MOORESTOWN 



STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY 



NEW JERSEY 



FORDHOOK BUSH 

 LIMA 



(Natural Sizel 



Lima Beans 



(Phaseolus lunatus) 



History — Apparently the pole lima bean was known in America long before the discovery. 



It is a native of Tropical America, probably Peru or Brazil. Although quite different in general 

 form and appearance from the ordinary string bean, Phaseolus Vulgaris, it is, nevertheless, 

 closely related. The luna bean was met with by the Spaniards on their first contact with the 

 Indians of Florida, Mexico and Peru. Wild forms of the lima bean are known in the Upper 

 Amazon River Valley and its seeds together wath certain other vegetable seeds have been found 

 in ancient Permdan tombs at Ancon. The Indians of both North and South America were 

 well acquainted with the species. The traditions of the cliff dwellers in our southwestern 

 desert country have it that they were first gathered from the nearby canons, thousands of years 

 previous. 



The bush lima is a t3^pe of more recent discovery, having been located along a roadside in 

 Virginia about one hundred years ago, and later introduced by Landreth. The broad bean of 

 the old world, Vicia Faba, almost unknown in this country, is no relation to the genus Phaseolus. 



No. 10. Henderson's Bush. Days to Maturity, 70. First foimd growing wild along 

 the roadside in Virginia in 1875. Believed to be a dwarf form of old Carolina. Intro- 

 duced in 1888 as Dwarf Carolina hy Landreth and in 1889 as Henderson's Bush by Peter 

 Henderson and Johnson & Stokes. A common synonym is Dwarf Sieva. The plant is 

 small, attaining a height of from twelve to fifteen inches, has long rimners, compact, bushy, 

 hardy, very early and moderately productive. The pods are quite small, attaining a length 

 of about three inches, straight, very flat, three to four seeded and dark green. The greensheU 

 beans are very small, white and of good qualitJ^ The dried seeds are somewhat triangular, 

 very flat and of a creamy white color. Pkt. 10^, lb. 40j5, 5 lb. $1.75, postpaid; by express 



5 lb. or more, 30p lb., 60 lb. (1 bu.) $18.00. 



No. 12. Fordhook Bush. Days to Maturity, 75. Introduced by W. Atlee Burpee 



6 Company, 1907. An improvement on the Dreer's Bush Lima. The plant will attain 

 a height of about twelve inches. It is a prolific bearer. The pods will range from four to 



four and one-half inches 

 in length and will con- 

 tain from three to four 

 large beans of excef>- 

 tional quality. The 

 dried beans are oval 

 in shape, very thick 

 and white with a green- 

 ish tinge. As is the 

 case with all lima beans, 

 we would warn our 

 trade not to plant 

 them, until the ground 

 has become thoroughly 

 warmed by the late 

 spring sun, and under 

 no circumstances 

 should cracked beans be 

 planted, for, although 

 they may have the 

 strength to germinate, 

 they will not be able to 

 force the sprouts through 

 the ground. Pkt. lOi, 

 lb. 50 (f, 5 lb. $2.25, post- 

 paid; by express, 5 lb. 

 or more, 40^ per lb., 60 

 FIELD VIEW OF owakf limas ^^'^ $24.00. 



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Lima Beans should be in every garden 



