. BUSH EOIA BEANS. Culture.—Select land that is especially warm, rich, and well supplied with vegetable fibre or humus. Plant as soon as the soil has become warm in spring. Make the rows 2 feet apart and give to each plant 6 inches space in the row. A top- dressing 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. Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima. This variety was introduced by us in 1898, and is an improvement on Burpee's Bush Lima. The plants are upright and compact in growth, and are com- pletely c
. BUSH EOIA BEANS. Culture.—Select land that is especially warm, rich, and well supplied with vegetable fibre or humus. Plant as soon as the soil has become warm in spring. Make the rows 2 feet apart and give to each plant 6 inches space in the row. A top- dressing 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. Dreer's Wonder Bush Lima. This variety was introduced by us in 1898, and is an improvement on Burpee's Bush Lima. The plants are upright and compact in growth, and are com- pletely covered with large pods, many of which contain four Beans fully as large as the Pole Limas. Pt., 20 cts. (post- paid, 28 cts.); qt, 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., §; peck, § Dreer's Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of the Dreer's Im- proved Lima. The beans grow close together in the pods, producing 3 to 4 and sometimes 5 in a pod, and are thick, sweet and succulent. Pt, 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt, 35 cts. (postpaid, 50 cts.); 4 qts., $; peck, $ Fordhook Bush Lima Bean. This valuable new 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, and thus preventing rust and rot. It is very prolific and frequently produces pods contain- ing five beans, which are extremely large, thick through and of fine flavor. Pt, 35 cts. (postpaid, 43 cts.); qt., 60 cts. (postpaid, 75 cts.); 4 qts., $; peck, $ Burpee's Bush Lima. A bush form of the Large White Lima. Pt, 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt, 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., $; peck, § Henderson's Bush Lima. A dwarf variety of the Sieva or Small Lima. Pt, 20 cts. (postpaid, 28 cts.); qt, 30 cts. (postpaid, 45 cts.); 4 qts., §; peck, $
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