Allen, Sterling & Lothrop, Portland, Maine 3 
Beans— Bush 
SHELL BEANS 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima. 
(75 days). Larger than Burpee’s 
Bush Lima, while the beans, 
either green or dry, are nearly 
twice as thick and ready to mar- 
ket eight to ten days earlier. 
Pkt. 15c; ¥% Ib. 35c; 1 Ib. 60c; 2 
Ibs. $1.00; 15 lbs. $6.00. 
French’s Dwarf Horticul- 
tural (54 days). Plants erect, 
compact and prolific. Pods very 
attractive with heavy splashing 
of deep carmine. A_ popular 
green shell variety for home 
and market gardens. 
Pkt. 15c; % lb. 35c; Ib. 60c; 
2 lbs. $1.00; 15 lbs. $6.00. 
Low’s Champion (55 days). 
A superb New England bean 
for gardeners and _  canners. 
Plants erect, producing deep 
green, flat, straight, stringless 
pods of excellent quality. 
Biktaeloc;ey> lb. doc; lb. 60c; 
2 lbs. $1.00; 15 lbs. $6.00. 
FIELD BEANS 
Maine Pea. Lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 
80c; 15 lbs. $5.25. 
Maine Yellow Eye Improved. 
Poedoc; 2) Ibs: S0c; 15° Ibs. 
$5.25, 
Red Kidney. Lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 
SUC LOEIDS., 5.25. 
White Kidney. Lb. 45c; 2 lbs. 
80c2>15) Ibs! $5.25. 
Jacobs Cattle. lb. 45c; 
SUC ral Onl DSi9D-25. 
2 Ibs. 
Kentucky Wonder 
Pole Bean 
Beans— Bush 
WAX PODDED 
Pencil Pod Black Wax. (55 
days). Plants large, vigorous 
and productive. Pods, round, 
Slightly curved, fleshy, golden 
vellow, absolutely stringless, 
excellent quality. 
Pkt. 15¢e; % lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 
2 lbs. 90c; 15 lbs. $5.00. 
Brittle Wax (58 days). An 
outstanding variety for home 
use and canning. Pods attrac. 
tive, medium yellow, slightly 
curved, round, extremely brit: 
tle, fleshy, succulent and 
stringless. 
Pkt. 15¢e; % lb. 35c; Ib. 60c; 
2 lbs. $1.00; 15 lbs. $6.00. 
Improved Golden Wax (51 
days). One of the finest va- 
rieties for home garden plant. 
ings. Pods oval, light yellow, 
brittle, stringless and of good 
quality. Pkt. 15c; 1% Ib. 30c, 
lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 15 lbs. $5.00. 
Sure Crop Stringless Wax 
(53 days). A desirable sort. 
Plants very productive. Pods 
golden yellow, flat, brittle, 
strictly stringless, fine texture 
and quality. 
Pkt. 15e3) % Ib S0e3 1b 50c; 
2 lbs. 90c; 15 lbs. $5.00. 
ARASAN 
A Dupont disinfectant for 
treating corn, peas, beans and 
other Vegetable Seeds. Reduces 
decay of seed in the soil and 
‘protects plants from damping 
off. 
% oz. 25c; 8 oz. $1.00; 2 lb. can 
$3.20—not prepaid. Add 2% tax. 
Beans— Pole 
Culture—Plant in hills 4 feet apart, 4 to 5 beans to a hill. 
Poles should be 
firmly set before planting. 
Kentucky Wonder, or Old Homestead. 
(65 days). A long, green podded variety, very 
prolific and of fine quality and perfectly 
stringless. 
Pkt. 15c; % Ib. 30c; Ib. 50c; 2 Ibs. 90c. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax. (67 days). A 
very vigorous climber, producing long, 7-8 
inches, waxy, yellow, nearly stringless, meaty 
pods. Plants are exceedingly prolific. 
Pkt. 15c; % Ib. 30c; lb. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c. 
Horticultural or Speckled Cranberry. (7( 
days). An old favorite, early and pro‘tific; 
excellent quality either as a snap or shell 
bean or for cooking dry. 
Pkt. 15¢; % lb. 30c; lb. 50c; 2 Ibs. 90c. 
Worcester Horticultural. (80 days). A 
mammoth form of the cld-fashioned Horti- 
eultural She!] or Speckled Cranberry Bean. 
The best type of Horticultural Shell Bean 
Pods heavy, splashed with red, about 7 in. long 
Pkt. 15c; % lb. 30c; Ib. 50c; 2 Ibs. 90c. 
