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Title: 1901 Johnson & Stokes garden and farm manual
Identifier: CAT31294891 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Johnson & Stokes; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture), Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nursery stock, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Fruit, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Nuts, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs; Seed industry and trade, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Johnson & Stokes : Press of Edward Stern & Co. , Inc.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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POPULAR VEGETABLE SEEDS nJS^ New Jersey Grown Pole Lima Beans WHY THEY ARE THE BEST For nearly a half a century Southern New Jersey has had the reputation, and deservedly so, of growing the finest Lima Beans in the United States, the product being eagerly sought after by Boston, New York, Philadelphia and other East- ern cities, for both seed and consumption. For some years past, however, many seedsmen have been growing their supplies in Southern California, where they are grown very cheaply and without poles. We have made hundreds of tests of various Limas from California seed, and find the product much inferior in both quality and productiveness to those grown in New Jersey. It is also difficult to get them to take the poles, owing to the method by which they are grown, while the beans are smaller and lack the rich, buttery flavor peculiar to the New Jersey Limas. Rn ( mber, the prices quoted by the pint and quart are for the Jh si 8< < d B< (ins. Postage Paid, by Mail. If ordered sent by express or freight, you c<ui DEDUCT 8c. per pint or 15c. per quart. Large Packets of each variety, 10c. each, post- paid. Half peck and half bushel at peck and bushel rates. SEIBEKT'S EARLY LIMA. This new variety is one of the very earliest. The vine is very vigorous and produc- tive. Pods are large, but thin, and can be more easily opened than tho^e of other varieties. The green beans are very large, handsome and of the best quality. In earliness, ease of shell- ing, size, beauty and quality of the green beans, this variety is superior, and is now recognized as one of the best for either tlir garden or market. Pint, 25c.; qt.,45c.; peck,8L85; bush., 87.00. SHALLCROSS MARKET QUEEN LIMA. This new Pole Lima Bean was developed after many years' careful selection by Mr. Frank Shallcross, a noted Philadelphia mar- ket gardener and Lima Bean grower, from whom we first ob- tained seed. While not the earliest, it is, without question, one of the most prolific, bearing its handsome pods in im- mense clusters and filled with large, flat, green beans. Pint, 30c; qt., 55c.; peck, 82.25; bush., 88.00. JERSEY EXTRA EARLY LIMA. The pods are large and numerous, invariably having from four to five beans in each. These beans appear in Philadelphia markets nearly two week s ahead of ordinary Limas, selling at from 13.00 to (4.00 iK r bushel of pods, and, previous to the introduc- tion of Seibert's Early, were considered the earliest. Pint, 25c; at., 45c.; peck, 81 85; bush., 87.00. STOKES' EVERGREEN LIMA. The Stokes' Ever- green not only holds the full size and great productiveness of the Salem Mammoth, but has the remarkable additional quality of holding, in all stages of growth, and even when dry and shelled, the deep green color of the unripe state, giv- ing the appearance of beans fresh from the vine when cooked. Pint, 35a; qt.. 60c; peck, 82.50. KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA. More prolific than the ordinary Lima, bearing pods five to six inches long, in clusters of four and five, with five to six beans in a pod. Pint, 25c; qt., 45c; peck, 81.70; bush.,$6.50. DREER'S IMPROVED, CHALLENGER or PO- TATO POLE LIMA. When green, is as large as the Large Lima, thicker, sweeter and more tender and nutritious, remaining green in the pod for a long time after maturing. Pint, 25c; fit., 45c; peck, 81.75; bush., 86.75. SALEM IMPROVED LIMA. A selection from the Large Lima Bean, of extraordinary size and deep green color. Pint, BOc; qt., Be; peck, S2.0; bush., 87.75. LARGE WHITE LIMA. (Extra Selected Size. The well-known favorite. Our strain is fine. Pint, 25c; qt., 45c; peck, 81.60; bush., 86.00. New Golden Pod Andalusia This new pole bean, introduced by us ten years since, I has created a decided sensation wherever grown. The pods ; are five to six inches long, broad, thick very Meshy, and en- tirely stringless,far surpassing all other varieties in this respect, and retaining these important qualities until almost ripe. Pods when fully grown are five to six inches long, exceed- ingly rich, buttery and fine flavored. The vines cling well to the poles, a very important feature, as owing to its wonderful productiveness, the weight of a vine filled with such a mass of large pods is very great. They commence bearing in great abundance when the vines are quite young, and continue to bear profusely the entire season. The beans when dry are round, pure white and also make a fine shell or winter bean. Pint, 30c; qt., 55c; peck, 82.25; bush., 83.00.
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FORD'S MAMMOTH PODDED POLE LIMA BEAN This Lima Bean is the result of over twenty years' selec- tion by the late Jas. Ford, who was one of the oldest market gardeners around Philadelphia. The pods grow to an average length of eight inches, are produced in great clusters, with from five to seven beans per pod, of most excellent quality, for using either green or dry. The vines grow vigorously, set- ting the beans earlv at the bottom of the pole, and continue in bearing right up"to frost. Ford's Mammoth Podded is without exception the largest podded, finest flavored and most productive of all Lima Beans. Pkt., 10c; pint, 30c; qt., 55c, postpaid ; by freight or express, qt., 40c; 2 qts., 70c; peck, 82.00; bush., 87.50.

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