. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. ¥EGET^B&E #OYEIiTIES. DREER'S BUSH LIMA BEAN. (Kumerle's Dwarf Lima.) This is a bush form of tlie Dvecr's Lima Bean, anil is un- qiu-stiiuialily the best of all the luai-f JjMuis. beini; vastly su- jiei-ior in tlavor to the dwarf varieties of the Sieva Lima of reoent introduction. It grows about two feet high, and is of vigorous branching habit, maturing early; it is very productive, the beans in a green state are not quite as large as the Large Lima,
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1891. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. ¥EGET^B&E #OYEIiTIES. DREER'S BUSH LIMA BEAN. (Kumerle's Dwarf Lima.) This is a bush form of tlie Dvecr's Lima Bean, anil is un- qiu-stiiuialily the best of all the luai-f JjMuis. beini; vastly su- jiei-ior in tlavor to the dwarf varieties of the Sieva Lima of reoent introduction. It grows about two feet high, and is of vigorous branching habit, maturing early; it is very productive, the beans in a green state are not quite as large as the Large Lima, but grow closer together in the pod, are thicker, sweeter, more tender and succulent, and remain green longer after maturing. For small private gardens, and wherever the use of poles is inconvenient or undesirable, it will prove especially valuable, and will, when generally known, supersede all other forms of the dwarf Lima Bean, the This Bean should be planted in rows two feet apart, and the plants one foot apart in One plant alone is sufficient to a hill. Per pkt. of 15 seeds, 25 cts.; 5 pkts., SADDLE-BACK WAX BEAN. Tills valuable new dwarf Bean is a cross between the Yosemite Mammoth and the Black-eyed Wax, and inherits qualities from both parents. The plant is of vigorous growth and a profuse bearer, pods large, long, round, very full of meat and absolutely stringless. When the pods are broken between the Beans, there is no open space; the pods being completely tilled with meat, and can be sliced like a cucumber, without showing any hollow spaces. Per pkt., 15 cts.; 2 pkts., 25 cts.; pint, 40 cts. (by mail 50 cts.) ; qt., 75 cts. (by mail 90 cts.) EAELY GOLDEN-EYED WAX BEAN. This valuable variety has already secured a first place among Wax Beans. It is very eai-ly and of vigorous habit, growing rapidly and yielding an abundance of tender suc- culent pods of a rich waxy yellow color and of unexcelled flavor. The pods grow long and handsome and ai'e en- tirely f
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