. Small Lima, or Sieva. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $; peck, $ DWARF OR BUSH LIMA BEANS CULTURE.—Select land that is especially warm, rich and well supplied with vegetable fibre or humus. Plant as soon as the soil becomes warm in the spring. Make the rows 2 feet apart and give to each plant 6 inches space in the row. A top dress- ing of poultry manure, ashes, or some good fertilizer or compost around the plants will be of much benefit in hastening maturity and increasing the yield. O
. Small Lima, or Sieva. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 20 cts.; qt., 35 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $; peck, $ DWARF OR BUSH LIMA BEANS CULTURE.—Select land that is especially warm, rich and well supplied with vegetable fibre or humus. Plant as soon as the soil becomes warm in the spring. Make the rows 2 feet apart and give to each plant 6 inches space in the row. A top dress- ing of poultry manure, ashes, or some good fertilizer or compost around the plants will be of much benefit in hastening maturity and increasing the yield. One quart will plant 100 feet of row; f bushel for an acre. Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima. (See Specialties, page 9). Henderson's Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of the Sieva or Small Lima. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 25 cts.; qt., 40 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $; peck, $ Burpee's Bush Lima. A bush form of the Large White Lima, which is of good quality. By express or freight, at pur- chaser's expense, pt., 25 cts.; qt., 40 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $; peck, $ Burpee—Improved Bush Lima. Pods and beans are ex- tremely large. By express or freight, at purchaser's expense, pt., 30 cts.; qt., 50 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $; peck, $ Dreer's Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of Dreer's Improved Lima. The beans grow close together in the pods and are thick, sweet and succulent. By express or freight, at purch- aser's expense, pt., 25 cts.; qt., 45 cts. (if by Parcel Post add as noted at top of page); 4 qts., $; peck, $ Fordhook Bush Lima Bean. This valuable variety is a perfected form of Dreer's Bush Lima, which variety it re- sembles in form of pod and shape of bean, but both are larger and the plant is of a strong, upright growth, protecting the pods from contact with the soil, thus preventing rust or rot. By express or freight, at p
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