65 Burpee’s 
Fordliook Bush Fima Beans © 
For Best Results, Lima Beans should be planted with the eye down 
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. Plant 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. 
64 McCrea Hush Lima —New 
Genuine Baby Fordhook 
New and Distinct. Entirely Different from any other 
Bean. Fine for Home, Market or Canner 
The Baby Fordhook. Just what we have been waiting for. To give an idea 
of the size of the Beans themselves—the Fordhooks listed above are so large 
that 22 seeds will weigh one ounce. The McCrea is so small that it takes 
70 seeds to weigh one ounce. While the seed itself is small, the plant is 
nearly as large as the original Fordhook. Plants are stocky, erect, dark 
green, of medium season, and a heavy yielder of pods which are rather thick, 
slightly curved and contain from 3 to 5 seeds. Green Shell Beans of true 
Potato type. Although the pods are small, the unusually delicious flavor of 
this Baby Lima has already made it a popular favorite with the market 
growers as well as the home gardeners. Pkt. 15 jG V 2 lb. 25^; lb. 45; 
2 lbs. 85^; 5 lbs. SI.80; 10 lbs. $3.35, postpaid. 
Not prepaid: 15 lbs. $4.20; 25 lbs. 36 . 75 ; 50 lbs. 3 l 3 -°°; 100 lbs. 325-00. 
McCrea 
Baby Fordhook Bush Lima 
Two 
Pods 
Natural 
Size 
Fordhook 
Bush Lima 
Burpee’s 
Seeds 
Grow 
Introduced by Burpee and named for Burpee’s 
Fordhook Farms 
Early Maturing—Strong Upright Bushes— 
Dark Green Foliage—Pods Grow in Clusters 
—Four or Five Beans to Pod—Heavy Yielder 
—Quality the Finest—Delicious Flavor 
A Burpee introduction that vies with Burpee’s 
Improved Bush Lima for first place in quality 
and popularity. Burpee’s Fordhook Bush Lima 
is in a class by itself, and is altogether unique. 
Nothing like it has ever been grown. It is a 
bush type of the popular “Potato” Lima; strong 
and erect and never prostrate or running. The 
stalks that produce the blossoms are thrown out 
from the lateral and main stalks, and the pods 
are borne in “clusters” of from 4 to 8 each. The 
individual pods are 4 to 5}4 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. The foliage is of heavy texture 
and very dark green in color. Burpee’s Fordhook 
Bush Lima Bean is known and grown wherever 
Beans are planted. On our own Seed Farms we 
grow enormous quantities of this Bean which we 
ship to our customers in every state in the 
Union. Plant Burpee’s Seeds for best results. 
Pkt. 15^; 1/2 lb. 250; lb. 400; 2 lbs. 750; 5 lbs. 
$1.40; 10 lbs. $2.60, postpaid. 
Not prepaid: 15 lbs. $ 3 . 00 ; 25 lbs. $ 4 . 75 ; 
50 lbs. $ 9 . 00 ; 100 lbs. $ 17 . 00 . 
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