. Dreer's garden book 1927. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flEHRyA-BREE^ RELIABLE VEGEmBLE SEED;> >HlHBEIiPlffllk\ 15 POLE LIMA BEANS-Continued 117 Dreer's Improved Pole. A leading standard early variety, which is very productive. The quality is exceedingly fine, the Beans cooking rich and mealy. In some sections this variety is called Challenger, or Potato Lima. Pods contain 4 or 5 thick light green Beans, and shells out more Beans from a given number of pods tha
. Dreer's garden book 1927. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. /flEHRyA-BREE^ RELIABLE VEGEmBLE SEED;> >HlHBEIiPlffllk\ 15 POLE LIMA BEANS-Continued 117 Dreer's Improved Pole. A leading standard early variety, which is very productive. The quality is exceedingly fine, the Beans cooking rich and mealy. In some sections this variety is called Challenger, or Potato Lima. Pods contain 4 or 5 thick light green Beans, and shells out more Beans from a given number of pods than any other Pole Lima. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. Jib., 25cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 85 cts.; 10 lbs., $ 119 Early Jersey. Matures a few days earlier than the King of the Garden, and is very productive. The pods contain from three to five large beans, and the quality is good. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid, ^i lb., 25 cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 10 lbs., $ 121 King of the Garden. An old standby of vigorous growth bearing large dark green pods with four to five large white beans, of good quality. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. J lb., 25 cts.; lb., 45 cts.; 2 lbs., 80 cts.; 10 lbs., $ 125 Small Lima, or Sieva. Poles literally loaded with well filled pods. Beans small and of fine flavor. Pkt., 10 cts., postpaid. Ub., 25cts.; lb., 40 cts.; 2 lbs., 75 cts.; 10 lbs., $ ' POLE or RUNNING BEANS CULTURE—In common with Pole Limas (see culture directions on page 14), these are rank growers and consequently rank feeders. Do not attempt to grow Pole Beans on poor, thin soil, but enrich the hills well with liberal quantities of well-rotted manure or humus. One pound will plant 100 hills. Green Pod Varieties 128 Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead. Pronounced by experts the best flavored of all Beans in cultivation. Kentucky Wonder combines size and quality in an extraordinary degree. Pods are generally borne in clusters of 2 or 4, individual pods averaging 7 or 8 inches long. T
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