BREEDERS AND GROWERS OF VEGETABLE SEEDS 
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Lima Beans, Bush 
Lima beans hold their shape and color well 
under frozen processing and give an excel¬ 
lent pack either alone or in succotash. 
Culture: Lima beans are 'particularly sus¬ 
ceptible to injury from cold, wet weather 
and therefore should not be planted until 
two weeks later than string beans. Sandy 
loam well maimred or heavy sod plowed 
deeply is the best foundation for producing 
crops of this item. In some areas lima 
beans are planted in latter June as a second 
crop after peas in which case only mod¬ 
erate yields can be expected. Sow seed P-Zz 
to 2 inches deep in rows 22 to 28 inches 
apart with 3 to 5 seeds to a foot in the row. 
40 to 50 lbs. of seed are required to plant 
an acre. 
Henderson’s Bush Lima. The Asgrow 
strain is early and concentrated 
in season 
Length Width Days from 
of pod of pod planting 
inches inches to picking 
BABY POTATO LIMA . 2yoto2% Ys 67 
A new and very attractive variety of lustrous green color 
in the frozen pack developed by us in conjunction with Prof. 
W. A. Hudson of the University of Illinois. The plant is 
similar to Henderson’s Bush but pods are slightly smaller 
and beans distinctly thicker, with flavor similar to that of 
Fordhook Bush. Very uniform in maturity. Another strain 
of this important new variety is also available, matur¬ 
ing a week later. 
FORDHOOK BUSH, CONCENTRATED STRAIN . 4 to 41/0 1 75 
A new Asgrow strain, concentrated in its habit of bearing 
pods and in maturity. Plant large, upright, vigorous, 
highly productive. Pods straight, with thick fibrous walls; 
contains 3 to 4 seeds. Green shelled beans large, thick-oval, 
green of excellent quality, potato lima type, used mostly in 
succotash. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH . 2% to 3 % 65 
By far the most extensively used for freezing. The Asgrow 
strain, developed through a period of years by intensive 
breeding, is exceptionally uniform in ])lant growth and more 
concentrated and earlier in season than standard stocks, re¬ 
sulting in a larger percentage of green beans at picking 
stage. Plant small, dark green, erect, bushy, very early. 
Pods flat, contain 3 to 4 seeds. Green shelled beans flat, 
small, of excellent color and quality. U. S. No. 2 is similar 
but two days earlier. 
Lima Beans, Pole 
CARPINTERIA . 51/2 to 6 90 
Strong, tall plants; pods smooth and straight with 3 to 5 
beans. Has shown up well in California freezing tests. 
KING OF THE GARDEN .. 6 to 7 V/^ 88 
Has given good results in frozen succotash. Plant tall, good 
climber, vigorous, heavily })roductive. Pods flat, smooth, 
with 4 to 5 large beans. Seed large, flat, white, 25 per oz. 
