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LEONARD SEED COMPANY, CHICAGO 
Beans - Lima Varieties 
Burpee’s Improved Bush Lima. A great improvement over the 
old type of Burpee’s Bush Lima so well known. Is a thicker, fatter 
bean in appearance, looking more like the Fordhook Bush Limas; a 
better yielder and a better flavored bean than the Fordhook. Very 
early. Ready to pick in 75 days. Pkt., 10c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Wonder. An improvement -on the original type of Burpee’s Bush 
Lima. The beans are of flat shape and of good flavor. Ready to pick 
in 75 to 77 days Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Dreer's. The true bush form of the chubby Dreer’s or Potato Lima. 
The pods are heavy and thick It is quite productive and of excellent 
quality. Ready in 80 days. Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Burpee’s Bush Lima 
Henderson’s Bush Lima or Dwarf Sieva. Our stock is the true 
Henderson’s Bush Lima and not the common Baby Lima. Plants 
bushy, very productive, early and of excellent quality. Ready to 
pick in 66 days. Pkt., 10c; lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
McCrea Lima. The new bush lima that is different and has real merit. Plants 
strong, stocky with big root system. Pods small like Baby Lima except that 
Beans are large and thick. Stands cold and wet weather in the spring much 
better than other large seeded limas. Green seeded, retaining a green tint when 
cooked. Unusually sweet flavored—different from other limas. Very prolific. 
An ideal home garden lima. Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Wood’s Prolific. Similar to Henderson’s Bush Lima. Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 15c; 
lb., 30c. 
Jackson Wonder or CalicoLima. Most prolific of all bush limas, of Geor¬ 
gia type, a perfect bush butter bean growing 10 inches high to 2 feet; good 
for summer use or winter shell beans. Ready to pick in 66 days. Pkt., 10c; 
Vs lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
POLE LIMA VARIETIES 
KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA The old standard market and family sort. 
The vine begins to produce pods at the foot of the pole and the bearing season 
continues until frost. Pods large and well filled with beans of mammoth size. 
Ready for picking in 88 days. Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Large White Lima. Very productive. A favorite among the Lima Bean grow¬ 
ers for the Chicago market. Pods contain 3 to 4 beans which are large, white 
and flat. Ready for, picking in 88 days. Pkt., 10c; fjj lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Carpinteria Pole Lima. Vines vigorous, producing an abundance of large, 
medium green pods 5 to 6 inches long, containing 4 beans of large size. 
Ready for picking in 88 days. Pkt., 10c; % lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Jersey Extra Early Lima. Ten days earlier than any other Lima. Recom¬ 
mended as a most profitable Lima Bean. Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Dreer’s Improved or Challenger Lima. This is a bean of rather peculiar 
shape, being thick and plump, rather than flat and oval. Ready to pick in 94 
days. Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Carolina Small White Lima or Sieva. Vines vigorous with many short 
branches so that they are sometimes grown without poles; very early and pro¬ 
ductive, bearing short pods which are thin and curved. Ready for picking in 
76 days. Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Wood’s Improved Lima. Similar to Carolina Sieva. Pkt., 10c; Yt lb., 15c; 
lb., 30c. 
Florida Butter or Speckled Pole Lima. Will make an abundant crop 
under weather conditions that cause other varieties to fail. Seed of Sieva size, 
speckled white and brownish red. Ready to pick in 80 days. Pkt., 10c; lb., 
15c; lb., 30c. 
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. Vines strong, erect and true bush lima 
growth. Foliage heavy and very dark green in color. The stalks that 
produce the blossom are thrown out from the lateral and main stalks. 
Pods are large, thick, containing 3 to 5 beans. Ready to pick in 75 
days. The most popular market gardeners’ lima bean. Pkt., 10c; lb., 
15c; lb., 30c. 
BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA. Plants 18 to 20 inches high, very produc¬ 
tive. Pods 4 to 4 J /2 inches long, containing three to four beans, which 
are as large as the pole sorts. Bean flat and wide. Ready for picking in 
78 days. Pkt., 10c; Yz lb., 15c; lb., 30c. 
Culture. Lime Beans require even more heat than ocher Beans. They should not be planted until 
the ground is thoroughly warmed. Bush Limas should be sown on good garden soil in 2 to 3 ft. 
rows, 3 to 6 inches apart, eye down, cover 1 inch if planted in light soils, less in heavy soil. 
One pound will plant 50 to 60 feet. 
Pole Limas are more tender than the Bush Limas. Set 6 ft. poles, 4 feet each way and drop 
4 tp 6 beans, eye downward around each pole, thinning to 3 plants when up. 
Fordhook Bush Lima 
