Dreer’s Reliable 
Bush Lima Beans 
Culture—Lima Beans are very susceptible to cold and seeds should not be 
planted until the ground has become thoroughly warm. Sow about the same time 
that late trees, like Oaks, unfold their first leaves. Being gross feeders, they should 
be sown on well enriched land, with the rows 23 feet apart, placing the beans six 
inches apartin the row, eye down. The two halves of the Lima Bean seed become 
its seedling leaves and unless the Beans are placed ‘‘eye down’’ the young plants 
find it most difficult to push through the soil. In light soil, cover about one inch 
deep, less on heavier soils. A good fertilizer applied at the rate of 20 pounds to 
every hundred feet of row, when the plants begin to bloom, will materially in- 
crease the yields. Hill plants slightly earlier in the season to hold the pods off 
the ground. One pound will plant 50 feet of row. 
111 Dreer’s Wonder 
Bush Lima 
A most desirable Bush Lima Bean because 
it is extremely early and very productive. 
The plants are of strong, upright bush 
growth. They are heavily laden with large 
pods many of which contain 4 beans each 
and these beans are fully as large as those 
of pole limas. The broad, flat beans are 
pronounced by many superior in flavor to 
the round, thick seeded varieties. On 
account of its unusual earliness Dreer’s 
Wonder Bush Lima can be planted well 
on into the season without much risk of 
failure. Pkt. 10c; 4 lb. 25c; Ib. 40c; 2 Ibs. 
75c; 5 lbs. $1.75, prepaid. 
103 Burpee Improved Bush Lima. A 
splendid bean with pods measuring 5} to 6 
inches in length and containing 6 moderately 
thick, flat, white beans of good flavor. It 
is a productive variety of delicious flavor 
even when fully grown. Pkt. 10c; 3 lb. 25c; 
lb. 40c; 2 lbs. 75c; 5 Ibs. $1.75, prepaid. 
105 Dreer’s Bush Lima. This excellent 
bean matures about a week or 10 days later 
than Dreer’s Wonder Bush Lima. It is 
particularly recommended to home gardeners 
because it combines productiveness with 
choice quality. The beans are packed close 
together, 4 or 5 to a pod. They are thick 
and have a most delicious sweet and luscious 
flavor. It is a great favorite with many 
gardeners. Pkt. 10c; 3 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 2 lbs. 
85c; 5 lbs. $2.00, prepaid. 
Dreer’s Wonder 
Bush Lima Bean 
New! 110 McCrea’s Bush Lima 
This new variety is of considerable merit. The feature that will appeal to 
most gardeners is the fact that it has a remarkably sweet flavor. The plants are 
strong and upright carrying an abundance of heavy foliage. The light rreen, 
short, but very thick pods are equally as abundant. Each pod contains from 
3 to 5 large plump beans which are so tightly packed in the pod that many of 
them are almost square. Highly recommended to the home gardener and 
‘canners. Pkt. 15c; 3 1b. 30c; Ib. 50c; 2 lbs. 90c; 5 lbs. $2.00, prepaid. 
McCrea’s 
Bush Lima 
VEGETABLE SEEDS . 
Fordhook Busi Lima Beans 
107 Fordhook Bush Lima. This variety 
is well known wherever Lima Beans can be 
grown as it combines productiveness with 
choice quality. The plants make a vigorous, 
upright growth so that the pods are held 
well above the soil surface. This keeps them 
clean and avoids rust and rot. The pods 
are borne in clusters which accounts for the 
productiveness of this splendid variety. 
Each pod is about 5 inches long. and contains 
4 or 5 oval, very thick, light green beans 
which have a distinctive rich nut-like flavor. 
It is a great seller on all markets and a good 
variety for the home gardener. Pkt. 10c; 
2 Ib. 25c; Ib. 45c; 2 lbs. 85c; 5 Ibs. $2.00, 
prepaid. 
109 MHenderson’s Bush Lima. This is 
the popular Baby Lima Bean—a bush form 
of the Small or Sieva Pole Lima. It is grown 
extensively by those who prefer small sized 
beans. Very productive bushes, 20 inches 
high, bearing a magnificent crop of pods 
3 inches long each containing 3 or 4 small 
white beans. Pkt. 10c; 4 lb. 25c; Ib. 35c; 
2 lbs. 65c; 5 Ibs. $1.55, prepaid. 
Health Value of Fresh Lima Beans 
Calories per lb. 57 
Proteins 7.1% Carbohydrates 22.0% 
Vitamins A, B 
Fats .7% Tron .0024% 
All Vegetable Seeds offered in this catalog are forwarded transportation paid anywhere in the 70 
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