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Specialties and Novelties 1891.
Henderson’s New Bush Lima Bean,
[image (Henderson’s New Bush lima bean plant)]
[text in image: HENDERSON’S DWARF LIMA.]
Another year only adds to our high opinion of this really remarkable variety with which our customers were greatly pleased during the past season as it yielded a magnificent crop where other kinds were a complete failure because of drought. It is worthy of all the high praise given it. It grows without the aid of stakes or poles, in compact bush form, from fifteen to eighteen inches high and produces enormous crops of delicious Lima Beans which can be as easily gathered as the common garden bush bean. THE NEW BUSH LIMA is at least TWO WEEKS EARLIER than any of the climbing Limas. It produces a continuous crop from the time it comes into bearing (it is fit for the table in this latitude by the middle of July) until frost, and being enormously productive, a very small patch will keep a family supplied with this splendid vegetable throughout the season. The quality is simply delicious, and we advise all of our customers to give it a trial. Per packet, 10 cts; per pint, 40 cts; qt. 70c. postpaid.
New Sibley Squash.
[image (New Sibley squash)]
[text in image: SIBLEY SQUASH]
[text in image: A.Blanc]
Claimed to be a great improvement on the Hubbard. It originated in Iowa, and was named in honor of the late Mr. Hiram Sibley; is also called Pike’s Peak by some dealers. The form, correctly shown by the cut, is obviously entirely new, having the stem at the swelled end. The shell is pale green in color, very hard and flinty, but at the same time so very thin and smooth as to occasion the least possible waste in baking. The flesh is solid and thick, and a vivid brilliant orange in color, dry and has a rich, delicate flavor, peculiarly its own. In productiveness the New Sibley Squash has decidedly the advantage of either the Hubbard or Marblehead. In its keeping qualities it excels all.[,] remaining in a good, dry cellar, perfectly sound until the last of March, constantly improving in flavor and quality until the very last. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz,[.], 15 cts.; ¼ lb., 35 cts.; lb., $1.00.
WHITE GEM WATERMELON.
[image (White Gem watermelon cut half and whole fruit)]
[text in image: COPYRIGHTED 1888]
[text in image: BY W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO
[text in image: PHILA PA]
This is found indeed a gem, both in its unique handsome appearance and delicious quality. The vines are of luxurious growth, covering the entire surface of the ground. It is enormously productive, and sets probably more fruit to the acre than any other watermelon in cultivation. The melons are perfectly round in shape, as shown in the illustration, of good average size for family use, weighing fifteen to twenty pounds each, of a beautiful cream-white color when ripe. The skin is so tough that a melon fully ripe will support a man without even cracking the flesh—this, notwithstanding that the rind is only a scant half-inch in thickness. The flesh is a rich bright pink, crisp, melting, very juicy and deliciously sweet in flavor. Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.
Yosemite Mammoth Wax Bush Bean.
Second only in value and distinctiveness to the Bush Lima is this wonderful Wax variety. It is the forerunner of a race of giants among Beans, and is universally conceded to be the novelty of the season. The pods are nearly all solid pulp and absolutely stringless, cooking tender and delicious. They average 10 to 14 inches in length, and are a rich golden color, making a most handsome appearance either on the plant or on the table. The Yosemite combines size, productiveness and quality in one variety, and is the nearest approach to perfection that nature has as yet given us in Wax Beans. Per pkt., 10 cts; pt., 50 cts; qt..[,] $1.00.
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