158 Agricultural Experiment Station^ Ithaca, N. Y. 



" For some years I have been looking for accidental crosses 

 between these bush Limas, and for the purpose of supplying the 

 most favorable conditions for their production, have planted large 

 patches with mixed seed , but thus far have failed to find a single 



cross." 



EEYIEW. 



The dwarf or bush forms of the Lima beans are, as a class 

 acquisitions to the vegetable garden. They belong to two distinct 

 species, Phaseolus lunatus and P. rnultiflorus. The single variety 

 derived from the latter species — the Barteldes — seems to have little 

 to recommend it for cultivation in New York. The dwarf off- 

 spring of Phaseolus lunatus are of three general types : 1. The 

 Sieva dwarfs, which are the earliest and most productive and of 

 which the most serviceable variety appears to be the Henderson. 

 2. The potato Lima dwarfs, represented by the Thorburn or Dreer, 

 which is of the highest quality, and in all ways desirable. 3. The 

 large Lima dwarf, the Burpee, which has been the leading single 

 variety uj)on our own grounds, on account of the large size and high 

 quality of its beans, and it is evidently as well adapted to general 

 field culture as the earlier or smaller seeded varieties. All these 

 dwarf Limas — Henderson, Jackson, Thorburn and Burpee — are 

 worth growing either for home or market. 



L. H. BAILEY. 



