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D. M. FERRY & GO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.
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POUB 1.IMA BEAINS
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EARLY...
LIMA BEAN
Introduced by us in 1895.
THE . EARLIEST , TRUE . LIMA
It Furnishes the
Largest Green Beans
And is the Most Easily Shelled
of any of the Limas.
The Best Lima Bean Ever Offered
FOR MARKET GARDENERS' USE.
Practical value has been the object aimed
at in the development of this grand variety.
It is the outcome of the labors of a skillful
market gardener who selected for
several years the largest green
beans from the thinnest and most
easily opened pods.
The vine is so productive that although the
pods rarely contain more than four beans the yield
IS enormous and is produced from the very first to
the last of the season.
The green shelled beans are of immense size
but so tender and succulent that they shrink in
drying to about the size of the Large White Lima.
In Earliness, Ease of Shelling, Size,
Beauty and Quality of the Green Beans,
This Variety is far in Advance
Of all Other Sorts.
It is recognized as the best of all the Limas for
either the garden or market. Pkt. 10c: Pt. 2.5c:
^t. 40c; 4qts. $1.50; Bushel $8.00
SMALL WHITE LIMA, CAROLINA, OR SIEVA vines vigor-
ous, with many short branches, so that they are sometimes
grown without poles; very early and productive, with small,
smooth, dark green leaves, and small, yellowish-white blos-
soms: pods short, curved, thin; flat: beans white small
kidney-shaped. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c; 4 Ots.' $1.25;
Bushel $7.00 ' 't -^^ ?
CHALLENGER LIMA The vines of this splendid sort are very
stout, vigorous and productive, leaves lai-ge and thick The
pods are much thicker than those of the other Limas and
contam from four to five beans which are large thick
white, and of the best quality. It is early and continues
bearmg its closely crowded clusters of pods until cut otT by
trost. One of the most popular varieties with the New York
market gardeners. This is similar to, but a decided improve-
ment on what is knovMi as Dreer's Improved Lima Pkt. 10c •
Pt. 25c; (^t. 40c; 4 (^ts. $1.50: BusIipI $8.00
LARGE WHITE LIMA Too late for the extreme North, and
is being supplanted bj' Seibert's Early Lima, because the
latter is earlier. Vine tall growing, vigorous, but slender;
leaves medium sized, smooth, light green: blossoms small,
white: pods borne in clusters, long, broad, very thin, dark
green; beans large, ovoid, kidnev-shaped. greenish-white,
flat. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 35c: 4(^ts.$1.25: Bushel $7.00
King of the Garden Lima ...
Vine veiy vigorous and productive. Tods of the largest size
filled with four or five immense, white beans of the finest
quality. On account of its large pods it is a favorite wiUi
market gardeners. It will come into bearing sooner, and
will make larger pods if not more than two vines are left to
grow on a pole. Pkt. 10c: Pt. 25c: Qt. 40c; 4 Qts. $1.50;
Bushel $7.50