Burpee’s Bush 
Lima Beans are a tender vegetable and the seed must not be planted until the nights have 
become quite warm. The middle of May is usually safe in the vicinity of Philadelphia. Bush 
Limas are good yielders, maturing in from 65 to 90 days, according to the variety. Plant in a 
warm, well-drained, sandy loam. Stick the seeds edgewise, eye down, 5 in. apart in the row, 
and cover 2 in. deep with fine soil. Later thin to stand 15 to 18 in. apart in the rows. One 
pound will sow 150 ft. of row. Keep the soil well cultivated, and pick the pods as soon as the 
beans have reached edible size. 
The Most Popular of All Bush Lima Beans ' 
A Burpee introduction that vies with Burpee’s Im¬ 
proved Bush Lima for first place in quality and 
popularity. Burpee’s Fordhook Bush Lima is in a 
class by itself. It is a bush type of the popular “Po¬ 
tato” Lima. The pods are borne in “clusters” 
ot from 4 to 8 each. The individual pods are 4 to 
S l /2 in. long, in. wide, and as much as ^ in. 
thick. Each pod holds 4 or 5 large, plump beans. 
The flavor of Fordhook is delicious, not unlike 
chestnuts. The plants grow 20 to 30 in. tall and 
make a spread of almost 2 ft. Pkt. 150 ; y 2 lb. 250; 
lb. 450; 2 lbs. 850; 5 lbs. $1.55; 10 lbs. $2.90, 
This excellent Burpee variety is of special value because 
it matures extremely early. The plants are of upright 
habit and produce pods with the greatest abundance. 
The earlier pods are set quite close to the ground. 
Clusters of 6 to 8 pods are not unusual. The indi¬ 
vidual pods are 4 in. long and 1 fi in. wide, each con- i 
taining four fair-sized beans of splendid quality. M 
Pkt. 15* ; i / 2 lb. 25*; lb. 45*; 2 lbs. 85*; 5 lbs. $1.55; £ 
10 lbs. $2.90, postpaid. 
Not prepaid: 15 lbs. $ 3 . 45 ; 25 lbs. 25 . 50 ; 50 lbs. $ 10 . 50 ; ^ 
100 lbs. 220 . 00 . 
Burpee's 
Philadelphia 
Bush Lima 
Early 
Maturing 
Strong 
Lpright 
Bushes 
A single 
Pod and 
average Plant 
of Burpee's 
Fordhook 
Bush Lima 
Dark 
Green 
Foliage 
Pods 
Grow in 
Clusters 
Four 
or Five 
Beans 
to Pod 
Quality 
the 
Finest 
Flavor 
Delicious 
Lima Beans should be planted with the eye down 
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