Burpee's 
Fordhoolz 
Bush Lima 
BUSH LIMA BEANS 
Lima Beans are a tender vegetable and the seed must not be planted until the nights have be¬ 
come quite warm. The middle of May is usually safe in the vicinity of Philadelphia. Bush Limas 
are good yielders. Plant in a warm, well-drained, sandy loam. Plant the seeds edgewise, eye down, 
5 in. apart in rows 214 to 3 ft. apart, and cover 2 in. deep with fine soil. Later thin to stand 12 to 
15 in. apart for large-seeded varieties and 9 to 12 in. for small-seeded varieties, such as Philadelphia 
Bush, Wood’s Prolific, and Baby Fordhook. Keep the soil well cultivated, and pick the pods as 
soon as the beans have reached edible size. One pkt. of seed will sow 25 ft. of row; one lb. for 
100 ft.; 60 lbs. to an acre. 
65 Burpee’s Fordhook Bush Lima o 
Introduced by Burpee and named for Burpee's Fordhook Farms 
75 days. Burpee’s Fordhook is known and grown wherever beans are planted. 
It is the leading variety of bush lima beans and in the important commercial 
sections it is usually the only variety grown. 
The plant is bushy, upright, with large leaves of heavy texture, 20 in. or 
more in height, with a spread of two ft. or more, very vigorous, with many 
flowering branches. Pods are borne close to the plant and often on the ends 
of the branches. They are 4 to 4>^ in. long, 1 to IX ib. wide, and X in. thick, 
dark green, straight to slightly curved, crowded with 3 or 4 large, thick beans. 
.Seeds are green when immature, holding this color until quite old, becoming 
cream colored when dry. 
The dry, mealy quality of Fordhook is familiar to every one who uses lima 
beans. The beans are large and there is, therefore, less waste in shelling than 
with other varieties. Its bearing season is long and a planting may be 
picked over a period of a month or more. 
For home garden or commercial use we recommend this great bean highly. 
Fine quality, always salable, attractive appearance, and large pods allow us 
to say that in lima beans, Fordhook is the best. (For a pole bean of the 
Fordhook type, plant Burpee’s Best.) 
We grow our Fordhooks ourselves in California, selecting them continuously 
and checking over stocks by trials at Fordhook Farms. As the originator 
of this fine bean, we invite your order for the finest Fordhook Bush Lima 
Bean seed obtainable. 
Pkt. 10^; Vz lb. 25^; lb. 45^!!; 2 lbs. 80^1; 5 lbs. $1.45; 
10 lbs. of more @ 27^ per lb. 
61 Baby Fordhook Bush Lima 
70 days. A thick-seeded, small lima bean with far better quality than the flat tyi«; bred 
by the U. S. Department of .4griculture. It was designed especially for canning and 
freezing where a high quality baby lima bean has been sought for many years. Home 
gardeners, too, will appreciate Baby Fordhook with its surprisingly heavy crop of pods 
under almost any conditions. Its quality is excellent and the beans retain their green 
color until they are quite old. Be sure to give this bean a trial. 
Baby Fordhook Bush Lima 
108 W. Atlee Burpee Co. 
Burpee takes pride in pointing out that 
four of the seven varieties of bush limas 
listed on these two pages are Burpee 
introductions. Every one has be¬ 
come popular; each is dist inct enough 
from the other as to build up an 
enormous demand for all four. 
Buy from the originator! 
McCrca 
Bush Lima 
Plant is truly bush, about 14 in. tall, with shiny, dark green leaves, 
heavily productive, bearing pods quite close to the stem. 
Pods are 2 in. long and H in. wide, thick, slightly curved, 
containing 3 or 4 beans, close but not crowded in the pod. 
See picture in lower left. Seed is thick, green, turning 
cream when dry. Quality is excellent. Pkt. 15^; 
>72 lb. 35^!; lb. 600; 2 lbs. $1.10; 5 lbs. $2.05; 
10 lbs. or more @ 380 per lb. 
64 McCrea Bush Lima 
76 days. McCrea Bush is a Miniature Fordhook. 
While the seed itself is small, the plant is nearly 
as large as Fordhook. Plants are stocky, erect, 
dark green, of medium season, and a heavy 
yielder of pods which are rather thick, slightly 
curved, and contain from 3 to 5 plump green 
beans of true potato type. The unusually de¬ 
licious flavor of this miniature lima and the fact 
that the beans retain a green tint when cooked 
have already made it a popular favorite with 
home and market gardeners. The plump, thin- 
skinned beans have an unusually sweet flavor, 
different from any other lima, and they do not 
break up in cooking. As they retain their green 
color when cooked, they make a nice appear¬ 
ance when served. Pkt. 100; Vi lb. 250; 
lb. 450; 2 lbs. 850; 5 lbs. $1.55; 
10 lbs. or more @ 290 per lb. 
