BUSH LIMA BEANS 
WE PREPAY FREIGHT (but not express) on all orders which 
amount to $20.00 or more, when cash accompanies the order. 
Culture A bushel weighs 60 lbs. A pound will plant about 100 feet of row. Bush Limas 
should be planted in rows three feet apart, placing 2 or 3 beans 15 inches apart in the row and 
covering an inch deep. They should not be planted until the ground is warm. 
FORDHOOK BUSH The outstanding bush lima for home or market, pro¬ 
ducing a very heavy crop with large fat pods in clusters of 5 to 8, each 
containing3 to5 beans. The beans are of the “Potato type,” that is, thick 
rather than flat. Maturity within about 75 days. Lb. 25c; 15 lb. $2.75; 
60 lb. $10.00. 
BURPEE’S BUSH An old popular lima, slightly later than Fordhooks with slender pods 4 Li 
to 5 inches long each containing 3 to 4 flat beans. Lb. 25c; 15 lb. $2.50; 60 lb. $8.50. 
BURPEE’S IMPROVED BUSH Similar to Burpee’s Bush but slightly 
earlier and with large plump beans, more oval than flat. Lb. 25c; 15 lb. 
$2.50; 60 lb. $9.00. 
HENDERSON’S BUSH The most popular “Baby Lima” used extensively 
in the South, where it is called a Butter Bean, and by Canners. The 
pods are flat, 3 to 3Lf inches long, each with 3 to 4 beans which are small, 
flat and of excellent quality. Matures in about 65 davs. Lb. 25c; 15 lb. 
$2.50; 60 lb. $8.50. 
JACKSON WONDER A small seeded lima, called also Calico Bush. It is very popular in 
the South and resembles Henderson’s Bush, both as to maturity and size of pod, the main 
difference being that the small, flat seed is a light buff color, mottled with purple when drv. 
Lb. 25c; 15 lb. $2.50; 60 lb. $9.00. 
KING OF THE GARDEN By far the most popular Pole Lima. 
A vigorous and heavily productive plant. The pods are flat, 6 
to 7 inches long, each with 4 to 5 beans. Lb. 25c; 151b. $2.50; 60 
lb. $9.00. 
CARPXNTERIA An excellent variety with pods 5 to 5 (4 inches long. The seed 
large and flat. Lb. 25c; 15 lb. $2.50; 60 lb. $9.00. 
LEVIATHAN The earliest of the large seeded limas with pods 5 to 6 inches long, 
containing 5 to 6 beans which are large and flat. Matures in about 78 days. 
Lb. 25c; 15 lb. $2.50; 60 lb. $9.00. 
LARGE WHITE One of the popular and later large seeded limas with pods about 
5 inches long, each with 3 to 4 very flat beans. Lb. 25c; 15 lb. $2.50; 60 lb. $9.00. 
CHALLENGER IMPROVED A very late (Potato type) Pole Lima with pods 
and seed similar to Fordhook Bush, excepting that the pods are somewhat 
shorter. Lb. 25c; 15 lb. $3.25; 60 lb. $12.00. 
FLORIDA BUTTER A popular southern pole lima of medium maturity, often 
called Speckled Pole. The pods are about 3 inches long with 3 small flat beans 
in each pod. The seed is buff, spotted with brown. Lb. 25c; 15 lb. $2.50; 60 
lb. $9.00. 
SMALL SIEVA A small seeded pole lima similar in many respects 
to Henderson’s Bush. The plant is very productive with pods 3 
to 3^ inches long each containing 3 to 4 small flat beans. Ma¬ 
tures in about 77 days. Lb. 25c; 15 lb. $2.50; 60 lb. $8.50. 
Fordhook Bush Lima 
POLE LIMA BEANS 
Culture One pound is enough for 50 poles; 
45 lbs. per acre. Pole Limas mature in from 75 
to 90 days. Poles should be set about 4 feet 
apart each way. When the ground is warm, 
plant 4 to 6 beans to a pole, eyes down, and 2 
inches deep. When well started, thin to 2 vines 
to a pole and cultivate often. 
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King of the Garden Pole Lima 
