. Dreer's garden book 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. -HIMRT A DREER 4>H1 LADEIPHIA^A7^^ RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS- 15 Stangen Bohnen, Ger. POLE LlflA BEANS Haricots a rames, Fr. Frijol vastago, Sp. CULTURE —Pole Limas require warm and very rich, loamy soil. Plant when the soil has become well warmed through in spring If planted in cold or soggy soil the seed will rot. Use poles 5 to 8 feet long set in rows 4 feet apart each way, or in drills, if wire trellis is u
. Dreer's garden book 1917. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. -HIMRT A DREER 4>H1 LADEIPHIA^A7^^ RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS- 15 Stangen Bohnen, Ger. POLE LlflA BEANS Haricots a rames, Fr. Frijol vastago, Sp. CULTURE —Pole Limas require warm and very rich, loamy soil. Plant when the soil has become well warmed through in spring If planted in cold or soggy soil the seed will rot. Use poles 5 to 8 feet long set in rows 4 feet apart each way, or in drills, if wire trellis is used. Plant 4 to 6 Beans around each pole, and thin out to 3 plants to a pole, or 2 to 3 Beans may be planted in a hill a foot apart under a wire trellis. Cultivate freely, and if possible top dress around each hill with small quantity of poultry manure compost or some good fertilizer. When hoeing work this dressing well into the soil. Sprouted Limas transplant easily. fc You can get a picking ahead of your neighbors by starting the Beans under glass in April and transplanting to open ground m proper season. One quart will plant i5o to 200 hills. Material for inoculating Pole Beans wtll be found offered on page 50. BEANS BY PARCEL POST. The prices given in this catalogue for Beans of all kinds are for same to be sent by express or freight, at the purchaser's expense. If pints or quarts are wanted sent by Parcel Post add as follows: To points East of Mississippi River, 8 cts. pt.; 12 cts. qt. To points West of Mississippi River, 15 cts. pt.; 25 cts. qt. Packets of all varieties of Beans, 10 cts. each. Carpinteria Lima. (See cut.) The Beans of this splendid pole lima have a greenish tint, an indication of good quality and an advantage in appearance over the white skinned varie- ties. Vines are vigorous and make strong growth, producing large quantities of pods, containing four large Beans, which are thicker than the ordinary lima, and retain their color even when in the dry stat
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