Bush Lima Beans 
1 pt. to 100 ft.; 1 bu. per acre 
After June first, when the ground has 
become warm, plant in 3 foot rows dropping 
3 seeds to a hill and the hills 15 inches 
apart or sow in a row and thin to 8 in. 
apart. 
(70 days) Small plump green 
Peerless variety developed for canners 
and freezers; prolific and of excellent 
quality. 
(70 days) Pods 2% 
Baby: Fordhook (Uren aaa 
having 3 to 4 tightly packed beans, plant 
about 15 in., bushy, very prolific. 
Fordhook 242 (75 days) Heaviest 
yielding high quality 
bush lima. Recent U. S. Dept. of Agr. tests 
at 15 locations throughout the country 
proved Fordhook 242 more prolific than any 
of the other four popular commercial varie- 
ties. The average yield was 8505 lbs. per 
acre, nearly 25% better than the second 
best and far ahead of all the other varieties. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush 
(76 days) A very prolific mid-season variety 
of very hardy, vigorous and true bush 
growth, bearing clusters of 5 to 8 pods 
measuring about 5 inches long. The pods 
are borne abundantly and well filled. 
Pole Lima Beans 
1 pt. to 100 ft.; 8 to 10 qts. per acre 
Pole beans do not bear as early as the 
bush varieties but they are more productive, 
their bearing season is longer and they are 
more easily gathered. They succeed best in 
a warm sandy loam which has been en- 
riched with well rotted manure. If poles 
are used they should be set about 2 feet 
apart, in rows 4 ft, apart. After the ground 
has become warm and dry, plant 4 to 6 
beans to a pole and when well started thin 
out to 2 or 3 plants to a pole. By placing 
the seed eyes down they will germinate 
more quickly and for this reason are less 
liable to rot. Cultivate frequently but 
shallow. 
Burpee’s Improved Bush 
Eing of the Garden Pole 
(95 days) Vigorous and 7 (95 days) The largest podded 
Improved Challenger very productive. Pods Giant Podded lima in cultivation; extremely 
and beans resemble Fordhook Bush Limas. Therefore Vigorous in growth, mid-season. Pods are borne in clus- 
also known as Fordhook Pole. We quote Mr. Bruce H. ters of 6 to 8 and measure 6% inches long and 1% inches 
Gallup who is a very successful gardener. “The best of broad, The beans are extra large and of excellent quality. 
all the pole varieties, giving one a plump, green bean, 
very succulent or moist, but with still enough meatiness 
to afford plenty of substance and carry their green color 
after they are cooked, with a delicious nutty flavor. As 
to their productiveness we are fully satisfied as we have 
picked as many as 87 large plump green pods off one pole 
at one time and this after the pole has been picked several 
times during the season.” 
1 90 days) Popular main 
King of the Garden eae Tey ee Vines 
strong and vigorous; setting pods early and continuing 
to bear until frost. Is used extensively by market gar- 
deners because of its very prolific nature and the immense 
size of the pods, which are very straight and handsome; 
of medium dark green color, broad, flat and filled with 
four or five large white beans of finest quality. 
PRICES 
BUSH LIMAS 
Baby Fordhook .. 
Burpees Improved Bush.. .25 
Fordhook, 242 ($16.00 Bu.) .25 
Henderson’s Bush 
Peerless, U.S. 243 
Wood’s Prolific 
FAVA BEANS 
Giant Seville . 
POLE LIMAS 
Burpee’s Best 
Improved Challenger . 
Giant Podded Pole 
King of the Garden 
Sieva (small white) 
6 J. MANNS & CO., BALTIMORE 2, MD. e 
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