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Lima Beans Are One of Our Most Delicious Vegetables 
Pole Beans, continued 
WHITE CREASEBACK. A good early green- 
podded sort. The pods are perfectly round and 
stringless, measuring 5 to 6 inches long, and grow 
in clusters. The white dried Beans are fine for 
winter use. One of the best general-purpose sorts. 
Dry Beans pure white, almost kidney shape. 
RED SPECKLED CUT-SHORT (Corn Hill). 
This extensively cultivated, green-podded climbing 
sort, with red-speckled, oval seed, is used largely in 
the South for planting among corn. It will give a 
good crop without the use of poles. The vines are 
medium sized, but vigorous, twining loosely, with 
dark-colored leaves. The snap pods are short, 3 to 
3 inches, straight, flat to oval, fleshy, and of good 
quality. The pods as they mature become light yel¬ 
low, tinged with red, the Beans showing distinctly 
through the pod. Seed nearly oblong, cut off diag¬ 
onally at the ends, light grayish white, covered about 
the eye and at one end with reddish or purplish 
brown, and irregularly dusted over most of the 
surface with the same color. 
Soup or Shell Beans 
IMPROVED WHITE NAVY BEAN. Also called 
Pea Bean. A good sort for either market or home 
use. It is smaller than the White Marrowfat, but is 
of fine flavor, and is the variety used in making the 
famous “Boston Baked Beans.” Very productive 
and is largely planted everywhere. Dry Beans small 
and pure white. 
RED KIDNEY. A standard old variety that is 
very popular. It is grown almost exclusively for the 
dried Beans, which are long, oval, and purplish 
brown in color. The plant is dwarf. 
WHITE KIDNEY. Excellent either as a shell 
Bean or used green. The Beans are white and larger 
than either the Improved White Navy or White 
Marrow. Splendid for baking or soup. Dry Beans 
pure white, kidney shape. 
WHITE MARROW. A dwarf variety that is 
largely planted and used, both as a string and shell 
Bean. A profitable sort for the market-gardener to 
grow, and a necessary one for the home-gardener. 
The dried Beans are large and white, oval shape. 
Dwarf or Bush Lima Beans 
One pound will plant 50 to 100 feet of drill 
BURPEE’S BUSH LIMA. A good standard va¬ 
riety that grows 18 to 20 inches high. The Beans are 
large and luscious, and the plants are immense 
yielders. First introduced in 1890 and still one of the 
most popular varieties. Dry Beans large and flat. 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA. An im¬ 
proved form of the preceding. The growth is more 
vigorous, the plants often reaching 30 inches in 
height, and the pods average 6 inches long by V/i 
inches wide. Not only are the pods and Beans larger, 
but they produce more Beans to the pod, and, most 
important, fully eight days earlier. The pods are 
frequently borne in clusters of five to eight, and 
much more profusely than on the preceding variety. 
The best Lima to date. Not quite so large but much 
thicker when dry than the Burpee’s Bush Lima. 
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA. The “Potato Lima” 
which has been growing in popularity since its intro¬ 
duction in 1907. The bushes are of stiffly erect 
habit, bearing the very large pods in clusters of from 
four to eight. It is four to six days earlier than the 
average Bush Lima, and its green Beans, even when 
mature, are tender, juicy, and sweet when cooked, a 
great improvement on the dry, mealy character of 
other varieties of the Pole Lima type. Dry Beans 
are medium size, very thick, and almost round. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH LIMA (Sieva or Butter 
Bean). Appearing two to three weeks ahead of other 
Bush Limas, it produces an abundance of small, 
tender Beans of delicious, rich, buttery Lima flavor 
until frost. It also retains this exquisite flavor when 
dried, making it very desirable for the home-garden. 
Dry Beans are very small for Lima Beans and rather 
thin. Used by canners to some extent. 
CAROLINA SIEVA or SMALL LIMA. This is the 
true Butter Lima. The Beans are very small and 
white, on the order of Henderson’s Bush Lima, and 
the plants are of large growth, very early, vigorous, 
and productive, standing more heat and drought 
than any other of the Limas. Truly a southern 
favorite. 
Pole Lima Beans 
One pound will plant about 50 hills 
KING OF THE GARDEN. A vigorous grower, 
producing an abundance of large, dark green pods 
which frequently contain 5 or 6 very large Beans. 
These Beans are of excellent quality. One of the 
best of the Pole Limas. Dry Beans large and flat. 
LARGE WHITE LIMA. The old-fashioned Pole 
Lima. Long, thick pods and large, meaty Beans of 
good quality. Dry Beans very closely resemble 
King of the Garden. 
EARLY JERSEY (Siebert’s). Matures ten to 
fifteen days earlier than other Pole Limas, making it 
a good variety to plant where the season is too short 
to produce later sorts. It is a very heavy yielder of 
fine-quality Beans. Dry Beans slightly smaller than 
the Large White Lima. 
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