Place Lima Bean with the "eye" down; plants will appear quicker and less liable to rot 



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Inoculate this i 



Seed with' '■, 



MulfordCulturej 



Dwarf or Bush Lima Beans 



CULTURK.— Succeed best in warm, sandy loam, enriched ■with well rotted stable or poultry manure. Must not be sown until the ground Is 

 warm and dry. Sow In drills 3 feet apart, fflacing the eye down, 18 to 24 inches apart iu the drills; or In hills 3 leet apart each way, allowing 1 

 or 2 plants to each hill. A packet will plant about 25 feet of row; use 1 pound to 100 feet, 25 to 80 pounds to the acre. Ready for use in 50 to 65 days. 



*58Fordhook Bush Lima 



60 days. The true stiffly erect bush form of the popular "potato " Lima 

 Enormous bearer of plump pods filled with thick, meaty, tender beans 



Foidbook produces a strong, erect, true bush-like growth (never prostrate 

 or ruDuing). The foliage is of heavy texture and very dark green iu 

 color. The stalks that produce the blossoms are thrown out from the lateral 

 and main stalks; the pods are borne in "clusters" of fi-om four to eight. 

 The pods measure from 4 to 5^ inches long, about 1|^ inches wide, by as 

 much as three-fourths of an inch thick. The pods contain three to five 

 large beans with an average of four. Maturing in about 60 days. 



Packet, 1.^ cents; half pound, 35 cents; pound, 60 cents; 5 pounds, $3.75, postpaid. 

 Not prepaid, 5 pounds or over at 45 cents per pound; 100 pounds, $ll!2.00'. 



^ 64 Burpee's Improved Bush Lima 



65 days. Enormous pods of excellently flavored beans; extremely prolific 



This bean produces a magniflcent crop of pods, which measure from 5 to 6 Inches long 

 by 114 Inches wide. Compared with Bvupee's Bush Lima, both pods and beans are much 

 larger while the beans, either green or dry, are nearly twice as thick. The sturdy bushes 

 are loaded with pods that are truly enormous in size. The luscious green beans, ready 

 for use in about 65 days, are much larger than any bush lima. 



Pkt., 19 cents; half pound, 30 cents; pound, 5.5 cents; 5 pounds, $3. ,50, postpaid. 

 j\ot pi-epald, 5 pounds or over at 40 cents per pound; 100 pounds, $35.00. 



^ 60 Improved Fordhook Green Seeded Bush Lima 



60 days. True bush form, prodncing larger, plomper pods, with thicker always green beans 



Improved Fordhook Bush Lima produces larger and plumper pods In clusters of from 

 five to eight, which contain four to five thicker, moi-e meaty and plumper always 

 green beans. Matures large pods in 60 days. Excellent home garden or market sort. 



See Specialty page 4 for illustration and full description. 



Pkt., ZO cents; ha,lf pound, 40 cents; pound, 70 cents; 5 pounds, $3.25, postpaid. 



Not prepaid, 5 pounds or oyer at 55 cents per pound; 100 pounds, $50.00. 



* 62 Burpee's Bush Lima 



65 days. Beans as large as pole limas : ready to use 10 to 12 days earlier 



A dwarf or bush form of the large climbing lima. The plant grows 18 or 20 Inches 

 high, and has an erect branching stem. The size and luscious flavor of the bean are 

 exactly the same as with the climbing lima types, maturing in about 65 days. 

 Pkt., 10 cents; half ponnd, 35 cents; pound, 45 cents; 5 pounds, $8.15, postpaid. 

 Wot prepaid, 5 pounds or over at 33 cents per pound; 100 pounds, $30.00. 



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Wood's Prolific Bush Lima 



50 days. The earliest of all limas; a long and continuous bearer 



It is a distinct and valuable Improvement over the original bush lima. Grown for 

 its extreme earliness. Its true bush form plants are practically loaded down with 

 pods, which are borne from early in the season and continue till frost. Pods contain 3 

 to 4 beans. Valuable as a shell bean for winter use. Keady for the table in 50 days. 

 Pkt., 10 cents; half pound, 35 cents; pound, 45 cents; 5 pounds, $3.10, postpaid. 

 Not prepaid, 5 pounds or over at 33 cents per pound; 100 pounds, ^0.00. 



