OLDS’ POLE 
387. 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; 1% 
Ib., 35c; lb., 60c; 2 lbs., $1.10; 5 lbs.; $2.30, 
postpaid, i 
*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., 10c; ¥% Ib., 35c; Ib., 65c; 2 
Ibs., $1.20; 5 lbs., $2.50, postpaid. 
10. 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, tender and fiberless; of 
good quality containing 7 to 8 beans, Pods 
average jn length from 18 to 80 inches. This is 
a fine novelty to grow in your garden. Seeds 
reddish brown with black circle around the eye. 
Pkt., 15¢; ¢ 1b., 5Qc, postpaid. 
*38. KENTUCKY WONDER. (65 days.) 
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; 
Yq Ib., 35c; 1b., 60c; 2 lbs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.30, 
postpaid, 
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Triumph Bush Lima, 
*23. TRIUMPH. (72 days.) All-America 
award winner in 1949. Yields well under ad- 
verse conditions and 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- 
inches. 10c; Y% Ib., 35c; 
erage 2U%x% PKt., : 
lb., 60c; 2 lbs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.30, postpaid, 
27 Ue Sa NOW 42 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 Tordhook. 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; YY 1b., 35c; 
tb., 60c; 2 lbs., $1.10; 5 Ibs., $2.30, postpaid. 
Fordhook No, 242 Bush Lima, 
SNAP 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 
improved 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; % 
Tb:, 35c; 1b; 60c; 2 Ibs:;, $1.10; 5 lbs:, $2.30) 
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; 2 1b., 35c; Ib., 60c; 2 
ibs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.30, postpaid, 
*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; YQ Ib., 
85c; lb., 55c; 2 Ibs., $1.00; 5 lbs., $2.10, post- 
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; 4 Ip.” 25e; 1b., 40c; 2 Ibs., 70c; 5 
lbs., $1.50, 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. Y¥ lb., 30c; Ih., 
50c; 2 Ibs., 90c; 5 lbs., $1.90, postpaid. 
January 12, 1952. 
“Dear Sir: 
“T’m the fifth generation on this farm. Olds 
Seed Catalog was found when an old log house 
was torn down on our farm. My great great grand- 
parents lived in that house. 
“Just as my grandparents have, I’m asking you 
to please send me your 1952 seed catalog. 
“Vours truly, 
“M. Paine.” 
OLDS’ POLE LIMA BEANS 
338. 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., 10c; 1% Ib., 35c; Ib., 55c; 2 lbs., $1.00; 
5 lbs., $2.10, postpaid. 
*30. CHALLENGER. (80 days.) This 
variety of Lima is desirable ‘on account of 
earliness and productiveness. 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; 
VY Ib., 35¢c; lb., 60c; 2 lbs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.30, 
postpaid, 
39. SCARLET RUNNER POLE. (90 
days.) A pole bean that is really a climbing bean 
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., 10c; Y Ib., 35c; 1b., 65c; 
2 Ibs., $1.20; 5 lbs., $2.50, 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. 
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 
or Butter-bean. but is green at all picking 
stages. Pods measure about 2% inches by % 
inch, Contains 3 to 4 delicious oval beans. 
Pkt., 10c; 32°lb., 35¢; tb., 55¢: 2) lbs:; $1.00 5 
lbs., $2.30, postpaid. 
382. 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; Y% Ilb., 35c; Ib., 
60c; 2 lbs., $1.10; 5 lbs., $2.30, postpaid. 
PB: 
Early Market Bush Lima, 
L. L, OLDS SEED COMPANY — MADISON 1, WISCONSIN 
