill.) 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. Pkt., 10c; % Ib., 35c; Ib., 
60c; 2 lbs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.40, postpaid. 
OLDS’ POLE LIMA BEANS 
33. KING OF THE GARDEN. (88 
days.) The most widely used Pole Lima, The 
hardy and vigorous plants are good climbers and 
very productive. Pods flat, smooth, with aver- 
age of five large, oval, greenish white beans 
of excellent quality. Pods measure 7x1% inches, 
Pkt er aol beooew be OUCseamlDS: pl.L05 
5 lks., $2.40, postpaid. 
*30. DREER’'S POLE or CHAL- 
LENGER. (80 days.) This variety of Lima is 
desirable on account of earliness and produc- 
tiveness. 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. Pkt., 10c; % Ib., 35c; Ib., 60c; 2 
lbs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.40, postpaid. 
39. SCARLET RUNNER POLE. (90 
days.) A pole bean that is really a climbing bear 
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 reddish brown, mottled 
black. Planted mostly for ornamental purposes 
but beans are good to eat, both as snap and 
shelled beans. Pkt., 15c; % Ib., 40c; Ib., 65c; 
2 lbs., $1.20; 5 lbs., $2.60, postpaid. 
INOCULATE YOUR BEAN SEED. 
You will get a more robust vine, a heavier crop, 
and make this legume enrich the soil in which it 
is used if you use Nitragin. It pays for itself ten 
times over. Price: Nitragin, garden size, enough 
for eight pounds of seed, 15c, postpaid. 
OLDS’ BUSH LIMA BEANS 
_ Note: Plant Limas with the eyes down and 
in a warm location. Do not plant until the soil 
is thoroughly warm. Lima beans should be har- 
vested while they are still green. Be sure and 
use Nitragin on your bean seed. It is an invest- 
ment, not an expense. Varieties marked »% are 
recommended for freezing. 
_ *26. FORDHOOK BUSH. (75 days.) An 
improyed variety with plants growing erect and 
bearing well above the ground. Pods are medium 
green in color; 4 to 5 inches long, and produce 
in large clusters; they contain from 3 to 5 large 
beans of fine quality. The beans are white, with 
greenish tinge, thick and meaty, Pkt., 10c; % 
Ib., 35c; Ib., 60c; 2 Ibs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.40, 
postpaid. 
*34. BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH. 
(75 days.) Both beans and pods are larger than 
in the old Burpee’s Bush Limas, usually aver- 
aging 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 borne 
in clusters. Pkt., 10c; % 1b., 35c; lb., 60c; 2 
lbs., $1.10; 5 Ibs., $2.40, postpaid. 
27. U. S. NO. 242 FORDHOOK. (72 
days.) A superior type of Fordhook for the 
North, developed by the U. S. Dept. of Agricul- 
ture. Plants are wider spreading and have 
heavier foliage and yield heavier both early and 
late than the standard Fordhook. Even in very 
hot dry weather it sets basal pods from the first 
blossoms. The pods are uniform and hold their 
size on the late sets and contain 3 to 4 plump 
beans of finest quality. Pkt., 10c; % lb., 35c; 
lb., 60c; 2 lbs., $1.10; 5 Ibs., $2.40, postpaid. 
Fordhook No. 242° Bush Lima. 
Green Seeded Henderson Baby Lima, 
GREEN SEEDED HENDERSON 
28. 
or CLARK’S BUSH. (65 days.) This bean 
resembles in every way the Henderson’s Bush 
at all 
or Butter-bean but is green picking 
stages. Pods measure about 2% inches by % 
inch. Contains 3 to 4 delicious oval beans. 
Pkt., 10c; Y 1lb., 35c; Ib., 55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 5 
lbs., $2.40, postpaid, 
Early Market Bush Lima. 
32. EARLY MARKET BUSH. (65 days.) 
A dwarf large lima similar to Burpee’s Bush in 
appearance and growing habits, but outstanding 
in its earliness of maturity and ability to set 
under adverse growing conditions. It is a full 
two weeks ahead of Fordhook and does well 
under our northern growing conditions. Seed 
at maturity is very uniform in size of a bright 
green color. Pods bear three beans each of re- 
markable uniformity. A heavy yielder of excel- 
lent quality beans. Pkt., 10c; 4% Ib., 35c; Ib., 
55c; 2 Ibs., $1.00; 5 lbs., $2.20, postpaid, 
== 5 
*31. HENDERSON'S BUSH. (Baby 
Lima or Butter Bean.) (65 days.) The bush is 
not large, but the variety is early. 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, Pkt., 10c; Y% I1b., 
35c; lb., 55¢c; 2 1lbs., $1.00; 5 Ibs., $2.20, post- 
paid, 
Lima, 
j 2S 4 : é 
Triumph Bush 
(72 days.) All-America 
in 1949. Yields well under ad- 
is excellent for freezing 
and canning. Plants are more compact than 
Hendersons, with dull green leaves. Pods are 
straight, blunt and tightly filled with an average 
of 3 thick baby-type lima beans. Pods will av- 
erage 2%x% inches. Pkt., 10c; Yo 1b., 35c; 
lb., 55c; 2 Ibs., $1.00; 5 lbs., $2.40, postpaid. 
*23. TRIUMPH. 
award winner 
verse conditions and 
*29. BABY POTATO BUSH. (70 days.) 
In vine character and general appearance of 
pods is similar te Henderson’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 Hender- 
son’s Bush, averaging 3.3 seeds per pod in trials. 
Pkt., 15c; % Ib., 40c, postpaid, 
OLDS’ FIELD BEANS 
4, MICHILITE NAVY. (95 days.) This 
improved white navy originated at the Michigan 
Agricultural Station, and is a great improvement 
over the older strains. It is very uniform in 
maturing and a heavy yielder of glossy white 
“beans. Resistant to mosaic and bacterial blight. 
Pkt., 10c; % Ib., 25c; lb., 40c; 2 lbs., 70c; 5 
Ibs., $1.40, postpaid. 
35. RED KIDNEY. (95 days.) The large 
reddish brown beans are popular for soups, Sal- 
ads, and chili. Plant is large and vigorous; pods 
are dark green, oval, flat, tough, and about 6 
inches long, and % inch wide. ¥% Ib., 30c; lb., 
50c; 2 Ibs., 90c; 5 lbs., $2.00, postpaid. 
L. L. OLDS SEED COMPANY — MADISON 1, WISCONSIN 
