F. H. WOODRUFF & SONS, MILFORD, CONNECTICUT 
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Fordhook 
Bush Lima 
BUSH LIMA BEANS 
60 Pounds per Bushel 
Culture Bush limas should be planted in rows three feet apart, placing two or three beans 
15 inches apart in the row, and covering an inch deep. A pound is sufficient for about 100 
feet of row. Should not be planted until the ground is warm. 
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA This fine lima produces a heavy crop of large fat 
pods in clusters of five to eight. The beans are the “potato” type, that is, they 
are fat rather than flat. The pods contain from three to five beans each, and 
are usually mature in 75 days. Fordhook always outsells other bush limas by a 
big margin. Lb., 25c; 15 lbs.. $2.75; 60 lbs., $10.00. 
McCREA BUSH LIMA A new lima with vines about the size of Fordhook, pods 
curved and about the size of Henderson’s but much thicker, as the bean is of 
the potato type. The pods are borne very profusely with 3 to 5 very large, plump 
beans closely crowded in each pod. Although the pods are small, the size of the 
beans and their unusually fine flavor will make them popular with the market and 
home gardener. Lb., 30c; 15 lbs., $3.75 ; 60 lbs., $14.00. See page 4. 
BURPEE'S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA A fine bush lima of the “potato” type, 
producing long fat pods ready for picking in about 80 days. Slightly earlier 
and larger than Burpee’s Bush Lima. Lb., 25c; 15 lbs., $2.50; 60 lbs., $9.00. 
BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA The beans produced by this variety are more flat than the Fordhook 
or Burpee’s Improved Bush Limas. They mature in about 85 days from planting. Lb., 25c; 
15 lbs., $2.50; 60 lbs., $9.00. 
HENDERSON'S BUSH LIMA The original bush or dwarf lima or butter bean, and known in 
the South as “bush butter beans”. While the pods and beans are both quite small, the variety 
is very valuable for its extreme earliness and the fact that it produces a large and sure crop 
of excellent quality right up until frost. It matures in 65 to 70 days. Lb., 25c; 15 lbs., $2.50; 
60 lbs., $9.00. 
JACKSON WONDER (Calico Bush) A very prolific, small seeded bush lima. The pods are 
medium size, containing from three to five beans. The seed is speckled. Lb., 25c; 15 lbs., 
$3.25 ; 60 lbs., $12.00. 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
Culture Being vigorous growers, these beans require J 
strong poles, set not less than 4 feet apart each way. When 
ground is warm, plant 4 to 6 beans to a pole, eyes down, 
and 2 inches deep. When well started, thin out to 2 vines 
to a pole. Cultivate often. One pound is enough for 50 poles; 
45 lbs. per acre Pole limas mature in from 75 to 90 days. 
KING OF THE GARDEN The most popular pole I 
lima bean. It is vigorous in growth and very pro¬ 
ductive. The pods are large and well filled with 
mammoth size beans. Lb., 25c; 15 lbs., $2.75; 60 
lbs.. $10.00. 
EARLY JERSEY An excellent early and large podded variety. 
Lb.. 25c; 15 lbs., $2.75; 60 lbs., $10.00. 
EARLY LEVIATHAN An excellent early sort with long straight 
pods. The beans are of mammoth size. Lb., 25c; 15 lbs., 
$2.75 : 60 lbs., $10.00. 
FORD'S MAMMOTH The pods of this heavy yielding variety 
usually contain four or five large size beans of fine quality. 
Lb., 25c; 15 lbs., $2.75; 60 lbs., $10.00. 
CARPINTERIA An extra heavy yielding bean of large size, 
with thin-skinned rather fat beans of very fine flavor. 
Lb., 25c; 15 lbs., $2.75; 60 lbs., $10.00. 
SEIBERT'S EARLY Produces large beans, three or four in each 
pod. This variety is a heavy cropper. Lb., 25c; 15 lbs., 
$2.75; 60 lbs., $10.00. 
CHALLENGER (Dreer's Improved) The pods are thicker than 
those of other pole limas, as the beans are of the potato type. 
It yields heavily, and will shell out more beans than the flat 
type. Lb., 35c; 15 lbs., $4.00; 60 lbs., $15.00. 
SMALL SIEVA (Carolina Sieva or Sewee) Earlier, hardier, and 
more prolific than the large seeded types. A very popular 
“butter bean” in the South. Also well adapted to the North, 
where it continues to bear until frost. Lb., 25c; 15 lbs., 
$2.75; 60 lbs., 10.00. 
