VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES 
KEYSTONE SEEDS 
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BEANS—Continued 
HENDERSON BUSH LIMA—Uniform Canning Strain Tele¬ 
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BURPEE’S LARGE BUSH LIMA BIBLE 
Known for its large, high quality seeds and productiveness. 
VINE —14 to 20 inches tall, spreading in growth, productive, medium green. 
PODS —4*/2 to 5 inches long, 3 to 4 seeds per pod, broad-flat. 
SEED —Color, entirely dull white with greenish tinge; large. 
BURPEE'S IMPROVED BUSH LIMA BIGHT 
Improvement over the Burpee's Large Bush Lima. Has larger, thicker beans, slightly 
earlier, more greenish tinged seed. Recommended as adapted for freezing preservation. 
VINE —16 to 22 inches tall, uniform growth, dark glossy green, vigorous, very produc¬ 
tive. 
PODS — 4 I /2 to 5 1/2 inches long, 4 large and thick seeds per pod, broad-flat. 
SEED —Color, greenish white, large. 
FORDHOOK BUSH LIMA BIEGE 
This lima is famed for its distinct large size and appealing flavor. In great demand by 
market gardeners and for shipping green. Recommended as adapted to freezing 
preservation. 
VINE —16 to 20 inches tall, vigorous, heavily productive, erect, dark green. 
PODS —4 to 4 I /2 inches long, 3 to 4 seeds per pod, straight, broad-plump. 
SEED —Color, white tinged with green, large plump oval. 
HENDERSON BUSH LIMA (Baby Lima) Phaseolus lunatus BICEP 
Most widely used of the lima beans for home and market gardens, principal canner 
variety because of its productiveness, hardiness, resistance to disease. Our improved 
strain is very valuable for its earliness and uniformity in development of green shelled 
beans. Recommended as adapted to freezing preservation. 
VINE —16 inches tall, vigorous, productive, erect, very uniform growth. 
PODS —3 to 3 I /4 inches long, dark green, broad-flat, slightly curved, 3 to 4 seeds 
per pod. 
SEED —Color, entirely creamy white, small flat. A fine dry shell bean. 
JACKSON WONDER SPECKLED or Calico BIDET 
A popular bean in the South. Noted for its extreme hardiness. 
VINE —16 to 20 inches tall, spreading, glossy dark green, highly productive. 
PODS —3 to 31/2 inches long, dark green, broad-flat, somewhat curved, 3 to 4 seeds 
per pod. 
SEED —Color, buff field splashed with purplish black. 
WOOD'S PROLIFIC Phaseolus lunatus BREDE 
Quite similar to Henderson's Bush Lima, except Wood's Prolific is more vigorous, vine is 
a little larger, pods slightly longer, seeds larger, and somewhat longer in season. 
Season. 
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Picking 
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