. Dreer's garden book 1939 : 101 years of Dreer quality seeds plants bulbs. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Dreer's Reliable VEGETABLE SEEDS. Pole Lima Beans —For Extra-Heavy Crops Culture-Pole Limas are even less hardy than the Bush, type and should not be planted until toward the end of IMay or when all danger of frost is passed. Set the poles about 4 feet apart each way and plant 6 to 8 beans, eye downward, around each pole. When plants are up, thin out to 3 plants to
. Dreer's garden book 1939 : 101 years of Dreer quality seeds plants bulbs. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Dreer's Reliable VEGETABLE SEEDS. Pole Lima Beans —For Extra-Heavy Crops Culture-Pole Limas are even less hardy than the Bush, type and should not be planted until toward the end of IMay or when all danger of frost is passed. Set the poles about 4 feet apart each way and plant 6 to 8 beans, eye downward, around each pole. When plants are up, thin out to 3 plants to a pole. Pinch off the ends when plants overrun the top of the poles. It is good practice to use a shovelful of rich, light, well-rotted compost to each hill. One pound of seed will plant 75 to 100 hills. 117 Dreer's Improved Pole Some gardeners know this variety as Chal- lenger or Potato Lima. It is a medium-late variety of strong growth, bearing a very heavy crop of attractive pods that shell out more beans from a given number of pods than any other Pole Lima. Each pod contains 4 or 5 thick and attractive, light green beans. Pkt. 10c; i lb. 25c; lb. 4Sc; 2 lbs. 85c; 5 lbs. $, prepaid. 125 Small or Sieva. The poles are literally loaded with small, well-filled pods. Small white beans, like the Henderson Bush variety. Pkt. 10c; i lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 70c; 5 lbs. , prepaid. 121 King of the Garden. An improved Carpentaria which yields a hea\-y crop. It is an old favorite variety of vigorous growth bearing large dark green pods each containing 4 or 5 pale green beans. The beans are attrac- tive and enjoy great popularity on account of their splendid flavor. Pkt. 10c; | lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 7Sc; 5 lbs. $, prepaid. 122 Leviathan Early. The earliest large- podded Pole variety in cultivation and an enormous cropper. The pods are 5 to 6 inches long and contain 5 or 6 beans each. The shelled beans are of quahty. Pkt. 10c; ^ lb. 25c; lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 5
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