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Title: Seed annual, 1899
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: D.M. Ferry & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Flowers Vegetables Nursery stock Gardening
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : D.M. Ferry & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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crowded clusters of pods until cut off byfrost. One of the most popular varieties with the New Yorkmarket gardeners. This is similar to, but a decided improve-ment on what is known as Dreers Improved Lima. Pkt. 10c;Pt. 25c; qt. 35o; 4 qt. $1.25; Bushel $6.50 KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA vine very vigorous and productive. Pods of the largest size filled with four or five im-mense, white beans of the finest quality. On account of itslarge pods it is a favorite with market gardeners. It willcome into bearing sooner, and will make larger pods if not more than two vines are left to grow on a pole. Pkt.lOc; Pt.2oc; Qt.35c; 4 qtH.$1.25: Bu.$6.50 S EIBERTSEARLY LIMABEAN... Introduced by us in 1895 THE EARLIESTTRUE LIMA Practical value has been the object aimed atin the development of this grand variety, whichis the outcome of the labors of a skillful marketgardener who selected for several years thelargest green beans from the thinnest and mosteasily opened pods. It FurnishesThe LargestGreen Beans
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AND IS THE MOST EASILYSHELLED OF ANY OFTHE LIMAS The vine is so productivethat although the podsrarely contain morethan four beans theyield is enormousand is producedfrom the veryfirst to thelast of the The green shelled beans are of immense size butso tender and succulent that they shrink in dryingto about the size of the Large White Lima. It Is TDe Best Llnta Bean Ever Ottered FOR MARKET GARDENERS USE. In earliness, ease of shelling, size, beauty andquality of the green beans, this variety is far inadvance of all other sorts, and is recognizedas the best of all the Limas for either the gar-den or marker. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 25c; Qt. 36c;4 qts. $1.25; Bushel $6.50 WHITE RUNNER BEAN cultivated chiefly for its flowers, though the large, white beans are of fair quality either greenshelled or dry. Vines and leaves large and coarse; blossoms in long racemes, large, )>ure white; pods lartre, broad, coarse;beans large, kidney-shaped, thick. Pkt. 10c; Pt. 20c; Qt. 30c; 4 Qts. $1.00; Bushel $6.0

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