<^fj STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY 



LIMA BEANS 



(Phaseolus lunatus) 



FORDHOOK BUSH 

 LIMA 



(Natural Size) 



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 lima 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 with certain other vegetable seeds have been found in ancient Peruvian 

 tombs at Ancon. The Indians of both North and South America were well acquainted with the species. TJie 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 type 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 found growing wild along the roadside in Virginia in 1875. 

 Believed to be a dwarf form of old Carolina. Introduced in 1888 as Dwarf Carolina by 

 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 runners, 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 quality. 

 The dried seeds are somewhat triangular, very flat and of a creamy white color. Pkt. 10c, 

 H pt. 25c, pt. 40c, qt. 70c, y 2 pk. $2.75, postpaid. 



No. 12 — Fordhook Bush 



Days to Maturity, 75. Introduced by W. Atlee Burpee & 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 



contain five or more 

 large beans of excep- 

 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 c i r c u'm stances 

 should cracked beans be 

 planted, for, although 

 the-y may have the 

 strength to gerrninate, 

 they will not be able to 

 force the sprouts through 

 the ground. Pkt. 10c, Yi 

 pt. 25c, pt. 45c, qt. 80c, 

 Y 2 pk. $3.00, postpaid. 



Wholesale prices, 



FIELD VIEW OF DWARF LIMAS pages 97~98. 



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Lima beans should be in every garden 



